Search Results: Titles starting with S from The Biblio Alchemist

Rare first UK edition signed by the late Nobel laureate on the half title page; Book is solid and clean and with minor edge wear to mylar protected dust cover as well as perhaps minor freckling to closed side and lower pages; Overall, a lovely copy with signed examples seldom appearing on the open market.Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm. As the upheaval in Mehring's world increasingly resembles that in the country as a whole, it becomes clear that only a seismic shift in ideas and concrete action can avert annihilation.

Rare first thus UK Edition with full number line (Thorsens 1995) SIGNED by Paulo Coelho in his prominent earlier signature iteration; Solid copy with minor page tanning and wear to edges as shown in the photos; Overall, a lovely copy, most scarce as shown; Fast Shipping

Very rare first South African Hardcover Edition (1994 MacDonald Purnell) signed and dated by former South African President, Nobel Laureate, and esteemed struggle hero, Nelson Mandela; The book is clean, tight, and very well preserved; The outer dust cover is showing minor wear at edges and in miscellaneous areas, now protected in mylar; Signature provenance provided to the buyer. While signed Mandela copies are available, it is uncommon to find one in this first South African iteration (Stated "First Published in South Africa in 1994", with no other printings listed). A rare piece of history, seldom appearing on the open market.

Rare first UK Edition (1975) SIGNED by the Nobel Laureate; Clean and tight with minor page tanning and bookstore/date stamps underneath dust cover (not otherwise visible), otherwise in very good/near fine condition; Fast Shipping

Rare first hardcover edition (2009) signed on the title page by the author, Max Emery; Book is clean and tight in good condition with minor rubbing to front free end page and discrete library sticker on copyright page; There is a tear/crinkle to the upper front right dust cover (repaired with tape); Fast Shipping

The first major retrospective exhibition of works by Jack Vettriano opened at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow on 21st September 2013 and ran until 23rd February 2014. This website features only a very small selection of the 101 paintings ranging in date from 1992 to 2012 that are featured in the Retrospective exhibition and which include all of Vettriano's most famous works gathered in from private collections around the world for the first time.A beautiful large oversized softcover volume signed by Jack Vettriano in pen on front free end page below his portrait; The book is about near fine with minor wear to edges and upper spine area; Fast Shipping

Rare first edition (1973 Struik) Signed by the late David Goldblatt who immortalised the life of gold mine workers in 1970s South Africa. A solid, clean copy with expected wear to dust cover and minor tanning to pages, seldom encountered signed.

New and shrink-wrapped; This beautifully presented three volume set entitled 'Spiritual Enlightenment' covers different aspects of the Christian Orthodox faith. The volumes are entitled 'Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed', 'The Sacramental and Liturgical Life', and 'Spiritual Life and Progress'. The structure of the book is in the form of answers to frequently asked questions, and its contents are primarily a collection of references from both the Patristic tradition and contemporary Orthodox theologians. It is a magnificent reference book and truly belongs in everybody's home; Fast Shipping from Australia