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Explosion! A Peter Gayleigh Story.
ROBERTSON, COLIN. · 1945 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Ward, Lock & Co.Ltd, 1945. 1st edition. A Uranium Bomb Sttory. "Peter Gayleigh's old antagonist and friend, Chief Inspector Herrington of Scotland Yard, sets Gayleigh the task of frustrating the famous Nazi spy's attempts to obtain details of the extraordinary new expl...
The Castle of Himself. (Illustrated by Constance Symonds).
ROLT, MARY F. · 1927 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1927. 1st edition. Children's story about a little boy who is "King" of his world which gets 'invaded' by Mr Cough, Mrs Cold, Miss Sneeze and Master Shivers. 17.5cms x 13.5cms. Pp.48, colour frontispiece + 6 black & white line...
The Silver Bullet.
HUME, FERGUS. · 1903 · Chilton Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London: John Long, nd.(c.1903). By the author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab". Presumed 1st edition due to catalogue of John Long Autumn and New Year announcements 1903-1904 to end of book. Pp.309/6(ads for other publications), endpapers browned, marginal tears to pp.303/304,...
Hell in Contemporary Literature. Western Descent Narratives Since 1945.
FALCONER, RACHEL. · 2005 · Chilton Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. 0748617639. 1st edition. "Explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering. In the contemporary period, the descent to Hel...
Madeline in London.
BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. · 1969 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Sphere, 1969. 0. In which Pepito moves to London, and Madeline and the girls go to visit him. First Sphere edition. 22.5cms x 17cms. Pp.56, illustrated throughout, small corner losses affecting pp.5/6, 43/44 and 53/54. Paperback, crease to lower rear cover. Good.
The Eye of the Beholder.
WRIGHT, ROBERT. · 1997 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Lewes: The Book Guild, 1997. 185776241X. 1st edition. Pp.153. Black cloth, dustwrapper (design by Hilary Prosser) has two small top edge tears. VG/G+.
Before the Crossing.
JAMESON, STORM. · 1947 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1947. 1st edition. "Although this book is concerned with the search for a murderer, it is not a detective novel, and its excitements are not the same excitements of a detective novel..David Renn became a spy because of his passionate curiosity abou...
The Burns Rosary.
ROSS, JOHN D. (COMPILER). · 1923 · Chilton Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Dundee: T.M.Sparks, 1923. 1st edition. Undying Words of Love and Appreciation by Admirers of the Poet. Pp.64/8 pages of ads for Masonic Publications by the publisher + tipped-in revised price list to final page, owner's bookplate (John Knaggs) featuring an owl with the motto "...
Bunkle and Belinda. (Illustrated by Julie Neild).
PARDOE, M. · 1948 · Chilton Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1948. 1st edition. Sixth in the 'Bunkle' book series set in the tin-mining district of Cornwall. Pp.215, line drawing frontispiece + head and tail pieces to each chapter by Julie Neild, toning to endpapers. Bright green cloth, dustwrappe...
Euripides and the Full Circle of Myth.
WHITMAN, CEDRIC H. · 1974 · Chilton Books
£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)
Cambridge, Massachusettes: Harvard University Press, 1974. 0674269209. 1st edition. Cedric Whitman turns from the heroic poets of Greece to the world of Euripides, less than heroic but still archetypal in its adherence to myth. In a four-part essay he analyzes the three "roman...
Tell the Stars.
BENDINER,BURTON. · 1970 · Chilton Books
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
London: Peter Davies,1970. 1st ed. "Vivid period detail and human drama feature in this novel, based on the story of Abraham, which introduces a fine new historical writer." Pp.212. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w designed by Justin Todd. VG/VG.
Pal Joey.
O'HARA, JOHN. · 1952 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: The Cresset Press, 1952. 1st UK edition. A series of short stories originally published in The New Yorker and adapted into the musical of the same name. Pp.125, small bookseller's label (Books & Careers, Oxford St. London). Red cloth, gilt title to spine, small bump to...
A Kid From The City.
WATKINS, ELEANOR. · 1976 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: Pickering & Inglis, 1976. 0720822343. 1st edition. "The Welfare lady started it all. She suggested that Pat and Donny have a holiday on a farm..Donny enjoys the petting he receives, but Pat gets into all sorts of scrapes, and, unfortunately, lies to cover up his misdee...
Country Affairs. (Signed).
RENNICK, JENNIFER. · 1995 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Headline, 1995. 0747212287. 1st edition. "An irresistibly lively, hearbreakingly poignant novel of country life." Pp.314, signed by the author to title page, pages slightly toned. Green cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.
Sing Nature's Song. (Illustrated by David T. Donaghy).
FRANCIS, HILARY J. · 2009 · Chilton Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Great Barn Publishing, 2009. 9780956173300. 1st edition. A mystical children's book. "A story of the little peoples journey to the castle that has had no music for over a hundred years. In making the journey, the little people overcome their own difficulties to help humans sin...
The Picnic.
KEIR, GERTRUDE / JACKSON, CAROLIN (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1951 · Chilton Books
£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)
Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1951. 0. Reprint of the 1946 (1st) edition. "One of a series of picture reading books with text carefully graded, from the first to the last volume, to follow the reading progress of the child. The series answers the needs o...
The Glass House. (Signed).
BUSHELL, LYNN. · 1985 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: Piatkus, 1985. 0861883233. 1st edition. Lynn Bushell's first novel. "Lynn Bushell's writing is strongly reminiscent of Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard. The Glass House uses the themes of guilt and jealousy and bereavement as negative emotions which play a positi...
The High Rise.
HEAPS, LEO. · 1972 · Chilton Books
£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)
London: W.H.Allen, 1972. 0491005024. 1st edition. "A story of intrigue and power-struggles at the top of a great company - a fascinating tale, dramatically told, of the men and women whose future depends on the fate of the corporation. The crude and hidden secrets of England's...
Frank Oldfield. Or Lost and Found.
WILSON, T.(THEODORE)P.(PERCIVAL). · 1912 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: T.Nelson and Sons and The United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, nd.(c.1912). 0. "The Committee of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union having offered prizes of One Hundred Pounds, and Fifty Pounds respectively, for the two best illustrative of Temperance in its relation ...
Where the East Wind Blows.
MAIR, ALISTAIR. · 1972 · Chilton Books
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
London: Heinemann, 1972. 0434441031. 1st edition. "The slow, timeless rhythm of the Western Isles is beautifully evoked to form the backgrounde to this story of suspense as it deftly builds up to a pitch of excitement and expectancy." Pp.233. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has chip t...