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Tales from Herodotus. As Featured in The English Patient.

HERODOTUS / SELINCOURT, AUBREY DE. (TRANSLATOR). · 1997 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Penguin, 1997. 0146003608. 1st in this edition. "Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century BC, is thought to have travelled widely throughout Egypt, Africa, and many Greek city states". 13.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.114, toning to pages. Paperback, creasing to spine and minor ...

ODTAA. A Novel of the Ultimate Blasphemy.

MASEFELD, JOHN. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966. ODTAA = "One Damn Thing After Another". Where an insane dictator set himself up in the place of God. Portrays the pain of a revolution-torn Caribbean state, and a hero who is not afraid to be heroic. Pp.288, slight toning to pages. Paperback, (cov...

The Architects.

HEYM, STEFAN. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Daunt Books, 2012. 9781907970092. "A novel of political intrigue and personal betrayal. The Architects tells a story of love and friendship in a world governed by surveillance and mistrust." Pp.320. Paperback. VG.

Free Fall.

GOLDING, WILLIAM. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Faber and Faber, 1961. First in this edition. Written in the first person, "Free Fall" is a self-examination by an English painter, Samuel Mountjoy, held in a German POW camp during World War II. Pp.253. Paperback, minor edge wear. VG.

The Owl Service.

GARNER, ALAN. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: HarperCollins, 2002. 0007127898. "It all begins with the scratching in the ceiling. From the moment Alison discovers the dinner service in the attic, with its curious pattern of floral owls, a chain of events is set in progress that is to affect everybody's lives." Pp....

Henry Masterton; Or, The Adventures Of A Young Cavalier. By G. P. R. James, Esq. .

JAMES, G. P. R, [GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFORD JAMES 1801-1860 ] . · 1853 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London: Simms And M'Intyre, Paternoster Row; And Donegall Street, Belfast, 1853 . 0. A very good half leather binding. 6.75" x 4.0" x 1.0". 8vo. pp.464. Tan calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Smooth spine with gilt banding and original brown leather title label: "Henr...

Cover Stories. Narrative and Ideology in the British Spy Thriller.

DENNING, MICHAEL. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. 0710096429. "Michael Denning tracks the spy thriller from John Buchan to Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carre, and shows how these tales of spies, moles, and the secret service tell a story of our times, translating the political and...

Arrival Press. East Anglia 1994 Anthology.

RAMM, TRUDI. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Peterborough: Arrival Press, 1994. 1857862155. Poems written by poets from East Anglia. " A collection of poems that give the reader an insight into how the locals feel about the area that they live in." Pp156. 0Paperback. VG.

Poems by Rupert Brooke.

BROOKE, RUPERT. · 1917 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London:Sidgwick & Jackson,1917. Rep. Pp.94/2(ads),date notation to fep, spare paper label to rear endpaper. Black cloth, original paper label to spine, edges rubbed. G+.

The Poetical Works of the Late Mrs Mary Robinson. (One Volume edition)..

ROBINSON, MARY. · 2015 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Milton Keynes: Lightning Source, nd. (c.2015). Including the Last Pieces Published: The Three Volumes Complete in One. Facsimile reprint. Pp.232, portrait frontispece. Blue laminated boards. VG.

The Secret Sharer.

CONRAD, JOSEPH. · 2017 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Raja's, nd. (c.2017). 9781976314230. "The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909 and first published in two parts in Harper's Magazine in 1910. It was later included in the short story collection 'Twixt Land and Sea (...

Omar Khayyam in His Rubaiyat.

HA' NISH, DR OTOMANN ZAR-ADUSHT. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Los Angeles: Mazdaznan Press, 1924. With a true History, Life and Biography of the Persian Poet, Astronomer and Statesman by Dr Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish. 17.5cms x 13cms. Pp.lvi/48, black & white portrait photo frontispiece tipped-in, spotting to endpapers and occasionally th...

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.

DAY, M.C. AND TREWIN, J.C. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: J,M.Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1932. 1st edition. History of theatre in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and the eventual building of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in1932. Pp.xxiv/269, black & white photo frontispiece + 32 further illustrations - many from port...

Theatre World (Incorporating Play Pictorial). Vol XLV No. 288 to No.299.

THEATRE WORLD · 1949 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Published for Theatre World (Practical Press Ltd.) by Lewes Press, January - December 1949. 0. 12 magazines bound together. Plain brown buckram binding. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper: "Lydia Donovan, Flat 2, 16, Lawn Road, Hamstead London". An exellent...

Theatre World (Incorporating Play Pictorial). Vol XXXVII No. 204 to No.215.

THEATRE WORLD · 1942 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Published for Theatre World (Practical Press Ltd.) by Lewes Press, January - December 1942. 0. 12 magazines bound together. Plain brown buckram binding. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper: "Lydia Donovan, Flat 2, 16, Lawn Road, Hamstead London". An exellent...

Theatre World (Incorporating Play Pictorial). Vol XLIV No. 276 to No.287.

THEATRE WORLD · 1948 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Published for Theatre World (Practical Press Ltd.) by Lewes Press, January - December 1948. 0. 12 magazines bound together. Plain brown buckram binding. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper: "Lydia Donovan, Flat 2, 16, Lawn Road, Hamstead London". An exellent...

Pennies for the Dog. (Illustrated by Margery Gill).

THWAITE, ANN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1985. 0233973753. First edition. Large format children's illustrated story. 25.5cms x 22cms. Unpaginated. Full colour illustrations by Margery Gill throughout. Illustrated laminated boards, minor bumps to top and tail of spine. Scarce. VG.

Theatre World (Incorporating Play Pictorial). Vol XL No. 228 to No.239.

THEATRE WORLD · 1944 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Published for Theatre World (Practical Press Ltd.) by Lewes Press, January - December 1944. 0. 12 magazines bound together. Plain brown buckram binding. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper: "Lydia Donovan, Flat 2, 16, Lawn Road, Hamstead London". An exellent...

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 ...

Corn for the Hens. (The Amateur Concert Party).

SMITH, BETTY. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1971. 0900093234. 1st edition. "This book is for those of you who, sated with television and having tried all the recommended handicrafts so beloved by women's magazines for the long winter evenings, might like to try your hand at an amateur conce...