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Penguin Modern Stories 6.

BURNLEY, JUDITH (ED). · 1970 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1970. 1st ed. Short stories by Elizabeth Taylor: Dan Jacobson: Maggie Ross and Robert Nye. Pp 141. Toning to pages. P/b. Spine slightly creased. G+.

Music and Silence.

TREMAIN, ROSE. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 1st ed. Fiction. "Music and Silence tells a story that is both violent and tender, shocking and consoling." Pp. 454, inscrip. to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

The Hand of Mary Constable.

GALLICO, PAUL. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London: Heinemann, 1964. 1st ed. A strange tale of suspense and the supernatural. Pp. 279, inscrip. to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small closed tears. G+/G+.

Proud to be Amish. (Illustrated by W.T.Mars).

JORDAN, MILDRED. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York:Crown,1968. 1st ed. Pp.144,occasional b/w illustrations by W.T.Mars, glossary of Amish words to rear,owners name to fep. Pink cloth, edges slightly rubed. G+.

The Rocket Book.

NEWELL, PETER. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Vermont:Charles E.Tuttle,1969. 1st in this edition. (Originally published 1912). Humourous story told in rhyme and pictures and with a hole through the centre of the pages following the journey of the rocket. Unpaginated,coloured illustrations facing verses with hole through c...

Mark Twain in England.

WELLAND, DENNIS. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. 1st ed. "Extensively documented from the correspondence on which it is based, it makes an informative, varied and entertaining narrative." Pp. 267, portrait frontis, of Mark Twain and Andrew Chatto. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illu...

The Adventures of Colonel Sellers. A Novel.

TWAIN, MARK. (EDITED BY CHARLES NEIDER). · 1966 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. 1st ed. "This is, in effect, a 'new' novel by Mark Twain - a satirical work whose hero is one of his most vigorous creations." Pp. 35/244, endpapers toned. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w price-clipped. G+/G+.

Tipiti, the Robin. (Illustrated by Charles Keeping). Translated by Gwen Marsh.

GUILLOT, RENE. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: The Bodley Head, 1968. Rep. A story for children. Pp. 64, 13 b/w illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Pink cloth, matching illustrated d/w has closed edge tear. VG/G+.

Mrs Pepperpot's Christmas.

PROYSEN, ALF. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Middlesex: Puffin Books, 1984. Rep. "Mrs Pepperpot woke up one morning and found that she had shrunk until she was no bigger than a mouse! It was the day of the Christmas Fair and she wanted to buy some special things for her house. But now she was far too small to go..or was ...

Ben-Hur. A Tale of the Christ.

WALLACE, LEW. · 0 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Walter Scott,nd. Aeg. Pp.428/4(ads), frontis, + 4 other b/w plates, engraved headpieces, inkstamp of Newark Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Association to verso rear endpaper. Illustrated Olive green cloth rubbed, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

Hide Out. A Play.

THORNHILL, ALAN. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

London: Westminster Productions Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. "A play first produced at the Westminster Theatre, London , opening on 7th March 1969 .. The action takes place in a ski hut near the capital city of a country that has had to fight for its freedom." Pp68. P/b, fore-edges scuf...

The Writer and the Modern World. A Study in Literature and Dogma.

PITT, VALERIS. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: SPCK, 1966. 1st ed. "The author brings serious Christian criticism to bear on the works of a wide representation of modern English writers, few of whom would generally be held to be religious, but all of whom deserve to be taken seriously .." Pp15/80. P/b with illustra...

Fifty Love Poems.

KARICKAM, DR. ABRAHAM. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Kerala, India: M.Y. Publishers, 1996. 1st ed. "These are poems of love .. that metamorphorise the hankering of the human soul for the eternal soul .. poems of thirst .. of the devotee for the eternal spring of the love of God."- Prof. Dr. K.M.Tharakan. unpaginated. very minor ...

A Handsome Man.

CHEEVER, SUSAN. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Advance Uncorrected Proof. "It traces the relationship between Hannah Bart , a flippant 32-year-old publicist, and Sam Noble, a handsome 50-year-old publishing house president. An engaging and moving exploration of the battles that are fought ...

Studying Chaucer.

BREWER, ELIZABETH. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Harlow, England: Longman York Press, 1987. 3rd imp. "This York Handbook provides a background to Chaucer's complete works for students making a concentrated study of any of the individual poems or tales." Pp167. P/b G+.

Earthly Possessions.

TAYLER, ANNE. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: Vintage, 1997. Rep. "For thirty-five-year-old Charlotte Emory, leaving her husband seems to offer the only way out.........In the bank, she withdraws enough money to escape a life and marriage gone sour. But Charlotte is about to escape in a way she never expected, as ...

Retour A Cold Mountain.

FRAZIER, CHARLES. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. Rep. French language. Originally titled Cold Mountain. Pp.459. P/b. VG.

Before the Dawn or "The Same Night in Which He was Betrayed".

SHAVE, ERIC. · 1940 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Westminster: The Livingstone Press. nd (c.1940). "A Costume Play in Three Scenes." Pp 38. P/b. G+.

Selected Poems.

HOOD, THOMAS. (EDITED BY CLIFFORD DYMENT). · 1948 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: The Grey Walls Press, 1948. 1st ed. Study of Thomas Hood and his poetry. Pp. 64, ex libris to verso front board, uneven toning to endpapers. Pale green cloth, matching illustrated d/w has sunning to spine. G+/G+.

Backstage with Actors. From the Time of Shakespeare to the Present Day.

ORMSBEE, HELEN. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York:Books for Libraries Press,1970. Reprint of the 1938 original. Pp.14/343,many b/w photo plates throughout,minor toning to endpapers. Grey cloth. VG.