Narrativa e romanzi

The Domino Plan. (Introducing Storm English).

GRANVILLE, EDGAR. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London: Bachman & Turner, 1975. 0859740285. 1st ed. "Domino - the most ruthless unconvicted financial operator in both hemispheres. What happens when he comes up against Storm English, master criminologist, who claims he can stop the crime explosion?" Pp.208, mild spotting to ...

Empire Born.

COOK, STEPHEN. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 0340379774. 1st ed. "A highly evocative novel ranging from the last days of colonial Africa to the barricades of Brixton." Pp.192, toned lines to endpapers. Blue cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

Criticism and Creation. With some other essays.

GRIERSON, H.J.C. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Chatto and Windus,1949. 1st ed. In this collection of 5 essays on literary criticism, the author "discusses the perpetual conflict between artist and critic; the difficulties and accomplishments of verse translations; and, in a group of three papers, some problems of D...

Reminiscences of Walt Whitman with Extracts from his Letters and Remarks on his Writings.

KENNEDY, WILLIAM SLOANE. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paisley and London: Alexander Gardner, 1896. 1st ed. Contents: Part I. Memories, Letters, etc. Part II. Drift and Cumulus. Part III. The Style of Leaves of Grass. Pp.14/190, decorative bookplate to inside front board, front hinge cracked. Brown cloth spine with dark yellow clo...

The Curious Death of the Novel. Essays in American Literature.

RUBIN, JR. LOUIS D. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Baton Rougr: Louisiana State University Press, 1967. 1st ed. "The collection includes imaginative studies of Henry James, Mark Twain, Edmund Wilson and Karl Shapiro. Several Southern writers, including Faulkner, Ellen Glasgow, Robert Penn Warren, Flannery O'Connor, and James B...

E.E.Cummings: A Collection of Critical Essays.

FRIEDMAN, NORMAN.(EDITOR). · 1972 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972. 1st ed. Twentieth Century Views series. Ex college library. Pp.6/185, library inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffing to fep. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

The Divine Average: A View of Comedy.

MCCOLLOM, WILLIAM G. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Cleveland: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1971. 1st ed. Ex college library. "This critical study defines comedy as an amusing, relatively discontinuous action concerning success or failure in social relations.." Pp.12/231, ink stamps to front endpapers and title...

The Rise of the Gothic Novel.

KILGOUR, MAGGIE. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Routledge, 1995. 0415081823. 1st ed. "In this cogent analysis of the rise and fall of the gothic as a popular form. Kilgour juxtaposes the writings of William Godwin with Mary Wollstonecraft, and Ann Radcliffe with Matthew Lewis. She concludes with a close reading of t...

Snatchers.

CRESSWELL, HELEN. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hodder Childrens Books, 1998. 0340682868. 1st edition. Hardback. "Ellie Horner has gone missing, and there's snow in September: The whole world has turned upside down. The whole world is holding its breath." Pp.176, inscribed by theauthor ( "For Sybil and Ewart with lo...

The Ballad and the Source.

LEHMANN, ROSAMOND. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Collins, 1944. 1st ed. Only novel by Rosamond Lehmann that doesn't have a contemporary setting, taking place between the Mid-Victorian era and the First World War. Pp.318. Yellow cloth, slightly rubbed. VG.

Sight Unseen.

GODDARD, ROBERT. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Bantam Press, 2005. 059305363X. 1st ed. "..another classic mystery from Robert Goddard, full of his trademark twists and turns, and deeply satisfiying to the very last page." Pp.329, blue mark to top corner of fep. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

Dying to Tell.

GODDARD, ROBERT. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Bantam Press, 2001. 0593047583. 1st ed. Signed. "Dying to Tell is a classic Robert Goddard mystery: intricate, compelling, and this time with a denouement that is, quite literally, sensational." Pp.345, signed by author to title page. Green cloth, d/w has clear protect...

The Little Gentleman.

PEARCE, PHILIPPA. · 2004 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Puffin, 2004. 014138090X. 1st ed. By the author of Tom's Midnight Garden. Children's story about the friendship between a little girl and a 300 year old talking mole. Pp.147, occasional line illustrations by Patrick Benson, gift message to fep. Purple cloth, illustrate...

Wycliffe and the House of Fear.

BURLEY, W.J. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Victor Gollancz, 1995. 0575059958. 1st ed. "The Kemps, a Cornish Catholic family, have hung on to Kellycoryk, their ancestral home, for almost five hunrded years, but it is beginning to look as though the present century will be their last.." Pp.192. Brown cloth, d/w p...

The Respected Lady.

CONSTANDUROS, MABEL AND AGG, HOWARD. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Lawson & Dunn, 1946. 1st ed. Pp.190, owners details to fep, browning to pages. Blue cloth, rubbed. Scarce. G.

Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers.

PARK, NICK. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: BBC Children's Books, 1994. 0563403853. 1st ed. "This stunning picture book, which retells the hilarious, nail-biting story of 'The Wrong Trousers', uses stills from the Oscar-winning film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations." 30cms x 20.5cms. Pp.32, colour illustration...

Nebula Winners Thirteen.

DELANY, SAMUEL R.(EDITOR). · 1980 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Harper & Row, 1980. 006013786X. 1st ed. Stories include: Harlan Ellison - Jeffty is Five; John Varley - Air Raid; Racoona Sheldon - The Screwfly Solution; Edward Bryant - Particle Theory; Spider and Jeanne Robinson - Stardance; Vonda N. McIntyre - Aztecs. There is a ...

Python Dance.

SILVER, NORMAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Faber and Faber, 1992. 0571165885. 1st ed. "Growing up in a Johannesburg suburb, Ruth is Jewish, a teenager - and white. But this is the South Africa of the '60's: Prime Minister Verwoerd is assassinated, there is a spate of detentions without trial, and the severest d...

Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays.

DAVIS, ROBERT MURRAY. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972. 1st ed. Twentieth Century Views series. Ex college library. Pp.8/183, inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffs to fep. Black cloth, d/w designed by Stanley Wyatt. VG/VG.

Rescue. A Novel.

RICHARDS, ELIZABETH. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 0671023977. 1st ed. By the author of 'Every Day'. "Rescue is the engrossing story of a childless woman in a crumbling marriage whose effort to save a troubled stepson risks destroying them both." (Shelby Hearon). Pp.276. Brown cloth spine over tan...