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Tim Kane's Treasure.

BENNETT, C.M. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London: Nisbet, nd.(c.1930). 0. The Cavalcade series. "The Brotherhood of the Gallows Tree, taking with them loot of fabulous value, treacherously left their fellow buccaneers. Then that reckless rascal, Captain Tim Kane, secretly buried the treasure. Desperate adventures both...

Frank Oldfield. Or Lost and Found.

WILSON, T.(THEODORE)P.(PERCIVAL). · 1912 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: T.Nelson and Sons and The United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, nd.(c.1912). 0. "The Committee of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union having offered prizes of One Hundred Pounds, and Fifty Pounds respectively, for the two best illustrative of Temperance in its relation ...

Play The Game. A School Story.

AVERY, HAROLD. · 1908 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, nd.(c.1908). 0. Boys school story about a football team. Pp.343, colour frontispiece + 3 further colour plates by E.Shepard, prze bookplate of Halstead Council School to inside front board, endpapers grubby. Green illustrated cloth with gilt tit...

Where the East Wind Blows.

MAIR, ALISTAIR. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

London: Heinemann, 1972. 0434441031. 1st edition. "The slow, timeless rhythm of the Western Isles is beautifully evoked to form the backgrounde to this story of suspense as it deftly builds up to a pitch of excitement and expectancy." Pp.233. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has chip t...

The Hitler Diaries. A Novel.

HUGO, RICHARD. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Macmillan, 1982. 0333336208. 1st edition. "In April 1945 the Russian secret service, noted for its ruthlessness and efficiency, allowed a British officer to walk out of the Berlin bunker carrying a diary found on a chair in the Fuhrer's study. Known sometimes as 'Hitle...

Christmas Plays. (The Children's Theatre No.11), Illustrated by E.Nicholson.

SWINSON, CYRIL.(EDITOR). · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: A & C Black Ltd, nd. 0. Contents includes: 1. What Can I Give Him? and 2.The Baby Smiled. by Frances M.Clarence; 3. Before Him Bow by the Reverend Richard Tydeman; 4. Christmas Carillon by A.H.Naylor. Also includes: Before the Play Begins; Reading Plays; A Note for Pro...

Dare Lorimer's Heritage.

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN. · 1891 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Hutchinson & Co, nd.(c.1891). 0. All edges gilt. Pp.338/6(publisher's ads), engraved frontispiece with very minor spotting, spotting to tissue guard and preliminary pages, front free endpaper absent, endpapers browned. Red 'art-nouveau' style floral decoration in pink ...

Through Storm and Sunshine.

ADON. · 1875 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Henry S.King & Co, 1875. 0. With illustrations by H.Paterson, M.E.Edwards, A.T. and the author. All edges gilt. Pp.viii/126/2(ads), frontispiece + 17 further engraved plates,light spotting to preliminaries, small binder's label(Burn & Co) to inside rear board. Brown de...

Charlie's Year at the Farm.

FORSTER, WILLIAM J. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:Charles H. Kelly, 1896. 0. A year in the life of a sickly Victorian schoolboy sent to his uncle's farm in the countryside for his health. Pp.64, occasional engraved illustrations throughout. Red cloth with white, yellow and orange flowers to front, boards a little rubbe...

Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham).

SWIFT, JONATHAN. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1949. 0. Tales for Children From Many Lands series(edited by F.C.Tilney)/. This edition has been abridged for children containing only "A Voyage to Liliput" and "A Voyage to Brobdingnag". 18cms x 13.5cms. Pp.128, coloured frontispiece + 7 further c...

The Principles of Criticism. An Introduction to the Study of Literature.

WORSFORD, W. BASIL. · 1923 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1923. 0. New Edition. "The purpose of this book is to present an account of the main principles of literary criticism, and to illustrate these principles by passages from great writers." Pp.viii/256/3 critical opinions of this book, corrigenda sli...

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept.

COELHO, PAULO. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 0722535201. Translated by Alan R.Clarke. "What happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the lovers together again?" Pp.x/210. Paperback. VG.

Heart's Ease and Other Poems.

LEWIS, NELL. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Colchester: Wheatfield Words, 2000. 1900145235. "Ellen Lewis lives in Suffolk..In her 60's she discovered a living faith in Jesus Christ which was put to the test soon afterwards when she was knocked into the air by a lorry and broke 17 bones. Three years later she had a stoma...

Fun Poetry.

COUSINS, BERNARD L. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Sudbury: Privately Published, 1981. 0. Bernard Cousins came to Sudbury in 1959 and trained as a Male Nurse in caring for the elderly at Walnuttree Hospital. His poems are based on funny everyday happenings. Pp.24, inscribed by the author to inside front cover. Cream shiny card...

Cage & Wing.

KENDON, FRANK. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. 0. 1st edition. Although slightly altered for publication this was awarded the Seatonian Prize for 1946 for a poem on the subject "Freedom to Worship". Pp.18. Grey card covers, minor creasing to corners. VG.

Jacob & Thomas: Darkness.

KENDON, FRANK. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950. 0. 1st edition. "A dialogue in darkness in an Eastern house between two old men, met again after forty years, of whom one is the man who once, when young and rich, asled Christ the question, "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?...

Soundings.

BOYDELL, YVONNE. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Privately published, 1995. 0. "The poems in this collection have been selected from original manuscripts held by the author. None has been published previously,but a selection of the earlier poems was reviewed by the writer Monk Gibbon shortly before his death." Pp.47, creasin...

Musings By The Barrow.

DOYLE, MATTHEW. · 1881 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Dublin: M.H.Gill & Son, 1881. 0. Poetry. Pp.344, yellow patterned endpapers, browning to half-title and final leaf, light spotting to closed page edges occasionally encroaching on to edge of margins. Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. A scarce book. VG.

Retrato En Sepia. (Portrait in Sepia).(Signed).

ALLENDE, ISABEL. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Madrid: Areté, 2001. 8401341558. 12th edition. Spanish edition. A sequel to Allende's 'Daughter of Fortune' as it follows Eliza Sommers' grand-daughter - Aurora del Valle..War and history are important in this novel; Allende has confided she always does thorough historical res...

The Pattern of Chance.

GARDINER, GORDON. · 0 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.Ltd, nd. 0. "The author disclaims all knowledge of the flora, fauna, seasons and dialects of Cape Colony. This is possibly the only book regarding South Africa in existence where the word 'kopje' never occurs. In writing his story he has relie...