Letteratura

Master Stories of the 20th. Century.

THAL, HERBERT VAN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Pan Books, 1963. 1st.ed. "Treasurehouse of superb stories, each of them a rattling good read." Pp, 270, page edges toned. P/b, G.

Dr. Seuss's. ABC.

SEUSS, DR. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Glasgow: Collins, 1964. 1st.ed. "Learning to read is fun with Beginner Books." Pp, 63, many coloured illustrations. P/b, creasing to covers, illustrated cover. G+.

The Romantic Poets.

HOUGH, GRAHAM. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Arrow Books, 1958. "Shows how poetry at the end of the eighteenth century was being influenced by the new liberal conception of man..it was an outcry against a harsh world, badly in need of reform and a new gentleness." Pp, 196, page edges slightly toned. P/b, illustra...

We Who Are Fortunate.

ROOK,ALAN. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London:Routledge,1945. 1st ed. War Poetry. "Some of the poems in this book have appeared in John O' London's Weekly; Life and Letters Today; Poetry (London); Poetry Quarterly; The Times Literary Supplement; in several Anthologies; and in Magazines in the Middle East." 19.5cms ...

Skyfall.

HARRISON, HARRY. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: Faber & Faber, 1976. 1st ed. "In this masterful and brilliantly suspenseful novel Harry Harrison traces a tale of incredible terror". Pp. 270, frontis. Dark green cloth, illustd. d/w. VG/VG.

Gorgias. (translated by Walter Hamilton).

PLATO. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960. 0. "The dialogue's chief interest lies, not in Gorgias' courteous outline of his art, but in the clash between Socrates, the true philosopher, and Callicles." Pp, 149, pages browning. Pbk. G.

Waterloo.

SMITH, FREDERICK E. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London : Pan Books, 1970. 1st ed. "This book is about the battle of Waterloo." Pp. 190, pages toned. P/b. G.+.

My Inspirational Favorites.

PEALE, NORMAN VINCENT. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York: A Giniger Book (HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. 1st ed. Collection of favorite writings, essays, poems, prayers etc. Pp. 7/152. Red cloth with recycled paper covering, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. VG/VG.

The Everlasting Mercy.

MASEFIELD, JOHN. · 1919 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson,1919. Rep. Epic religious poem. Pp. 80. Blue cloth, title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

The Grown-ups Book of Books.

VARIOUS, · 1999 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1999. 1st.ed. "Excerpts from new novels..poetry old and new..even a recipe or two. An opportunity to catch up with familiar names and to sample some fresh ones." Pp, 179. P/b. VG.

An Introdution to 50 Modern British Poets.

SCHIMIDT, MICHAEL. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Pan Books,1979. 1st.ed."English verse through the Twentieth century.including such poets as T.S.Elliot and Dylan Thomas. Pp, 432, page edges slighty toned. P/b. G+.

The Penguin Poets. John Donne. A Selection Of His Poetry. Edited by John Hayward .

DONNE, John / HAYWARD, John (Editor) · 1958 · CHILTON BOOKS

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958. 0 Paperback. Pp. 182. Patterned covers. Owner's signature to half title. Clear text throughout. VG.

Crusade.

WATSON, PETER. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Hutchinson, 1987. 1st ed. Novel. "Takes us behind the scenes in the Vatican and in the art world in London and New York and into some of the greatest collections of the globe". Pp. 336. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, slight scratching to back wrapper. ...

The Least of These.

O'HALLORAN, JAMES. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

Co Dublin: The Columba Press, 1991. "These stories are moving and authentic. The author has spent a lifetime working in Ireland, Africa, South and Central America, where wealth, power and privilege belong to others." Pp, 95. P/b. VG.

Some Volunteer Verse.

WASON, RIGBY. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Printed for private circulation. London:Hazell,Watson & Viney,1905. Anthology of Boer War Poetry by British soldiers. Pp.103, toning to endpapers. Grey cloth, title to front in grey and white, red title to spine. VG.

The Manipulators.

ATKINSON, HUGH. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Brighton: Angus & Robertson, 1978. 0207958130. 1st Angus & Robertson ed. Fiction. "A compelling revelation of international power play, where, in a new kind of war, the world's resources of food, oil and minerals are the weapons and unimaginable wealth the prize". Pp. 198, sli...

Morning Star. Or The Vampires of Summer.

ATKINS, PETER. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: HarperCollins, 1992. 1st ed. Fiction. "Witty, gruesome, swift, unpredictable and ultimately awe-inspiring". Pp. 238. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. F/F.

The Scarlet Goose.

ALMEDINGEN, E.M. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

USA: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. 1st ed. Fiction. Captures the dramatic conflict of a break with tradition in this story of a young Renaissance artist. Pp. 306/1Biography. Scarlet cloth, illustrated d/w, slight rubbing to edges and cover. VG/G.

Hezekiah and Hell's Belle.

ARMSTRONG, DAVE. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Robert Hale, 1992. 1st ed. A Black Horse Western. Fiction. Cattle rustling. Pp. 156. Illustd. laminated boards. VG.

Challenge to Faith.

RICHMOND, OLIFFE. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Macdonald & Co, Ltd, nd. (c.1943). Poetry. Pp. 11/119. Inscrip. to fep. Slight toning to pages. H/b. Black cloth,gilt title to spine, edges slightly rubbed. G.