Narrativa e romanzi

Snatchers.

CRESSWELL, HELEN. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

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...

Steel Eye and the Lost Magic. (Illustrated by Jon Davis).

KINGSLEY, JASON. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Ladybird, nd(c.1987). 0721409962. Competition Book. Unpaginated, entry form for 1987 competition to win a Disney Holiday to last pages, fep absent. Illustrated laminated boards. G+.

Sam Pig and Sally. (Illustrated by A.E.Kennedy).

UTTLEY, ALISON. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Harmondsworth: Puffin, 1981. 0140311939. "Twelve more country adventures with Sam Pig and his friends, including Sally the mare, the Irish cook and, of course, his wily enemy the Fox." Pp.174, slight toning to pages. Pbk, cover illustration by Lyndie Wright. VG.

The Ballad and the Source.

LEHMANN, ROSAMOND. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Collins, 1944. 1st ed. Only novel by Rosamond Lehmann that doesn't have a contemporary setting, taking place between the Mid-Victorian era and the First World War. Pp.318. Yellow cloth, slightly rubbed. VG.

Sight Unseen.

GODDARD, ROBERT. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Bantam Press, 2005. 059305363X. 1st ed. "..another classic mystery from Robert Goddard, full of his trademark twists and turns, and deeply satisfiying to the very last page." Pp.329, blue mark to top corner of fep. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

Dying to Tell.

GODDARD, ROBERT. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

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...

CliffsNotes: Melville's Moby Dick.

BALDWIN, STANLEY P. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Chicago: IDG Books, 2001. 0764586645. "..background information about the author, an introduction to the novel, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index." Pp.135. Pbk. VG.

The Little Gentleman.

PEARCE, PHILIPPA. · 2004 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Puffin, 2004. 014138090X. 1st ed. By the author of Tom's Midnight Garden. Children's story about the friendship between a little girl and a 300 year old talking mole. Pp.147, occasional line illustrations by Patrick Benson, gift message to fep. Purple cloth, illustrate...

Wycliffe and the House of Fear.

BURLEY, W.J. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Victor Gollancz, 1995. 0575059958. 1st ed. "The Kemps, a Cornish Catholic family, have hung on to Kellycoryk, their ancestral home, for almost five hunrded years, but it is beginning to look as though the present century will be their last.." Pp.192. Brown cloth, d/w p...

The Respected Lady.

CONSTANDUROS, MABEL AND AGG, HOWARD. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Lawson & Dunn, 1946. 1st ed. Pp.190, owners details to fep, browning to pages. Blue cloth, rubbed. Scarce. G.

He Had No Revolver and Other Stories.

COUTTS, F.L. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Bannisdale Press, 1951. "Here are thirty-two stories - gathered from all over the world - of constructive goodwill among men. The tales are both ancient and modern, and all are based on true fact. Each one shows that there are no situations, however hopeless, which goo...

A Preface to Hardy.

WILLIAMS, MERRYN. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

London: Longman, 1977. 0582351146. Rep. "In this most readable, and unexpectedly positive study of Hardy's prose and verse, Merryn Williams offers a variety of scholarly approaches to her subject to demonstrate the depths of his power to release tragic emotion and universal hu...

Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers.

PARK, NICK. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: BBC Children's Books, 1994. 0563403853. 1st ed. "This stunning picture book, which retells the hilarious, nail-biting story of 'The Wrong Trousers', uses stills from the Oscar-winning film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations." 30cms x 20.5cms. Pp.32, colour illustration...

Borneo Fire.

RIVIERE, WILLIAM. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Sceptre, 1995. 0340618531. Rep. "This is the heartrending tale of a man tortured by the past, and of the intense love between his son and adopted daughter which offers redemption. It is the dramatic story of a fight to halt a vast forest fire, which the authorities fai...

He'll Be Comin' Down the Mountain.

STUART, JESSE. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Dennis Dobson, 1946. Published in America under the title 'Taps For Private Tussie'. Pp.187, owners name to fep. Green cloth, corners bumped. G+.

Nebula Winners Thirteen.

DELANY, SAMUEL R.(EDITOR). · 1980 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Harper & Row, 1980. 006013786X. 1st ed. Stories include: Harlan Ellison - Jeffty is Five; John Varley - Air Raid; Racoona Sheldon - The Screwfly Solution; Edward Bryant - Particle Theory; Spider and Jeanne Robinson - Stardance; Vonda N. McIntyre - Aztecs. There is a ...

Python Dance.

SILVER, NORMAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Faber and Faber, 1992. 0571165885. 1st ed. "Growing up in a Johannesburg suburb, Ruth is Jewish, a teenager - and white. But this is the South Africa of the '60's: Prime Minister Verwoerd is assassinated, there is a spate of detentions without trial, and the severest d...

Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays.

DAVIS, ROBERT MURRAY. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972. 1st ed. Twentieth Century Views series. Ex college library. Pp.8/183, inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffs to fep. Black cloth, d/w designed by Stanley Wyatt. VG/VG.

Rescue. A Novel.

RICHARDS, ELIZABETH. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 0671023977. 1st ed. By the author of 'Every Day'. "Rescue is the engrossing story of a childless woman in a crumbling marriage whose effort to save a troubled stepson risks destroying them both." (Shelby Hearon). Pp.276. Brown cloth spine over tan...

Black Summer.

HALE, JULIAN. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 0241107679. 1st ed. "When the Germans invaded southern Russia in the summer of 1942, their superbly trained troops encountered little opposition - until they reached the Caucasus mountains, where the last, desperate units of the Red Army and Russ...