Narrativa e romanzi

The Heart of Tommy Titt or the Big Man and the Bigger.

POWER, REV. P.B. · 1895 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: SPCK, nd.(c.1895). 0. Victorian moral tale by the author of "The Oiled Feather". Ex-parish library. Pp.125, engraved frontispiece + 7 further plates, engraved head and tail pieces + historated capitals, inkstamp "NCRMANBY Parsh Library, 1895" to front free endpaper and...

The Nest of the SparrowHawk. (The Scarlet Pimpernel series).

ORCZY, BARONESS. · 1657 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. 0. Set in puritan Kent in 1657, the story focuses on the intrigues of Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse "as stiff a roundhead as ever upheld my Lord Protector and his Puritantic government" who is determined to secure the vast fortunes of his lovely w...

Gone to Soldiers. A Novel of the Second World War.

PIERCY, MARGE. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Michael Joseph, 1987. 0718127978. "Marge Piercy creates an enormous picture of humanity at war that is subtle, complex and ultimately uplifting." Pp.viii/648, toning to pages. Black cloth, dustwrapper (by Chris Collingwood). A heavy book which may attract extra to send...

The Glass House. (Signed).

BUSHELL, LYNN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

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 | ¥3,797)

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...

Tim Kane's Treasure.

BENNETT, C.M. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London: Nisbet, nd.(c.1930). 0. The Cavalcade series. "The Brotherhood of the Gallows Tree, taking with them loot of fabulous value, treacherously left their fellow buccaneers. Then that reckless rascal, Captain Tim Kane, secretly buried the treasure. Desperate adventures both...

Frank Oldfield. Or Lost and Found.

WILSON, T.(THEODORE)P.(PERCIVAL). · 1912 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: T.Nelson and Sons and The United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, nd.(c.1912). 0. "The Committee of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union having offered prizes of One Hundred Pounds, and Fifty Pounds respectively, for the two best illustrative of Temperance in its relation ...

Play The Game. A School Story.

AVERY, HAROLD. · 1908 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, nd.(c.1908). 0. Boys school story about a football team. Pp.343, colour frontispiece + 3 further colour plates by E.Shepard, prze bookplate of Halstead Council School to inside front board, endpapers grubby. Green illustrated cloth with gilt tit...

Where the East Wind Blows.

MAIR, ALISTAIR. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

London: Heinemann, 1972. 0434441031. 1st edition. "The slow, timeless rhythm of the Western Isles is beautifully evoked to form the backgrounde to this story of suspense as it deftly builds up to a pitch of excitement and expectancy." Pp.233. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has chip t...

The Hitler Diaries. A Novel.

HUGO, RICHARD. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Macmillan, 1982. 0333336208. 1st edition. "In April 1945 the Russian secret service, noted for its ruthlessness and efficiency, allowed a British officer to walk out of the Berlin bunker carrying a diary found on a chair in the Fuhrer's study. Known sometimes as 'Hitle...

Dare Lorimer's Heritage.

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN. · 1891 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Hutchinson & Co, nd.(c.1891). 0. All edges gilt. Pp.338/6(publisher's ads), engraved frontispiece with very minor spotting, spotting to tissue guard and preliminary pages, front free endpaper absent, endpapers browned. Red 'art-nouveau' style floral decoration in pink ...

Charlie's Year at the Farm.

FORSTER, WILLIAM J. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:Charles H. Kelly, 1896. 0. A year in the life of a sickly Victorian schoolboy sent to his uncle's farm in the countryside for his health. Pp.64, occasional engraved illustrations throughout. Red cloth with white, yellow and orange flowers to front, boards a little rubbe...

Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham).

SWIFT, JONATHAN. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1949. 0. Tales for Children From Many Lands series(edited by F.C.Tilney)/. This edition has been abridged for children containing only "A Voyage to Liliput" and "A Voyage to Brobdingnag". 18cms x 13.5cms. Pp.128, coloured frontispiece + 7 further c...

The Principles of Criticism. An Introduction to the Study of Literature.

WORSFORD, W. BASIL. · 1923 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1923. 0. New Edition. "The purpose of this book is to present an account of the main principles of literary criticism, and to illustrate these principles by passages from great writers." Pp.viii/256/3 critical opinions of this book, corrigenda sli...

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept.

COELHO, PAULO. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 0722535201. Translated by Alan R.Clarke. "What happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the lovers together again?" Pp.x/210. Paperback. VG.

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

ALLENDE, ISABEL. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

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...

The Pattern of Chance.

GARDINER, GORDON. · 0 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.Ltd, nd. 0. "The author disclaims all knowledge of the flora, fauna, seasons and dialects of Cape Colony. This is possibly the only book regarding South Africa in existence where the word 'kopje' never occurs. In writing his story he has relie...

Ponies in Clover.

GERVAISE, MARY. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Armada, 1968. 0. "'Stop-stop-wait!' she gasped out thinking that if only he would stand still she might manage to mount him. But of course she should have said 'Go on'! As it was, he leapt forward - she lost her grip and fell heavily, striking her head on the exposed r...

The Orion Line.

LUARD, NICHOLAS. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Secker & Warburg,1976. 1st edition. "Underground cells of men and women, heroes, traitors, patriots and criminals, running a wartime network that spanned Europe from Belgium to the Spanish border. That was the Orion Line. But the Orion Line had been penetrated and smas...

The Dirty Area.

LUARD, NICHOLAS. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 0241101301. 1st edition. "He was called Ross Callum and in the Tangier straits he was a legend. A flamboyant hell-raising womaniser who, until he disappeared, had owned the fastest launch on the coast and made a fortune running guns to the Sahel ...