Letteratura

Keats Shelley & Rome. An Illustrated Miscellany. (postscript by Field Marshall Earl Wavell).

ROGERS, NEVILLE.(COMPILER). · 1949 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London:Christopher Johnson,1949. 1st ed. Published on behalf of the Keats Shelley Memorial Associatiion. Pp.76,10 plates,spotting to endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt title to front, top of spine slightly rubbed. G+.

The Peace of The Augustans. A Survey of Eighteenth Century Literature as a place of Rest and Refreshment. With an introduction by Sir Herbert Grierson.

SAINTSBURY, GEORGE. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London:OUP,1946. 1st in this ed. The World's Classics series,No.506. 15.5cms x 9.5cms. pp.20/408,owners name to verso front board. Blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

O World Invisible. An Anthology of Religious Poetry.

THOMPSON, EDWARD. (COMPILER). · 1931 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London:Benn,1931. 1st ed. Pp.8/136, fep absent, owners details to fep. Blue cloth,gilt title to spine. G+.

The Easter Spirit. An Anthology.

VAN DE WEYER, ROBERT. & SAUNDERS, PAT. (COMPILED BY.) · 1990 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1990. 0232518351. 1st.ed. "This anthology of prose and poetry reflects the great themes of Easter. It draws from a whole range of English literature." Pp. 8/134. Pbk. VG.

The Boy King. The Story of an Adventure.

ALINGTON, ADRIAN. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1935. 1st edition. Tales of Action. No.VI. Pp.256, colour frontispiece + 8 black & white plates by H.R.Millar, some minor spotting mainly affecting closed page edges. Purple cloth, rubbed with slight fading to spine. G+.** Adrian Alington (1895-1958) w...

Hi-Po The Hippo. (Lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Story by Dorothy Thomas).

THOMAS, DOROTHY / GANNETT, RUTH ( RUTH CHRISMAN GANNETT 1896-1979 ) . · 1944 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London: Museum Press Limited, 1944 . 0. A scarce first edition with dustwrapper. 11.25" x 9.75" x0.25". Original coloured dustwrapper (now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover). Dustwrapper very rubbed with loss to corners and top & tail of spine. Cream cloth covered ...

The Happy Families. A Story for Children.

BRADBY, VIOLET. · 1914 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London: Henry Frowde/ Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. 1st edition. Based on the popular card game, with black & white reproductions of the original card designs, and further illustrations by Lilian A. Govey. Pp.107/4(publisher's catalogue), colour frontispiece by Lilian A. Govey, ...

The Concerns of Cecily.

GREY, JANET. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1947. 1st edition. Girls boarding school story. Pp.192, frontispiece + 3 further illustrations by Topham. Cream cloth spine with red paper-covered boards, minor wear to top and tail of spine.VG.

Ciivl War at the Rectory.

COLLISON-MORLEY, KATHLEEN. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Limited, 1980. 0460069802. 1st edition. "A true story of divided loyalties during the Civil War. When the Rector of Penfold rides off to join the King's army, Mary and her two small sisters are left alone in a village full of Roundhead sympathisers. Nea...

Pandora of Parrham Royal. (Illustrated by Joyce Bruce).

NEEDHAM, VIOLET. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: Collins, 1951. 1st edition. "When Pandora comes to Parrham Royal she finds many problems and a strange mystery facing her. During the war years she and her mother had lived and worked with a band of guerrillas in Greece. After her mother's tragic death she comes to Eng...

Ballads of a Cheechako.

SERVICE, ROBERT W. · 1910 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. 1st British edition. Collection of verse, inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, by the British/Canadian writer Robert W. Service, following his previous book "Songs of a Soughdough". Pp.140/4(publisher's catalogue, front free endpaper abse...

Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes. (Illustrated by Dusan Petricic).

ATWOOD, MARGARET. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. 0747572925. First British edition. "Rude Ramsay has reached the end of his rope! Sick of dining on rock-hard rice, wrinkled ravioli and raw rhinoceros, Ramsay and Ralph the red-nosed rat resolve to leave their rectangular residence on a quest for a mo...

Hey Nonny Yes. Passions and Conceits from Shakespeare.

FORDHAM, HALLAM.(COMPILER) / ARDIZZONE, EDWARD. (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1947 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: The Saturn Press, 1947. 1st edition. "Limiting his choice to examples of direct speech, the compiler has selected phrases, images and expressions of emotion, whether "charming, rude or delightfully odd", and wittily contrasted them with each other. The 'decorations' by...

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. 1st Penguin edition. Solzhenitsyn's spare description of life in a Siberian labour camp under Stalin. Pp.143, pages toned. Paperback, crease to lower front. G.

Lone Wolf. (Signed).

PICOULT, JODI. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. 9781444728989. 1st British edition. "You want to save your father's life. Your brother wants to let him die. What would you do?" Pp.x/369, inscribed by the author to title page "Susie. Enjoy", speckled greying to some page edges (printing faul...

Tales from Herodotus. As Featured in The English Patient.

HERODOTUS / SELINCOURT, AUBREY DE. (TRANSLATOR). · 1997 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Penguin, 1997. 0146003608. 1st in this edition. "Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century BC, is thought to have travelled widely throughout Egypt, Africa, and many Greek city states". 13.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.114, toning to pages. Paperback, creasing to spine and minor ...

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.

DAY, M.C. AND TREWIN, J.C. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: J,M.Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1932. 1st edition. History of theatre in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and the eventual building of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in1932. Pp.xxiv/269, black & white photo frontispiece + 32 further illustrations - many from port...

Pennies for the Dog. (Illustrated by Margery Gill).

THWAITE, ANN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1985. 0233973753. First edition. Large format children's illustrated story. 25.5cms x 22cms. Unpaginated. Full colour illustrations by Margery Gill throughout. Illustrated laminated boards, minor bumps to top and tail of spine. Scarce. VG.

The Drama Of Yesterday & To-Day By Clement Scott. In Two Volumes .

SCOTT, CLEMENT 1841-1904. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited ; New York, Macmillan Company, 1899 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good two volume set. Vol. I. ; pp.8/[2pp.]/pp.607. Vol. II. :pp.8/[5pp.]/pp.581/[3pp. - Adverts] . Vol. II, ends with; "Appendix: List of important plays produced in London ...

Corn for the Hens. (The Amateur Concert Party).

SMITH, BETTY. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1971. 0900093234. 1st edition. "This book is for those of you who, sated with television and having tried all the recommended handicrafts so beloved by women's magazines for the long winter evenings, might like to try your hand at an amateur conce...