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Three Plays: The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, The Wood Demon.

TCHEHOV, ANTON. · 1941 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1941. Rep. Three plays by the celebrated Russian author. Translated by S.S. Koteliansky. Pp. 187/5(ads). Toning and spotting to pages. P/b. G.

Prose of the Romantic Period 1780-1830. (Vol. 4 of Pelican English Prose).

WRIGHT, RAYMOND. (EDITOR). · 1956 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1956. 1st ed. A comprehensive anthology of prose, 1780-1830. Pp. 35/288/3(ads). Toning to pages. P/b. G+.

The Breaking of Bumbo.

SINCLAIR, ANDREW. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1961. 1st Penguin ed. "The rogue's progress of an Old Etonian in the Brigade of Guards and in London Society". Fiction. Pp. 157/3(ads). Toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. cover by George W. Adamson. G.

Plays and Puritans, and other Historical Essays.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES. · 1873 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Macmillan,1873. 1st edition. Pp.272/58(ads), engraved portrait frontis. of Sir Walter Raleigh by C.H. Jeens, owners signature to fep, embossed stamp "with the publishers compliments" to title page, very minor spotting to prelims. and adverts at rear. Brown cloth, gilt ...

The Tolkien Companion.

TYLER, J. E. A. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Pan Books, 1977. "The authors patient and scholarly morphology of the whole splendid world-system of Tolkien's fiction allows us to recognize and be thankful for the true dimensions of that triumphant feat of the imagination." Pp, 530, page edges slightly toned. P/b. G.

Claudine and Annie.

COLETTE. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. "Annie is contentedly married to pompous, thoughtless, domineering Alain. But when Alain goes of on a trip, a sequence of personalities and events shows up her marriage for what it is - a loveless sham." Pp, 158, page edges toned. P/b, illustrated...

Destination Berlin. (Translated from the French by Philip John Stead).

VIALAR, PAUL. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London:Staples Press, 1956. 0. 1st British ed. Novel giving a comprehensive picture of total war. "Its scenes range from the Panzer break-through in France and Poland, from the invasion and defence of Russia, to the Normandy beach-heads and the collapse of the Hitler legend..T...

Paradise.

MORRISON, TONI. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Vintage, 1999. "Exploring the cultural, religious and racial clashes that exist in American society." Pp, 318, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

A Writer's Notebook.

ANON. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Malvern: Tantivy Press,1946. 1st ed. Limited ed. of 1000. Anthology of writings on a variety of subjects from cinema names to history of silk stockings, atomic energy to railways in books, in the form of a bedside companion. Pp.225/1(ad), underlining and notation to p.253. Bla...

The Playboy of the Western World/ The Tinker's Wedding/The Shadow of the Glen.

SYNGE, JOHN M. · 1941 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1941. 1st ed. Plays by John M. Synge. Toning and spotting to pages. P/b. Loose paper wrappers. G.

Our Fathers.

O'HAGAN, ANDREW. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Faber & Faber, 2000. 1st paperback ed. Shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. "A beautiful, elegaic work .. required reading for everybody". Pp. 282. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher.

JONES, HENRY. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons,1899. Rep. "The purpose of this book is to deal with Browning, not simply as a poet, but rather as the exponent of a system of ideas on moral and religious subjects, which may fairly be called a philosophy." Pp.16/350/2(ads), welsh inscription t...

The Clothes They Stood Up In.

BENNETT, ALAN. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Profile Books Ltd, 1998. 2nd imp. A story. Pp. 112. P/b. Portrait to back cover. 15 cms. x 9.5 cms. VG,.

The No Plays of Japan. With Letters by Oswald Sickert.

WALEY, ARTHUR. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

London:George Allen and Unwin,1965. 4th imp. Ex libris. "This volume established the No play for the Western reader as beautiful literature. It contains exquisite translations of about twenty plays with summaries of as many more." Pp.319,frontis. + 1 further plate,library stam...

Daisy. The Child Teacher.

ISALINE. · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: John F.Shaw & Co,nd. New edition. By the author of "Out of Shadow". Pp.56/4(Ads), colour frontis, bookplate to verso front board, pages browned. Brown cloth with frontis. illustration re-printed to front board, title to front and spine. G.

Poems. (First Series).

INGELOW, JEAN. · 1871 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co,1871. 16th ed. First Series: Containing: Divided; The High Tide; The Star's Monument; Brothers, and A Sermon; and others. Pp.258. Green cloth, gilt motif and outlining to front,gilt title to spine, spine darkened. VG.

Little Plays Of Saint Francis. Volume I.

HOUSMAN LAURENCE . · 1947 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1947 . Pp.12/212 . Spine faded. G+ .

A Pageant of Bible Plays.Book 3. The Coming of The Messiah.

LANE, ELIZABETH. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Surrey: Robert Denholm House, 1965. 1st ed. "This collection of plays is intended for use in Day School and Sunday School, and also for any other groups of young people". Pp 123, + 1 map. Spotting to pages. P/b. G+.

The Hiawatha Primer.

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: George G. Harrap,1912. Pp.156, colour frontis. and 7 other coloured plates, b/w illustrations throughout, toning to endpapers. Green illustrated cloth, title to front and spine, rubbed. G+.

Enid Blyton's Brer Rabbit Book. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.

BLYTON, ENID. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London:Latimer House,1948. 1st ed. Pp.128, b/w illustrations by Grace Lodge. Green cloth. VG.