Search Results: Titles starting with L from Sad Paradise Books

London: The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright set. Octavo in original gilt decorated blue cloth, two volumes; combined xvii - 446 pages including plates, tables, foldout maps. Dustjackets a little soiled, tanned on spines. Kelly's translation of documents relating to Pedro Fernandez de Quiros' expedition to the 'Austral Lands' 1605. Volumes 126 and 127 in the Hakluyt Society Second Series.

London: Arthur Barker, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 318 pages, black and white plates. Introduction by Paul Kramer. Translated by Kuo Ying Paul Tsai. Library of Congress number 67-10588. Some very slight creasing to price-clipped dustjacket. An autobiography by Henry Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, later a Soviet and political prisoner for fourteen years, and then a Member of China's National People's Congress. Near fine - a bright, tight copy.

Sydney: Macmillan, 2019. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very attractive bright copy. First printing. Octavo in deep green boards with title / author in white lettering to spine and front panel, decorated endpapers, 399 pages. In the last paradise of Bali, 'Grace gathers the strength to take charge of her world; inspired by a woman's story from long ago, she discoverd a path to a future she'd never dared imagine.

Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edmund J. Sullivan. A tight, bright attractive copy. Original green publisher's cloth with title in gilt to spine and in black to front panel, 655 pages including twelve illustrations in colour by Edmund J Sullivan. Fore- and lower edge uncut. Caligraphic gift inscription in italics to flyleaf. Borrow's masterpiece written after his bohemian pilgrimage through rural England including contact with gypsies.

Australian National University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy. Octavo in publisher's original turquoise boards with gilt lettering to spine, 91 pages. 66 poems exploring karma through eleven life cycles. From 1967 - 1978 he was the influential poetry editor of The Australian. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Rodney Hall on the flyleaf.

Emeryville: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005. First edition thus. Paperback. Fine. A lovely bright copy in colour illustrated wrapper, 209 pages. As new. These poems that chart Snyder's journey from 1947 to 1985: from the mountains and shores of the Pacific Northwest to the streets of San Francisco, New York and Kyoto.

Melbourne: The Croft Press, 1979. First Edition. Very Good. Donald Friend. Very near fine - a bright, clean copy from a numbered limited edition of 250 copies signed by Donald Friend. Octavo in printed stiff wrapper, decorations and vignettes throughout by Friend. Unpaginated (22 pages), handset and printed on German Hahnemuhle rag paper. Very slight hint of a crease to front panel, all else fine. Reprinted from the pamphlet originally published by J. Hately of Wolverhampton, 1805. A charming little tale of romantic peril and disguise.

New York: Bantam Books, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good,/Fine. Neat very sound copy. First impression in publisher's blue boards quarter bound in navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, 392 pages, black & white photographic plates, bibliography, index. Some spotting to edges, slight bump to rear top corner. The first in-depth portrait of Warhol: the Prince of Pop, the pixie-like painter, film maker, publisher and partygoer extraordinaire who was rarely out of the headlines from the time he shocked the art world with his Campbell's soup cans in the 1960's until his premature death in 1987.

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.

Australia: Knopf, 2020. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine,. A lovely bright copy. Unread. Octavo in colour illustrated boards with white lettering to spine, 285 pages. Small crease to rear dustjacket fold-over, slight scoring to rear panel. Novel by the Booker Prize winner.

138 unbound A4 pages of a xeroxed copy of the revised draft (May 15, 1995) of Stephen Schiff's screenplay for 'Lolita', adapted from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. There are three binding holes in the left margins with two folded clips securing the manuscript. 'Lolita' written in marker pen on the 'spine', otherwise clean and unmarked.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original fawn / black boards, 184 pages. Line illustrations throughout by Larry Rivers. Some light chipping to top of spine, very light age toning to page edges. A very attractive example of Kerouac's most accessible work; a collection of magazine articles on his wanderings across the US and then to Mexico, Morocco, Paris, London. Images available on request. Nice example of an important Beat classic.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Original publisher's red boards with gilt title and credit top spine, 183 pages. Dustjacket has a 1 inch chip at bottom of spine and smaller one at the top. Top of front board and spine faded. Kerouac's most accessible work; a collection of magazine articles on his wanderings across the US and then to Mexico, Morocco, Paris, London. A clean and sound example of the first UK edition.

New York: Knopf, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A very neat, bright copy in cream with red titles to spine, colour and black & white photographic plates, 354 pages. Tiny remainder mark to lower edge. The galvanizing story of a sixteenth story clash of titans, the two greatest minds of the Renaissance, painting side by side in a fierce competition. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: Picador, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Near fine - a bright neat copy. First impression. Octavo in original brown cloth with gilt title and credits to spine, 275 pages. Small stain to front board, light bump to one corner and bottom of spine. Mendelson contributes regularly to the TLS, the Guardian, The Independent on Sunday and the Observer. First novel by a highly regarded emerging young writer.

New York: Owl Books, 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. First impression. Illustrated wrapper, 219 pages; shooting script, interviews and black & white stills from the film written and directed by Paul Auster. 'Lulu on the Bridge' combines myth, magic, and reality to uncover truths about the human experience. A bright, tight copy.