Narrativa e romanzi

Pamela Hansford Johnson. (Writers and their Work. No.203).

QUIGLY, ISABEL. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1968. 1st ed. "Pamela Hansford Johnson is in no sense a stereotyped writer; as Isabel Quigly observes in this first critical essay to be published on her work". Pp 48, portrait to frontis. P/b, slight sunning to spine. G+.

Spenser's Anatomy of Heroism. A Commentary on The Faerie Queene.

EVANS, MAURICE. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cambridge: The University Press. 1970. 1st ed. "A study of Spenser's conception of the nature of heroism and the way it is embodied in the seperate books of The Faerie Queene. Stresses the coherence of Spenser's scheme of virtues and examines the fusion of christian symbol and...

William Faulkner. (Profiles in Literature Series.)

MOTTRAM, ERIC. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. 1st ed. "William Faulkner is one of the great American novelists of the twentieth century." Pp 9/110, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board and title page. Dark blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

Second Thoughts. Reflections on Literature and on Life. (Translated from the French by Adrienne Foulke.)

MAURIAC, FRANCOIS. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Darwen Finlayson, 1961. 1st ed. "Francois Mauriac, recognized as one of the world's most distinguished novelists and critics, has selected from his literary journals these penetrating and deeply moving essays on our society and its literature." Pp. 176 ex college libra...

The Tragic Mask: A Study of Faulkner's Heroes.

LONGLEY, JOHN LEWIS. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

USA: University of North Carolina Press, 1963. 1st ed. "This is a book about Faulkner's people, the multitude of saints and men of courage, villains and clowns, who inhabit the mythical county of Yoknapatawpha." Pp. 9/242, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board an...

The Truest Poetry: An Essay on the Question What is Literature?

LERNER, LAURENCE. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. 1st ed. "The Truest Poetry is a study in aesthetics, concerned with the principles of literary criticism .." Pp. 10/221, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board and title page. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has sunning and numb...

Middle English Religious Prose. (York Medieval Texts Series.)

BLAKE, N.F. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, 1972. 1st ed. "This collection of texts is designed to show the continuity and at the same time the diversity of work by English writers in the religious prose tradition during the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries." Pp. 6/228, ex colle...

Some Mythical Elements in English Literature: Being the Clark Lectures 1959-60.

TILLYARD, E.M.W. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. 1st ed. "Such communal literature has certain things in common with the epic, and Dr. Tillyard's stimulating new book develops naturally from his well-known study of the English epic and its background." Pp. 143, ex college library. Red cloth, gi...

Criticism in Practice.

PEEL, MARIE. (EDITOR.) · 1964 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1964. 1st ed. "It is a book for the discriminating adult who wishes to increase his appreciation of English language and literature." Pp. 15/189, ex college library. Mauve cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w G+/G+.

The Youngest Camel. Reconsidered and rewritten. (Pictures by Ronni Solbert).

BOYLE, KAY. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Faber and Faber,1960. 1st ed. 23cms x 17cms. Pp.95, b/w illustrations by Ronni Solbert, owners details to fep. Orange illustrated boards, sunning to spine and top edges. G+.

French Writing on English Soil. A choice of French writing published in London between November 1940 and June 1944.

WEIGHTMAN, J.G. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Sylvan Press, 1945. 1st ed. Selected and translated by J.G. Weightman. Contains a selection of articles originally printed in the French monthly La France Libre. Pp. 134, owner's name to fep. Light blue cloth has gilt motif to front board, title faded to spine. G+.

Brecht: A Study.

MORLEY, MICHAEL. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Heinemann, 1977. 1st ed. "In this study Michael Morley follows Brecht's complex development stage by stage .." Pp. 7/135, ex-library. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w price-clipped and with clear protective wrap. G+/G+.

Piers Plowman. Critical Approaches.

HUSSEY, S.S. (EDITOR). · 1969 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. "Dr. Hussey has gathered together twelve original essays on 'Piers Plowman' by acknowledged specialists in medieval literature." Pp. 9/366, ex-library stamps to verso front board and fep which also has scuffing. Brown cloth, gilt title ...

Two Cats in America. (Illustrated by Ralph Steadman).

DAMJAN, MISCHA. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London: Longman Young, 1970. 1st ed. 29cms x 21cms. Unpaginated, colour illustrations by Ralph Steadman throughout. Illustratated laminated boards (American Indians walking off into the distance with two squaws carrying cats in papooses in foreground) slightly rubbed to spine....

Have Pity for the Damned.

GILBERT , GEOFFREY. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Thames & Hudson, 1953. 1st ed. Fiction. "Besides being a gripping story, it is a penetrating character study, and the situations build up naturally to a shattering climax." Pp. 247, spotting to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has chipping and small edge ...

Doctor Slaughter.

THEROUX, PAUL. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. 1st ed. Fiction. "It is an entertainment of a very high calibre, a Rake's Progress, dazzlingly transmitted for the twentieth century." Pp. 137. Black cloth, d/w has clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

Ellis Island and Other Stories.

HELPRIN, MARK. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 1st ed. A novella and 10 stories. Pp. 196/1 Biography, review slip loosely inserted. Red boards with cream cloth spine, d/w has small edge tears. VG/G+.

Arrow to the Heart. (Translated from the German by Constantine Fitzgibbon.)

GOES, ALBRECHT. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st ed. "I read it with intense interest. I think it is one of the most remarkable war novels that have yet appeared - perhaps the most outstanding of all." Pp. 104, inscrip. to fep, spotting to endpapers and closed page edges. Beige cloth, d/w il...

Big Mister.

RAYNER, WILLIAM. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Collins, 1974. 1st ed. Fiction. "In this strange world where magic and reality mingle, Simon and Anne experience the difference between the true and the false in a way that they will never be able to forget - even in the 1970s." Pp. 191. Red cloth, gilt title to spine,...

Prudence and the Pill.

MILLS, HUGH. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Triton Books, 1965. 1st ed. Fiction. "Prudence and the Pill does not try to do more than entertain. But that it does superlatively well." Made into a film in 1968, starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven. Pp. 144, line drawings to chapter headings. Mauve cloth, gilt titl...