Letteratura

New Poems.

WILSON, MARY. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1979. 1st ed. Collection of poems. Pp. 71. Dark green cloth, portrait illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.

Trousered Apes. A study in the influence of literature on contemporary society.

WILLIAMS, DUNCAN. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Churchill Press Ltd, 1971. 1st ed. ".Professor Williams adopts the view that literature should reflect an 'ideal' world and inspire man with a vision of high possibilities." Pp. 10. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated dustwrapper has chipped edges. VG/G+.

Happy Thoughts.

PARTRIDGE, KATHLEEN. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Norwich: Jarrold Publishing, 1993. 1st ed. An appreciation of precious moments. Poetry 17cms. x 17cms. Unpaginated, colour illustrations throughout. Beige cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

From Dante to Jeanne D'Arc. Adventures in Medieval Life and Letters.

BREGY, KATHERINE. · 1933 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1933. 1st ed. "In the present instance her combined scholarship and artistry have risen to the opportunity afforded her in this series of medieval studies, introduced by her widely known Dante essay .." Pp. 13/138, ex college library bookpl...

Cornwall.

MOREY, PHYLLIS. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. 1970. 1st ed. 19 Poems on the subject of Cornwall. Pp 27, inscribed by author to title page. P/b. G+.

Shakespeare the Professional and Related Studies.

MUIR, KENNETH. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, 1973. 1st ed. "These studies of Shakespeare as a professional writer have all appeared, in earlier versions, during the last ten years." Pp. 2/237, ex college library stamps to verso front board, sub-title page and title page, scuff mar...

Points of View: From Kipling to Graham Greene. (Translated from the French by Hamish Miles.)

MAUROIS, ANDRE. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Frederick Muller, 1969. 1st ed. Essays, originally written as lectures designed for and addressed to French audiences. Pp. 18/409, 11 b/w portrait illustrations, owner's name to fep, slight spotting to page edges not affecting text. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

The Resources and Influence of English Literature. National Book Council First Annual Lecture.

TEMPLE, WILLIAM. · 1943 · Chilton Books

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London: National Book Council,1943. 1st ed. Pamphlet. Pp.24. Wraps rubbed and sunned. G+.

The Chastening.

BLAKELOCK, DENYS. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Dublin: Assisi Press, 1957. Poems. 1st ed. Pp.29,college library stamps to front endpapers. Cream boards. G+.

Home Truths.

THWAITE, ANTHONY. · 1957 · Chilton Books

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Hessle, E. Yorkshire: Marvell Press, 1957. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 61/2 Subscribers' List before Publication, signed by author to fep, ex college library stamps to verso front board and fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Evensong.

JERVIS, MARY ADELINE. · 1977 · Chilton Books

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Stoke-on-Trent: Webberley Ltd, 1977. 1st ed. Twenty four poems. Pp. 24, signed by author to title page. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine and front board. VG.

The Triumph of the Muse and Other Poems.

HEATH-STUBBS, JOHN. · 1958 · Chilton Books

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London: Oxford University Press, 1958. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 9/65, ex college library stamps to verso front board, fep and title page, scuff to fep. Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Angus Wilson. (Writers and their Work. No.208).

GRANSDEN, K.W. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1969. 1st ed. "Angus Wilson, one of the most highly esteemed of contemporary English novelists: his first collection of short stories, The Wrong Set, appeared in 1949. Most of his work deals with English character; he records with great accuracy t...

Somerset Maugham.

BROPHY, JOHN. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1952. 1st ed. "Somerset Maugham, who was born in 1874, is, and has for many decades been, among the most popular authors writing in English. His fame is international - as a dramatist, a novelist, and as a short story writer". Pp 48, portrait to f...

The Owl in the Tree. Poems.

THWAITE, ANTHONY. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 1st ed. Thirty-five poems. Pp. 59, signed by author to fep, ex college library stamps to verso front board, fep and title page, minor scuff to fep. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Mr. Sammler's Planet.

BELLOW, SAUL. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Viking Press, 1970. 1st ed. Fiction. "A tall old man, blind in one eye, born in Cracow but with Oxonian manners and the face of a British Museum reader, strides lightly and recklessly, rolled umbrella pointing, through the pages of Saul Bellow's new novel." Pp. 313, ...

Pamela Hansford Johnson. (Writers and their Work. No.203).

QUIGLY, ISABEL. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1968. 1st ed. "Pamela Hansford Johnson is in no sense a stereotyped writer; as Isabel Quigly observes in this first critical essay to be published on her work". Pp 48, portrait to frontis. P/b, slight sunning to spine. G+.

Spenser's Anatomy of Heroism. A Commentary on The Faerie Queene.

EVANS, MAURICE. · 1970 · Chilton Books

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Cambridge: The University Press. 1970. 1st ed. "A study of Spenser's conception of the nature of heroism and the way it is embodied in the seperate books of The Faerie Queene. Stresses the coherence of Spenser's scheme of virtues and examines the fusion of christian symbol and...

The Stones of Emptiness. Poems 1963-66.

THWAITE, ANTHONY. · 1967 · Chilton Books

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London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st ed. "There is a new energy, freedom, and colour in these North African poems." Pp. 9/58, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board and title page. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has small numbers ...

Out of Battle: The Poetry of the Great War.

SILKIN, JON. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Oxford University Press, 1972. 1st ed. "No other book on this subject - central to the mythology of the twentieth century - ranges so widely or probes so deeply the responses and achievements of the 'war poets' ." Pp. 10/366, ex college library stamps to fep, verso fro...