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Reveries in Rhyme: Being A Medley of Musings for the Million. Grave, Gay, and Grotesque.

RICHARDSON, JOHN DUNCAN. · 1886 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hull: Charles Henry Barnwell, 1886. Contents include: Song-Sermons; In Memoriam Poems; Melodies for Music; Temperance Ballads; Miscellaneous Poems; Parodies; Acrostics; Local Lays; Holiday Idyls; Merry Musings; Variety Verses. 16.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.xii/138, front free endpaper...

The Burns Rosary.

ROSS, JOHN D. (COMPILER). · 1923 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Dundee: T.M.Sparks, 1923. 1st edition. Undying Words of Love and Appreciation by Admirers of the Poet. Pp.64/8 pages of ads for Masonic Publications by the publisher + tipped-in revised price list to final page, owner's bookplate (John Knaggs) featuring an owl with the motto "...

A Regular Handful! or Ruthie's Charge.

CHAPPELL, JENNIE. · 1920 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: S.W.Partridge & Co Ltd, nd.(c.1920s). By the author of "Norman's Oak", "The Mystery of Marnie", "A Fair Reward", etc. Pp.96, black & white frontispiece illustration + 3 further plates, prize presentation and owner's inkstamp to front free endpaper, pages browned. Red i...

Bunkle and Belinda. (Illustrated by Julie Neild).

PARDOE, M. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1948. 1st edition. Sixth in the 'Bunkle' book series set in the tin-mining district of Cornwall. Pp.215, line drawing frontispiece + head and tail pieces to each chapter by Julie Neild, toning to endpapers. Bright green cloth, dustwrappe...

Euripides and the Full Circle of Myth.

WHITMAN, CEDRIC H. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Cambridge, Massachusettes: Harvard University Press, 1974. 0674269209. 1st edition. Cedric Whitman turns from the heroic poets of Greece to the world of Euripides, less than heroic but still archetypal in its adherence to myth. In a four-part essay he analyzes the three "roman...

Thinking Aloud. Verses.

THOMAS, DICK. · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Privately published, nd. Verses by Dick Thomas. Times I Have Told You. Pp.128, occasional line illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Heartspeak. A Contemplative Chorus.

STOLARSKI, PIOTR. (EDITOR). · 2011 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: Tignarius Publications, 2011. "The poets represented in this volume speak from their hearts..What they have in common across the widest variety of styles and interests, is that they are Christians. Their inspiration - beyond culture or fashion - is Jesus Christ - their...

Cold Noses. A Collection of Stories from the Dog Books of C.B.Poultney. (Illustrated by the author).

POULTNEY, C.B. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London: Methuen & Co.Ltd, 1943. !st compendium edition (Book Production War Economy Standard)selected from seven of C.B.Poultney's dog books, including adventures of both Pompey and Roderick Dhu as well as of Patrick the cat. pp.134, occasional line drawings throughout. Blue s...

The Lyrical Woodlands.

SACKVILLE, MARGARET AND RAGG, LONSDALE(ILLUSTRATOR). · 1945 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Leigh-on-Sea: F.Lewis, 1945. 1st edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Poems with black & white pencil drawings by Lonsdale Ragg. 28.5cms x 19.5cms. Pp.35, 12 poems + 12 pencil illustrations of trees. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

Flowers and Poems.

EMSLIE, GEORGE.(COMPILER). · 1943 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Leigh-on-Sea: F.Lewis, 1943. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Anthology of poems about flowers with accompanying colour illustrations. 26.5cms x 18.5cms. Printed on green paper(war-time). Pp.33, poems with 12 colour plates tipped-in to facing pages. Red cloth, gilt title to fro...

Arion & The Dolphin. (A Libretto).

SETH, VIKRAM. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Phoenix House, 1994. 1897580460. "This enchanting libretto from the author of "A Suitable Boy" is published to coincide with the first performance of the opera Arion and the Dolphin (music Alec Roth), commissioned by the Baylis Programme at the English National Opera, ...

The High History of the Holy Quail.

DURIE, BRUCE. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Citron Press, 1998. 0754400034. "There are only two rules in life - It's Not Fair and Don't Be Late, as Slouch finds when he is apprenticed to Vizagriz, wizard of Al Faq'Ahl. Is all Magick a consequence of a mysterious artefact known as The Holy Quail? What is the Inte...

The Tiger's Wife.

OBREHT, TéA. · 2011 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011. 9780297859017. 5th printing. Published with Reading Group notes. "Having sifted through everything I now know about the tiger's wife, I can tell you that this much is fact: in 1941, in late spring, without declaration or warning, German bom...

Mini Sagas: Swashbuckling Stories. South Eastern Adventures.

RICHARDSON, MARK. (EDITOR). · 2012 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Peterborough: Young Writers, 2012. 9780857399144. "Everyone has a story to tell; be it comical, romantic or spine-tingling. But these inspiring tales have a difference; they're all no more than fifty words long, cramming in bold beginnings, marvellous middles and exciting endi...

A Critical History of English Literature. Volume One: From the Beginnings to the Sixteenth Century.

DAICHES, DAVID. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. Revised edition. Volume One of Four. Pp.245. Paperback. VG.

Heated Ice and Other Poems. (Illustrated by Yvonne Hudson).

BARKER, NIKKI. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Gavarnie Publications, 1985. 0951057901. 1st edition. "The work of persuading and ordering words to communicate a personal experience of life is never easy, and Nikki has not tried to make it so by taking an easy course..At her best, as with Heated Ice, so much is conveyed by ...

Yeats: Poems, 1919-1935. A Casebook.

CULLINGFORD, ELIZABETH. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Macmillan, 1984. 0333274237. 1st edition. "Presents extracts from Yeats's writings on poetry and his own art and inspiration, followed by a selection of early and later critical appraisals of his poetry. It combines general studies of the poetry published between 1919 ...

Tell the Stars.

BENDINER,BURTON. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Peter Davies,1970. 1st ed. "Vivid period detail and human drama feature in this novel, based on the story of Abraham, which introduces a fine new historical writer." Pp.212. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w designed by Justin Todd. VG/VG.

Ye "Olde Cock Tavern."

TENNYSON, ALFRED . · 1930 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

(London) : Camden Press, (1930?). 0. Scarce 7 page booklet. Publication details from COPAC (British Library online). [2pp.]/pp.3/[2pp.] . 8.5" x 6.5". Illustrated paper cover, with a scene of Tennyson writing his monologue in the Old Cock Tavern. rear paper cover with a full-p...

A Treasury of Christian Verse.

MARTIN, HUGH. (EDITOR). · 1959 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London:SCM,1959. 1st ed. "This volume..is concerned with Jesus Christ himself, as reflected in English verse through the centuries..From Christ the Corner-Stone by Cynewulf in the eighth century to Christmas by John Betjeman in the twentieth.." Pp.126, slight toning to endpape...