Letteratura

A Difficulty With Dwarves.

GARDNER, CRAIG SHAW. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1989. 1st.ed. "Our hero copes with the dreaded rhyming demon Guxx Unfufadoo, but must brave untold obstacles to beg help from Mother Duck." Pp, 250. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

Telling Tales. An Interview with ANNE FINE.

FINE, ANNE. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Mammoth, 1999. 1st.ed. "A great way to meet your favourite author." Pp, 60, some b/w. illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Pitfall in August.

ROMAN, HOWARD. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: W.H.Allen,1961. 1st British ed. "This full-bodied novel of suspense brilliantly depicts the plight of a compassionate young man caught in a web of deceit and madness." Pp.306. Red cloth. G+.

Part of Silence.

SCOTT, HARDIMAN. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ipswich: Brechinset, 1984. 1st ed. "Scott's 3rd book of poems of Suffolk and East Anglia .. explores themes of love, time and place .. sometimes gives in to a quirky, ironic sense of humour" Pp.64. P/b, uneven toning to rear cover. G+.

Man is An Onion. Reviews and Essays.

ENRIGHT, D.J. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London:Chatto & Windus,1972. 1st ed. "..on English,American and European novelists(Lowry,Lessing,Spark,Hesse,Nabokov and Grass); on English and European poetry ranging from Shakespeare through Cavafy to Stevie Smith; and on such diverse Asian writers or writers on Asia as Yuki...

Nineteenth Century Studies. Coleridge to Matthew Arnold.

WILLEY, BASIL. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:Chatto & Windus,1949. 1st ed. "..a preliminary enquiry into the history of religious and moral ideas in the nineteenth century." Pp.8/288. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

Georgian Poetry.

REEVES, JAMES. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1962. 1st ed. Pp. 23/172, pages slightly toned. P/b.G+.

Thackeray. Literature in Perspective.

WILLIAMS, LOAN M. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Evans Brothers, 1968. 1st.ed. "Surveys of major English literary figures and groups." Pp, 136, 4 b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Master Stories of the 20th. Century.

THAL, HERBERT VAN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Pan Books, 1963. 1st.ed. "Treasurehouse of superb stories, each of them a rattling good read." Pp, 270, page edges toned. P/b, G.

Dr. Seuss's. ABC.

SEUSS, DR. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Glasgow: Collins, 1964. 1st.ed. "Learning to read is fun with Beginner Books." Pp, 63, many coloured illustrations. P/b, creasing to covers, illustrated cover. G+.

We Who Are Fortunate.

ROOK,ALAN. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London:Routledge,1945. 1st ed. War Poetry. "Some of the poems in this book have appeared in John O' London's Weekly; Life and Letters Today; Poetry (London); Poetry Quarterly; The Times Literary Supplement; in several Anthologies; and in Magazines in the Middle East." 19.5cms ...

Skyfall.

HARRISON, HARRY. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Faber & Faber, 1976. 1st ed. "In this masterful and brilliantly suspenseful novel Harry Harrison traces a tale of incredible terror". Pp. 270, frontis. Dark green cloth, illustd. d/w. VG/VG.

Waterloo.

SMITH, FREDERICK E. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London : Pan Books, 1970. 1st ed. "This book is about the battle of Waterloo." Pp. 190, pages toned. P/b. G.+.

My Inspirational Favorites.

PEALE, NORMAN VINCENT. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York: A Giniger Book (HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. 1st ed. Collection of favorite writings, essays, poems, prayers etc. Pp. 7/152. Red cloth with recycled paper covering, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. VG/VG.

The Grown-ups Book of Books.

VARIOUS, · 1999 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1999. 1st.ed. "Excerpts from new novels..poetry old and new..even a recipe or two. An opportunity to catch up with familiar names and to sample some fresh ones." Pp, 179. P/b. VG.

An Introdution to 50 Modern British Poets.

SCHIMIDT, MICHAEL. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Pan Books,1979. 1st.ed."English verse through the Twentieth century.including such poets as T.S.Elliot and Dylan Thomas. Pp, 432, page edges slighty toned. P/b. G+.

Crusade.

WATSON, PETER. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Hutchinson, 1987. 1st ed. Novel. "Takes us behind the scenes in the Vatican and in the art world in London and New York and into some of the greatest collections of the globe". Pp. 336. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, slight scratching to back wrapper. ...

The Manipulators.

ATKINSON, HUGH. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Brighton: Angus & Robertson, 1978. 0207958130. 1st Angus & Robertson ed. Fiction. "A compelling revelation of international power play, where, in a new kind of war, the world's resources of food, oil and minerals are the weapons and unimaginable wealth the prize". Pp. 198, sli...

Morning Star. Or The Vampires of Summer.

ATKINS, PETER. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: HarperCollins, 1992. 1st ed. Fiction. "Witty, gruesome, swift, unpredictable and ultimately awe-inspiring". Pp. 238. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. F/F.

The Scarlet Goose.

ALMEDINGEN, E.M. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

USA: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. 1st ed. Fiction. Captures the dramatic conflict of a break with tradition in this story of a young Renaissance artist. Pp. 306/1Biography. Scarlet cloth, illustrated d/w, slight rubbing to edges and cover. VG/G.