Search Results: Authors starting with T from Sad Paradise Books

London: Macdonald and Janes, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very attractively illustrated by Richard Cuffari. Fictional account of the voyage of The Fox, sent in search of the Franklin expedition seeking the North West Passage. Clean, bright copy.

United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Arisman, Marshall. Near fine - a tight, bright copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original scarlet cloth, quarter bound in black with gilt title to spine. 94 pages including Marshall Arisman's brilliant and disturbing black & white illustrations and dustjacket design. *Very* slight creasing to jacket. A chilling novella about identical twins.

London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A bright, neat copy. Original brown boards with gilt title to spine, 150 pages. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Jamlong Busadee. Previous owner's name on front pastedown and flyleaf. A semi-autobiographical novel about village life in north-east Thailand told through the eyes of a young girl.

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1965. Paperback. Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy. Slim quarto in publisher's original illustrated stiff wrapper, Black & white photographic illustrations to endpapers, 22 pages including chronology, selected references, 3 colour plates and 5 black & white plates ( all full-page) and catalogue listing of the 88 paintings in the exhibition. A valuable resource on Fairweather's work. Scarce. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A bright neat copy of the first edition. First printing. Edited with a foreword by Jann S. Wenner, introduction by Paul Scanlon. In publisher's original crimson boards, quarter bound in black cloth, title in red to spine, 872 pages. Small remainer mark to lower edge. The book showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home as he pursued his lifetime obsession - the life and death of the American Dream.

Norwich, United Kingdom: Frontier Publishing Ltd, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a neat, bright copy. Octavo in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine as issued, 151 pages. Set in Switzerland, Australia and New York; a collection of three impressionistic three stories about women. Toler's first published work, SIGNED by her on the title page.

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1923. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second impression. pp317, maps (some folding) black and white photographic plates, index. Blue cloth, gilt-titled spine, second impression. An essay on the birth, growth and development of popular government in an oriental possession. Covers geography, flora and fauna, background history, ethnology. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY TORCHIANA on flyleaf. A sound, clean copy.

New York: Phaidon, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A neat, attractive copy. Quarto in original scarlet boards with lettering to spine and front panel. 320 page including black & white photographic plates, bibliography, genealogical chart, chronology, list of illustrations, index. Translated by Edward B. Garside. A couple of insignificant chips to a slightly creased dustjacket. The editors, Lucien Goldschmidt and Herbert Schimmel, have assembled for the first time the letters of Toulouse-Lautrec and those about him

Australia: Australian Government Publication Service, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Coloured illustrated stiff wrapper, 345 pages including appendices, black & white maps, plans and tables. Slight wear to cover. A collection of papers by Australian and Indonesian authors focusing on economic cooperation between the two countries into the future. Two-way trade and investment is analysed, and new sectors for further collaboration identified. A clean, tight, and very sound copy.

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Near fine - a really neat, bright copy. Octavo in publisher's original light grey boards with maroon title and credits to spine, 190 pages. Four line illustrations by Prudence Seward. Dustjacket has a *tiny* crease to back panel, an inch closed tear to front fold-in, a tiny closed tear at spine. On holiday among the Cairngorm Mountains, Don and Ian are befriended by a stray collie dog who helps them out of a tight spot. They're horrified when local farmers plan to hunt her down as a sheep-killer. A highly engaging and skilfully told story. It's hard to imagine there's a better copy available.

London: The Folio Society, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. A very neat, handsome copy. Octavo in grey boards decorated in blue, quarter bound in light blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 736 pages. with Introduction by John Mortimer, line drawings by Llewellyn Thomas. Slip case in fine condition. The story centres on legal wrangles over the family farm. 'While it is primarily a tragedy of misdirected maternal love, the book contains much of the best Trollopian humor, and includes the portrait of his finest gentleman, Sir Peregrine Orme.'

London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, Limited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A tight, bright and clean copy. Octavo in publisher's blue boards, 248 pages. Marker ribbon. The book takes a long hard look at the gaps between generations.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Near fine - a bright, neat copy of the first UK edition. Octavo in original publisher's boards with silver title and credits to spine. Paper stock very slightly age-toned. 'A compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indo-China to Paris, the Vietnamese cook to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas reveals his own fascinating story.'

London: Bloomsbury Publishing , 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A fine tight bright copy. First printing. Octavo in publisher's red boards quarter bound in black cloth with gold lettering to spine, 515 pages. Turow's second novel, exploring the story of a defence lawyer after his wife's death.

London: Bloomsbury, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Original black boards with gilt title and credit to spine, 439 pages, black and white plates, index. A stain to rear panel of dustjacket. These legendary diaries recount Tynan's place at the epicentre of the English theatre and film worlds. A bright, tight copy.