Narrativa e romanzi

Black Summer.

HALE, JULIAN. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 0241107679. 1st ed. "When the Germans invaded southern Russia in the summer of 1942, their superbly trained troops encountered little opposition - until they reached the Caucasus mountains, where the last, desperate units of the Red Army and Russ...

David Copperfield. Interweaving Truth and Fiction. (Twayne's Masterwork Studies).

STOREY, GRAHAM. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991. 0805781420. 1st ed. "..considers the autobiographical elements in David Copperfield as well as Dickens's singular gifts for portraying childhood." Pp.14/111, inscribed from the author to title page, marks to fep. Pbk. VG.

Wednesday Stories: Short Stories Broadcast by the B.B.C.

BROWN, HILTON. (EDITOR.) · 1946 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Vallancey Press Ltd, 1946. 1st ed. A series broadcast by the B.B.C. on Wednesday nights. Pp.64. Red cloth, d/w rubbed with edge chipping. VG/G+.

Lion Invincible.

WENSBY-SCOTT, CAROL. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. 0718123387. 1st ed. "Lion Invincible, the final volume in Carol Wensby-Scott's trilogy about the Percy family of Northumberland, follows the fortunes of Harry Percy from 1469 to his death in the aftermath of the Battle of Bosworth, the bloody even...

The Story and Its Writer. An Introduction to Short Fiction.

CHARTERS, ANN. (EDITOR). · 1983 · Chilton Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

New York: Bedford/St Martin's Press, 1983. 0312762518. 1st ed. "..includes a wide selection of short story masterpieces, arranged so that they help students understand the historical development of this literary form and the lively interaction between short story writers thems...

While The Horses Galloped To London.

WATTS, MABEL / MAYER, MERCER (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1974 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Surrey; World's Work, 1974. 43784210X. 1st ed. "A spritely tall tale, told with charm and humour by Mabel Watts, with illustrations typical of Mercer Mayer's particular talen for extending a story beyond the text." Unpaginated,colour illustrations throughout. Red cloth spine, ...

Compartments.

FISHER, DAVID. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London; W.H. Allen, 1972. 0491006020. 1st ed. A novel by the author of Crisis. "A novel of relationships and affections.. an essentially adult novel, not merely in its sophisticated attitude to moral freedom, but in the way it unaffectedly accepts the way real people think and...

The Vines of Yarrabee.

EDEN, DOROTHY. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. 1st ed. "Set in Australia in the early days of colonization, this is the story of Yarrabee, a vineyard, and the people whose lives it dominated..The vitality and violence of pioneer life in the first part of the nineteenth century provides a s...

Five Days Till Noon.

ROSS, SHEILA. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Collins, 1973. 0002212692. 1st ed. Novel about a plane hijack. "..it was happening - and within a few hours the Jewish and Muslim passengers had been spirited away, the children evacuated, and a little group of six crew and eleven passengers were left as hostages aboar...

The Boughwolfen and other stories.

PITTMAN, AL. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Canada: Breakwater, 1984. 1st ed. Short stories. The author's debut into adult prose fiction. Pp. 114. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

There is a Tide.

LOGAN, AGNES. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1930. 1st ed. Fiction. "Miss Logan has taken a great northern industrial town for her background." Pp. 280, uneven toning to endpapers. Orange cloth, illustrated d/w has clear protective wrap. G+/G+.

The Cunning Man.

DAVIES, ROBERTSON. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1994. 1st ed. "This novel allows Robertson Davies to display his wit (school, he tells us, is 'a form of jail with educational opportunities') and his wisdom in a novel which, of course, never neglects the charms of narrative for the human he...

Alias Grace.

ATWOOD, MARGARET. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1996. 1st ed. "In her astonishing new novel, Margaret Atwood has reclaimed a mysterious and disturbing story of the past century in Canada and has woven it into an intricate narrative that brilliantly evokes time and place." Pp. 470. Beige cl...

Politics. A Novel.

THIRLWELL, ADAM. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 1st ed. Fiction. " Politics tells the story of a father and daughter. It also tells the story of a menage a trois." Pp. 279. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. F/F.

Zoia's Gold.

SINGTON, PHILIP. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Atlantic Books, 2005. 1st ed. A riveting story of obsession, betrayal and redemption. Pp. 391. P/b. F.

Fombombo.

STRIBLING, T.S. · 1923 · Chilton Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: Nisbet & Co,1923. 1st British ed. "Thomas Strawbridge was a plain American citizen travelling in cartridges, rifles and hardware, on the borders of Venezuela and the new State of Rio Negro..Once involved in the struggles of the dictator Fombombo against his enemies, co...

Open Arms. (Translated from the French by Elspeth Grant & Peter de Polnay.)

JOYEUX, ODETTE. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Allan Wingate, 1954. 1st ed. Fiction. "The unmistakeable quality of this novel is its Frenchness; its story could not happen, nor could its three characters exist outside France." Pp. 162, faint spotting to endpapers. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w rubbed with loss to low...

Esmond in India.

JHABVALA, R. PRAWER. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: George allen & Unwin,1958. 1st ed. Pp.256, owners name to fep. Black cloth, silver title to spine. VG.

Last Respects.

WEIDMAN, JEROME. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Bodley Head, 1972. 1st British ed. "This is Jerome Weidman at the top of his form." Pp. 372. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Make me an Offer. (Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman.)

MANKOWITZ, WOLF. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1952. 1st ed. "In this story of the pursuit and capture of a rare Portland vase, there is poetry as well as wit and pathos as well as satire." Pp. 108, 12 line drawings, author's first novel, marks to rear endpapers. Yellow cloth, illustrated d/w has...