Search Results: Titles starting with G from Sad Paradise Books

London: Faber, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A very clean, bright copy. Octavo in publisher's original ochre boards with gilt title and credits to spine, 160 pages. Baldwin evokes with hair-raising immediacy the horror, humour and bawdry of nineteenth century warfare.

Ringwood: Viking, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A bright neat copy. A review copy of the first impression with publication embargo date and proprosed pricing information on blank preliminary page. Octavo in publisher's original green boaods with white lettered title and credits to spine, 182 pages. Light shelfwear, *very* slight creasing to dustjacket edges. Jolley explores harmony and discord in the intricacies of human relationships with compassion and understanding.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fine. A very neat bright copy of the first impression. In publisher's grey boards quarter bound in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black & white photographic plates, notes, bibliography, index, 588 pages. Top corner of free front endpaper neatly snipped off. Draws upon Ginsberg; journals & correspondence and scores of interviews to weave an intimate portrait of a man whose poetry shocked the establishment, and whose rebellious lifestyle fuelled the counterculture revolution of the 1960's.

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: Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely bright Folio production, printed on Abbey Wove paper at Grafos S.A, in Barcelona, Spain and bound by them in cloth blocked with a design by the illustrator Philip Bannister, also providing seven atmospheric colour illustrations appearing at appropriate intervals in the narrative. 221 pages including an introduction by Julian Barnes. Black slipcase. A beautiful production. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

London: Faber and Faber, 2016. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A bright neat copy of the first impression bound in chocolate cloth with gilt titles to spine, colour and black & white photographic plates, index, 434 pages. An account of the rise to fame of the lead singer and lyricist of the Beach Boy's biggest hits. Behind their wholesome appearance lurked drugs and dissent, betrayal and litigation. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Sydney: The Coral Press, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 194 pages, appendices, glossary, index, charts, figures, numerous superb black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, corners very lightly bumped, a few insect nibbles to flyleaf. A classic study on the structure and extent of the Great Barrier Reef and its extraordinary inhabitants lavishly illustrated. A clean, sound copy.

London: Bloomsbury, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Near fine - a tight, bright copy. Pictorial boards, 287 pages. In this collection of 10 short stories, Will Self writes about Purley, Croydon, and other outposts of lower-to-middle-middle-class London. He imposes his skewed vision upon the ordinary, with a resulting surrealism all the more extraordinary for its origins.

New York: Bard Avon, 1973. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First printing, illustrated wrapper. 442 pages including numerous black and white photographs and illustrations. Slight waterstain to inside cover, light scuffs, creasing to cover. A sound copy of the hard-to-find classic. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.