Letteratura

Ruggles of Red Gap. (Illustrated by F.R.Gruger).

WILSON, HARRY LEON. · 1915 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 1st edition. The story of a newly rich American couple from the West who win a British gentleman's gentleman in a poker game. Pp.371, black & white frontispiece + 7 further illustrations by F.R.Gruger, faint ownership details to front...

Shivers for Christmas.

DALBY, RICHARD. (EDITOR). · 1995 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1995. 1854799193. 1st edition. Sixteen ghoulish stories. "Ghosts, wolves, journeys into other dimensions, exorcism and rats are all set to transport your from the comfort of a warm hearth to a place where your bones will be chilled." Includes:...

The River Line. A Play.

MORGAN, CHARLES. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1952. 1st edition. The theme of the play, further discussed in a preface "On Transcending the Age of Violence", is the predicament of us all who, being men and women of peaceful mind, nurtured in a rule of law derived from Rome and tempered by Chris...

An Essex Coast Play. Rose: or Two Men and a Maid.

MONTAGU BENTON, REV.G. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Essex Review, 1927. Reprinted from the Essex Review, Vol.XXXVI. April 1927. Summary of a Miracle Play, written by Dr E.P.Dicken, produced at Brightlingsea in 1926. Pagination runs pp.53-60, four black & white photo illustrations showing scenes from the play. Brown card covers....

The Come-Uppance of Arthur Hearne.

HALL, ANGUS. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London: Hammond, Hammond, 1967. 1st edition. "It was a long way - socially, at least - from the gypsy encampment to the residence of the Mayor of Eastsea: and Artaros Rossar-Mescro had made the journey the hard way. First he had abandoned his gypsy heritage to become Arhtur He...

Nic Revel. A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land. (With six illustrations by W.H.C.Groome).

MANVILLE FENN, G. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: W & R Chambers Limited, 1898. 1st edition. Pp.306/32(ads for other publications), black & white frontispiece + 5 further black & white plates by W.H.C.Groome, illustrated headpieces to chapters, owner's inkstamp to half-title page, a few light spots. Blue decorated clo...

The Twisted Sabre. A Biographical Novel of Benedict Arnold.

EDWARDS, SAMUEL. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Alvin Redman, 1964. 1st edition. "What caused Benedict Arnold to become a traitor to the cause for which he had twice been wounded, to which he had given so much?..In 'The Twisted Sabre', a dramatic novel based on fact, Samuel Edwards explains the enigma that was Bened...

Grimshaw of St.Kit's. (With four illustrations in colour and black and white by C.P.Shelton).

POOLE, MICHAEL. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Cassell and Company,Ltd, 1929. A School Story. Pp.215, colour frontispiece + 3 black & white plates by C.P.Shelton, occasional foxing throughout. Brown cloth with black titles and colour illustration inset to front board. Good.

Some Boys' Doings.

HABBERTON, JOHN. · 1902 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: James Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1902. By the author of "Helen's Babies". Pp.256/4(ads for other publications), black & white frontispiece + 3 further black & white plates. Blue cloth, gilt title and black illustration to front, gilt title to spine. VG.

Clubfoot The Avenger.

WILLIAMS, VALENTINE. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, nd.(c.1924). 5th printing. Being Some Further Adventures of Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service. "Clubfoot, the sinister and masterful German secret agent, is again on the warpath to wreak his vengeance on the men in the British secret servi...

A Northern Crack.

GOULD, NAT. · 1917 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

London: John Long, nd. 211th thousand. A John Long Four-Square Racing Thriller, originally published in 1917. Pp144, slight toning to pages. Paperback, slightly rubbed with small chip to lower front fore-edge. G+.**Nat Gould (1857-1919) was possibly one of the most prolific of...

Finding Rachel.

GOODMAN, LOUISE. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York: iUniverse, Inc, 2009. 9781440124792. By the author of "Stillness in the Air". "When Dr Wesley Legion's twin sister, Rachel, dead for twenty-six years, speaks to him, he dismisses it as trick of the imagination. But when it occurs again, this time feeling her presence...

Grandpa and the Tiger.

HEWARD, CONSTANCE.(WORDS)/ GOVEY, LILIAN A. (PICTURES). · 1924 · Chilton Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London: George G.Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1924. 1st edition. 16cms x 11cms. An escaped tiger from a traveling zoo is discovered in Grandpa's garden. The tiger enters the house, where it is finally caught with the result of it ending up as a rug on Grandpa's living room floor. Unpagina...

Explosion! A Peter Gayleigh Story.

ROBERTSON, COLIN. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Ward, Lock & Co.Ltd, 1945. 1st edition. A Uranium Bomb Sttory. "Peter Gayleigh's old antagonist and friend, Chief Inspector Herrington of Scotland Yard, sets Gayleigh the task of frustrating the famous Nazi spy's attempts to obtain details of the extraordinary new expl...

The Castle of Himself. (Illustrated by Constance Symonds).

ROLT, MARY F. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1927. 1st edition. Children's story about a little boy who is "King" of his world which gets 'invaded' by Mr Cough, Mrs Cold, Miss Sneeze and Master Shivers. 17.5cms x 13.5cms. Pp.48, colour frontispiece + 6 black & white line...

The Silver Bullet.

HUME, FERGUS. · 1903 · Chilton Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London: John Long, nd.(c.1903). By the author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab". Presumed 1st edition due to catalogue of John Long Autumn and New Year announcements 1903-1904 to end of book. Pp.309/6(ads for other publications), endpapers browned, marginal tears to pp.303/304,...

Poems by John Terry.

TERRY, JOHN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Stratford-upon-Avon: Herald Press, nd.(c.1963). Collection of poems written between the 1940s and 1962. Unpaginated.Illustrated title page. Gift message from Margaret J.Terry to inside front board + short hand-written note from M.J.Terry (the author's wife??) loosely inserted....

The Lover's Missal.

MACKAY, ERIC. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Walter Scott Limited, 1897. Limited edition of six thousand copies. By the author of "The Love-Letters of a Violinist".14cms x 11cms. Pp.243/10(ads for other publications), light spotting to endpapers and closed page edges. Green cloth with gilt decorated title to fron...

Thorns and Mary-Lilies.

HENDERSON, JOHN. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1949. Collection of poetry, dedicated to the author's late wife. Pp.63. Blue cloth, gilt title to front board, minor bump to fore-edge. VG.

Sitting on the Fence. In Verse.

CLOUGH, ALAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ipswich: KDS, 1992. One of 100 copies. Fifty poems. Unpaginated. Signed by the author to title page. Paperback, slightly rubbed to rear. VG.