Letteratura

Four Miles From Any Town and other Verses.

GOW, DAVID. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: Cecil Palmer,1929. 0. 1st edition. "Mr David Gow is the editor of 'Light', the psychic journal, and is well-known in psychical research circles. As a poet he has been represented in such anthologies as 'Modern Scottish Poet' and the 'Book of Highland Verse'. But the pr...

Baroque Tales of Chile. (Signed).

YOUNG, HENRY LYON. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1963. 0. 1st edition. "a conglomeration of folklore, anecdotes, gossip, and fantasy. Stories include the 'Virgin of Andacollo', the legend of the miracle-working Virgin to whom the Indians dance for three days and three nights without ce...

Long Way Down.

WILCOX, COLLIN. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Random House, 1974. 1st ed. Crime fiction. A book in the Frank Hastings series. Pp.184, owners name to front free endpaper. Black boards, white title to spine, minor bumps to lower corners. VG.

Arrested Fugitives.

RUSSELL, SIR EDWARD. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: James Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1912. 0. Contents: The right use of sacred literature by persons of average intelligence and education.--Matthew Arnold.--Public eloquence.--Irving as Hamlet.--Socrates and his Boswell.--Politics at Bethlehem.--Spy Wednesday.--A Roman gentleman o...

Carols Of An Old Codger.

SERVICE, ROBERT. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1954. 0. 1st British edition. "Readers of 'Carols of an Old Codger' will find the same infectious virility, humour and pathos that have made the poems of this 'balladeer of the Yukon' beloved throughout the English-speaking world." Pp.199, occasional l...

Having an Osprey About the House.

SYKES, CHRIS. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Leamington Spa: Magpie Press, 2001. 0952344955. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp.55, inscribed by the author to title page. Pbk. VG.

The Madonna of the Clutching Hands.

JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London: Nisbet & Co, 1927. 0. 1st edition. "To Carolne Curtis the well-being of her husband, her mother and her children was a constant preoccupation. To secure their happiness she did not count the cost of any sacrifice, but their lives had to be lived in and through her.." P...

The Just Vengeance. The Lichfield Festival Play for 1946.

SAYERS, DOROTHY L. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. 0. 1st edition. "a miracle-play of Man's insufficiency and God's redemptive act, set against the background of contemporary crisis. The whole action takes place in the moment of the death of an Airman shot down during the late war." Pp.80, owners...

My Lady's Bargain.

HOPE, ELIZABETH. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1922. 0. 1st edition. Historical novel. "How Peter Williams, one of Cromwell's self-made generals, took great risks to win the affections of his high-born lady love..a vivid picture of the Commonwealth." Pp.302, darkened strip to endpapers. Grey cloth,...

El Nuevo Mundo: A Poem.

BLOCK, LOUIS JAMES. · 1893 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co, 1893. 0. 1st edition. Louis James Block: Author of Dramatic Sketches and Poems. Pp.95, pages toned. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front, spine dulled, edges rubbed. G+.

Abra of Poictiers: A Story of the Days of S.Hilary.

AMES, M.E. · 1900 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1900. 0. 1st edition. Historical fiction account of the life of the fourth century bishop and Early Church Father, St.Hilary. Pp.x/189, endpapers browned. Green cloth, publishers 'file copy' label to front, spine slightly rubbed. VG.

Bell Harry and Other Poems.

HASSALL, CHRISTOPHER. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1963. 0. 1st edition. Ex college library. Pp.43, title-page printed in green and with illustration from a glass engraving by Lawrence Whistler of Canterbury Cathedral, library inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuff to front free ...

Rabbit Redux.

UPDIKE, JOHN. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. 0233957049. 1st ed. "In this sequel to 'Rabbit, Run' John Updike brings back Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom. Ten years have passed since Rabbit failed in his bolt for freedom. The athletic escapist has become a paunchy conservative; and the becalmed Ameri...

Out of the Treasure of the Heart. Sacred Poems.

JAY, ROSE. · 1902 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1902. 0. 1st ed. By the author of 'A Missionary Family' and 'I Want to go to India', with an introduction by the Rev. Preb. Webb-Peploe. Pp.xiv/124, browning to endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, boards slightly rubbed. VG.

The House of Broken Dreams.

JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1924. 0. 1st edition. Pp.320, top edge dusty but pages very clean. Blue cloth, yellow titles to front and spine. VG.

What She Could and Other Verses.

COOTE, CONSTANCE. · 1904 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1904. 1st ed. Religious poetry. Pp.112, endpapers browned. Blue cloth, gilt decorated title to front, gilt title to spine. VG.

Court and Culture: Dutch Literature 1350-1450. (Translated by Arnold J Pomerans).

OOSTROM, FRITS PIETER VAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. 0520067770. 1st ed. "A ground-breaking study of Dutch court culture in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, this book also interweaves dynastic history, documentary evidence, art, architecture, and literature to pro...

The Monster of Mu.

RUTTER, OWEN. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Ernest Benn, 1932. 1st edition. New Ninepenny Novels Number 22. "The thrilling story of the race for treasure in the pacific and its tragic ending involving an uncharted island inhabited by an unknown race of pygmies". Pp.159, occasional line illustrations, slight toni...

Tryphena's Summer.

OWEN, WILLIAM. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Auckland: Collins, 1974. 1st ed. "In Tryphena's Summer, William Owen has taken the Island of Great Barrier in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf and adapted it to set the scene for this full, robust, novel of action, alive with colourful characters." This novel was a runner-up in the Auc...

The Gathering of Brother Hilarius.

FAIRLESS, MICHAEL (PSEUD. OF MARGARET FAIRLESS). · 1901 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: John Murray, 1901. 0. First Edition. A good tight binding: Lilac cloth, stamped in green, red and gilt, with yapp fore-edges, t.e.g. Boards rubbed and sunned. Neat ink insrciption to front free-endpaper, otherwise quite a nice copy of her first novel.