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Jack. A Biography of Jack London.
SINCLAIR, ANDREW. · 1978 · Chilton Books
£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978. 1st ed. A new definitive biography of Jack London, one of the most appealing, most flamboyant and most gifted of American writers. Pp. 15/297, 21b/w illustrations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has minor chips. VG...
Laments for the Living.
PARKER, DOROTHY. · 1947 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
USA: World Publishing Co, 1947. 1st Tower Books ed. "Dorothy Parker's acid and sparkling wit is brilliantly displayed in this collection of thirteen stories." Pp. 237, toning to pages. Dark green cloth, d/w rubbed with closed edge tear to front. G/G.
The Candidate.
MAYER, MARTIN. · 1955 · Chilton Books
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
London: Secker & Warburg, 1955. 1st British ed. Fiction. "The central figure of this tense, uncompromising novel is Billy Clelland, Governor of one of the farming States in the Middle West of America." Pp. 304. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small te...
Mark Twain's Last Years as a Writer.
MACNAUGHTON, WILLIAM R. · 1979 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1979. 1st ed. "The most significant purpose of this study, then, is to encourage the public to read the writings of an aging but often still brilliant professional." Pp. 10/254. Grey cloth, illustrated d/w has clear protective w...
Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger. A Study of the Manuscript Texts.
KAHN, SHOLOM J. · 1978 · Chilton Books
£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)
Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1978. 1st ed. "..Sholom J. Kahn gives the true texts a fresh reading, offering the first detailed criticism of works of central importance for an understanding of the entire Twain canon." Pp. 19/252. Black cloth, portrait illust...
The Man in the Iron Mask.
HOYLE, PETER. · 1984 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1984. 1st ed. "In this, his first novel, Peter Hoyle has found an exact vehicle to explore how we shape and mis-shape our identities by the stories we choose to tell ourselves." Pp. 159, Review request slip loosely inserted. Dark brown cloth, gilt t...
Purpose and Place. Essays on American Writers.
GRANT, DOUGLAS. · 1965 · Chilton Books
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
London: Macmillan, 1965. 1st British ed. "The three lectures included in this book discuss Whitman's surprisingly close ties with England, Robert Frost's poetry, and the almost unnoticed American lyric." Pp. 8/201. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped...
Mark Twain. A Sumptuous Variety.
GIDDINGS, ROBERT. (EDITOR). · 1985 · Chilton Books
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
London: Vision, 1985. 1st British ed. Nine essays on Mark Twain. Pp. 255. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.
The Art of Mark Twain.
GIBSON, WILLIAM M. · 1976 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. 1st ed. ".. William M. Gibson samples the entire spectrum of Twain's work, focusing especially on his first rate but less known short writings." Pp. 14/230, illustrated frontis. Yellow cloth, illustrated d/w. F/VG.
Mark Twain Abroad. The Cruise of the Quaker City.
GANZEL, DEWEY. · 1968 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1968. 1st ed. "The book, delightful in its own right, is also an important study of the beginnings of Clemen's real fame as a humorist." Pp. 13/330, 5 b/w plates, 47 b/w figures ( reproduced from the original edition of 'Innocents...
Mark Twain in Virginia City.
FATOUT, PAUL. · 1964 · Chilton Books
£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)
USA: Indiana University Press, 1964. 1st ed. "In this volume Paul Fatout gives an intriguing and comprehensive picture, superseding all earlier accounts, of this exciting period in Mark Twain's life." Pp. 14/240, 17 b/w illustrations + 1 topographical map. Cream cloth, illustr...
Lone Wolf. The Story of Jack London. (Illustrated by Biro).
CALDER-MARSHALL, ARTHUR. · 1971 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1971. Rep. Biography. Pp. 188/3(ads), 7 b/w illustrations + 1 map. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w price-clipped with old taped repair to rear. VG/G.
W.D. Howells as Critic.
CADY, EDWIN H. (EDITOR). · 1973 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. 1st ed. Collection of reviews and literary essays, written between 1860 and 1911 by W.D. Howells. Pp. 14/493, toning to endpapers. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.
Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories.
BELLOW, SAUL. · 1969 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. 1st British ed. "The human comedy, preposterous, pathetic, poignantly suggestive, is the subject of these six stories." Pp. 184, inscrip. to fep. Blue cloth, d/w toned with edge creasing. G+/G.
Jack London. The Man, the Writer, the Rebel.
BARLTROP, ROBERT. · 1976 · Chilton Books
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
London: Pluto Press, 1976. 1st ed. "Robert Barltrop tells more than the story of Jack's dramatic life. He explains how Jack London came to be a radical, how he succeeded as a popular writer, and why he still lives as a story-teller all over the world." Pp. 14/206, 1(ad), 27 b/...
Sam Clemens of Hannibal. The Formative Years of America's Great Indigenous Writer.
WECTER, DIXON. · 1961 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Cambridge; The Riverside Press. 1961. "Recounting the most significant and least known of all the years in Mark Twain's seventy-five". Pp 335. P/b. G+.
The Lunatic at Large. A Novel.
STORER CLOUSTON, J. · 1923 · Chilton Books
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Edinburgh: William Blackwood,1923. Popular edition. Pp.319. Blue cloth, illustrated title to front and spine. VG.
Melville: The Ironic Diagram.
SEELYE, JOHN. · 1970 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Evanston:Northwestern University Press,1970. 1st ed. Essays about Herman Melville's works. Pp.14/177. Black cloth, blue motif to front board. VG.
Stress Family Robinson.
PLASS, ADRIAN. · 1995 · Chilton Books
£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)
London: Marshall Pickering. 1995. 1st ed. "Does life behind the front door of the tall, thin Victorian semi-detached where they live match up to the image they convey at their parish church? - Does anyone's?". Pp 224. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.
Sinning with Annie and Other Stories.
THEROUX, PAUL. · 1975 · Chilton Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London:Hamish Hamilton,1975. 1st ed. Pp.10/210, scuff to verso front board. Blue cloth edges slightly bumped, d/w edges rubbed. G+/G+.