Search Results: Titles starting with M from Sad Paradise Books

London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound and presentable copy. First UK edition, first impression. Octavo in publisher's original black boards with silver title and credits to to spine, 239 pages. Previous owner's name to free front endpaper, very small tape residue to front and rear pastedowns, top edge very slightly spotted. Dustjacket lightly soiled with some slight creases. A collection of twenty short stories, all of remarkable quality and subtlety. Many of them centre on poetic exploration of a poignant fulcrum in time presaging an event of significant personal or social disruption. In 2007, The Pulitzer Board awarded Bradbury a special citation for his 'distinguished, prolific, and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.'

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. First impression, original red boards, gilt title to spine,348 pages. A couple of *tiny* chips to dustjacket edges. Maitland's second novel in the Kolla and Brock series. Near fine - a tight, bright copy.

London: The Folio Society, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely bright set comprising three volumes. Third impression. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, red and gold design to front panel, lino-cuts throughout by Edward Bawden. Some scuffing to slipcase, otherwise like new.

London: William Heinemann, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,. Quarto in original quarter bound tan cloth and marbled boards, title in gilt to spine ,fore-edge uncut. 67 pages including 10 duo tone woodcuts by William Farleigh. Neat previous owner's name to free front endpaper, corners lightly bumped, slight spotting to endpapers. Binding firm, text and woodcuts clean. The novella is a recasting of the resurrection of Christ as narrated in the New Testament. The man who survives his crucifixion comes to celebrate his bodily existence and sensuality.

Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo in original tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 379 pages including notes, glossary, index, black and white photographs. In 1928 Mead announced in 'Coming of Age in Samoa' her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence does not exist. Freeman presents startling, but wholly convincing evidence that Mead's proof is false. On the basis of years of patient fieldwork and historical research, Freeman refutes Mead's characterisation of Samoan society and adolescence point for point.

London: Macmillan, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Original brown cloth with gilt title to spine, 216 pages including notes, index, black and white plates. Top edge very slightly spotted. Plowden's book follows the intricate manoeuvers of one of the greatest English monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I - one of the most facinating women of all time. Near fine - a tight, bright copy.

London: HarperCollins, 1995. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. A clean, tight square copy. First softcover edition, first impression. Octavo in illustrated wrappers, 238 pages. Neat remainder mark to lower edge. After the death of his wife Andrew Macleod finds solace in his research into the ancient practices of magic, then unwittingly becomes the apprentice of Duncan Mylne, who has a strange hold over him.

London: Viking Penguin, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A lovely bright copy. Octavo in publisher's black board with gilt lettering to spine, 152 pages, illustrated endpapers. 'In November The Times announced the discovery in Tuscany of a long lost story for children.

Melbourne - Sydney: University of Melbourne, 1965. Very Good. This copy titled 'The Critical Review' - a joint Melbourne Sydney edition - No 8, 1965. T.B Tomlinson, Vincent Buckley, Penelope Curtis, John Fraser, Robin Grove, S.L Goldberg, Fred Inglis, John Wilshire, Neil Courtney. Previous owner's name on title page, stamped' no return' on edges, a trifle dog-eared, but still a very good copy.

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: Harvill HarperCollins, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A bright and crisp fine copy of the first printing. Octavo in publisher's original teal boards with gold lettering to spine, 410 pages. The bright unmarked dustjacket has a chip to the top of the spine and a couple of smal light creases to top edgs. Otherwise, a pristine collectible copy of this classic Scandinavian crime thriller. As new.

Columbia, Review: University of Missouri, 1994. First Thus. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Illustrated wrappers with a photograph of Kerouac. Features fifteen never-before-published letters from Jack Kerouac to Ed White. A tight, clean, square copy.

Camberwell, Australia: Penguin Books, 2008. First edition thus. Very Good +. A very neat, no creasing. Illustrated stiff wrapper, 374 pages. Paper stock slightly tanned. Inner suburban Melbourne in the 1970's: a world of communal living, drugs, music and love.

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.'

London: Jonathan Cape, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A quite neat sound copy. Title label on spine chipped, minor wear AND browning. Includes 'Bound East for Cardiff' , 'The Long Voyage Home' , 'In the Zone', 'Ile', 'Where the Cross is Made', 'The Rope'.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy of the first UK edition, first impression. Octavo in publisher's original grey boards with gilt title and credits to spine, 288 pages. Introduction by Richard Hughes. Small, neat previous owner's signature to title page. Dustjacket is bright and very presentable, but has a few very small chips, closed tears & light soiling to rear panel. Originally published in 1927, this is a brilliant and youthful satiric novel. Set on a rich widow's steam launch stuck on a mud bank in a mosquito-ridden lagoon where bright young things gush on about art and love. A very nice copy of Faulkner's second novel.

Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Near fine - a very neat, clean copy of the signed and hand-numbered presentation edition of 800 specially created to celebrate the re-opening of the National Gallery of Victoria in December 2003 after the make-over by Mario Bellini + Metier 3. Signed by John Poynter on the limitation plate on the front free endpaper. Original black boards with gilt title to spine, enclosed in matching illustrated slipcase. 639 pages including black & white, and coloured photograhic plates, bibliography and index. Slipcase has a light bump to lower edge, and some very slight rubbing. The book falls naturally into two parts; the first is a biography of Felton, the second deals with his bequests and their execution. With Felton's bequest after his death in 1904, the National Gallery gained access to acquisition funds greater than London's Tate and National Galleries combined! Uncommon edition. Listing with Biblio… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A sound, quite neat copy. First impression. Octavo in black boards, silver lettering to spine, 278 pages. Dustjacket edges have creases and chips, paper stock tanning. By the author of 'The New York Trilogy.' 'When the Master takes little Walt to his mysterious house on the great plains, he initiates the tutorial process that will culminate in Walt learning to fly.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. First Australian edition. Quarto in original black boards with gilt credits to spine, 192 pages including numerous black & white and colour photographic plates, index, selected bibliography. The fascinating story of modern art theft - what started as looting of art treasures by invading armies, including the Nazis during World War II has exploded into a sophisticated international operation. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Milson's Point: Knopf Random House, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A tight, bright copy of the first Australian (and true first) edition.Original ribbed white boards, with title in maroon and credit in hot pink to spine, 280 pages, fore-edge pages uncut, maroon silk place-market, photographically illustrated and hot-pink endpapers. Carey uses the Ern Malley literary hoax as a starting place for his narrative which moves from Melbourne to 'the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur.'