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Alfred and the Pirates. (Illustrated by Emily Donegan).
FINKEL, IRVING. · 2006 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Parrot Books, 2006. 1904982107. 1st edition. "Alfred Appletree is fourteen years old. While writing a history project for school about what seagoing pirates were really like he begins to experience overpowering dreams about the horrors of life on a pirate ship. Before ...
Mr Mulliner Speaking.
WODEHOUSE, P.G. · 1930 · Chilton Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, nd.(c.1930). Second printing. A collection of nine short stories narrated by the inexorable Mr Mulliner about members of his prodigious family, including one who is also a member of the Drones Club. The last three of the stories are about Bobbi...
The Ten Pleasures Of Marriage And The Second Part, The Confession Of The New Married Couple, Attributed To Aphra Behn; Reprinted With An Introduction By John Harvey; And The Original Twenty Plates And Two Engraved Titles Re-engraved.
BEHN, APHRA 1640-1689 / HARVEY, JOHN (PSEUD.) / MARSH, A. (PSEUD. - TYPOGRAPHER?) . · 1922 · Chilton Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London: Privately Printed For The Navarre Society Limited, MCMXXII. [1922] . 0. Very Good. A study of married life from the seventeenth century, commonly attributed to female author Aphra Behn. Reprinted from the original with an introduction by John Harvey. With the original ...
The Head of Kay's.
WODEHOUSE, P.G. · 1922 · Chilton Books
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
London: A & C Black Ltd, 1922. Third edition. "Set at the fictional public school of Eckleton, the story centres upon the "House of Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr Kay, and Kennedy, the head boy. The story features practical jokes, fighting ...
The Coming of Bill.
WODEHOUSE, P.G. · 1920 · Chilton Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 1st British edition. (First published in the US as Their Mutual Child in 1919 by Boni & Liveright, New York). "The novel tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth, and their young son, Bill. Bill's upbringing is interfered with by R...
Original Poems Illustrated.
ANON. · 1868 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1868. Victorian poetry for children. 20.5cms x 15cms. Pp.xiv/190/2(publisher's catalogue), engraved illustrations throughout, some pages a little loose, spotting throughout, gift message to inner front endpaper, a few small losses to pages. Dar...
The Life and Works of William Cowper. Complete in One Volume.
COWPER, WILLIAM / GRIMSHAWE, REV.T.S.(EDITOR). · 1865 · Chilton Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London: William Tegg, 1865. Seventh edition. 'The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence'. 24cms x 16.5cms. Pp.xx/736, engraved portrait frontispiece + title page and further 5 engraved ...
Thomas Hardy: Selected Poetry and Non-Fictional Prose.
WIDDOWSON, PETER.(EDITOR). · 1997 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1997. 0333665341. "Peter Widdowson's critical work has already helped to redirect the study of Hardy's fiction; now he undertakes a similar project for the poetry. His new selection of Thomas Hardy's poems and non-fictional prose is a radical ...
The Survivor. (Translated from the French by John Russell).
SUPERVIELLE, JULES. · 1951 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: Martin Secker and Warburg Limited, 1951. The second of Jules Supervielle's novels to be translated into English. At the close of 'The Colonel's Children' "it seemed that Colonel Bigua's end had come. But unknown to him his jump over-board had been observed by one of th...
Bibi The Baker's Horse. (Illustrated by Artur Horowicz).
STEWART, ANNA BIRD. · 1957 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)
London: Hutchinson, nd. (c.1957). "What a hustle and a bustle there is in Avignon on the day of the Great Horse Fair..Bibi's story began there one St Andrew's Day when his tinker master sold him to a baker, and Bibi the little brown Corsican horse became Bibi - the baker's hor...
Aesop's Fables. (Illustrated by S.R.Praeger). [Told To The Children series].
DALKEITH, LENA. · 1930 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, nd. (c.1930). 15cms x 12cms. Pp.xii/47, colour frontispiece + further charming colour plates throughout by S.R.Praeger, owner's name to front free endpaper, scuffing to some plates where the pages have been stuck together at some time with edge ...
Figures of Earth. A Comedy of Appearances. (Illustrated by Frank C.Papé).
BRANCH CABELL, JAMES. · 1925 · Chilton Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1925. First US Illustrated edition. "Figures of Earth tells the story of Manuel the swineherd, a morally ambiguous protagonist who rises to conquer a realm by playing on others' expectations —his motto Mundus Vult Decipi, meaning "the worl...
The Boys of St Elmo's.
STORY, ALFRED THOMAS. · 1919 · Chilton Books
£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)
London: James Nisbet and Co.Ltd, nd. (c.1919). Boy's Public School fiction. Pp.284, black & white frontispiece + 3 further black & white illustrations, pages toned. Blue cloth with sepia illustration pasted to front board, decorative spine. G+.
The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend Mr Abraham Adams. (Illustrated by Norman Tealby).
FIELDING, HENRY. · 1929 · Chilton Books
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
London: Jone Lane/The Bodley Head Ltd, 1929. First in this edition with illustrations by Norman Tealby in a style reminiscent of Hogarth. Pp.xxxii/350, frontispiece + 11 further full page illustrations by Norman Tealby + occasional chapter tailpiece illustrations. Black cloth,...
Jane Austen and the Fiction of her Time.
WALDRON, MARY. · 1999 · Chilton Books
£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 0521651301. 1st edition. Explores the nature of Jane Austen's "confrontations with the popular novelists of her time, and demonstrates how her challenge to them transformed fiction". Pp.x/194, signed by the author to front free endp...
The Corbies.
BEITH, JANET. · 1955 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. 1st edition. "Like the "twa corbies" of the old ballad, Alexander and John McGregor dwelt together in the little town of Kilbracken, whence they planned the lives of all their relatives. They were respected members of the kirk in their sanct...
The Gilded Fleece.
TRANTER, NIGEL . · 1945 · Chilton Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London: Ward, Lock & Co, Limited, 1945 . 0. A very good reprint of the first edition in a very good dustwrapper ( not price clipped). pp.224 . Dustwrapper after a design by W. J. Roberts - A Man and woman fleeing a burning farmstead. Edges rubbed and creased, spine dulled. Cle...
Baroola and Us. (Illustrated by Genevieve Melrose).
OLDFIELD, AUDREY. · 1973 · Chilton Books
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
Richmond, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia, 1973. 0091189802. 1st edition. "Baroola is no ordinary place, at least as far as the McKillops are concerned. Of course, if you took any family from Sydney and put them on a farm at Baroola they'd find it a bit strange at first.." P...
Who Killed Cock Robin ? : An Old Story Re-Told In Modern Colour Photography By Paul Henning .
HENNING, PAUL . · 1945 · Chilton Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, Strand, W.C.2 , 1945 . 0. First Edition. [36pp.]. 8.75" x 5.75" . Quarter binding of red cloth with grey paper over boards. Upper cover with title, publisher and colour illustration. Light rubbing to boards and edges. Dust jacket wit...
The Museum Dramatists. Gammer Gurton's Needle By Mr. S., Mrs. Of Art [ c.1562 ] . Edited, with an introduction, Note-Book and Word-List, by John S. Farmer.
FARMER, JOHN S. (1854-1916) . · 1906 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: Published by Gibbings & Co. for the Early English Drama Society, 18, Bury St. (Near British Museum), MCMVI. [1906] . 0. First edition. A very good orignal binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" . pp.16/pp.75 . Green cloth covered boards, Blind stamp decoration and title to front bo...