Search Results: Titles starting with R from Sad Paradise Books

London, United Kingdom: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. A bright and attractive example of the first UK edition. Very slight creasing to top edge of dustjacket.

London: Heinemann, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A bright attractive copy. Reprint. Octavo in publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine. This sequence of four novels take place in the period between the Quit India riots and the communal massacres that accompanied India's independance and partition in 1947. Adapted as a television series by Granada.

Port Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a clean, tight copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original aqua boards with white title and credits to spine, 223 pages. Previous owner's inscription on flyleaf. A sad yet funny novel about an ironic search for self-fulfilment; Belle's mother was a drummer in an all-women's group before she turned vegetarian and went to live in a shack in the hills..

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A very bright neat copy of the first impression: bound in maroon cloth with white lettering to spine, index, 308 pages. Manguel reflects on the joy and solace of literature.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good. A neat, bright copy of the first UK edition. Octavo in original scarlet boards with gilt title and credit to spine. 264 pages. Slight rubbing, creases, tiny chips and very small closed tear to back panel of the bright dustjacket. A collection of 23 wild, witty and touching sketches by author of 'Candy' and 'Dr Strangelove'.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a tight, bright copy. Octavo in publishe's olive boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192 pages, index. Fiedler examines the origins and nature of those myths and images characteristic of the American experience and the literature it has inspired.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Very Good,. A very neat, bright copy. First impression. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt title and credits to spine. 317 pages. Light rubbing, scuffs to dustjacket edges. Originally published in French. Emily's struggles with a serious moral dilemma are explored with a light touch, and a mountain village in the Lebanon is brought to light with charm and authenticity.

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.

Camberwell: Hamish Hamilton, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Unread. A very neat copy in publisher's illustrated boards, 219 pages. Thirteen stories set on an Australian shore, Drewe explores the fragility of relationships. Signed by Robert Drewe on the title page. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

London: Allen and Unwin, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 249 pp, sources, index, map. Small name erasure scar on flyleaf. A stirring and epic account of the French expedition to seek a trade route up the Mekong into China. Near fine - a tight, bright copy.

Port Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A very sound, neat copy. First impression in plum boards with white lettering to spine, 330 pages. Small closed tear to, light scuffing to dustjacket, shelf wear to bottom of spine, small book exchange stamp to front free endpaper. 'Like his huge best-seller 'Schindler's Ark', this novel dazzlingly displays Keneally's ability to transform historical incident into gripping storytelling.' Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

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.

London: Allen Lane, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original black boards with gilt title to spine, 224 pages including black and white photographic plates, appendix, notes, index. Sabbah uses the episode of fake reports of rare plants on the the Hebridian Isle of Rum in the 1940's as a starting point for a more general exploration of scientific fraud. A lovely copy - fine in all respects.