Search Results: Authors starting with L from Sad Paradise Books

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. Near fine - a very neat, bright copy. Octavo in publisher's original navy boards with gilt lettering to spine, 248 pages. Slight speckling to top edge, small faint stain to fore-edge - all else fine. Lamming's first novel; an historical drama set in sixteenth century Florence. A very attractive copy.

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.

Sydney: Picador Pan Macmillan, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A lovely copy. Publisher's black boards with silver titles to spine, 384 pages. Apart from slight toning to paper stock, a couple of spots of shelf weart, his book is as new. Author's signature to title page. An isolated young boy takes a journey from Australia to the west coast of Ireland, from adolescence to adulthood, from isolation to acceptance.

Camberwell: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Group Australia, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A very neat bright copy. Second iimpression. Octavo in publisher's maroon boards with white titles to spine, 313 pages. In 1979 Nam Le's family left Vietnam seeking a new llife. Slight age-toning to paper stock. These seven stories demonstrate Nam Le's extraordinary range of vision and moral courage. Signed by author on title page.

London: Heinemann, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine,. A very neat, bright copy of the first impression of the UK edition. Octavo on publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black & white photographic plates, maps / plans /tables, notes. 396 pages. Some offsetting to endpapers, light soiling to front edge, top right corner bumped, all else clean and white. Signed and inscribed by Leary on free front endpaper. A flashback of Who's Who in the 70's & 80's :John and Yoko, JFK, Burroughs, Charles Manson, Aldous Huxley all feature in this enthralling tale of Leary on the run from drug charges, all the while convinced of his cause for freedom. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: Pheidon Press, 2021. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely copy of this superlative production. Publisher's linen cloth with maroon lettering to spine and front panel, 388 pages. 350 pages of extraordinary images, many full page and double spread, featuring a wide and diverse range of subjects from one of the most influential photographers of our time: Nicole Kidman, Serena Williams, Calvin Klein, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Lady Gaga, Kate Moss, Rihanna, Nancy Pelosi. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

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.

Croydon, Surrey: Judo Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy of this scarce classic on Kendo. Octavo in original publisher's linen cloth with red title to spine and front panel. 140 pages including numerous black & white line drawings and photographs providing clear illustration of technical points discussed in the text, weapons and armour. Appendices; 1. Dai Nihon Teikoku Kata 2. Notes on the Japanese Sword 3. Notes on the Japanese Armour 4. Tamashigiri 5. Seppuku. Glossary. Small bookseller's sticker inside front flap of dustjacket which has light creasing, chips to edges. The scope of the book focuses on the concerns of the samurai; his sword, his armour, seppuku - which, except to an historian or collector, are virtually unknown outside Japan.

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.

New York: World Publishing, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy of the first printing. Bound in tangerine cloth with metallic lettering to spine. Small light marks to free front endpaper, dust jacket has a few chips, scuffs, a small closed tears and the usual laminate bubbling. The text was assembled after Lowry's death by his widow, Margerie Lowry, in accordance with his marginal notes and instructions. 'October Ferry' is a love story, an account of a marriage as it is evoked by the speeding images from the window of a bus.

New York: Liveright, 1943. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Black and Gold Edition; original black cloth with extensive gilt decoration to spine, gilt emblem to front board. 707 pages including black and white plates, index. Some spotting to boards and preliminary pages. Highly readable account of Bonaparte's life. A very sound copy of this attractive edition.