Letteratura

Sitting on the Fence. In Verse.

CLOUGH, ALAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ipswich: KDS, 1992. One of 100 copies. Fifty poems. Unpaginated. Signed by the author to title page. Paperback, slightly rubbed to rear. VG.

Listen.

HEAD, KATE. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Minerva Press, 1997. 1861061005. 1st edition. "In this original collection of poetry Kate Head deals with highly topical issues sometimes in a lighthearted manner and sometimes with a profound and disturbing realism, but always with a deep understanding of human emotio...

Woundings. A Play. (Signed).

NOON, JEFF. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Birmingham: Oberon Books, 1986. 1870259009. Prize-winner in the1985 Mobil Playwrighting Competition. "Woundings is a powerful and tragic play set on an island in the South Atlantic. Scarred by recent battle, the island is garrisoned by Her Majesty's Forces Overseas. A Governme...

Unknown Pilgrim.

SUTCLIFFE, JOHN C. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Dewsbury: Joseph Ward, 1985. 0861166612. Exact reprint of 1981 New Horizon publication. "This unusual book tells the remarkable story of a young man who, after a strange experience, decides to walk barefoot from Tangier to Northern Ireland dressed only in a simple Arab robe an...

Poetry For Charity. (signed).

MAYES, DEREK WYNDHAM. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Halstead: Press and PR Services, 1994. Collection of poetry originally published for the benefit of local Halstead (Essex) charities. Pp.48, signed by the author to title page. Blue card wraps, gilt title to front, cover has uneven sunning. G+.

Heated Ice and Other Poems. (Illustrated by Yvonne Hudson).

BARKER, NIKKI. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Gavarnie Publications, 1985. 0951057901. 1st edition. "The work of persuading and ordering words to communicate a personal experience of life is never easy, and Nikki has not tried to make it so by taking an easy course..At her best, as with Heated Ice, so much is conveyed by ...

Ye "Olde Cock Tavern."

TENNYSON, ALFRED . · 1930 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

(London) : Camden Press, (1930?). 0. Scarce 7 page booklet. Publication details from COPAC (British Library online). [2pp.]/pp.3/[2pp.] . 8.5" x 6.5". Illustrated paper cover, with a scene of Tennyson writing his monologue in the Old Cock Tavern. rear paper cover with a full-p...

Country Affairs. (Signed).

RENNICK, JENNIFER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Headline, 1995. 0747212287. 1st edition. "An irresistibly lively, hearbreakingly poignant novel of country life." Pp.314, signed by the author to title page, pages slightly toned. Green cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

Private View. (Signed).

GUEST, HARRY. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Dulwich Village: Outposts Publications, 1962. 0. Scarce 1st printing. Poem set in an art exhibition and dedicated to the painter Trevor Goodman. Pp.16, inscribed "To Harold best wishes ever Harry" to title page. Cream card covers have light spotting and pen scribble to lower f...

The Duck Pond.

BIDDELL TAYLOR, HILDA. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Lavenham: Kemp's Printing Agency, 1967. 0. Collection of poetry. Pp.32, occasional wood-cut illustrations by Mary Watt, inscribed by the author to the reverse of the title page. Paperback, blue with repeat pattern of ducks in white and red title. VG.

The Glass House. (Signed).

BUSHELL, LYNN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Piatkus, 1985. 0861883233. 1st edition. Lynn Bushell's first novel. "Lynn Bushell's writing is strongly reminiscent of Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard. The Glass House uses the themes of guilt and jealousy and bereavement as negative emotions which play a positi...

The High Rise.

HEAPS, LEO. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: W.H.Allen, 1972. 0491005024. 1st edition. "A story of intrigue and power-struggles at the top of a great company - a fascinating tale, dramatically told, of the men and women whose future depends on the fate of the corporation. The crude and hidden secrets of England's...

Heart's Ease and Other Poems.

LEWIS, NELL. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Colchester: Wheatfield Words, 2000. 1900145235. "Ellen Lewis lives in Suffolk..In her 60's she discovered a living faith in Jesus Christ which was put to the test soon afterwards when she was knocked into the air by a lorry and broke 17 bones. Three years later she had a stoma...

Fun Poetry.

COUSINS, BERNARD L. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Sudbury: Privately Published, 1981. 0. Bernard Cousins came to Sudbury in 1959 and trained as a Male Nurse in caring for the elderly at Walnuttree Hospital. His poems are based on funny everyday happenings. Pp.24, inscribed by the author to inside front cover. Cream shiny card...

Retrato En Sepia. (Portrait in Sepia).(Signed).

ALLENDE, ISABEL. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Madrid: Areté, 2001. 8401341558. 12th edition. Spanish edition. A sequel to Allende's 'Daughter of Fortune' as it follows Eliza Sommers' grand-daughter - Aurora del Valle..War and history are important in this novel; Allende has confided she always does thorough historical res...

Inheritance. (A Novel).

SUNDERLAND, CHRISTINE. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Waterford, Virginia: OakTara, 2009. 9781602902190. "Woven through the mists of Lent to new life on Easter Day, 'Inheritance' draws the lives of four characters together to a stunning unforgettable conclusion..A poignant story about choices made along the way.and the miracles o...

Khalida. (Signed)

PERKINS, KEN. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: Quartet Books, 1991. 070432783X. 1st edition. The author's first novel. "Aden in the 1960s. A young British soldier, Corporal Kelly has been seduced by an Arab woman in her desperate bid to divert him from an explosives cache. Unknown to Kelly, his daaughter Khalida ha...

Sir Thomas Wyatt. Selected Poems.

SCOTT, HARDIMAN.(EDITOR). · 1996 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Manchester: Fyfield Books, 1996. 1857542290. 1st edition. "Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), 'the first great English lyric poet', remains one of the most popular writers of Henry VIII's court, and the most romantic, given his entanglement with Anne Boleyn, which resulted - legend...

The Waiting Game.

MATKIN, SIMON. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lavenham:Privately Published, 2006. 0955419409. Signed copy. "The tale of one Tommy Gainsborough, a posh ex-banker turned Private Hire driver back in his native Suffolk, who struggles to come to terms with all the punters and pisspots of his new trade with the dubious assistan...

Poems Sacred and Profane: A Welsh Novice Monk -D.M.De Silva; Harwig A. Vogelsberger; With Three Essays by William Oxley.

HOGG, DR JAMES.(EDITOR). · 1988 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Salzburg: Institut Fur Anglistik Und Amerikanistik, 1988. Poems Sacred and Profane: A Welsh Novice Monk -D.M.De Silva; Harwig A. Vogelsberger; With Three Essays by William Oxley. Salzburg Studies in English Literature Under the Direction of Professor Erwin A.Sturzl. Pp.119, in...