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W.D. Howells as Critic.
CADY, EDWIN H. (EDITOR). · 1973 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. 1st ed. Collection of reviews and literary essays, written between 1860 and 1911 by W.D. Howells. Pp. 14/493, toning to endpapers. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.
Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories.
BELLOW, SAUL. · 1969 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. 1st British ed. "The human comedy, preposterous, pathetic, poignantly suggestive, is the subject of these six stories." Pp. 184, inscrip. to fep. Blue cloth, d/w toned with edge creasing. G+/G.
Jack London. The Man, the Writer, the Rebel.
BARLTROP, ROBERT. · 1976 · Chilton Books
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
London: Pluto Press, 1976. 1st ed. "Robert Barltrop tells more than the story of Jack's dramatic life. He explains how Jack London came to be a radical, how he succeeded as a popular writer, and why he still lives as a story-teller all over the world." Pp. 14/206, 1(ad), 27 b/...
Melville: The Ironic Diagram.
SEELYE, JOHN. · 1970 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Evanston:Northwestern University Press,1970. 1st ed. Essays about Herman Melville's works. Pp.14/177. Black cloth, blue motif to front board. VG.
Stress Family Robinson.
PLASS, ADRIAN. · 1995 · Chilton Books
£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)
London: Marshall Pickering. 1995. 1st ed. "Does life behind the front door of the tall, thin Victorian semi-detached where they live match up to the image they convey at their parish church? - Does anyone's?". Pp 224. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.
Sinning with Annie and Other Stories.
THEROUX, PAUL. · 1975 · Chilton Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London:Hamish Hamilton,1975. 1st ed. Pp.10/210, scuff to verso front board. Blue cloth edges slightly bumped, d/w edges rubbed. G+/G+.
The Consul's File.
THEROUX, PAUL. · 1977 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London:Hamish Hamilton,1977. 1st ed. "..a sequence of twenty stories, set in a small town in Malaysia and narrated by the resident American Consul." Pp.192, black & white frontispiece by Michael Foreman. Green cloth, illustrated dustwrapper by Michael Foreman slightly darkened...
Paper Trail.
TIMPSON, JOHN. · 1989 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
London: Frederick Muller, 1989. 1st ed. "Norfolk in the 50's is the setting for John Timpson's first novel, where Timpson reveals himself as a storyteller with all the appeal, style and good humour of James Herriot." Pp. 236. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated ...
Dr. DeMarr. (Illustrations by Marshall Arisman).
THEROUX, PAUL. · 1990 · Chilton Books
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
London: Hutchinson, 1990. 1st ed. Fiction. ".. an eerie, disconcerting and thought-provoking novella such as only Paul Theroux could produce." Pp. 94/1(ad), 8 b/w illustrations. Red and black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.
Picture Palace.
THEROUX, PAUL. · 1978 · Chilton Books
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. 1st ed. Fiction. "He has portrayed a character larger than life, coarse, sensitive, unforgiving, strangely admirable, a genius of the photograph." Pp. 359. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/VG.
Angels and Beasts. New short stories from France, selected and introduced by Denis Saurat.
SAURAT, DENIS. · 1947 · Chilton Books
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
London: Westhouse, 1947. 1st ed. "These eleven short or long-short stories are among the best that have been produced in France." Pp. 285/1 acknowledgements, inscrip. to fep, uneven toning to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has minor edge chips. G+/G+.
South of Forty. Poems.
PUDNEY, JOHN. · 1943 · Chilton Books
£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1943. 1st ed. ".. this present new volume stands as an important expression by a poet of the Mediterranean conflict." Pp. 31/1(ad), owners name to fep. Yellow cloth, map illustrated d/w slightly rubbed. G+/G+.
The Selected Letters of Mark Twain. (Introduction and Commentary by Charles Neider).
NEIDER, CHARLES. (EDITOR). · 1982 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
New York: Harper & Row, 1982. 1st ed. "The letters not only provide an intimate insight into one of the great figures in American history and literature but they are a pure joy to read." Pp. 21/328. Maroon cloth, portrait illustrated d/w edges rubbed. VG/G+.
The Quiet Spirit. An Anthology. (Drawings by Lynton Lamb).
EYRE, FRANK. · 1946 · Chilton Books
£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege (Oxford University Press), 1946. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 9/146, 5 line drawings, inscrip. to fep. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w spine sunned, edges chipped. G+/G+.
Stress Family Robinson 2. The Birthday Party.
PLASS, ADRIAN. · 1999 · Chilton Books
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 1st ed. Fiction. "Living, as ever on a rich diet of love, commotion and stress, they are about to learn that they may have more to celebrate than they thought." Pp. 174/5(ads). Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated dustwrappe...
Sermons and Soda-Water.
O'HARA, JOHN. · 1961 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
London: The Cresset Press, 1961. 1st ed. Fiction. Three linked stories of American life during the troubled interim from the end of one world war to the end of another. Pp.265. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, dustwrapper edges rubbed with small losses. G+/G.
Reflections at Fifty and other Essays.
FARRELL, JAMES T. · 1954 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954. 1st ed. "It is a book reflecting Mr. Farrell's dedication to a way of life and literature that, in his own words, encompasses, 'the great moral values of the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, fair play.' " Pp. 223. Beige cloth, d/w slightly ...
Profiles in Literature: Herman Melville.
MAXWELL. D E S. · 1968 · Chilton Books
£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1968. 1st copy. " Professor Maxwell describes in this volume the development of Melville's art as a novelist, with particular reference to his depiction of character and his use of symbolism." Pp.101. P/b, slightly marked covers. G+.
The Eagle of Gwernabwy. Tales from Wales.
LLEWELLYN, MEGAN. · 1971 · Chilton Books
£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)
London: Pergamon Press, 1971. 1st ed. "The Eagle of Gwernabwy is a selection of Welsh tales which will appeal to children's love of excitement and their delight in magic and romance." Pp. 48. P/b, stiff card covers, covers slightly creased. G+.
The Fiction of John O'hara.
CARSON, RUSSELL. · 1961 · Chilton Books
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
USA: Pittsburgh Press, 1961. 1st ed. Literary criticism. Pp. 73. P/b. G+.