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Her Little Kingdom.

BARTER SNOW, LAURA A. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Pickering & Inglis, nd.(c.1932). 0. By the author of 'Twixt Altar and Plough' and 'Eldwyth's Choice'. Golden Crown Library series. Pp.330/3(ads), prize bookplate to front free endpaper (Sth. Chingford Congregational Church Sunday School.), minor spotting to endpapers a...

The Just Vengeance. The Lichfield Festival Play for 1946.

SAYERS, DOROTHY L. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. 0. 1st edition. "a miracle-play of Man's insufficiency and God's redemptive act, set against the background of contemporary crisis. The whole action takes place in the moment of the death of an Airman shot down during the late war." Pp.80, owners...

Poems.

SISTER CATHERINE T.O.S.D. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London; Workshop Press, 1974. 0902705318. "Sister Catherine is a member of the Third, or Lay, order of St Dominic. Her poems have appeared on the BBC Third Programme and also in The Tablet." Pp.20. Grey card wraps. VG.

My Lady's Bargain.

HOPE, ELIZABETH. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1922. 0. 1st edition. Historical novel. "How Peter Williams, one of Cromwell's self-made generals, took great risks to win the affections of his high-born lady love..a vivid picture of the Commonwealth." Pp.302, darkened strip to endpapers. Grey cloth,...

The Fare to Tarshish. A Play.

POWELL, JESSIE. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Religious Drama Society, 1948. 0. Religious play. Pp.24, owners name to inside front cover. Pbk, slightly rubbed. G+.

The Stable Manger. A Play for Christmas.

POWELL, JESSIE. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: SPCK, 1957. 0. Published for The Religious Drama Society of Great Britain. A one-act play, for four or more men and three or more women. Pp.26, a few pencil marks. Pbk. G+.

El Nuevo Mundo: A Poem.

BLOCK, LOUIS JAMES. · 1893 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co, 1893. 0. 1st edition. Louis James Block: Author of Dramatic Sketches and Poems. Pp.95, pages toned. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front, spine dulled, edges rubbed. G+.

Abra of Poictiers: A Story of the Days of S.Hilary.

AMES, M.E. · 1900 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1900. 0. 1st edition. Historical fiction account of the life of the fourth century bishop and Early Church Father, St.Hilary. Pp.x/189, endpapers browned. Green cloth, publishers 'file copy' label to front, spine slightly rubbed. VG.

The Merchant of Venice and Other Stories. (Illustrated by Frances Brundage and M.Bowley).

NESBIT, E. AND CHESSON, HUGH. · 1914 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, nd.(c.1914). 0. The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and The Comedy of Errors. Adaptation of the Shakespeare plays into story-form for children. Pp.64, colour frontispiece + numerous black and white illustrations by Frances Brundage and M.B...

Dog Doggerels. Verses and Pictures.

HIRST, SHEILAH H. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: The De La More Press, 1932. 0. 3rd edition. The Saint George Series published by Alexander Moring Limited. Poems about a variety of breeds of dogs with charming illustrations by the author. Pp.21, minor spotting to centre of centre pages. Grey card covers with dog's he...

Bell Harry and Other Poems.

HASSALL, CHRISTOPHER. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1963. 0. 1st edition. Ex college library. Pp.43, title-page printed in green and with illustration from a glass engraving by Lawrence Whistler of Canterbury Cathedral, library inkstamps to front endpapers and title page, scuff to front free ...

The Winter Man.

SCANNELL, VERNON. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Allison & Busby, 1973. 0850311012. New poems by Vernon Scannell. Ex College Library. Pp.58, inscribed by author to title page, library stamps to front endpapers and title page, scuffing to front free endpaper. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, mark from removed tape to...

Rabbit Redux.

UPDIKE, JOHN. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. 0233957049. 1st ed. "In this sequel to 'Rabbit, Run' John Updike brings back Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom. Ten years have passed since Rabbit failed in his bolt for freedom. The athletic escapist has become a paunchy conservative; and the becalmed Ameri...

Last Voyage From Ipswich.

FOSTER, PETER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Ipswich: Peter Foster(Privately printed), 1995. 0952762501. 'Special Limited Edition'. "Another small British Merchant ship has been sold off to a new owner in Jamaica who has hired a crew of six unemployed British seamen to take her across the Atlantic..Once at sea, they disc...

Out of the Treasure of the Heart. Sacred Poems.

JAY, ROSE. · 1902 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1902. 0. 1st ed. By the author of 'A Missionary Family' and 'I Want to go to India', with an introduction by the Rev. Preb. Webb-Peploe. Pp.xiv/124, browning to endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, boards slightly rubbed. VG.

The House of Broken Dreams.

JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1924. 0. 1st edition. Pp.320, top edge dusty but pages very clean. Blue cloth, yellow titles to front and spine. VG.

The Drama Addresses.

IRVING, SIR HENRY. · 1893 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: William Heinemann, 1893. 0. 2nd edition. Four lectures: 1. The Stage As It Is.(Edinburgh 1881); 2. The Art of Acting (Harvard 1885); Four Great Actors (Oxford 1886); and 4. The Art of Acting (Edinburgh 1891). Pp.164,8(ads), portrait frontis, historated capitals to each...

Mrs Bindle: Some Incidents From The Domestic Life of the Bindles.

JENKINS, HERBERT. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Herbert Jenkins, nd.(c.1922). 0. Seventh Printing Completing 84,643 Copies. Humorous fiction in the 'Bindle' series about the life of cockney Joseph Bindle, here featuring his indomitable wife. Pp.312/8(ads), owners details to front free endpaper, toned strip to endpap...

The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Times..

DODD, REV. HENRY PHILIP. · 1876 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: George Bell and Sons, 1876. 0. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Pp.16(ads to front)/40/695/31(ads),cracking to inner hinges. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

The Struggle to Adore.

ROLLINGS, ALANE. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Brownsville: Storyline Press, 1994. 0934257973. "Alane Rollings' large, inclusive, self-questioning poems meditate on the nature of love and its accompanying mysteries."(Edward Hirsch). Pp.105. Pbk. VG.