Letteratura

Plays of Perplexity.

HOUGHAM, E.R. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: SPCK. 1948. "The play was first produced in June 1947 by the Christian Community Players in Sheffield under the direction of Miss Pamela Keily". Pp 83. Name to fep. P/b. G+.

According to the Scriptures & And Ye Are Witnesses.

HEWARD, ELISABETH. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

London: The Religious Drama Society. 1952. "This production is planned for performance in church, on the steps at the foot of the chancel". Pp 36. P/b. Rusting to staples. G+.

The Beggar's Opera. (Little Blue Book Series No.57).

GAY, MR. · 0 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

London: Little Blue Book Co. n/d. "The aim of this series is to provide the greatest masterpieces of literature". Pp 64. Toning to pages. P/b. G+.

Farnor: Part One of Nightfall.

TAYLOR, ROGER. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London: Headline Book Publishing PLC, 1992. 0747205701. 1st ed. Fiction. Pp. 378, slight toning to pages. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated dustwrapper has minor creasing to inside flaps. G+/G+.

The Man Who Played Judas. A Play in One Act.

WRIGHT, CHARLES WILLIAM. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: The Religious Drama Society. 1950. "Explores and interprets the Christian view of life". Pp 16. Name to fep. P/b. Rusting to staples. G+.

100 Poems by 100 Poets.

PINTER, HAROLD. GODBERT, GEOFFREY AND ASTBURY, ANTHONY. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Methuen. 1987. "A hundred poets representing the full richness and diversity of English verse over five centuries". Pp 177. Name to verso front cover. P/b. G+.

The Use of Music in Religious Drama.

FLEMING, CHRISTOPHER LE. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: SPCK. 1950. "Suggests ways and means of approach to the wider use of serious music in the production of plays". Pp 28. Name to fep. Pbk, rusting to staples. G+.

The Lord of Life. A Play for Passiontide and Easter in Music, Dancing, Drama, Poetry, and Mime.

CLEGG, KATHERINE. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: SPCK. 1972. "Suitable for performance in a church or on the stage of a school hall. The cast has over thirty speaking parts, a choir, guitar group, and dancers". Pp 31. P/b. Name to cover. Rusting to staples. G+.

Ballroom Dancing.

MOORE, ALEX. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: A & C Black, 1987. 8th ed. With 100 diagrams and photographs of the Quickstep, Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, etc. Pp. 11/324, portrait frontis. Laminated boards with creasing to front laminated board. G+.

Ninety Feet to the Sun. A Sea Novel of World War II.

COLLENETTE, ERIC J. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: William Kimber, 1984. 071830506X. 1st ed. A fast-moving adventure of the war at sea. Pp. 192, inscribed by author to half-title, signed. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has chipping and small loss to top edges. VG/G+.

Roman Wall.

BRYHER. (PSEUDONYM W. ELLERMAN). · 1955 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Collins, 1955. 1st ed. "This story takes place seventeen hundred years ago round Aventicum and Orba, a lonely outpost of the Roman Empire in Switzerland, when the German tribes were massing on the far bank of the Rhine.. moments of exciting liveliness and colour altern...

Tales for the Telling. A collection of short stories. (Modern Women Writers Series)

BLEIMAN, BARBARA. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harlow, England: Longman, 1991. 2nd imp. "This collection of eleven short stories are by the authors Jean Rhys, Edna O'Brien, Jean Wheeler Smith, Dorothy Parker, Doris Lessing, Anita Desai, Katherine Anne Porter, Jamaica Kincaid, Mary Lavin, J. California Cooper and Andree Che...

Hallowed Ground. Religions and the Poetry of Place.

BOWKER, JOHN. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: SPCK, 1993. 0281046697. 1st ed. "Takes the reader on a compelling journey through many places, times and traditions - African, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Japanese, Jewish, Muslim and Taoist." Pp.107. Pbk. VG.

The Works of Rupert Brooke. With an Introduction and Bibliography.

BROOKE, RUPERT. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ware: Wordsworth Editions. 1995. "The wit and self-parody of that twentieth-century classic The Old Vicarage, Grantchester and the pantheism of Heaven, together with Brooke's fascinating but ambiguous love poetry, provide a true measure of this most English of poets". Pp 161. ...

Two Stories.

SCOTT, SIR WALTER. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Edinburgh: Canongate Books. 2001. "Wandering Willie's Tale is one of Scott's best-known stories of the supernatural and recounts a chilling pact with the devil, while The Two Drovers' tells of a fatal quarrel over Highland honour and the terrifying intervention of second sight...

The Essential (Introduction by Alain de Botton).

PLATO (TRANSLATED BY BENJAMIN JOWETT). · 1999 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

1999. Contents Include:- The Trial and Death of Socrates: Selections from Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues, and the Laws: The Laws. Pp 1323. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Drama Toolkit. Sketches and Guidelines for Exploring the Bible Through Drama.

LAMONT, GORDON & RONNI. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Swindon: Bible Society. 1989. "From a wide range of Christian writers, each sketch is linked to a framework of ideas and suggestions for getting the most out of it, and developing your own material for teaching, worship and evangelism". Pp 115. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Master of Middle-Earth. The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien.

KOCHER, PAUL. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1974. "Will delight and fascinate admirers of Tolkien". Pp 222. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Wives and Daughters.

GASKELL, ELIZABETH. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1996. "Centres on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new step-sister enters Molly's quiet life-loveable, but wordly and troubling, Cynthia". Pp 679. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan. (H.M.S Pinafore; The Pirates of Penzance; Iolanthe; The Mikado; The Gondoliers).

BRADLEY, IAN. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1982. "The five most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operas". Pp 463. Page edges slightly toned. P/b. Small tear to side of front cover. Illustrated cover. G+.