Letteratura

Corporealities. Dancing, Knowledge, Culture and Power.

FOSTER, SUSAN LEIGH. (EDITOR). · 1996 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Rutledge, 1996. 0415121396. 1st ed. "This forward-looking collection of essays breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between moving bodies and cultural meanings." (Joseph Roach. Tulane University). Pp.18263, 11 figure illustrations, owners details to fep. Pbk...

The Story and Its Writer. An Introduction to Short Fiction.

CHARTERS, ANN. (EDITOR). · 1983 · Chilton Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

New York: Bedford/St Martin's Press, 1983. 0312762518. 1st ed. "..includes a wide selection of short story masterpieces, arranged so that they help students understand the historical development of this literary form and the lively interaction between short story writers thems...

The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976 - 1982.

SIEGEL, MARCIA B. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Duke, 1991. 0822311666. 1st ed. "In Tail of the Dragon, Marcia B. Siegel and Nathaniel Tileston track the evolution of new dance in New York during the rich and crucial transitional period from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s." Pp.204, 38 b/w photographs by Nathaniel ...

While The Horses Galloped To London.

WATTS, MABEL / MAYER, MERCER (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1974 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Surrey; World's Work, 1974. 43784210X. 1st ed. "A spritely tall tale, told with charm and humour by Mabel Watts, with illustrations typical of Mercer Mayer's particular talen for extending a story beyond the text." Unpaginated,colour illustrations throughout. Red cloth spine, ...

Compartments.

FISHER, DAVID. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London; W.H. Allen, 1972. 0491006020. 1st ed. A novel by the author of Crisis. "A novel of relationships and affections.. an essentially adult novel, not merely in its sophisticated attitude to moral freedom, but in the way it unaffectedly accepts the way real people think and...

The Vines of Yarrabee.

EDEN, DOROTHY. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. 1st ed. "Set in Australia in the early days of colonization, this is the story of Yarrabee, a vineyard, and the people whose lives it dominated..The vitality and violence of pioneer life in the first part of the nineteenth century provides a s...

The Truth about 'Pygmalion'.

HUGGETT, RICHARD. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. "Richard Huggett's reconstruction of the witticisms, temperaments, clashes and delays that attended the first production of this classic and the ensuing scandal is drawn from letters, diaries, contemporary press reports and reminisc...

Five Days Till Noon.

ROSS, SHEILA. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Collins, 1973. 0002212692. 1st ed. Novel about a plane hijack. "..it was happening - and within a few hours the Jewish and Muslim passengers had been spirited away, the children evacuated, and a little group of six crew and eleven passengers were left as hostages aboar...

The Boughwolfen and other stories.

PITTMAN, AL. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Canada: Breakwater, 1984. 1st ed. Short stories. The author's debut into adult prose fiction. Pp. 114. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Canberra, Home.

MACGRATH, AMY. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Australia: Towerhouse Publications, 1992. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 96, 12 b/w illustrations. P/b. VG.

There is a Tide.

LOGAN, AGNES. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1930. 1st ed. Fiction. "Miss Logan has taken a great northern industrial town for her background." Pp. 280, uneven toning to endpapers. Orange cloth, illustrated d/w has clear protective wrap. G+/G+.

The Cunning Man.

DAVIES, ROBERTSON. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1994. 1st ed. "This novel allows Robertson Davies to display his wit (school, he tells us, is 'a form of jail with educational opportunities') and his wisdom in a novel which, of course, never neglects the charms of narrative for the human he...

Alias Grace.

ATWOOD, MARGARET. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1996. 1st ed. "In her astonishing new novel, Margaret Atwood has reclaimed a mysterious and disturbing story of the past century in Canada and has woven it into an intricate narrative that brilliantly evokes time and place." Pp. 470. Beige cl...

Politics. A Novel.

THIRLWELL, ADAM. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 1st ed. Fiction. " Politics tells the story of a father and daughter. It also tells the story of a menage a trois." Pp. 279. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. F/F.

Zoia's Gold.

SINGTON, PHILIP. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Atlantic Books, 2005. 1st ed. A riveting story of obsession, betrayal and redemption. Pp. 391. P/b. F.

Fombombo.

STRIBLING, T.S. · 1923 · Chilton Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: Nisbet & Co,1923. 1st British ed. "Thomas Strawbridge was a plain American citizen travelling in cartridges, rifles and hardware, on the borders of Venezuela and the new State of Rio Negro..Once involved in the struggles of the dictator Fombombo against his enemies, co...

Open Arms. (Translated from the French by Elspeth Grant & Peter de Polnay.)

JOYEUX, ODETTE. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Allan Wingate, 1954. 1st ed. Fiction. "The unmistakeable quality of this novel is its Frenchness; its story could not happen, nor could its three characters exist outside France." Pp. 162, faint spotting to endpapers. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w rubbed with loss to low...

Esmond in India.

JHABVALA, R. PRAWER. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: George allen & Unwin,1958. 1st ed. Pp.256, owners name to fep. Black cloth, silver title to spine. VG.

Poems.

WEBB, PHILIP G.L. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London: Nisbet & Co,1927. 1st ed. Pp.8/67, uneven toning to endpapers. Green cloth,d/w rubbed. G+/G+.

Last Respects.

WEIDMAN, JEROME. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Bodley Head, 1972. 1st British ed. "This is Jerome Weidman at the top of his form." Pp. 372. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.