Search Results: Titles starting with H from Sad Paradise Books

New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat bright copy. First impression in publisher's white boards with grey lettering to spine, 354 pages. De Waal traces the history of his family's fate through a collection of tiny Japanese carvings saved from the Nazis by a loyal maid. A lovely copy, appears unread. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo quarter bound in original ochre cloth and blue boards, title to spine in black. 247 pages. The insular world of a community of lighthouse keepers is shattered when a German U-boat reveals itself offshore. A flawless copy.

London: William Heinemann, 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A bright, neat copy with firm binding. !976 reprint of the first edition of 1975. Octavo in oringal publisher's red cloth with gilt title to spine, 272 pages. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, price-clipped dustjacket, slight taped residue to inside of dustjacket and cloth. The twelve and final volume of Powell's magnum opus 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Bright and unmarked - it's hard to imagine there's a better copy available anywhere. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original navy cloth with gilt title and credit to spine, 231 pages. 'Denton's Death' was first published in 1975, but the other eight stories appear for the first time in this volume.

Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine,. A tight, bright copy of the first impression. Colour illustrated wrapper with white titles to spine, 209 pages. Light corner crease to rear panel. A dark and unsettling tale by a master of Australian literature.

Sydney: Knopf, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine,/Fine,. A flawless copy. First impression, first Australian edition. Octavo in original illustrated boards, 270 pages in semi-opaque dustjacket with title and credit lettered in red to front panel and spine. Signed by Carey on title page.

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.

1971. Second revised. Paperback. Very Good,. A neat, tight copy. Slim quarto in card covers; unpaginated - includes frontispiece map of Fort Queenscliffe, six pages of photographic illustrations. The editor states 'The aim of this booklet is to provide the student or visitor with a brief history of Fort Queenscliffe and the Australian Staff College.' In this edition a brief history of the Staff College Crest has been included. Annex G-Graduates has been changed from an alphabetical list of all graduates to a listing by courses. Loosely inserted a card' With the compliments of Brigadier W.J. Morrow CBE Commandant Australian Staff College.'

Neath: John E. Richards, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. A quite neat, reasonably sound copy of this title. First edition. Quarto in publisher's original teal boards with gilt lettering to front panel and credits to spine. x - 360 pages including frontispiece, 8 additional black & white plates, numerous photographic illustrations, plans, maps, etc. Introduction by the author, index; appendix including errata; and List of Subscribers (256). Corners bumped, tear at foot and wear at top of spine, some scuffing and marks to boards. Front hinge split. Gift inscription in ink on front pastedown from John Rees (noted in subscriber list as Leather Merchant, Penydre House Neath) to John Hopkins of Richmond, Victoria dated Feb. 27th 1901. (Prior to stated publishing date).

London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of Chinese intelligence agencies - the exclusive nature of much of the information uncovered and indeed the intricacies of the Chinese mind make this a fascinating and unique read. A very sound, clean and tight copy.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Hoeg's first novel, translated from Danish by Barbara Havilland. First novel of the author best known for Miss Smilla's Sense of Snow. A bright, tight example of the first edition in English.

Sydney: Dreamweaver Books, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. A quite neat, very sound copy of this classic on Australasian passenger ships, TOGETHER WITH some interesting ephemera. Large quarto in publisher's original black cloth with title and credits in yellow to spine and front board, photographic endpapers. 223 pages including a chapter on each of the Australasian shipping companies with detailed listings and history of their ships, index. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographic illustrations. Dustjacket is slightly creased with a few small closed tears and two large one on the flap folds with neat internal archival repairs. Now protected. Light shelfwear, corners lightly bumped, previous owner's initials and date on title page. Together with i. loose small photo of the 'Mariposa' at Pago Pago 24/10/1939 ii. Taped in program for a Musical Presentation on TSMV Kanimbla at sea 7/11/1937 iii. Taped in Gangway Pass and small original photograph of the quartermaster of… Read More

London: Bantam Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A neat, bright copy. Octavo in maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine (as issued) 349 pages. Nicholas Evan's first novel. Robert Redford directed and starred in the film version opposite Kristin Scott Thomas.

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: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a clean, bright copy. First edition in English, translated from the French by William Attwood. 234 pages. Dustjacket edges very slightly creased. A powerfully atmospheric novel by the acclaimed the film director is set in Paris as four years of Nazi occupation draws to a close.