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Pal Joey.

O'HARA, JOHN. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: The Cresset Press, 1952. 1st UK edition. A series of short stories originally published in The New Yorker and adapted into the musical of the same name. Pp.125, small bookseller's label (Books & Careers, Oxford St. London). Red cloth, gilt title to spine, small bump to...

A Kid From The City.

WATKINS, ELEANOR. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Pickering & Inglis, 1976. 0720822343. 1st edition. "The Welfare lady started it all. She suggested that Pat and Donny have a holiday on a farm..Donny enjoys the petting he receives, but Pat gets into all sorts of scrapes, and, unfortunately, lies to cover up his misdee...

The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes.

WENDELL HOLMES, OLIVER. · 1910 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: George G.Harrap & Company, nd.(c.1910). 0. Authorised Copyright Edition. Pp.xvi/426, portrait frontispiece. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt and green lyre motif to centre, gilt title to spine, minor rubbing to edges. VG.

Miss Toosey's Mission.

ANON. [EVELYN WHITAKER]. · 1900 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, nd.(c.1900s). 0. By the author of "Laddie", "Tip-Cat", "Our Little Ann", "Pen", "Dear". Pp.92, line drawing frontispiece by Edith Ellison, browning to endpapers and spotting to closed page edges. Dark blue/green cloth with 'art nouveau' blind-stam...

Country Affairs. (Signed).

RENNICK, JENNIFER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Headline, 1995. 0747212287. 1st edition. "An irresistibly lively, hearbreakingly poignant novel of country life." Pp.314, signed by the author to title page, pages slightly toned. Green cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

The Book of Bander: A Scripture-Form Story of Past and Present Times.

[VICKERS,JOHN] (AKA MORATA, JAIDO). · 1899 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Williams & Norgate, 1899. 0. By the author of "The New Koran", a Utopian book. "The book of Bander Yat, the Syrian, concerning those who fled from the Judean saints and made their abode in Damascus, and concerning the wisest among their descendants who taught men the t...

Private View. (Signed).

GUEST, HARRY. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Dulwich Village: Outposts Publications, 1962. 0. Scarce 1st printing. Poem set in an art exhibition and dedicated to the painter Trevor Goodman. Pp.16, inscribed "To Harold best wishes ever Harry" to title page. Cream card covers have light spotting and pen scribble to lower f...

Sing Nature's Song. (Illustrated by David T. Donaghy).

FRANCIS, HILARY J. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Great Barn Publishing, 2009. 9780956173300. 1st edition. A mystical children's book. "A story of the little peoples journey to the castle that has had no music for over a hundred years. In making the journey, the little people overcome their own difficulties to help humans sin...

The Picnic.

KEIR, GERTRUDE / JACKSON, CAROLIN (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1951 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1951. 0. Reprint of the 1946 (1st) edition. "One of a series of picture reading books with text carefully graded, from the first to the last volume, to follow the reading progress of the child. The series answers the needs o...

Jane Austen and the Clergy.

COLLINS, IRENE. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: The Hambledon Press, 1994. 1852851147. 2nd impression. "In this exceptionally well-written and enjoyable book, Irene Collins draws on a wide knowledge of the literature and history of the period to describe who the clergy were, both in the novels and in life: how they ...

The Spinning Wheel and Other Poems.

BIDDELL TAYLOR, HILDA. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Lavenham: Kemp's Printing Agency, 1965. 0. Pp.40, occasional wood-cut illustrations by Mary Watt. Stiff card covers with illustration of a spinning wheel by Mary Watt in black, cream and white to front board. VG.

The Duck Pond.

BIDDELL TAYLOR, HILDA. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Lavenham: Kemp's Printing Agency, 1967. 0. Collection of poetry. Pp.32, occasional wood-cut illustrations by Mary Watt, inscribed by the author to the reverse of the title page. Paperback, blue with repeat pattern of ducks in white and red title. VG.

Intentions.

WIGNALL, MARY. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Privately published, nd. 0712500596. Collection of poetry, accompanied by photographs by the author. Mary Wignall (1912-1986) "was head of the Art Department of Sudbury Girls High School from 1962-1969, when she opened her own pottery, which ran successfully for eight years. T...

The Heart of Tommy Titt or the Big Man and the Bigger.

POWER, REV. P.B. · 1895 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: SPCK, nd.(c.1895). 0. Victorian moral tale by the author of "The Oiled Feather". Ex-parish library. Pp.125, engraved frontispiece + 7 further plates, engraved head and tail pieces + historated capitals, inkstamp "NCRMANBY Parsh Library, 1895" to front free endpaper and...

Chang of the Crimson Claw. Adventure Vest Pocket Library No.4.

HOTSPUR. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: D.C.Thomson & Co.Ltd, nd.(c.1930's). 0. 7cms x 7cms. Small square booklet. One of a series which were given away with The Hotspur boy's paper probably in the 1930's. Art work by Martin Asbury? 51 pages which are a little toned. Ad for VPL No 5 "Red Skull Branson" to in...

The Nest of the SparrowHawk. (The Scarlet Pimpernel series).

ORCZY, BARONESS. · 1657 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. 0. Set in puritan Kent in 1657, the story focuses on the intrigues of Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse "as stiff a roundhead as ever upheld my Lord Protector and his Puritantic government" who is determined to secure the vast fortunes of his lovely w...

Gone to Soldiers. A Novel of the Second World War.

PIERCY, MARGE. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Michael Joseph, 1987. 0718127978. "Marge Piercy creates an enormous picture of humanity at war that is subtle, complex and ultimately uplifting." Pp.viii/648, toning to pages. Black cloth, dustwrapper (by Chris Collingwood). A heavy book which may attract extra to send...

Poems of C.Day Lewis 1925-1972.

PARSONS, IAN. (EDITOR). · 1977 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London: Jonathan Cape and The Hogarth Press, 1977. 0224012940. "Ian Parsons has brought together a comprehensive assembly of poems representing every aspect of Day Lewis's work. He has prefaced it with an Introduction in which, combining the objective discrimination of a criti...

The Glass House. (Signed).

BUSHELL, LYNN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Piatkus, 1985. 0861883233. 1st edition. Lynn Bushell's first novel. "Lynn Bushell's writing is strongly reminiscent of Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard. The Glass House uses the themes of guilt and jealousy and bereavement as negative emotions which play a positi...

The High Rise.

HEAPS, LEO. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: W.H.Allen, 1972. 0491005024. 1st edition. "A story of intrigue and power-struggles at the top of a great company - a fascinating tale, dramatically told, of the men and women whose future depends on the fate of the corporation. The crude and hidden secrets of England's...