Arts 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… Read more about this item

London: Atlantic, 2018. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Near Fine,. A very neat, bright copy. First impression in publisher's original red boards with silver lettering to spine, 244 pages including black & white photographic illustrations, index. A personal memoir of the former editor of The New York Review of Books covering his arrival in Tokyo in 1975 and his involvement in… Read more about this item

Michigan: University of Michigan, 1985. Paperback. Very Good +. A neat very sound print on demand edition of this Ph.D thesis. Two volumes in one, 583 pages. Slightly dog-eared. Consists of five chapters. 1. First appearances of the demonic on Goya's art. 2. Supernatural themes in Los Caprichos 3. Witchcraft paintings for the Duke and Duchess of Osuna… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: Walker Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A lovely bright, neat copy of the first impression in black boards with gilt lettering to spine,colour photographic plates, 304 pages. A quest through the great artist's life toward the physical and spiritual landscape of his enigmatic last paintings. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 2010. Paperback. Very Good +. A neat tight copy in illustrated stiff wrapper, black & white photographic illustrations, 278 pages. Very slight crease to one corner, light crease to spine. A salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and a portrait of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their ascent to fame.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: The Harvill Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good +. A neat, very sound first impression, bound in publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine and front panel, 635 pages including 363 photographic plates, 323 in full colour. A couple of tiny marks to edges. After years as distinguished art critic of 'Time' magazine, Hughes delivers… Read more about this item

Milson's Point NSW: Knopf, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fine. A neat, attractive copy. First impression in teal boards with white lettering to spine, 513 pages. Light tanning of paper stock. Hughes describes growing up in Australia, his exhilaration at leaving Australia to discover a new life, first in Italy and then in 'swinging sixties' London, then migrating… Read more about this item

Sanur, Bali: P.T. Bap Bali, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine,. A most attractive production featuring screen-printed text and illustrations inspired by both everyday and mythical birds from Bali. Slim folio, 48 pages. Screen printed cloth binding, line drawings throughout, some polychrome. Original prospectus / order form for the book loosely inserted.

Toorak: Gryphon Books, 1978. A bright unmarked copy. Limited to 350 copies, this is one of the first 100 copies with a special dustjacket and containing an original drawing by Friend. Quarto in red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and design to front panel, decorative endpapers, black and white illustrations and two tipped in colour… Read more about this item

Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire Publishing Pty. Ltd., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fine. John Percival. A very bright, neat copy. Slim quarto in publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, 42 pages. Slight shelf wear and small adhesive residue from a bookseller's label on front pastedown. A collection of Dutton's poems set on Kangaroo Island off the… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Sydney: Ure Smith Pty. Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good +. A complete set of sixteen bound yearly volumes containing all quarterly issues from 1963 to 1979, together with a matching index volume embracing 40 issues from May 1963 to April 1973. Square quarto size bound in red faux leather with gilt lettering to spine and front panel. Light to… Read more about this item

Sydney: Bay Books, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Good +. JOHN PERCIVAL. A clean bright copy. Folio sized in publisher's white boards with black lettering to spine and front panel, 256 pages including introduction by Andrew Sayers and 240 colour and black & white plates. Slight creasing and scuffs to dustjacket. Exuberantly signed by Percival with felt tip pen to the… Read more about this item

Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine,. A very neat, bright set. Two volumes oblong octavo, plum cloth with gilt lettering to spine in marbled slipcase. Some slight abrasions, and a sticker removal scar to the marbled slipcase. Volume 1: 'Essay on the Artist' by Dinah Dysart, 55 pages including 27 black & white photographic… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Currey O'Neil, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good,. A very neat, bright copy. From an edition of 1997 copies. Quarto in publisher's faux linen boards with credits in brown lettering spine. Spine lightly sunned (as usual). 80 pages with 190 illustrations of Friend's work (many full page colour) as official war artist with the Australian forces on… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1965. Paperback. Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy. Slim quarto in publisher's original illustrated stiff wrapper, Black & white photographic illustrations to endpapers, 22 pages including chronology, selected references, 3 colour plates and 5 black & white plates ( all full-page) and catalogue listing of the 88 paintings in the exhibition. A valuable… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item