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Crabbe. ( Poet to Poet series ).

LEWIS, C. DAY. (ED). · 1973 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1973. 1st ed. "In this book a modern poet presenting his own edition of the work of a British or American poet of the past." Pp.159, pages slightly toned. P/b. G+.

Praise Him in the Dance.

LONG, ANNE. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. 1st.ed. "A practical guide for Drama and Dance groups within Churches, Colleges, Schools and Fellowships." Pp. 192. 8 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

The Faber Book of Useful Verse.

BRETT, SIMON. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Faber and Faber, 1981. 1st.ed. "Contains a wealth of practical information, some in subline poetry, some in schoolboy doggerel." Pp. 254. Inscrip. to fep. P/b. Spine slightly scudded. Illustrated cover. G.

The Quiet Light.

WOHL, LOUIS DE. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. 1st ed. A novel in which Aquinas figures. Pp. 320. Inscrip. to fep. Red cloth, d/w rubbed and toned. G+/G.

A Sounding of Storytellers. New and Revised Essays on Contemporary Writers for Children.

TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books (Penguin), 1979. 1st ed. "Like its predecessor,'A Sounding of Storytellers' is an important addition to the growing body of criticism of children's literature". Pp. 218. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w with slight chipping to spine and top ed...

The Clump of Bushes. Twenty-five Dramatic Readings.

HOYLAND, JOHN S. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London: Epworth Press, 1946. 1st ed. A series of dramatic readings interpreting incidents and people of the New Testament. Pp. 108. Light blue cloth, d/w with slight chippings to edges. G/G.

Christ's Comet. The Story of a Thirty years' Journey that began and ended on the same day. A Play in Three Acts.

HASSALL, CHRISTOPHER. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. 1st. ed. The play is written in regular blank verse, interspersed with prose and lyric. Pp. 151. Inscrip. to fep. Pink cloth, d/w rubbed and chipped at edges. G+/G.

Celebrating Friendship. An Anthology.

FROST, BRIAN,& WEBB, PAULINE. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Epworth Press, 1986. 1st ed. An anthology drawn from writers across the centuries and continents. Pp. 6/122. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. VG/G+.

The World of the Forsytes.

FISHER, JOHN. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Book Club Associates, 1976. 1st ed. Reveals the historical and social facts behind John Galsworthy's work of imagination, with a series of photographs, engravings, drawings and paintings of contemporary life. 25.2cms. x 19.2cms. Pp. 224, 15 colour plates and b/w illust...

Pilate's Wife.

BLOOM, URSULA. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Severn House Publishers Ltd, 1978. 1st British hardback ed. Part of a trilogy which includes 'Now Barabbas was a Robber' and 'The Song of Salome'. Fiction. Pp. 125. Dark red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. VG/G+.

Pennies from Heaven.

POTTER, DENNIS. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

London: Quartet Books, 1981. 1st. "His attempts to prove that life is a bowl of cherries make for a wonderfully comic, heartrendingly sad story, which has been transformed into a film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." Pp. 196. 8 b/w photographs. P/b. Illustrated cover. Slight toning to...

Simeon's Bride.

TAYLOR, ALISON G. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London: Robert Hale, 1995. 0709056737. 4th imp. of 1st novel. A novel of power and intensity, in P.D. James country but utterly original. Pp. 272. Inscrip. to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. G+/G+.

Jackson's Dilemma.

MURDOCH, IRIS. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. 1st ed. A fast-moving drama with a rich cast of characters. Pp. 249. Slight toning to pages. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. G+/G.

George and Juliet. Illustrated by Peter Green.

MIDDLETON, GERALDINE. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: SPCK, 1961. 1st ed. Story book for 8 to 13 year-olds, some stories have appeared in the Church Times. Pp. 64, 20 colour illustns. Signed inscrip. and Signed title. Illustd. yellow cloth, illustd. d/w top edge chipped. VG/G.

Seasons/ An Illustrated Treasury.

LOVRIE, MICHELLE. (COMPILER). · 1993 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Pennsylvania: Courage Books, imprint of Running Press, 1993. 1st ed. "This book, uniting words and images of the Seasons, expresses the Seasons' gifts to the senses and to the spirit". 18cms. x 25cms. Pp. 47/1 (Acknowledgements). Colour illustns. throughout. Illustd. laminated...

Cool Repentance. A Jemima Shore mystery.

FRASER, ANTONIA. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982. 1st ed. Fourth Jemima Shore mystery, set against a theatrical background. Pp. 222. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, slight sunning to spine and back cover. VG/G.

Four Handsome Negresses. The Record of a Voyage.

BAPTIST, R.HERNEKIN. · 1931 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London:Jonathan Cape,1931. 1st ed. "Four negresses were taken aboard off the Guinea Coast on one of the pioneer voyages of the Portuguese..They were, it is recorded, to be well tended, richly dressed and left ashore at different points of the African coast as emissaries of tra...

The Divine Element in Art and Literature.

SCHROEDER, WILLIAM LAWRENCE. · 1916 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London:Lindsey Press,1916. 1st ed. The author tries to suggest "..a method of interpretation which may lead to the enrichment of religious experience." Pp.8/268,inscribed by the author "to my good friend A.S.Elliott" to verso front board, author's signature to title. Purple bl...

Some Religious Elements in English Literature. (Hogarth Lectures No.14).

MACAULAY, ROSE. · 1931 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press,1931. 1st ed. Pp.160, small booksellers label(Foyles) to verso front board,light spotting to closed fore-edges with a few minor marginal spots. Orange cloth,spine slightly sunned. G+.

Russian Short Stories.

KOTELIANSKY, S.S. · 1941 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1941. 1st.ed. "Chosen from work of recent years..Includes Dorothy Parker, Faulkner, Damon Runyan, O'Hara and Stephen Vincent Benet." Pp, 156, page edges toned. P/b. G.