Letteratura

A State of Corruption.

GEDDES, PAUL. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: The Bodley Head, 1985. 0370308549. 1st ed. Hardback. "Antonia Strachan was not the Director of the Central Crimes Bureau's firts choice for the delicate inquiry which had landed on his desk. But Antrim could not wait: the Prime Minister had been warned that a major fin...

A Choice of Nightmares.

DORNER, MARJORIE. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Michael Joseph, 1987. 0718127986. 1st ed. Hardback. "Finely written, taut and atmospheric, 'A Choice of Nightmares' is a gripping psychological thriller which marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary power." Pp.266, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, d/w illustrat...

The Prose For God: Religious and anti-religious aspects of imaginative literature.

GREGOR, IAN AND STEIN, WALTER.(EDITORS). · 1973 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Sheed and Ward, 1973. 1st ed. Ex-Priory library. "Today we no longer look, as men perhaps still did a century ago, only to theologians for help in forming our moral judgements. It is as much, or more, to the creative artist, the novelist or the poet, that we turn." The...

Pollack & Carnival: Cornish Short Stories.

WALKHAM, WALTER. (PSEUD). · 1980 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Padstow: Tabb House, 1980. 0907018033. 1st ed. ".a collection of stories of youth in Cornwall during the nineteen-twenties and 'thirties'." Pp.61, occassional b/w illustrations by William Hugo White. Pbk, slightly rubbed. G+.

The Domino Plan. (Introducing Storm English).

GRANVILLE, EDGAR. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London: Bachman & Turner, 1975. 0859740285. 1st ed. "Domino - the most ruthless unconvicted financial operator in both hemispheres. What happens when he comes up against Storm English, master criminologist, who claims he can stop the crime explosion?" Pp.208, mild spotting to ...

Empire Born.

COOK, STEPHEN. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 0340379774. 1st ed. "A highly evocative novel ranging from the last days of colonial Africa to the barricades of Brixton." Pp.192, toned lines to endpapers. Blue cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

Tides and Fashions.

BLAIR. (WALLACE WILFRED BLAIR-FISH). · 1969 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ipswich: Norman Adlard and Company, 1969. 1st ed. "With the advice of several of his friends, his widow has assembled these poems as a memorial to a genuine poet whose work reflected the changing tides and fashions of over fifty years of writing." Pp.65, b/w photo portrait fro...

Criticism and Creation. With some other essays.

GRIERSON, H.J.C. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Chatto and Windus,1949. 1st ed. In this collection of 5 essays on literary criticism, the author "discusses the perpetual conflict between artist and critic; the difficulties and accomplishments of verse translations; and, in a group of three papers, some problems of D...

Woman: An Anthology for Men.

WILLIAMS, STEPHEN.(COMPILER). · 1940 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hutchinson,nd.(c.1940's). Pp.300. Orange cloth, slightly rubbed, corners bumped. G+.

A Book of English Prose. Character and Incident 1387-1649.

HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST AND WHIBLEY, CHARLES.(EDITORS). · 1905 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Methuen, 1905. New and cheaper Issue. Pp.16/396/40(ads), endpapers toned. Blue cloth, gilt armorial roundel to front,gilt title to spine, top and tail of spine rubbed. G+.

Reminiscences of Walt Whitman with Extracts from his Letters and Remarks on his Writings.

KENNEDY, WILLIAM SLOANE. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paisley and London: Alexander Gardner, 1896. 1st ed. Contents: Part I. Memories, Letters, etc. Part II. Drift and Cumulus. Part III. The Style of Leaves of Grass. Pp.14/190, decorative bookplate to inside front board, front hinge cracked. Brown cloth spine with dark yellow clo...

A Christmas Garland.

YONGE, MARGERET. · 1934 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Methuen, 1934. 1st ed. Poetry. Ex theological college library. Pp.8/120, some pages uncut, library inkstamps to endpapers and title page. Red cloth, spine faded, original paper label for front loosely inserted. G+.

The City at the Water's Edge.

BRYANT, CHARLES W. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Ilfracombe: Arthur H.Stockwell, 1965. 1st ed. Author's second volume of poems. "His poetry combines symbolism and vision, as in "The City at the Water's Edge", which is both an impression and a tale of Venice.." Pp.48, marked as 'Review copy' and signed by the author. Green cl...

Under the Chilian Flag.

COLLINGWOOD, HARRY. · 0 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: Blackie & Son, nd. A Tale of War between Chili and Peru. The Peak Library series. Pp.280, b/w frontis, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, colour to spine faded, edges slightly rubbed. G+.

A Shakespeare Manual for Schools.

ILLSLEY, W.A. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Published as a guide to Shakespeare's plays for secondary school pupils in Nigeria. Pp.96, 5 figure illustrations showing British theatres. Illustrated boards. Scarce. VG.

The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges.

BRIDGES, ROBERT. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Geo. Bell, 1899. Cheap edition. Pp.116/2(ads), owners bookplate to fep,minor spotting to endpapers. Brown cloth, blue d/w slightly rubbed.VG/G+.

Derrida. (Fontana Modern Masters series).

NORRIS, CHRISTOPHER. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Fontana, 1987. 0006860575. Rep. "Through a series of close readings Norris brings out the logic and development of Derrida's deconstructive strategies, their bearing on philosophy as practiced in the mainstream('logocentric') tradition, and their effectiveness in chall...

The Curious Death of the Novel. Essays in American Literature.

RUBIN, JR. LOUIS D. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Baton Rougr: Louisiana State University Press, 1967. 1st ed. "The collection includes imaginative studies of Henry James, Mark Twain, Edmund Wilson and Karl Shapiro. Several Southern writers, including Faulkner, Ellen Glasgow, Robert Penn Warren, Flannery O'Connor, and James B...

The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G.Wells.

WELLS, H.G. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

New York: Avenel Books,1979. 051726188X. H.G.Wells is considered 'the father of modern science fiction." This volume contains seven of his science fiction novels: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, Th...

All These Died in Faith. Twenty-Seven Short Plays for Worship and Study.

WATSON, JOHN. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

Perth: Westbooks, 1978. Twenty-seven short plays illustrating important points from the life or thoughts of famous and not so famous religious people. These include: Florence Allshorn, Gladys Aylward, George Bell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Madeleine Delbrel, Charles d...