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The Vision of Piers the Plowman by William Langland Done into Modern English by the Rev.Professor Skeat..

LANGLAND. WILLIAM / SKEAT, REVEREND PROFESSOR. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Alexander Moring Ltd / The De La More Press, 1905. The King's Classics series. 15.5cms x 12cms. Pp.xxx/151/8 (publisher's catalogue), frontispiece, endpapers browned, previous owner's pencil notation to front free endpaper. Cream spine with grey paper-covered boards, o...

The Dragon and the Magic Key.

WILLEY, BEE. (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

London: Electric Paper, 1995. 1897584032. 1st edition. "Beautifully illustrated and packed with pop-ups, flaps and tabs, this delightful story combines the best traditions of a classic fairy tale with all the fun of an interactive book". 28.5cms x 22cms. Unpaginated. Illustrat...

Posh Frocks and Postings. A Second Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1991. 1st edition. "Broadcasts on BFBS to read her poems about the Gulf war, Christmas with the Forces, and others from her book, have all stemmed from the guge success of 'Waiting in the Wings'. Once again, this second book has been illustrat...

Waiting In The Wings. A Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1989. 1st edition. "Having listened to so many RAF) wives bemoaning the problems and frustrations of the nomadic existence, Maggie decided to 'take the lid off' our incredible life' and started this collection of poems..She wanted..to portray ...

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...

Blake's Innocence and Experience.

WICKSTEED, JOSEPH H. · 1928 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London; J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1928. 1st edition. A Study of the Songs and Manuscripts "Shewing the Two Constant States of the Human Soul". Pp.299, 4 colour plates + 55 black & white plates + 3 pages from the MS. "An Island in the Moon" and 17 pages from Blake's MS. Sketch Book ...

Satan in the Suburbs and Other Stories. (Illustrated by Àsgeir Scott).

RUSSELL, BERTRAND. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: The Bodley Head, 1953. 1st edition. Bertrand Russell's first work of fiction, written at the age of eighty. Contents: Satan in the Suburbs or Horrors Manufactured Here; The Corsican Ordeal of Miss X; The Infra-redioscope; The Guardians of Parnassus; Benefit of Clergy. ...

A Guide For The Bedevilled By Ben Hecht.

HECHT, BEN (1893-1964) . · 1944 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944 . 0. First edition. pp.6/pp.276 . Original gree cloth covered boards, with dulled and rubbed gilt titles to front board and spine. Small bookseller's label to verso of the front board: "Perkin & Co. Calle Cangallo 542 Buenos Aires". Also...

Malory. The Critical Heritage.

PARINS, MARYLYN JACKSON. (EDITOR). · 1988 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: Routledge, 1988. 0415002230. 1st edition. The Critical Heritage Series. "Provides a chronological record of various evaluations of the Morte d'Arthur ranging from Caxton's Preface of1485 to George Saintsbury in 1912." Pp.xiv/409. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has a removable...

Apul-One

KENNEDY, P. D. [ KENNEDY, PETE 1950-- . · 1975 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

London: Peter D. Kennedy, 1975 . 0950426709. First edition. pp.112. A very good binding and dustwraper. White illustrated dustwrapper, lightly toned and edges rubbed. Illustrated yellow card covers with caption to front board: "Standin on the Bannista Contemplatin the Ways of ...

The Patriot.

ANON. · 1909 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Headley Brothers, nd. (c.1909). Short story aimed at young people, of the life and work of Denmark's great educationist Bishop Grundtvig (1783-1872). Pp.158, pencil notation to half-title page. Paperback, spine worn with small losses. Scarce (Copac lists only 2 copies)...

The Dawn in Britain.

DOUGHTY, CHARLES M. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. New edition in one volume. Limited edition. 535 copies printed of which 500 only were for sale. This is copy number 312. Published to mark the centenary of his birth (August 19th, 1843) This re-presentation of his epic poem, The Dawn in Britain, is...

The Last Books of H.G.Wells. The Happy Turning and Mind at the End of its Tether.

WELLS, H.G. / WELLS, G.P. (EDITOR). · 1982 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: The H.G.Wells Society, 1982. "'Mind at the End of its Tether' (first published 1945) consisted originally of two separate prophecies joined together, the later prophecy printed before the earlier one. Now, for the first time, the two are placed in chronological order, ...

Articles and Pamphlets.

GORKY, MAXIM. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1950. Contents: In America: My Interviews; Public Writings. Pp.408, black & white portrait frontispiece, browning to endpapers. Bright red pebbled cloth with title to front and spine, brown dustwrapper has edge wear and closed tears ...

The House of Jeffreys. A Novel.

THORNDIKE, RUSSELL. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: Rich & Cowan, nd.(c.1943). The heir of a publishing house, Georgina Jeffreys, returns home after many years abroad doing missionary work. She brings with her a manservant named Sabbath, who has been converted to Christianity. But Georgina has fallen once again under th...

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...

A Bower of Delights : being Interwoven verse and Prose from the Works of Nicholas Breton. The Weaver Alexander B. Grosart. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1893. [ The Elizabethan Library. ]

BRETON, NICHOLAS 1545-1626. [ GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH, 1827-1899 ] · 1893 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1893 . 0. Original 19th century quarter leather binding. pp.14/pp.204. 5.75" x 3.50" x 1.00". Brown leather spine with gilt title, over dark green buckram boards. Top page edges gilt, all other edges deckled. Bookplate to verso of the...

'The Poet Of Poets.' The Love-Verse from Minor Poems of Edmund Spencer. Alexander B. Grosart, Editor. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1893. [ The Elizabethan Library. ]

SPENSER, EDMUND 1552-1599 [ GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH, 1827-1899 ] · 1893 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1893 . 0. Original 19th century quarter leather binding. pp.12/pp.228. 5.75" x 3.50" x 1.00". Brown leather spine with gilt title, over dark green buckram boards. Top page edges gilt, all other edges deckled. Bookplate to verso of the...

Brave Translunary Things, from the Works in Prose and Verse of Ben Jonson. Selected by Alexander B. Grosart. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1895. [ The Elizabethan Library. ]

JONSON, BEN 1573-1637 [ GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH, 1827-1899 ] · 1895 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1895 . 0. Original 19th century quarter leather binding. pp.16/pp.232. 5.75" x 3.50" x 1.00". Brown leather spine with gilt title, over dark green buckram boards. Top page edges gilt, all other edges deckled. Bookplate to verso of the...