Letteratura

Losing Eddie

Corey, Deborah Joy · 1993 · Brookline Village Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, 1993. 1st printing. Hardcover. 222p. Author's first novel. Signed by the author. Very good condition very good d.j./good.

Where You'LL Find Me, and Other Stories

Beattie, Ann · 1986 · Brookline Village Books

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1986. 1st printing. Hardcover. 191p. Signed by the author. Very good condition very good d.j./good.

Pills to Purge the Paines of Love; or, Pills to Preserve Love's Pleasures

Hall, Ariel · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Branden, c1975. Hardcover. 114p. illus. Illus. from 26 drawings by the author. Limited edition of 600 copies signed by the author. Very good conditon very good d.j./good.

Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems

Adams, Charles Follen · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1910. First printing. Hardcover. 311p. Illus. by Morgan J. Sweeney "Boz. Ill.: Morgan J. Sweeney "Boz. Very good condition, bottom edge damp stained Signed by the author.

Union Street. Poems. With a Preface by Edith Sitwell.

CAUSLEY, CHARLES. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London:Rupert Hart-Davis,1957. 2nd imp. Inscribed by the author(August 1960). Pp.95, author's inscription to title page, owners name and small bookseller's label (Bowes & Bowes.Cambridge)to verso front board, uneven toning to endpapers. Decorated boards, matching d/w. G+/VG.

The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, Of York Mariner. With An Account Of His Travels Round Three Parts Of The Globe. With Illustrations By Thomas Stothard, R.A. Engraved By Charles Heath .

[ DEFOE, DANIEL ] · 1858 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London: W. Kent And Co. 86, Fleet Street, 1858 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. pp.620. 7.75" x 5.5" x 1.75" (20cm x 14cm x 4.8cm) . Tan calf over bevelled boards, edges bumped and boards lightly soiled. Carefully rebacked at some time in the past. Smooth spine with...

Lamia's Winter-Quarters By Alfred Austin .

AUSTIN, ALFRED / ELGOOD, GEORGE S. (ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1907 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Adam And Charles Black, 1907 . 0. Limited Edition. Signed by Alfred Austin the poet laureate, limited deluxe edition of 250 copies - number 182. Soiled cream cloth hardcover with gilt titles on decoratively framed front and on dulled spine. Edges and corners rubbed and...

Lone Wolf. (Signed).

PICOULT, JODI. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. 9781444728989. 1st British edition. "You want to save your father's life. Your brother wants to let him die. What would you do?" Pp.x/369, inscribed by the author to title page "Susie. Enjoy", speckled greying to some page edges (printing faul...

The Drama Of Yesterday & To-Day By Clement Scott. In Two Volumes .

SCOTT, CLEMENT 1841-1904. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited ; New York, Macmillan Company, 1899 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good two volume set. Vol. I. ; pp.8/[2pp.]/pp.607. Vol. II. :pp.8/[5pp.]/pp.581/[3pp. - Adverts] . Vol. II, ends with; "Appendix: List of important plays produced in London ...

Posthumous Parodies And Other Pieces, Composed By Several Of Our Most Celebrated Poets, But Not Published In Any Former Edition Of Their Works.

[ TWISS, HORACE (1787-1849) ] . · 1814 · Chilton Books

£148.00 (€177.43 | $195.56 | ¥31,232)

London : Printed For John Miller, 25, Bow-Street, Covent Garden, 1814 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 725" x 4.75" x 0.2". pp. xi./[1p.]/pp.102/[2pp. - Errata / Adverts] . Brown Morocco spine and corners over green buckram boards. Spine with 5...

The Impossible Theatre. The Chichester Festival Theatre Adventure. (Signed Limited Edition).

EVERSHED-MARTIN, LESLIE. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Phillimore & Co.Ltd, 1971. Specially bound Edition, limited to Two hundred and fifty copies, signed by the Author and numbered, of which this is No.128. "Leslie Evershed-Martin tells his own - behind-the-scenes - story, of what really happened, the indifference and out...

Gremlins In The Cabbage Patch. A Novel. By John Paddy Christmas .

CARSTAIRS, JOHN PADDY · 1944 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, [no date - c. 1944] . 0. Signed first edition, lacking dustwrapper. pp.120. Wrapped in stamp adressed postal envelope to: Mrs. Nina Davidson. Red cloth covers, rather soiled, with black tles to spine. "W. H. Smith & Son's Library" label to verso o...

Footlights and Spotlights. Recollections of My Life on the Stage.

SKINNER, OTIS. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1924. 1st edition. Signed limited edition of 500 copies. Otis Skinner(1858-1942 was an American actor who played hundreds of roles in all parts of the world in a career extending over more than 60 years. Pp.367, signed (but not numbered) to ...

An Innocent Millionaire. (signed).

VIZINCZEY, STEPHEN. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983 0771087608. First Canadian edition. "Anyone can enjoy An Innocent Millionaire as an exotic-location thriller. The bonus is that it is also a fable of love, greed and modern society, peopled by rounded, cussed characters.."(ShaunUsher, D.Ma...

The Children of the Rocks. A Story of Tours. (Signed).

MADDEN, JOHN J. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Kansas City: Burton Publishing Company, 1944). 1st edition. "The Children of the Rocks is more of a study than a story. It deals with a dangerous period in history. Aperiod when civilization rested upon the issue of a single battle in the last days of September, A.D.732. In th...

A Miracle of Love. (signed).

CORKERY, SIMON. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Leap, Co.Cork: The Macabea Press, 1997. 0953064204. 1st edition. "Christina is a child miraculously saved after abortion by the merciful intervention of a trainee nurse. Adopted by loving parents, Christina lives life to the full unaware of the drama unfolding itself regarding...

The Captive Free Men: The Plowman's Tale.

PRENTICE, ROB. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Oswestry: Sherbourne Publications, 1994. 1872547869. 1st edition. "The Captive Free Men is the story of a fictional family. The place in which it is set is one that the author has lived and worked in for the last 35 years. The History and Geography is authentic but has been ad...

Collected Poems.

STEPHENS, JAMES (1880 - 1950) . · 1926 · Chilton Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London: Macmillan And Co, Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1926 . 0. Signed limited large paper edition. A very good quarter vellum binding. 9.0" x 7.02 x1.0". pp.22/pp.260 . Vellum spine over blue cloth boards. Smooth spine with gilt titles. Endpapers lightly toned. Previous own...

Posh Frocks and Postings. A Second Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1991. 1st edition. "Broadcasts on BFBS to read her poems about the Gulf war, Christmas with the Forces, and others from her book, have all stemmed from the guge success of 'Waiting in the Wings'. Once again, this second book has been illustrat...

Waiting In The Wings. A Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1989. 1st edition. "Having listened to so many RAF) wives bemoaning the problems and frustrations of the nomadic existence, Maggie decided to 'take the lid off' our incredible life' and started this collection of poems..She wanted..to portray ...