Narrativa e romanzi

Ta-Mera. (signed).

PRICE, NANCY. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Hutchinson, 1950. 1st edition. "The central figure is the daughter of an Egyptologist and a princess of the ancient Egyptian royal blood. Ta-Mera is young and beautiful and possessed of the power to govern the will of others. After the death of her parents she comes to...

A Whip for the Woman Being (perhaps a little unexpectedly) an Impartial Account of the Present State of the novel Market, and Intended to be a Guide for all LIterary Aspirants. By Ralph Straus.

STRAUS, RALPH (1882-1950) . · 1931 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London: Chapman and Hall Limited, MCMXXXI [1931] . 0. Signed first edition. Original blue cloth with dulled edges. Original printed dust jacket with price "7/6 NET". Some darkening of jacket with chipping along edges, back cover with some staining. Inscription to front endpape...

My Favourite Books. (signed).

BLATCHFORD, ROBERT. · 1901 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London: The Clarion Office, 1901. 2nd impression. Contents: Good Books and Bad Books; Of Bed Books; A Seraphic Book; A Book of Gay Wisdom; William Morris, Song-smith; "A Dream of John Ball"; Of Graphic Writing; White's "Selborne"; Sir Thomas Browne; The "Pilgrim's Progress"; O...

The Accidental Shepherd.

DOBSON, GAVIN R. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Librario Publishing Limited, 2012. 9781909238008. "Each of the fifteen stories in The Accidental Shepherd should be read on its own merits as a stand-alone vignette in the life of Geordie Kinloch. Some were inspired by experiences and observations of the author and his friends...

The Price of Redemption.

DOBSON, GAVIN R. · 2011 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Librario Publishing Limited, 2011. 9781906775285. "When the giant American financial group CSF appoints Mark Telford's Appletree Capital Management in London to handle a world-wide fund, the champagne flows in expectation of the fees this will generate..Euphoria is short-lived...

Some 'Opes of Brody Street, E.1.

FARRAN, DORIS. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Bexleyheath: S.M.D.Print Centre, 2003. 0953492532. A moving yet humorous story of the Hope family, in the screw and scrape times of Peace, and how it was in War, living alongside the East End Docks in the Blitz. Pp.413, signed by author to title page. Paperback. VG.

Charles Fort: A Radical Corpuscle. By Sam Moskowitz .

MOSKOWITZ, SAM (1920 - 1997 ) . · 1976 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Newark, N.J. : Sam Moskowitz, 1976. 0. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the author. This is a mimeographed and stapled magazine (last leaf loose). 11.0" x 8.5". pp.20. Illustrated white paper front cover with a design by "Gropper" (soiled and creased). No rear cover. A...

An Heir For The Earl.

DRYSDALE, MARGARET. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: Robert Hale, 1983. 0709009313. 1st edition. Historical fiction about the Earl of Leicester, his mistress - the widowed Countess of Sheffield, An old live now widowed - Lettice, Countess of Essex, and Queen Elizabeth I. Pp.188, incribed by the author "For Anita and John...

The Day Of Recompense By Silas K. Hocking With Original Illustrations By A. Twidle .

HOCKING, SILAS K. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London: Frederick Warne And Co. 1899 . 0. Signed First edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. 8.0" x 5.5" x 1.25". pp.2/pp.357/[4pp. - Adverts]. Bright red cloth over bevelled boards, with gilt titles to both the front board and spine. Edges rubbed and bumped. Spine dulle...

The Dead Sleep Lightly and Other Mysteries from Radio's Golden Age.

DICKSON CARR, JOHN. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

New York: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, 1983. 0385187149. 1st edition. Edited and with an Introduction by Douglas G. Greene. "Nine never-before-published radio plays by the late John Dickson Carr..Here, all the hallmarks of Carr's classic detective novel...

Jane Austen and the Fiction of her Time.

WALDRON, MARY. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 0521651301. 1st edition. Explores the nature of Jane Austen's "confrontations with the popular novelists of her time, and demonstrates how her challenge to them transformed fiction". Pp.x/194, signed by the author to front free endp...

Asya.

IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. 0701135093. 1st edition. "The compelling account of one indomitable woman's path through revolution, war and exile, 'Asya' is above all an enthralling love story which encompasses some of the momentous historical events of our time." Pp.309, sign...

While The Bells Ring. (illustrated by Janet Rawlins).

MAYNE, WILLIAM. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 024189932X. 1st edition. "A story about people, but it is also a story about landscape, in which the Dales setting plays an important part. The artist, Janet Rawlins, knows and loves the Yorkshire Dales and her pictures perfectly complement Willi...

The Solitude of Thomas Cave.

HARDING, GEORGINA. · 2007 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Signed Uncorrected Proof copy. "Set in the first half of the 17th century, this is a poetic and highly literate novel that has as its themes the nature of mankind and our impact on the environment. Thomas Cave is a whaler on Arctic expeditions collect...

Men of Destiny. or The Moment of No Return.

KING-HALL, STEPHEN. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: K-H Services Ltd, 1960. 1st edition. "A sudden crisis over West Berlin triggered off by the East German Communists. With Russian foreknowledge and support? The West took this for granted; they were wrong..We observe the frantic efforts of the men of "the Establishments...

Unknown Pilgrim.

SUTCLIFFE, JOHN C. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Dewsbury: Joseph Ward, 1985. 0861166612. Exact reprint of 1981 New Horizon publication. "This unusual book tells the remarkable story of a young man who, after a strange experience, decides to walk barefoot from Tangier to Northern Ireland dressed only in a simple Arab robe an...

Country Affairs. (Signed).

RENNICK, JENNIFER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

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.

The Glass House. (Signed).

BUSHELL, LYNN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

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 | ¥3,796)

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...

Retrato En Sepia. (Portrait in Sepia).(Signed).

ALLENDE, ISABEL. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Madrid: Areté, 2001. 8401341558. 12th edition. Spanish edition. A sequel to Allende's 'Daughter of Fortune' as it follows Eliza Sommers' grand-daughter - Aurora del Valle..War and history are important in this novel; Allende has confided she always does thorough historical res...