Letteratura

Cornwall.

MOREY, PHYLLIS. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. 1970. 1st ed. 19 Poems on the subject of Cornwall. Pp 27, inscribed by author to title page. P/b. G+.

Shakespeare the Professional and Related Studies.

MUIR, KENNETH. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, 1973. 1st ed. "These studies of Shakespeare as a professional writer have all appeared, in earlier versions, during the last ten years." Pp. 2/237, ex college library stamps to verso front board, sub-title page and title page, scuff mar...

Points of View: From Kipling to Graham Greene. (Translated from the French by Hamish Miles.)

MAUROIS, ANDRE. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Frederick Muller, 1969. 1st ed. Essays, originally written as lectures designed for and addressed to French audiences. Pp. 18/409, 11 b/w portrait illustrations, owner's name to fep, slight spotting to page edges not affecting text. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

The Resources and Influence of English Literature. National Book Council First Annual Lecture.

TEMPLE, WILLIAM. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: National Book Council,1943. 1st ed. Pamphlet. Pp.24. Wraps rubbed and sunned. G+.

Daughters of the Law.

SMITH, JOAN. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Lyth Bank: Feather Books. 1996. "The poems in this collection, without being militantly feminist, are intended to redress the balance of traditional approaches to the Bible, which seem to tilt unfairly against women". Pp 26. P/b. VG.

Faith Fire and Fun.

BULLEY, BISHOP CYRIL. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Privately published: Oxford, 1987. "A collection of poems...Cyril Bulley has rung bells many times in his life calling us to prayer, and here he has gathered his carillons to remind us that they can call seriously and they can call merrily". Pp 97, some black & white cartoon i...

Storyworlds. 1. A Multicultural Anthology.

BROWN, RICHARD. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. 1988. "Storyworlds 1 and 2 are multicultural collections of traditional and contemporary literature for junior and lower secondary pupils. The books include myths, legends, folk tales, fables, poems, prayers, short stories, extracts from novels and pl...

The Chastening.

BLAKELOCK, DENYS. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Dublin: Assisi Press, 1957. Poems. 1st ed. Pp.29,college library stamps to front endpapers. Cream boards. G+.

American Sonnets. (Selected and Edited with an Introduction).

SHARP, WILLIAM. · 1890 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London:Walter Scott, nd.(c.1890's). An anthology of American poetry. 13.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.60/294/6(ads), red-ruled throughout, pencilled name to fep. Brown decorated cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

The Snatching of Bookie Bob and other Stories. (Penguin 60's Series).

RUNYON, DAMON. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1995. "Five fast-moving, hard-boiled stories of New York life by the author of Guys and Dolls". 14cms x 11cms. Pp 88. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Home Truths.

THWAITE, ANTHONY. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hessle, E. Yorkshire: Marvell Press, 1957. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 61/2 Subscribers' List before Publication, signed by author to fep, ex college library stamps to verso front board and fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

High Tide. Songs of Joy and Vision from the Present-day Poets of Great Britain and America.

RICHARDS, MRS. WALDO. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Duckworth, 1929. Re-issued. "This little book is the outcome of my affectionate study of our present-day poets." Pp. 220, ex college library stamp to title page, scuff to verso front board and fep. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Evensong.

JERVIS, MARY ADELINE. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Stoke-on-Trent: Webberley Ltd, 1977. 1st ed. Twenty four poems. Pp. 24, signed by author to title page. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine and front board. VG.

The Triumph of the Muse and Other Poems.

HEATH-STUBBS, JOHN. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Oxford University Press, 1958. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 9/65, ex college library stamps to verso front board, fep and title page, scuff to fep. Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Angus Wilson. (Writers and their Work. No.208).

GRANSDEN, K.W. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1969. 1st ed. "Angus Wilson, one of the most highly esteemed of contemporary English novelists: his first collection of short stories, The Wrong Set, appeared in 1949. Most of his work deals with English character; he records with great accuracy t...

The Development of English Prose Between 1918-1939.

FORSTER, E.M. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Co. 1945. "It is a period between two wars - the Long Week-End it has been called - and many of the books published in it bear traces of this. They look backward-like Siegfried Sasson's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer- and try to record tragedy of the pa...

Somerset Maugham.

BROPHY, JOHN. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1952. 1st ed. "Somerset Maugham, who was born in 1874, is, and has for many decades been, among the most popular authors writing in English. His fame is international - as a dramatist, a novelist, and as a short story writer". Pp 48, portrait to f...

Seventeenth Century Contexts.

WILLIAMSON, GEORGE. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London: Faber & Faber, 1963. 2nd Imp. "It throws much light on the background of thought and feeling of the seventeenth century, and the information it provides is of the kind that must be taken into account by the interpretative critic when he forms his judgments on the write...

The Use of Imagination: Educational Thought and the Literary Mind.

WALSH, WILLIAM. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. 2nd Imp. "In this original book Professor Walsh discusses the bearing of imaginative literature upon educational theory .." Pp. 252, ex college library stamps to verso front board, fep and title page. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has numb...

The Owl in the Tree. Poems.

THWAITE, ANTHONY. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 1st ed. Thirty-five poems. Pp. 59, signed by author to fep, ex college library stamps to verso front board, fep and title page, minor scuff to fep. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.