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Poetry Galaxy.

GODFREY-BARTRAM, ELLEN. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Atlantic Press. 1973. 1st ed. A book of poetry. 24.5cms x 18.5cms. Pp 350, 1 b/w illustration to fep. P/b, creasing and slight tear to spine, crease to rear cover, illustrated cover. G+.

Have Pity for the Damned.

GILBERT , GEOFFREY. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Thames & Hudson, 1953. 1st ed. Fiction. "Besides being a gripping story, it is a penetrating character study, and the situations build up naturally to a shattering climax." Pp. 247, spotting to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has chipping and small edge ...

Landscape Poets: Thomas Hardy.

PORTER, PETER (WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN HEDGECOE.) · 1981 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981. 1st ed. "Peter Porter's anthology covers the broad span of Hardy's poetic achievement, from the evocative Cornish scenes of his courtship and the Wessex poems to the incomparable later laments." Pp. 128, 37 b/w photographs. Orange cloth, gi...

Aspects of Faith.

JORDAN, DAWN. (EDITOR.) · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Peterborough: Arrival Press, 1992. 1st ed. Poetry. "This book concentrates on the Christian faith and what it means; to different people; at different times." Pp. 5 (Index)/161, notations to p.5. Grey cloth, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

Doctor Slaughter.

THEROUX, PAUL. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. 1st ed. Fiction. "It is an entertainment of a very high calibre, a Rake's Progress, dazzlingly transmitted for the twentieth century." Pp. 137. Black cloth, d/w has clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

Ellis Island and Other Stories.

HELPRIN, MARK. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 1st ed. A novella and 10 stories. Pp. 196/1 Biography, review slip loosely inserted. Red boards with cream cloth spine, d/w has small edge tears. VG/G+.

Tiny Alice. A Play.

ALBEE, EDWARD. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 1st ed. "It is beautifully written, has a steady theatrical fascination and never fails to be dramatically intriguing." Pp. 190, stamp to fep. White cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w rubbed with edge tears. G+/G.

The Blossoming Tree. Poems and Illustrations. (Foreword by the Countess of Longford.)

STOCKDALE, LOUISE. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Basingstoke: Printed by Bird Brothers Ltd, 1977. 1st ed. Poetry. 28cms. x 21.5cms. Pp. 92, 16 colour, 26 b/w illustrations, inscribed by author to title page. Orange cloth with gilt motif, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Presenting Drama in Church.

GRAINGER, ROGER. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Epworth Press. 1985. 1st ed. "More and more people are beginning to see that drama gives us a way of praising God that is natural to men and women, and particularly appropriate for Christians...This book looks at the subject from several angles, and gives practical hel...

Arrow to the Heart. (Translated from the German by Constantine Fitzgibbon.)

GOES, ALBRECHT. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st ed. "I read it with intense interest. I think it is one of the most remarkable war novels that have yet appeared - perhaps the most outstanding of all." Pp. 104, inscrip. to fep, spotting to endpapers and closed page edges. Beige cloth, d/w il...

Angels & Ministers. Four Plays of Victorian Shade & Character. With drawings by Albert Rutherston.

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London: Jonathan Cape,1922. 1st illustrated ed. Pp.140,4 full page illustrations + other small illustrations to end of each Act, pencil signature "Naomi Jacob, June 1926" to fep, endpapers slightly toned. White cloth spine with mottled purple boards, original labels to front a...

Big Mister.

RAYNER, WILLIAM. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Collins, 1974. 1st ed. Fiction. "In this strange world where magic and reality mingle, Simon and Anne experience the difference between the true and the false in a way that they will never be able to forget - even in the 1970s." Pp. 191. Red cloth, gilt title to spine,...

Prudence and the Pill.

MILLS, HUGH. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Triton Books, 1965. 1st ed. Fiction. "Prudence and the Pill does not try to do more than entertain. But that it does superlatively well." Made into a film in 1968, starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven. Pp. 144, line drawings to chapter headings. Mauve cloth, gilt titl...

Portrait of the Boy as a Young Wolf. (Translated from the French by Barbara Wright.)

COUTEAUX, ANDRE. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Macdonald & Co, 1968. 1st British ed. Fiction. ".. it results in a story remarkable for its ironic elegance and charm." Pp. 184. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (designed by David Gentleman) is slightly rubbed with edge wear. VG/G+.

Some Time After and Other Poems.

RIDLER, ANNE. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Faber and Faber. 1972. 1st ed. "As always Anne Ridler's work is marked by a precision of intelligence and feeling which is all the more effective for being totally unflamboyant and unostentatious. Includes The Departure, a one-act opera for two characters with music by...

Glimpses.

KENNELLY, BRENDAN. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Tarset: Bloodaxe Books. 2001. 1st ed. "Subline or profane, joyous or crazily raucous, Kennelly's vivid glimpses have a life of their own, leaping beyond the words used to summon them up on the page. When lightning flashes, the graveyard dances". Pp 160, inscrip to fep. P/b, po...

Celebration. A Salute to a Visiting Artist.

FITZGERALD, JIM (ED). · 1979 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Dublin: Veritas Publications. 1979. 1st ed. Tribute to Pope John Paul II on his visit to Ireland. Contains 'Sweeney Praises the Trees' by Seamus Heaney. The poems, which cross all our denominational and regional borders, include many not previously published and will ensure th...

Criminal Conversations.

STOCKDALE, FREDDIE. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Doubleday, 1994. 0385404034. 1st ed. Fiction. "Criminal Conversations maliciously entertains with the cut and thrust of the world of law courts, underpinned by the sexual and financial imbroglios of those who find themselves in the dock." Pp. 254. Red cloth, gilt title...

Captain Smith and Company.

HENRIQUES, ROBERT. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 1st ed. "Captain Smith and Company, a tapestry of prose and verse, allegory and straight descriptive writing, is a work of fiction although not, in the accepted term, strictly a novel." Pp. 8, 139, inscrip. to fep. Black cloth, gilt title t...

Poetry Introduction 5.

COPE, WENDY. ET AL. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: Faber and Faber. 1982. 1st ed. "The aim of the Poetry Introduction series is to introduce to a wider reading public than they may have reached before a number of young poets whose work has hitherto been available only in magazines or booklets with a limited circulation...