Narrativa e romanzi

Accepted Addresses By George Augustus Sala.

SALA, GEORGE AUGUSTUS . · 1862 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Tinsley Brothers, 18, Catherine Street, Strand, 1862 . 0. First edition. A very good half calf binding. [4pp.]/pp.307/[1p. - Adverts] . Green calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 4 raised bands and leather title label...

When We Were Boys. (A Novel).

O'BRIEN, WILLIAM. (M.P). · 1890 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1890. 1st edition. A Fenian romance with a land reform theme set in 1860 Pp.550/16(ads), occasional minor spotting throughout, cracking to inner rear hinge but holding. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, bumps to corners and minor edge wear. Good...

Asya.

IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. 0701135093. 1st edition. "The compelling account of one indomitable woman's path through revolution, war and exile, 'Asya' is above all an enthralling love story which encompasses some of the momentous historical events of our time." Pp.309, sign...

While The Bells Ring. (illustrated by Janet Rawlins).

MAYNE, WILLIAM. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 024189932X. 1st edition. "A story about people, but it is also a story about landscape, in which the Dales setting plays an important part. The artist, Janet Rawlins, knows and loves the Yorkshire Dales and her pictures perfectly complement Willi...

World's End and Other Stories.

THEROUX, PAUL. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 0241104475. 1st edition. Pp.211. Blue cloth, dustwrapper (illustration by Michael Foreman) is price-clipped, minor wear to top edge. VG/VG.

Jealous Woman. [and Sinful Woman].

CAIN, JAMES M. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 1st British edition which includes the first British hardcover printing of Sinful Woman. Two novels of violent action and emotion. Pp224, minor spotting to closed page edges, owner's name to inside front board. Black cloth, illustrated dustwr...

Some Newly Discovered Stanzas Written by John Milton on Engraved Scenes Illustrating Ovid's Metamorphoses.

MILTON, JOHN / CANDY, HUGH C.H.(REVISOR). · 1924 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1924. 1st edition. This Milton-Ovid Script was written, circa 1623; discovered, 1921; first printed, in Notes and Queries, 1922-3; and is now revised and reprinted, in one volume, with many additional notes by Hugh C.H.Candy. Pp.192, black & white por...

Tunc.

DURRELL, LAWRENCE. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st edition. By the author of The Alexandria Quartet. Pp.316, owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed. G+/G+.

Commerce, Morality and the Eighteenth-Century Novel.

BELLAMY, LIZ. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Cambridge:University Press, 1998. 0521622247. 1st edition. "British culture underwent radical change in the eighteenth century with the emergence of new literary genres and discourses of social analysis. As novelists developed the fictional form, writers of economic tracts and...

Thumbs Up.

AVERY, HAROLD. · 1925 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1925. 1st edition. "An elderly gentleman of unimpeachable respectability, is suddenly seized with the conviction that, for their moral and intellectual well-being, his neighbours need "livening up." The complications in which his crusade invloves not o...

Grey Rabbit's May Day. (Pictures by Margaret Tempest).

UTTLEY, ALISON. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Collins,1963. 1st edition. "As May Day drew near there were great preparations in Grey Rabbit's house. Hare had seen in the village the lovely Maypole with its dangling ribbons all ready for the children to dance round. Couldn't they have a Maypole too? But Grey Rabbit...

Winsome Wins Through.

HARRIS, BETH COOMBE. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Kilmarnock:John Ritchie Ltd, nd. (c.1937). Pp.258, colour frontispieceof a young man in shirt and smart trousers & shoes climbing round a cliff face to rescue a small dog + 3 black & white plates, prize bookplate ("Bethedsda" Sunday School Ipswich 1st prize award for obtaining...

Men of Destiny. or The Moment of No Return.

KING-HALL, STEPHEN. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: K-H Services Ltd, 1960. 1st edition. "A sudden crisis over West Berlin triggered off by the East German Communists. With Russian foreknowledge and support? The West took this for granted; they were wrong..We observe the frantic efforts of the men of "the Establishments...

Altered States.

BROOKNER, ANITA. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. 0224042823. 1st edition. "Altered States is a forceful exploration of the conflicting needs of men and women, and the lack of understanding which divides them. Powerfully written and rich in perception, Anita Brookner's portrait of moral vulnerabil...

Ruggles of Red Gap. (Illustrated by F.R.Gruger).

WILSON, HARRY LEON. · 1915 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 1st edition. The story of a newly rich American couple from the West who win a British gentleman's gentleman in a poker game. Pp.371, black & white frontispiece + 7 further illustrations by F.R.Gruger, faint ownership details to front...

Shivers for Christmas.

DALBY, RICHARD. (EDITOR). · 1995 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1995. 1854799193. 1st edition. Sixteen ghoulish stories. "Ghosts, wolves, journeys into other dimensions, exorcism and rats are all set to transport your from the comfort of a warm hearth to a place where your bones will be chilled." Includes:...

The Come-Uppance of Arthur Hearne.

HALL, ANGUS. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Hammond, Hammond, 1967. 1st edition. "It was a long way - socially, at least - from the gypsy encampment to the residence of the Mayor of Eastsea: and Artaros Rossar-Mescro had made the journey the hard way. First he had abandoned his gypsy heritage to become Arhtur He...

Nic Revel. A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land. (With six illustrations by W.H.C.Groome).

MANVILLE FENN, G. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: W & R Chambers Limited, 1898. 1st edition. Pp.306/32(ads for other publications), black & white frontispiece + 5 further black & white plates by W.H.C.Groome, illustrated headpieces to chapters, owner's inkstamp to half-title page, a few light spots. Blue decorated clo...

The Twisted Sabre. A Biographical Novel of Benedict Arnold.

EDWARDS, SAMUEL. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Alvin Redman, 1964. 1st edition. "What caused Benedict Arnold to become a traitor to the cause for which he had twice been wounded, to which he had given so much?..In 'The Twisted Sabre', a dramatic novel based on fact, Samuel Edwards explains the enigma that was Bened...

Grandpa and the Tiger.

HEWARD, CONSTANCE.(WORDS)/ GOVEY, LILIAN A. (PICTURES). · 1924 · Chilton Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London: George G.Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1924. 1st edition. 16cms x 11cms. An escaped tiger from a traveling zoo is discovered in Grandpa's garden. The tiger enters the house, where it is finally caught with the result of it ending up as a rug on Grandpa's living room floor. Unpagina...