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Lady of the Beasts.

MORGAN, ROBIN. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York: Random House, 1976. 039440758X. 1st edition, Second volume of poetry by American feminist poet Robin Morgan, following her first "Monster". "Lady of the Beasts is about the varieties of woman's ancient and now re-emerging power, as daughter, wife, mother, lover, prie...

The Castle of Knaresburgh and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff.

ABBAY, RICHARD. · 1887 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1887. 1st edition. The Castle of Knaresburgh: A Tale in Verse of the Civil War in Yorkshire, 1644 and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff: A Yorkshire Legend of the Fifteenth Century. Pp.xiv/337/48(publisher's catalogues), folding map (Prince Rup...

The Student. By E. L. Bulwer. - In One Volume.

BULWER, E. L. ( BARON EDWARD GEORGE LYTTON [OR, BULWER LYTTON] 1803-1873 ) . · 1835 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris: Published By A. And W. Galignani And Co, Rue Vivenne, No. 18, 1835 . 0. A very good half vellum binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" x 1.0" . [2pp.]/pp.ix. - xi./[5pp.]/pp.343 . Vellum spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. light soiling to the vellum. Spi...

White Ladies.

BRETT YOUNG, FRANCIS. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. 1st edition. English novel about three generations of a midlands industrial family and their country house, the White Ladies. Pp.693, signed by Francis Brett Young to title page, owner's details to inside front board, occasional light spott...

My Name is Legion. (Signed).

WILSON, A.N. · 2004 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Hutchinson, 2004. 0091795354. 1st edition. "A savge satire on the morality of contemporary Britain - its Press, its politics, its Church, its rich, its underclass. His London is a bleak, if occasionally hilarious, place: murderous, randy, money-obsessed and haunted by ...

The Works Of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes.

THOMSON, JAMES 1700-1748. · 1773 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London: Printed for W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, B. Law, W. Owen, R. Horsfield, T. Longman, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, G. Kearsley, D. Wilson & Co. T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, T. Davies, Richardson & Richardson, and H. Baldwin MDCCLXXIII. [1773] . 0. A very good 4 volume set in...

Sidelights on Charles Lamb.

DOBELL, BERTRAM. · 1903 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Published by the Author, 1903. 1st edition. Contents: I. Lamb and the "London Magazine"; II. Horace Smith's Imitation of Lamb; III. Some Newly Discovered Contributions by Lamb to the "London Magazine"; IV. Some Poetical Tributes to Lamb from the "London Magazine"; V. S...

Ta-Mera. (signed).

PRICE, NANCY. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Hutchinson, 1950. 1st edition. "The central figure is the daughter of an Egyptologist and a princess of the ancient Egyptian royal blood. Ta-Mera is young and beautiful and possessed of the power to govern the will of others. After the death of her parents she comes to...

A Whip for the Woman Being (perhaps a little unexpectedly) an Impartial Account of the Present State of the novel Market, and Intended to be a Guide for all LIterary Aspirants. By Ralph Straus.

STRAUS, RALPH (1882-1950) . · 1931 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London: Chapman and Hall Limited, MCMXXXI [1931] . 0. Signed first edition. Original blue cloth with dulled edges. Original printed dust jacket with price "7/6 NET". Some darkening of jacket with chipping along edges, back cover with some staining. Inscription to front endpape...

My Favourite Books. (signed).

BLATCHFORD, ROBERT. · 1901 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: The Clarion Office, 1901. 2nd impression. Contents: Good Books and Bad Books; Of Bed Books; A Seraphic Book; A Book of Gay Wisdom; William Morris, Song-smith; "A Dream of John Ball"; Of Graphic Writing; White's "Selborne"; Sir Thomas Browne; The "Pilgrim's Progress"; O...

Poetry Now. Eastern England 2002.

KILLINGRAY, HEATHER. (EDITOR). · 2002 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Peterborough: Poetry Now, 2002. 0754327248. 1st edition. "A compilation of poetry which has been assembled using the work of poets who reside in this area. The poems collected within this anthology vary in style and content. Both traditional verse and modern poetry broach a wi...

Sketches In Prose. By The Author Of Zone .

DENDY, WALTER COOPER (1794-1871) . · 1827 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London: C. Tilt, Fleet Street, MDCCCXXVII. [1827 ] . 0. Scarce first edition. A very good original half leather binding. 12mo. 16.5cm x 10.0cm x 1.0cm. [8pp.]/pp.132. Dull green calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Smooth spine with gilt decoration and original brown le...

Poems of To-Day: an Anthology.

VARIOUS. · 1918 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London : Published for the English Association by Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918 . 0. First issued in 1915 and reprinted. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 0.5" pp.16/pp.174. Green calf spine and corners over green cloth covered boards. Spine a little dulled with...

The Linguistics of Light. (Signed).

DART, LISA. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Cambridge: Salt, 2009. 9781844714452. 1st edition. "Lisa Dart's debut collection 'The Linguistics of Light' journeys from the north Norfolk coast of England across a vast emotional landscape to Greece and beyond. America provides the imaginative and physical locations for some...

The Other Vikings.

WEST, TESSA. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Glemsford: Fox Books, 2009. 9780954362737. 1st edition. Poems written from the female Viking point of view. 21cms 21cms. Unpaginated. Inscribed by the author + a gift message to title page. Paperback, minor bumps to top corners. G+.

Bacton Where the Orwell Rises.

BENCE-JONES, GILLIAN. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lewes: The Book Guild Ltd, 1989. 0863322689. "Gillian Bence-Jones' poetry is simple and direct..Though modern in form with its free verse, it is timeless, even refreshingly old fashioned, in content." Pp.88, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Blue boards, dustwrap...

The Accidental Shepherd.

DOBSON, GAVIN R. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Librario Publishing Limited, 2012. 9781909238008. "Each of the fifteen stories in The Accidental Shepherd should be read on its own merits as a stand-alone vignette in the life of Geordie Kinloch. Some were inspired by experiences and observations of the author and his friends...

The Price of Redemption.

DOBSON, GAVIN R. · 2011 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Librario Publishing Limited, 2011. 9781906775285. "When the giant American financial group CSF appoints Mark Telford's Appletree Capital Management in London to handle a world-wide fund, the champagne flows in expectation of the fees this will generate..Euphoria is short-lived...

The Christmas Tree Book.

BAKER, JOANNE. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Brenda Weatherall, 2001. Poems by Joanne Baker with illustrations by Julia Weatherall. Pp.23, poems with 10 full colour illustrations incorporating Christmas trees to facing pages, signed by the author and illustrator to title page. Paperback. VG.

Some 'Opes of Brody Street, E.1.

FARRAN, DORIS. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Bexleyheath: S.M.D.Print Centre, 2003. 0953492532. A moving yet humorous story of the Hope family, in the screw and scrape times of Peace, and how it was in War, living alongside the East End Docks in the Blitz. Pp.413, signed by author to title page. Paperback. VG.