Narrativa e romanzi

Inheritance. (A Novel).

SUNDERLAND, CHRISTINE. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Waterford, Virginia: OakTara, 2009. 9781602902190. "Woven through the mists of Lent to new life on Easter Day, 'Inheritance' draws the lives of four characters together to a stunning unforgettable conclusion..A poignant story about choices made along the way.and the miracles o...

Khalida. (Signed)

PERKINS, KEN. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

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 Waiting Game.

MATKIN, SIMON. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Lavenham:Privately Published, 2006. 0955419409. Signed copy. "The tale of one Tommy Gainsborough, a posh ex-banker turned Private Hire driver back in his native Suffolk, who struggles to come to terms with all the punters and pisspots of his new trade with the dubious assistan...

Poems Sacred and Profane: A Welsh Novice Monk -D.M.De Silva; Harwig A. Vogelsberger; With Three Essays by William Oxley.

HOGG, DR JAMES.(EDITOR). · 1988 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Salzburg: Institut Fur Anglistik Und Amerikanistik, 1988. Poems Sacred and Profane: A Welsh Novice Monk -D.M.De Silva; Harwig A. Vogelsberger; With Three Essays by William Oxley. Salzburg Studies in English Literature Under the Direction of Professor Erwin A.Sturzl. Pp.119, in...

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry.

HALE, JOHN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Collins, 1963. 0. Action takes place over a day in which George revisits a seaside town where he grew up, and events of his life (brief & stormy marriage to a rich girl and estrangement from his parents) start to come into focus. Pp.191, signed by author to title page,...

The Children Of The Bible .

J. M. KRONHEIM ( ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1852 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London: The Religious Tract Society: Depositories, 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly: and sold by the booksellers. [ 1852 ] . 0. A well preserved original binding. 7.25" x 5.5" . Blue ripple-grain cloth over boards, gold title and illustration...

The Children Of The Bible .

J. M. KRONHEIM ( ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1852 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London: The Religious Tract Society: Depositories, 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly: and sold by the booksellers. [ 1852 ] . 0. A well preserved original binding. 7.25" x 5.5" . Blue ripple-grain cloth over boards, gold title and illustration...

Baroque Tales of Chile. (Signed).

YOUNG, HENRY LYON. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

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...

Last Voyage From Ipswich.

FOSTER, PETER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Ipswich: Peter Foster(Privately printed), 1995. 0952762501. 'Special Limited Edition'. "Another small British Merchant ship has been sold off to a new owner in Jamaica who has hired a crew of six unemployed British seamen to take her across the Atlantic..Once at sea, they disc...

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 | ¥5,273)

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...

Snatchers.

CRESSWELL, HELEN. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

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...

Dying to Tell.

GODDARD, ROBERT. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

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...

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

STOREY, GRAHAM. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

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.

The Delightful Adventures of Toby Ant.

UNCLE BILL (WILLIAM T KENNEDY). · 1980 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Ft.Lauderdale:Privately printed, 1980. Read-Aloud Bedtime stories. "The Toby Ant stories were invented by a father seeking a way to calm his children during that all important bed-time period." Pp.4/86, inscribed by the author to copyright page, typed re-order slip pasted to i...

A Million Tears.

HENKE, PAUL. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Glasgow: Good Reading. 1998. 1st ed. "The tale of love and hate, murder and suicide, poverty and wealth - the story of a family whose devotion for each other helps them to succeed where others fail". 23cms x 15cms. Pp 523, inscribed by author to title page. P/b. Illustrated co...

Love let me not Hunger.

GALLICO, PAUL. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London: Heinemann, 1963. 1st ed. Pp.313, authors inscription 'to Mrs Frank Simon sincerely Paul Gallico. Xmas,1963' to fep. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed edges. VG.

Ninety Feet to the Sun. A Sea Novel of World War II.

COLLENETTE, ERIC J. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: William Kimber, 1984. 071830506X. 1st ed. A fast-moving adventure of the war at sea. Pp. 192, inscribed by author to half-title, signed. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has chipping and small loss to top edges. VG/G+.

Reflections at Fifty and other Essays.

FARRELL, JAMES T. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954. 1st ed. "It is a book reflecting Mr. Farrell's dedication to a way of life and literature that, in his own words, encompasses, 'the great moral values of the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, fair play.' " Pp. 223. Beige cloth, d/w slightly ...

An Inconvenient Woman.

DUNNE, DOMINICK. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London:Sidgwick and Jackson,1990. 1st ed. "..a richly woven story of how the rich exert their power - no matter what the human price." Pp.458, inscribed by the author "To Kay and Manny my dear friends with love Dominick Dunne" to half-title. Black cloth,d/w. VG/VG.

Look Down That Winding River. An Informal Profile of the Mississippi. Illusrated by Alice Caddy.

BURMAN, BEN LUCIEN. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

U.S.A: David & Charles Holdings Ltd, 1973. 1st ed."In this volume, described by P.G. Wodehouse as "absolutely fascinating", Mr. Burman returns to the great river, with colourful recollections of the glamorous Mississippi steamboat days that are now no more." Pp.192 , some b/w ...