Narrativa e romanzi

The Hitler Diaries. A Novel.

HUGO, RICHARD. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Macmillan, 1982. 0333336208. 1st edition. "In April 1945 the Russian secret service, noted for its ruthlessness and efficiency, allowed a British officer to walk out of the Berlin bunker carrying a diary found on a chair in the Fuhrer's study. Known sometimes as 'Hitle...

The Orion Line.

LUARD, NICHOLAS. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Secker & Warburg,1976. 1st edition. "Underground cells of men and women, heroes, traitors, patriots and criminals, running a wartime network that spanned Europe from Belgium to the Spanish border. That was the Orion Line. But the Orion Line had been penetrated and smas...

The Dirty Area.

LUARD, NICHOLAS. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 0241101301. 1st edition. "He was called Ross Callum and in the Tangier straits he was a legend. A flamboyant hell-raising womaniser who, until he disappeared, had owned the fastest launch on the coast and made a fortune running guns to the Sahel ...

Wolf the Mechanical Dog. (Illustrations by Pat Leyshun).

WELDON, FAY. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: William Collins Sons & Co, 1988. 0001847929. 1st edition. "Fay Weldon's picture of a future world is both frightening and funny. Even though machines are dominant it is still possible for human children to throw a spanner in the works." Unpaginated, distinctive black a...

Khalida. (Signed)

PERKINS, KEN. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Quartet Books, 1991. 070432783X. 1st edition. The author's first novel. "Aden in the 1960s. A young British soldier, Corporal Kelly has been seduced by an Arab woman in her desperate bid to divert him from an explosives cache. Unknown to Kelly, his daaughter Khalida ha...

The Black The Grey and The Gold.

FORD, NORMAN R. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Souvenir, 1962. 0. 1st British edition. A novel about a scandal at a military academy. "Here is the fictional behind-the-scenes world of West Point, from the cadets' quarters to the officers' homes." Pp.450, light toning to endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has tonin...

The St Nicholas Anthology. With an introduction by May Lamberton Becker.

COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE. (EDITOR). · 1948 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

New York: Random House,1948. 1st ed. Anthology of children's stories and poems by such authors as: Pyle, Candler Harris, Theodore Roosevelt, Tennyson, Longfellow, Kipling, Harte, Ingalls Wilder, London, Hodgson Burnett, Mapes Dodge. + a selection of stories/poems written by ch...

The Book Against God.

WOOD, JAMES. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 0224063952. 1st edition. ""James Wood's novel brings a new comic voice to British fiction - edgy, lyrical, intellectual and passionate. 'The Book Against God' explores questions of belief and unbelief, truth and lies, the relation of father and son...

Be Near Me.

O'HAGAN, ANDREW. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Faber & Faber, 2006. 0571216021. 1st edition. "In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. Over the spring and summer of 2003, Father David becomes friends with two young people, Mark and Lisa: by the y...

Baroque Tales of Chile. (Signed).

YOUNG, HENRY LYON. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1963. 0. 1st edition. "a conglomeration of folklore, anecdotes, gossip, and fantasy. Stories include the 'Virgin of Andacollo', the legend of the miracle-working Virgin to whom the Indians dance for three days and three nights without ce...

Long Way Down.

WILCOX, COLLIN. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Random House, 1974. 1st ed. Crime fiction. A book in the Frank Hastings series. Pp.184, owners name to front free endpaper. Black boards, white title to spine, minor bumps to lower corners. VG.

Arrested Fugitives.

RUSSELL, SIR EDWARD. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: James Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1912. 0. Contents: The right use of sacred literature by persons of average intelligence and education.--Matthew Arnold.--Public eloquence.--Irving as Hamlet.--Socrates and his Boswell.--Politics at Bethlehem.--Spy Wednesday.--A Roman gentleman o...

The Madonna of the Clutching Hands.

JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

London: Nisbet & Co, 1927. 0. 1st edition. "To Carolne Curtis the well-being of her husband, her mother and her children was a constant preoccupation. To secure their happiness she did not count the cost of any sacrifice, but their lives had to be lived in and through her.." P...

My Lady's Bargain.

HOPE, ELIZABETH. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1922. 0. 1st edition. Historical novel. "How Peter Williams, one of Cromwell's self-made generals, took great risks to win the affections of his high-born lady love..a vivid picture of the Commonwealth." Pp.302, darkened strip to endpapers. Grey cloth,...

Abra of Poictiers: A Story of the Days of S.Hilary.

AMES, M.E. · 1900 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1900. 0. 1st edition. Historical fiction account of the life of the fourth century bishop and Early Church Father, St.Hilary. Pp.x/189, endpapers browned. Green cloth, publishers 'file copy' label to front, spine slightly rubbed. VG.

Rabbit Redux.

UPDIKE, JOHN. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. 0233957049. 1st ed. "In this sequel to 'Rabbit, Run' John Updike brings back Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom. Ten years have passed since Rabbit failed in his bolt for freedom. The athletic escapist has become a paunchy conservative; and the becalmed Ameri...

The House of Broken Dreams.

JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1924. 0. 1st edition. Pp.320, top edge dusty but pages very clean. Blue cloth, yellow titles to front and spine. VG.

Court and Culture: Dutch Literature 1350-1450. (Translated by Arnold J Pomerans).

OOSTROM, FRITS PIETER VAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. 0520067770. 1st ed. "A ground-breaking study of Dutch court culture in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, this book also interweaves dynastic history, documentary evidence, art, architecture, and literature to pro...

The Monster of Mu.

RUTTER, OWEN. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Ernest Benn, 1932. 1st edition. New Ninepenny Novels Number 22. "The thrilling story of the race for treasure in the pacific and its tragic ending involving an uncharted island inhabited by an unknown race of pygmies". Pp.159, occasional line illustrations, slight toni...

Tryphena's Summer.

OWEN, WILLIAM. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Auckland: Collins, 1974. 1st ed. "In Tryphena's Summer, William Owen has taken the Island of Great Barrier in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf and adapted it to set the scene for this full, robust, novel of action, alive with colourful characters." This novel was a runner-up in the Auc...