Letteratura

Soul in Cold Storage.

HAGENBACH, P.J. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

1960. "Miss Hagenbach, wrote most of these poems during her schooldays..". Pp unpaginated. P/b, slight sunning to cover. G+.

Presenting Drama in Church.

GRAINGER, ROGER. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Epworth Press. 1985. 1st ed. "More and more people are beginning to see that drama gives us a way of praising God that is natural to men and women, and particularly appropriate for Christians...This book looks at the subject from several angles, and gives practical hel...

A Wild Justice. (London Magazine Editions No.7).

FYTTON, FRANCIS. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Alan Ross. 1966. "An insight into the minds of men and women, into their reasoning and into their weaknesses and fallibility under strain. It is a study, above all, of a man in isolation, as Mayor becomes the aggressor and embarks upon a wolf-hunt". 18cms x 9.5cms. Pp ...

Jesus and the Adman.

BROOK, RHIDIAN. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

London: Flamingo 1999. Rep. "Rhidian Brook writes about faith and crisis and crisis of faith, just as he did in his prize-winning first novel, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones...Although it describes a personal search for answers which results in a frightening mental breakdown,...

Arrow to the Heart. (Translated from the German by Constantine Fitzgibbon.)

GOES, ALBRECHT. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st ed. "I read it with intense interest. I think it is one of the most remarkable war novels that have yet appeared - perhaps the most outstanding of all." Pp. 104, inscrip. to fep, spotting to endpapers and closed page edges. Beige cloth, d/w il...

Don Camillo and the Devil.

GUARESCHI, GIOVANNI. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966. Reprint. "It's Cold War in the Little World...but you have to laugh at this classic of humour". Pp.176, pages slightly toned, some blacck & white illustrations, owner's name to inside front cover. Paperback, creasing to corners, scuffing to spine....

Angels & Ministers. Four Plays of Victorian Shade & Character. With drawings by Albert Rutherston.

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London: Jonathan Cape,1922. 1st illustrated ed. Pp.140,4 full page illustrations + other small illustrations to end of each Act, pencil signature "Naomi Jacob, June 1926" to fep, endpapers slightly toned. White cloth spine with mottled purple boards, original labels to front a...

Big Mister.

RAYNER, WILLIAM. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Collins, 1974. 1st ed. Fiction. "In this strange world where magic and reality mingle, Simon and Anne experience the difference between the true and the false in a way that they will never be able to forget - even in the 1970s." Pp. 191. Red cloth, gilt title to spine,...

Prudence and the Pill.

MILLS, HUGH. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Triton Books, 1965. 1st ed. Fiction. "Prudence and the Pill does not try to do more than entertain. But that it does superlatively well." Made into a film in 1968, starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven. Pp. 144, line drawings to chapter headings. Mauve cloth, gilt titl...

Portrait of the Boy as a Young Wolf. (Translated from the French by Barbara Wright.)

COUTEAUX, ANDRE. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Macdonald & Co, 1968. 1st British ed. Fiction. ".. it results in a story remarkable for its ironic elegance and charm." Pp. 184. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (designed by David Gentleman) is slightly rubbed with edge wear. VG/G+.

Prize Winning Poetry.

TAYLOR, C. JOHN. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Oban: Highland Art Studios. nd (c.1978). "The poet/artist whose works are in private collections throughout the world". Pp 416, 4 b/w illustrations, slight toning to page edges. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Some Time After and Other Poems.

RIDLER, ANNE. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Faber and Faber. 1972. 1st ed. "As always Anne Ridler's work is marked by a precision of intelligence and feeling which is all the more effective for being totally unflamboyant and unostentatious. Includes The Departure, a one-act opera for two characters with music by...

The Politician.

LONGSTREET, STEPHEN & ETHEL. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

New York: Macfadden Books. 1968. "As powerful as Advise and Consent! As intimate as Washington D.C! A big, brawling book about the big, dirty business of politics". Pp 320, red page edges. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Glimpses.

KENNELLY, BRENDAN. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Tarset: Bloodaxe Books. 2001. 1st ed. "Subline or profane, joyous or crazily raucous, Kennelly's vivid glimpses have a life of their own, leaping beyond the words used to summon them up on the page. When lightning flashes, the graveyard dances". Pp 160, inscrip to fep. P/b, po...

The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers.

JAMES, HENRY. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Ware: Wordsworth Editions. 1993. "The Turn of the Screw is a chilling tale of the supernatural....The Aspern Papers is a tale of Americans in Europe, the author cleverly evokes the drama of the comedie humaine against the majestic setting of a Venetian palace". Pp 236, pages s...

Celebration. A Salute to a Visiting Artist.

FITZGERALD, JIM (ED). · 1979 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Dublin: Veritas Publications. 1979. 1st ed. Tribute to Pope John Paul II on his visit to Ireland. Contains 'Sweeney Praises the Trees' by Seamus Heaney. The poems, which cross all our denominational and regional borders, include many not previously published and will ensure th...

Criminal Conversations.

STOCKDALE, FREDDIE. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Doubleday, 1994. 0385404034. 1st ed. Fiction. "Criminal Conversations maliciously entertains with the cut and thrust of the world of law courts, underpinned by the sexual and financial imbroglios of those who find themselves in the dock." Pp. 254. Red cloth, gilt title...

Captain Smith and Company.

HENRIQUES, ROBERT. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 1st ed. "Captain Smith and Company, a tapestry of prose and verse, allegory and straight descriptive writing, is a work of fiction although not, in the accepted term, strictly a novel." Pp. 8, 139, inscrip. to fep. Black cloth, gilt title t...

Daniel Quorm and his Religious Notions.(Illustrated by Charles Tresidder).

PEARSE, MARK GUY. · 1876 · Chilton Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

London: Wesleyan Conference Office,1876. 26th thousand. Aeg. Pp.170/2/16(ads), engraved frontis. + engraved vignettes to each chapter, inscript. to fep. Brown illustrated cloth over bevelled boards, gilt decorated title and illustration to front,gilt title to spine. VG.

Epoch. A Quarterly of Contemporary Literature. Vol.1: No.4: Summer 1948.

HATHAWAY, BAXTER (ED). · 1948 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New York: Epoch Associates. 1948. Contents Include:- Death and Sixteen: Twytha and the Child Evangelist: Four Poems: The Hourglass - Poets, Critics and Values: New Books - T.G. Bergin, Howard Beebe. Pp 95, slight creasing to some pages, pen marks to pages 37, 45, 57. P/b, sunn...