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The Bridges of Madison County.

WALLER, ROBERT JAMES. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Warner Books Inc, 1992. Rep. 45th imp. "A passionate, deeply moving experience in lyrical prose". Fiction. Pp. 12/171. B/w illustns. to chapter headings. Brown and green cloth, illustd. d/w, chip to back wrap top edge. VG/G.

A Sounding of Storytellers. New and Revised Essays on Contemporary Writers for Children.

TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books (Penguin), 1979. 1st ed. "Like its predecessor,'A Sounding of Storytellers' is an important addition to the growing body of criticism of children's literature". Pp. 218. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w with slight chipping to spine and top ed...

The Clump of Bushes. Twenty-five Dramatic Readings.

HOYLAND, JOHN S. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London: Epworth Press, 1946. 1st ed. A series of dramatic readings interpreting incidents and people of the New Testament. Pp. 108. Light blue cloth, d/w with slight chippings to edges. G/G.

Christ's Comet. The Story of a Thirty years' Journey that began and ended on the same day. A Play in Three Acts.

HASSALL, CHRISTOPHER. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. 1st. ed. The play is written in regular blank verse, interspersed with prose and lyric. Pp. 151. Inscrip. to fep. Pink cloth, d/w rubbed and chipped at edges. G+/G.

Celebrating Friendship. An Anthology.

FROST, BRIAN,& WEBB, PAULINE. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Epworth Press, 1986. 1st ed. An anthology drawn from writers across the centuries and continents. Pp. 6/122. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. VG/G+.

The World of the Forsytes.

FISHER, JOHN. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Book Club Associates, 1976. 1st ed. Reveals the historical and social facts behind John Galsworthy's work of imagination, with a series of photographs, engravings, drawings and paintings of contemporary life. 25.2cms. x 19.2cms. Pp. 224, 15 colour plates and b/w illust...

Pilate's Wife.

BLOOM, URSULA. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Severn House Publishers Ltd, 1978. 1st British hardback ed. Part of a trilogy which includes 'Now Barabbas was a Robber' and 'The Song of Salome'. Fiction. Pp. 125. Dark red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. VG/G+.

Pennies from Heaven.

POTTER, DENNIS. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

London: Quartet Books, 1981. 1st. "His attempts to prove that life is a bowl of cherries make for a wonderfully comic, heartrendingly sad story, which has been transformed into a film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." Pp. 196. 8 b/w photographs. P/b. Illustrated cover. Slight toning to...

A Tale of Two Cities.

DICKENS, CHARLES. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Pan Books, 1980. "Few other novels have bequeathed so much to the popular imagination as this. The 'two cities' are London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution." Pp, 383, page edges toned. P/b, Photo. cover from BBC. TV. production. G+.

Watership Down.

ADAMS, RICHARD. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973. 0140306013. "A saga about a motley band of rabbits who desert their ancient warren, and set out on an epic search for a new home." Pp. 478. Pages toned. Paperback, slight sunning to spine, a few minor creases to covers. G.

The Valley.

CLARE, ELIZABETH. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: Faber & Faber, 1971. Rep. ".. evokes the atmosphere of a Radnor valley: life as it was lived on the old farm - the shepherds and sheep, people and weather, customs and conversation - in the first quarter of this century". Pp.170. P/b with illustrated cover G+.

Poetry Please! 100 popular poems from the BBC Radio 4 programme.

CAUSLEY, CHARLES (FOREWORD). · 1987 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1987. 0460022962. Rep. "First anthology of poems requested by listeners to BBC Radio 4 programme - Poetry Please!". Pp.150, slight toning to pages. Paperback. G+.

Harold. The Last of the Saxon Kings.

LYTTON, LORD. · 1900 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London:Routledge,nd.(c.1900). 3rd ed. Historical novel. The Stevenage Edition. Pp.593/card ad. to rear has coloured portrait of 'Maud Muller' with ad for Eno's Fruit Salt to rear, owners label (Clare Abeling Wiggins) to verso front board, owners name to fep, endpapers browned....

Simeon's Bride.

TAYLOR, ALISON G. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

London: Robert Hale, 1995. 0709056737. 4th imp. of 1st novel. A novel of power and intensity, in P.D. James country but utterly original. Pp. 272. Inscrip. to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. G+/G+.

Jackson's Dilemma.

MURDOCH, IRIS. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. 1st ed. A fast-moving drama with a rich cast of characters. Pp. 249. Slight toning to pages. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. G+/G.

George and Juliet. Illustrated by Peter Green.

MIDDLETON, GERALDINE. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: SPCK, 1961. 1st ed. Story book for 8 to 13 year-olds, some stories have appeared in the Church Times. Pp. 64, 20 colour illustns. Signed inscrip. and Signed title. Illustd. yellow cloth, illustd. d/w top edge chipped. VG/G.

Seasons/ An Illustrated Treasury.

LOVRIE, MICHELLE. (COMPILER). · 1993 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Pennsylvania: Courage Books, imprint of Running Press, 1993. 1st ed. "This book, uniting words and images of the Seasons, expresses the Seasons' gifts to the senses and to the spirit". 18cms. x 25cms. Pp. 47/1 (Acknowledgements). Colour illustns. throughout. Illustd. laminated...

Cool Repentance. A Jemima Shore mystery.

FRASER, ANTONIA. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982. 1st ed. Fourth Jemima Shore mystery, set against a theatrical background. Pp. 222. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, slight sunning to spine and back cover. VG/G.

Four Handsome Negresses. The Record of a Voyage.

BAPTIST, R.HERNEKIN. · 1931 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London:Jonathan Cape,1931. 1st ed. "Four negresses were taken aboard off the Guinea Coast on one of the pioneer voyages of the Portuguese..They were, it is recorded, to be well tended, richly dressed and left ashore at different points of the African coast as emissaries of tra...

The Divine Element in Art and Literature.

SCHROEDER, WILLIAM LAWRENCE. · 1916 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London:Lindsey Press,1916. 1st ed. The author tries to suggest "..a method of interpretation which may lead to the enrichment of religious experience." Pp.8/268,inscribed by the author "to my good friend A.S.Elliott" to verso front board, author's signature to title. Purple bl...