Narrativa e romanzi

A Forest World. (Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.)

SALTEN, FELIX. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Noel Carrington, 1947. 5th ed. "A Forest World is a full-length story of entirely new main characters, related to earlier Saltens by its forest setting again wonderfully presented and by the sheer breath-taking tenderness which renders the appeal of 'Bambi' imperishabl...

Hussein: An Entertainment.

O'BRIAN, PATRICK. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: HarperCollins, 1999. 1st ed. Historical fiction. "Hussein tells the story of a young mahout - or elephant handler - his childhood and life in India and his relationship and adventures with his elephants." 22.3cms. x 14.5cms. Pp. 2/293, line drawings to chapter headings...

The Story of the Other Wise Man. (Retold by Michael Lynberg.)

DYKE, HENRY VAN. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Azure, 2000. 1st ed. "This is the story of Artaban the Magi, who discerns from ancient prophecies and the appearance of a new star that the Saviour is to be born among the people of Israel" 13.5cms. x 13.5cms. Pp. 12/83. Cream cloth with gilt title to beige cloth spine...

A Beginning and Other Stories.

DE LA MARE, WALTER. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Faber & Faber, 1955. 1st ed. ".. this volume of original and imaginative stories, published in the author's eighty-third year .." Pp. 256, fep absent. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w price-clipped. G+/G+.

Project Pope.

SIMAK, CLIFFORD D. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. 1st British ed. Science Fiction. Pp. 313/1 Biography. Dark blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

The Daughter of Jairus.

FOX, PAUL. · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd, nd. nd. Novel. "Perhaps never before has the complex character of Judas and his relationship with Jesus been so subtly portrayed." Pp. 200, slight spotting to page edges not affecting text. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has clear...

Dead Men's Boots and Other Tales from the Foreigh Legion.

WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Gryphon Books,1949. 1st 1 volume edition. "These Tales were originally published in book form in Stepsons of France (1917); Good Gestes (1929); Flawed Blades (1933) and Port O' Missing Men (1934)". Pp.446, owners name to fep. Red cloth, crease to spine. G+.

Prisoners of Peace. (Star Trek. Deep Space Nine).

PEEL, JOHN. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. "When Jake, Nog and their friends Ashley and T'Ara are investigating some mysterious incidents on the station they discover a stowaway - a Cardassian stowaway named Kam". Pp 112,owners inkstamp to verso front cover, some b/w illustrations. P/b, il...

Patriotism in Literature.

DRINKWATER, JOHN. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. 1st ed. Home University Library series. "This is an essay on patriotism, not a patriotic anthology. it might perhaps more appropriately, though less concisely, have been called Patriotism with Illustrations from Literature." Pp.255, occa...

Books and Portraits.

WOOLF, VIRGINIA/LYON, MARY (EDITOR). · 1979 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

London: TriadGrafton. 1979. Rep. "In 1967, the publication of B.J. Kirkpatrick's revised bibliography of Virginia Woolf's writings revealed more than one hundred items that had never previously been published in book form. This book comprises a selection of these reviews and e...

Carry on Jeeves.

WODEHOUSE, P.G. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1999. "Jeeves makes himself totally indispensable in every way, disentangling the hapless Bertie from scrapes with formidable aunts, madcap girls and unbidden guests". Pp 242. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

My Name is Asher Lev.

POTOK, CHAIM. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1973. rep. "Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads". Pp 319, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

Catholics.

MOORE, BRIAN. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Grafton Books. 1986. "Off the coast of County Kerry a remote island monastery stands out against the ecumenical thrust of Vatican IV. Much Abbey is a focus for resistance to change - and a threat to the established order. An American priest is sent out from Rome with p...

Cousin Phillis.

GASKELL, ELIZABETH. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1995. "In its portrayal of a small farming community facing the impact of the modern industrialized world, Cousin Phillis mirrors the changes that were occurring in society". Pp 157, some b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

The History of England.

AUSTEN, JANE. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1995. "Written when Jane Austen was in her late teens, a lively and somewhat disrespectful overview of the history of England's monarchy...Also contains 'Lesley Castle', a delightful and often hilarious correspondence detailing the mishaps and misappreh...

Meditations.

AURELIUS, MARCUS. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin 1997. "Marcus's writings reveal a man of great compassion and humility...Meditations are as relevant and inspirational today as when they were first written". Pp 157, slight toning to page edges. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

The Four-Gated City. Volume Five of Children of Violence.

LESSING, DORIS. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Macgibbon & Kee Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. Fiction. "No one can read this visionary, troubling, thoughtful book and remain unchanged by it." 22cms. x 14.5cms. Pp. 712. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+.

A Shakespeare Treasury.

FOX, LEVI. ( EDITOR.) · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Norwich: Jarrold & Sons Ltd, nd. nd. A personal anthology. 12.5cms, x 8.5cms Pp. 160, portrait frontis (William Shakespeare), inscription to fep. Green cloth, gilt title and motif to front cover and gilt title to spine. G+.

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories.

TREVOUR, WILLIAM. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Oxford: University Press. 1991. "This varied anthology traces the development of the Irish short story from the early folk-tales of the oral tradition". Pp 567. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

The London Magazine. January 1955. Volume 2 No.1.

LEHMANN, JOHN (ED). · 1955 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

1955. Contents Include:- Italo Calvino - A Trip to Mentone: Thom Gunn - Ralph's Dream: Francis King - Letter from Athens: Walter Allen - Ignazio Silone: L.D. Lerner - The Life and Death of Scrutiny: Peter Quennell - on John Ruskin: W.W. Robson - on The English Novel. Pp 108. P...