Search Results: Authors starting with W from Sad Paradise Books

London: Abacus, 1996. Paperback. Very Good +. A very neat, clean copy in stiff wrapper, 1078 pages. Paper stock a little toned. A remarkable satire on American entertainment and addiction. Wallace writes with authority, deep feeling - and caustic wit. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Melbourne: Australian Book Auctions, 2005 - 2007. All three volumes with matching numbers (#28) from limited hardcover issue of 150 copies only, signed by Jonathon Wantrup and Rodney Davidson. All in fine condition. A superb production. TOGETHER WITH an additional Australian Book Auctions Catalogue, August 2008 'The Davidson Collection', which lists 371 items supplementary to the main auction. TOGETHER WITH 'A Book Collector's notes on items relating to the Discovery of Australia, The First Settlement and the Early Coastal Development of the Continent.' by Rodney Davidson. A sound clean hardcover, faded dustjacket spine. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: Everyman's Library / Random Century, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy in navy publisher's boards with gilt lettering to spine, 347 pages, ribbon place marker. Small, neat remainder mark to lower edge, all else fine. Lily Bart defies New York convention and the hostesses of the Social Register at her peril. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A quite neat, very sound copy of the first impression. Octavo in publisher's original tangerine boards with metallic blue lettering to spine. 192 pages including line illustrations by Brian Windsmith. Top edge spotty, light foxing to paste downs. An adventure for young readers set in the wild landscape of the imaginary landscape of Shalandria. A young man must decide whether to fight for the future of his country.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. Near fine - a bright, very neat copy. First UK edition. Octavo in original blue cloth with silver title to spine, 223 pages. The unchipped white dustjacket is lightly soiled and there are a few light spots to edges. An important collection of twelve stories including 'Night of the Iguana' that demonstrate the wide range of William's talent. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Harpercollins, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. A very neat tight copy. Octavo in original bleu cloth boards with silver title and credits to spine, 467 pages including black & white frontispiece of James Cook, map endpapers, appendices, index, numerous black & white charts and illustrations. Paper stock slightly toned. The book recounts the adventures and mishaps of the successive voyages to discover the elusive 'maritime philospher's stone' - a navigable passage through the icy seas of the Atlantic from Hudson Bay to the wealth of the Pacific Ocean

London: W H Allen, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. pp278, black and white plates. A couple of tiny chips to dustjacket edges. This is the first installment of Wilson's journals - 'I only aimed to catch sur le vif things that struck me as significant or interesting'. Near fine - a bright, tight copy.

New York: Longman Chesire, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original black boards with silver title and credit to spine, 249 pages including further reading, bibliography and index. A collection of essays by major critics on Renaissance theatre. A tight, flawless copy. Perfect gift.

London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good,. A sound, clean copy, signed, inscribed and dated by Godfrey Winn on the free front endpaper. Octavo in original publisher's blue boards with gilt title and credits to spine, 396 pages including index, black & white frontispiece photographic plate and an additional 22 pages of photographs. Dustjacket creased and slightly soiled, some shelfwear or insect nibbles to lower edges of boards, top edge lightly spotted. The first volume of a projected autobiography that deals with Winn's appearance as a boy actor in Dame Sybil Thorndyke's Company, the birth of his career as novelist; includes what is regarded as one of the most authentic portraits of his literary mentor Somerset Maugham. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: Viking, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. pp456, black and white plates, map, index. Our perceptions of Vietnam are often heavily influenced by American cinema. Fifteen years after the fall of Saigon, Wintle travels to Vietnam. This is the journal of Wintle's adventures - sad, shocking, and achingly funny. A clean, bright copy.

Hawthorn, VIC: Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Near fine - a very neat, bright copy. First Australian edition. Octavo in original dark olive boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 512 pages including black & white illustrations, references, index. Very slight creasing to dustjacket top edge. Withey makes use of recent scholarship in a range of disciplines to place Cook's achievements in the broader context of Pacific exploration from both European and Pacific people's perspective.

New York: Picador, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine,. A very neat bright copy with no creasing, in illustrated stiff wrappers, 352 pages. Paper stock very slightly age-toned. A magnificent adventure story exploring the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine - a very neat, bright copy. Octavo in illustrated boards, 170 pages including frontispiece map, numerous heritage photographic illustrations, list of sources and select bibliography. The author, Associate Professor at the Department of History, Arts and Social Science, University of Malaysia explores the foundation of earlier townships and the development communities that formed the nucleus of Sabah's multi-ethnic society.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, tight copy. Slim octavo in publisher's green boards, gilt lettering to spine, 46 pages. Previous owner's name on title page.

Medowie: SP, 2010. Second printing. Paperback. Fine. A bright tight copy. Octavo in illustrated wrapper. 236 pages, including 4 maps, a suite of 10 colour photographic plates, references and index. Traces the exploration and achievements of the seafaring, northern hemisphere nations, on a mission to secure further possessions and trading lanes to all, often unknown corners of the globe. Of the men who helped secure the sovereign rights once obtained, resulting in extended wars of attrition in all the world's known seas. Perfect gift for the sea-lover. A superb copy.

United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Very Good +. A neat bright copy, without any creasing. Translated by Timothy Richards. Slight tanning to paper stock. Illustrated stiff wrappers, 226 pages.'China's most popular novel: it's the story of the Monkey King's epic quest in which he and his companions have to face fantastic foes, demons and monsters.'