Letteratura

Salute to Port De Grave and other Poems.

PARSONS, RICHARD AUGUSTUS. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Ontario: The Ontario Publishing Company Ltd, 1975. 1st edition. "In this little volume Dr Parsons has distilled the essence of his keen insight into the everyday world around us..Adrift as we seem to be in an apparently irreversible tide of North American "culture", we are gra...

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry.

HALE, JOHN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Collins, 1963. 0. Action takes place over a day in which George revisits a seaside town where he grew up, and events of his life (brief & stormy marriage to a rich girl and estrangement from his parents) start to come into focus. Pp.191, signed by author to title page,...

The Song of the Cold.

SITWELL, EDITH. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

New York: Vanguard Press, 1948. 0. 1st edition. Poetry. Pp.113, signed gift inscription from the author to Maria-Eugenia Huneeus to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, sunning to spine. G+. **"HUNEEUS Maria Eugenia. Passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2...

The Children Of The Bible .

J. M. KRONHEIM ( ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1852 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London: The Religious Tract Society: Depositories, 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly: and sold by the booksellers. [ 1852 ] . 0. A well preserved original binding. 7.25" x 5.5" . Blue ripple-grain cloth over boards, gold title and illustration...

The Children Of The Bible .

J. M. KRONHEIM ( ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1852 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London: The Religious Tract Society: Depositories, 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly: and sold by the booksellers. [ 1852 ] . 0. A well preserved original binding. 7.25" x 5.5" . Blue ripple-grain cloth over boards, gold title and illustration...

Four Miles From Any Town and other Verses.

GOW, DAVID. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: Cecil Palmer,1929. 0. 1st edition. "Mr David Gow is the editor of 'Light', the psychic journal, and is well-known in psychical research circles. As a poet he has been represented in such anthologies as 'Modern Scottish Poet' and the 'Book of Highland Verse'. But the pr...

Baroque Tales of Chile. (Signed).

YOUNG, HENRY LYON. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1963. 0. 1st edition. "a conglomeration of folklore, anecdotes, gossip, and fantasy. Stories include the 'Virgin of Andacollo', the legend of the miracle-working Virgin to whom the Indians dance for three days and three nights without ce...

Magnificat Now! Carols for Christmas today and other occasional verse.

VIGEON, OWEN. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Privately published, 1993. Religious poetry and verse. Pp.39, signed by the author to first page. Red card covers. VG.

Having an Osprey About the House.

SYKES, CHRIS. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Leamington Spa: Magpie Press, 2001. 0952344955. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp.55, inscribed by the author to title page. Pbk. VG.

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. [ With Preface by John Newton ] .

COWPER, WILLIAM . · 1806 · Chilton Books

£84.00 (€100.70 | $110.99 | ¥17,726)

London: Printed For J. Johnson, In St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1806 . 0. 2 volumes. 8vo. 16.5cm x 10.5cm x 2.9cm. Very good original full leather bindings. Polished speckled calf. Smooth spines with gilt banding, black leather title labels: "Cowper's Poems." and small red leather ...

Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984.

MOTION, ANDREW. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985. 0140073523. A King Penguin. "contains selections from Andrew Motion's three volumes to date, some new poems, and his autobiographical prose piece, Skating." Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize for 1984. Pp.112, signed by the author to ...

The Winter Man.

SCANNELL, VERNON. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Allison & Busby, 1973. 0850311012. New poems by Vernon Scannell. Ex College Library. Pp.58, inscribed by author to title page, library stamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffing to front free endpaper. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, mark from removed tape to...

Last Voyage From Ipswich.

FOSTER, PETER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Ipswich: Peter Foster(Privately printed), 1995. 0952762501. 'Special Limited Edition'. "Another small British Merchant ship has been sold off to a new owner in Jamaica who has hired a crew of six unemployed British seamen to take her across the Atlantic..Once at sea, they disc...

Way Out in the Centre.

ABSE, DANNIE. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Hutchinson, 1981. 0091448514. Collection of Abse's poetry. Pp.56, signed by author to title page. Pbk. VG.

Court and Culture: Dutch Literature 1350-1450. (Translated by Arnold J Pomerans).

OOSTROM, FRITS PIETER VAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. 0520067770. 1st ed. "A ground-breaking study of Dutch court culture in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, this book also interweaves dynastic history, documentary evidence, art, architecture, and literature to pro...

Charles Wesley's Verse. An Introduction.

BAKER, FRANK. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Epworth Press, 1964. 1st ed. "When Dr Baker's book 'Representative Verse of Charles Wesley' was published, one of the reviewers suggested that the introduction, which gave so much valuable information and really tried to assess Charles Wesley as a poet, should be issue...

The City at the Water's Edge.

BRYANT, CHARLES W. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Ilfracombe: Arthur H.Stockwell, 1965. 1st ed. Author's second volume of poems. "His poetry combines symbolism and vision, as in "The City at the Water's Edge", which is both an impression and a tale of Venice.." Pp.48, marked as 'Review copy' and signed by the author. Green cl...

Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems.

LOCHHEAD, LIZ. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Edinburgh: Polygon Books, 1993. 0748661581. Rep. Brings together all Liz Lochhead's previously published work - 'Memo for Spring'(1972), 'Islands'(1978) and 'Grimm Sisters'(1981) together with a new volume 'Dreaming Frankenstein' to provide a complete collection of her poetry ...

Snatchers.

CRESSWELL, HELEN. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hodder Childrens Books, 1998. 0340682868. 1st edition. Hardback. "Ellie Horner has gone missing, and there's snow in September: The whole world has turned upside down. The whole world is holding its breath." Pp.176, inscribed by theauthor ( "For Sybil and Ewart with lo...

Dying to Tell.

GODDARD, ROBERT. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Bantam Press, 2001. 0593047583. 1st ed. Signed. "Dying to Tell is a classic Robert Goddard mystery: intricate, compelling, and this time with a denouement that is, quite literally, sensational." Pp.345, signed by author to title page. Green cloth, d/w has clear protect...