Narrativa e romanzi

The Twisted Sabre. A Biographical Novel of Benedict Arnold.

EDWARDS, SAMUEL. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Alvin Redman, 1964. 1st edition. "What caused Benedict Arnold to become a traitor to the cause for which he had twice been wounded, to which he had given so much?..In 'The Twisted Sabre', a dramatic novel based on fact, Samuel Edwards explains the enigma that was Bened...

Grimshaw of St.Kit's. (With four illustrations in colour and black and white by C.P.Shelton).

POOLE, MICHAEL. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Cassell and Company,Ltd, 1929. A School Story. Pp.215, colour frontispiece + 3 black & white plates by C.P.Shelton, occasional foxing throughout. Brown cloth with black titles and colour illustration inset to front board. Good.

Some Boys' Doings.

HABBERTON, JOHN. · 1902 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: James Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1902. By the author of "Helen's Babies". Pp.256/4(ads for other publications), black & white frontispiece + 3 further black & white plates. Blue cloth, gilt title and black illustration to front, gilt title to spine. VG.

Clubfoot The Avenger.

WILLIAMS, VALENTINE. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, nd.(c.1924). 5th printing. Being Some Further Adventures of Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service. "Clubfoot, the sinister and masterful German secret agent, is again on the warpath to wreak his vengeance on the men in the British secret servi...

A Northern Crack.

GOULD, NAT. · 1917 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London: John Long, nd. 211th thousand. A John Long Four-Square Racing Thriller, originally published in 1917. Pp144, slight toning to pages. Paperback, slightly rubbed with small chip to lower front fore-edge. G+.**Nat Gould (1857-1919) was possibly one of the most prolific of...

Finding Rachel.

GOODMAN, LOUISE. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New York: iUniverse, Inc, 2009. 9781440124792. By the author of "Stillness in the Air". "When Dr Wesley Legion's twin sister, Rachel, dead for twenty-six years, speaks to him, he dismisses it as trick of the imagination. But when it occurs again, this time feeling her presence...

Grandpa and the Tiger.

HEWARD, CONSTANCE.(WORDS)/ GOVEY, LILIAN A. (PICTURES). · 1924 · Chilton Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London: George G.Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1924. 1st edition. 16cms x 11cms. An escaped tiger from a traveling zoo is discovered in Grandpa's garden. The tiger enters the house, where it is finally caught with the result of it ending up as a rug on Grandpa's living room floor. Unpagina...

Explosion! A Peter Gayleigh Story.

ROBERTSON, COLIN. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Ward, Lock & Co.Ltd, 1945. 1st edition. A Uranium Bomb Sttory. "Peter Gayleigh's old antagonist and friend, Chief Inspector Herrington of Scotland Yard, sets Gayleigh the task of frustrating the famous Nazi spy's attempts to obtain details of the extraordinary new expl...

The Castle of Himself. (Illustrated by Constance Symonds).

ROLT, MARY F. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1927. 1st edition. Children's story about a little boy who is "King" of his world which gets 'invaded' by Mr Cough, Mrs Cold, Miss Sneeze and Master Shivers. 17.5cms x 13.5cms. Pp.48, colour frontispiece + 6 black & white line...

The Silver Bullet.

HUME, FERGUS. · 1903 · Chilton Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London: John Long, nd.(c.1903). By the author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab". Presumed 1st edition due to catalogue of John Long Autumn and New Year announcements 1903-1904 to end of book. Pp.309/6(ads for other publications), endpapers browned, marginal tears to pp.303/304,...

Hell in Contemporary Literature. Western Descent Narratives Since 1945.

FALCONER, RACHEL. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. 0748617639. 1st edition. "Explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering. In the contemporary period, the descent to Hel...

Madeline.

BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Sphere, 1968. The first in the "Madeline" series. Sphere edition in association with Andre Deutch Ltd. 22.5cms x 17cms. Pp.48, illustrated throughout but with some blurring to the colour plates on pp. 10, 11,14 and 15, small chip to lower corner pp.13/14,23/24, and 29/...

Madeline in London.

BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Sphere, 1969. 0. In which Pepito moves to London, and Madeline and the girls go to visit him. First Sphere edition. 22.5cms x 17cms. Pp.56, illustrated throughout, small corner losses affecting pp.5/6, 43/44 and 53/54. Paperback, crease to lower rear cover. Good.

Our Seneca.

MENDELL, CLARENCE W. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

USA: Archon Books, 1968. Reprint of 1941 original in an unaltered and unabridged edition. "Seeks to provide a more just evaluation of the contributions of classical antiquity to the stage of 16th-Century England and France, especially in presenting the social and political bac...

Unknown Pilgrim.

SUTCLIFFE, JOHN C. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

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...

The Noose.

MACDONALD, PHILIP. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London: W.Collins Sons & Co.Ltd, nd.(c.1930). Copyright edition. The Crime Club series, although nothing printed inside the book to state this the words "The Crime Club" to base of spine. Philip Macdonald re-introduces us to his amateur detective, Anthony Gethryn. "How does An...

The Eye of the Beholder.

WRIGHT, ROBERT. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lewes: The Book Guild, 1997. 185776241X. 1st edition. Pp.153. Black cloth, dustwrapper (design by Hilary Prosser) has two small top edge tears. VG/G+.

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes.

WILSON, ANGUS. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Secker and Warburg and The Book Society, 1956. Pp.x/412. Brown cloth, illustrated dustwrapper by Ronald Searle has edge tears with slight sunning to spine. Good/Good.

False Evidence.

OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. · 1913 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Ward, Lock & Co, Ltd, 1913. Story of a gallant soldier who is dismissed from his regiment, and disowned by his father, because he has been found guilty, on "false evidence," of cowardice in the field. He changes his name, and later his son falls in love with the daught...

Birds of Heaven.

OKRI, BEN. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Phoenix, 1996. 1857995937. "In these two inspirational essays, Ben Okri returns to the themes of his novel, Astonishing the Gods. He explores the meaning of language, its unique power to shape and direct our lives, and the special responsibilities that belong to those ...