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The Lord's Brother and Other Verses.

PENSTONE, M.M. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1898. 0. 1st edition. Religious poetry. Pp.58/6(ads), endpapers dusty. White card covers with gilt title to front, covers grubby. G.

The Waiting Game.

MATKIN, SIMON. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lavenham:Privately Published, 2006. 0955419409. Signed copy. "The tale of one Tommy Gainsborough, a posh ex-banker turned Private Hire driver back in his native Suffolk, who struggles to come to terms with all the punters and pisspots of his new trade with the dubious assistan...

Obras Escogidas. Tomo I. Teatro.

VEGACARPIO, LOPE FELIX DE. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

Madrid: Aguilar, S.A.De Ediciones, 1952. 0. Estudio Preliminar, Biografia, Bibliografia, Notas Y Apendices de Federico Carlos Sainz De Robles. Second edition. Pp.1711,all page edges with brown decorative pattern, sepia portrait frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, silk page ma...

Poems Sacred and Profane: A Welsh Novice Monk -D.M.De Silva; Harwig A. Vogelsberger; With Three Essays by William Oxley.

HOGG, DR JAMES.(EDITOR). · 1988 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Salzburg: Institut Fur Anglistik Und Amerikanistik, 1988. Poems Sacred and Profane: A Welsh Novice Monk -D.M.De Silva; Harwig A. Vogelsberger; With Three Essays by William Oxley. Salzburg Studies in English Literature Under the Direction of Professor Erwin A.Sturzl. Pp.119, in...

The Black The Grey and The Gold.

FORD, NORMAN R. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Souvenir, 1962. 0. 1st British edition. A novel about a scandal at a military academy. "Here is the fictional behind-the-scenes world of West Point, from the cadets' quarters to the officers' homes." Pp.450, light toning to endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has tonin...

Salute to Port De Grave and other Poems.

PARSONS, RICHARD AUGUSTUS. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Ontario: The Ontario Publishing Company Ltd, 1975. 1st edition. "In this little volume Dr Parsons has distilled the essence of his keen insight into the everyday world around us..Adrift as we seem to be in an apparently irreversible tide of North American "culture", we are gra...

The St Nicholas Anthology. With an introduction by May Lamberton Becker.

COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE. (EDITOR). · 1948 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

New York: Random House,1948. 1st ed. Anthology of children's stories and poems by such authors as: Pyle, Candler Harris, Theodore Roosevelt, Tennyson, Longfellow, Kipling, Harte, Ingalls Wilder, London, Hodgson Burnett, Mapes Dodge. + a selection of stories/poems written by ch...

Lady Temple's Grandchildren.

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN. · 1883 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: James Nisbet, 1883. 0. Victorian Fiction. Pp.249/8(ads), black & white frontispiece illustration + 2 further b/w illustrations, small advertisement pamphlet/bookmark for Nisbet publications loosely enclosed, mark to front free endpaper. Blue cloth decorated in black, g...

Saul. (Translated by R.& E.A.Howe).

WENTER, JOSEF. · 1936 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Rich and Cowan, 1936. 0. Ex university library. The biblical story of Saul fictionalised. Pp.331, university label to inside front board, faint inkstamps to closed page edges. Grey cloth, slightly rubbed. G.

The Book Against God.

WOOD, JAMES. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 0224063952. 1st edition. ""James Wood's novel brings a new comic voice to British fiction - edgy, lyrical, intellectual and passionate. 'The Book Against God' explores questions of belief and unbelief, truth and lies, the relation of father and son...

Be Near Me.

O'HAGAN, ANDREW. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Faber & Faber, 2006. 0571216021. 1st edition. "In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. Over the spring and summer of 2003, Father David becomes friends with two young people, Mark and Lisa: by the y...

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry.

HALE, JOHN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Collins, 1963. 0. Action takes place over a day in which George revisits a seaside town where he grew up, and events of his life (brief & stormy marriage to a rich girl and estrangement from his parents) start to come into focus. Pp.191, signed by author to title page,...

Poems.

BERESFORD, GILBERT. · 1891 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1891. 0. 1st edition. Victorian Poetry by the author of "Rizpah and Early Poems". Pp.viii/104. Green cloth with gilt illustrated title to front, publisher's label to front board. VG.

Short Stories: Taken from Barcelona Plates and The Dog Catcher.

SAYLE, ALEXEI. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Sceptre, 2001. 0340821728. Short stories by Alexei Sayle, comedian, actor, presenter, writer and car columnist. Exclusive edition which came free with the August 2001 Edition of Car Magazine. Pp92, a few creased top corners. Pbk. VG.

The Broad Stone of Honour : Or, The True Sense And Practice Of Chivalry. - Morus. - By Kenelm Henry Digby Esq..

DIGBY, KENELM HENRY . · 1848 · Chilton Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London : Edward Lumley, Chancery Lane [William Stevens, printer, Bell Yard, Temple Bar], M.DCCC.XLVIII. [ 1848 ] . 0. A very good original cloth binding. 8vo. [4pp.]/pp.329/[1p.]/[2pp. - Adverts] . 8.5" x 4.75" x 1" [19.4cm x 12cm x 2.5cm]. Crimson cloth with a gilt image of a...

The Strong and the Cherished.

VERNON, MARJORIE. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1958. 0. Romantic fiction - scarce in hardcover. Ex-Library. Pp.192, library inkstamp and notation to inside front cover and sellotape stains to endpapers, occasion light spotting, binding a little loose. Blue cloth, spine slightly sunned. G.

Gunhild's Cabin.

JOHANNESSEN, OLGA. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Swansea: Jones & Son(printers), nd.(c.1950). 0. Norwegian story written in English and privately published by the author, edited by Borghild Johannessen. Pp.184, owner's details to front free endpaper. Green cloth. VG.

The Song of the Cold.

SITWELL, EDITH. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

New York: Vanguard Press, 1948. 0. 1st edition. Poetry. Pp.113, signed gift inscription from the author to Maria-Eugenia Huneeus to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, sunning to spine. G+. **"HUNEEUS Maria Eugenia. Passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2...

Byron 1824 -1924. A Lecture.

GARROD, H.W. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. 0. A lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on May 14, 1924. Pp.22, chipping to margins. Pbk rubbed with edge tears. G.

The Children Of The Bible .

J. M. KRONHEIM ( ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1852 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London: The Religious Tract Society: Depositories, 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly: and sold by the booksellers. [ 1852 ] . 0. A well preserved original binding. 7.25" x 5.5" . Blue ripple-grain cloth over boards, gold title and illustration...