CHILTON BOOKS

Knight's Castle. (Illustrated by N.M. Bodecker).

EAGER, EDWARD. · 1973

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Harmondsworth: Puffin / Penguin, 1973. 0140306293. "Two hundred and fifty-five of Roger's soldiers were quite ordinary modern ones, but the two hundred and fifty-sixth was different..this one, the Old One, turned out to be [Roger's] magic talisman, which could transport his to...

The Intimate Philosopy of Art.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN. · 2000

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London Allen Lane/ The Penguin Press, 2000. 0713994053. A study of the appreciation of painting and architecture with the passions and concerns of the individual spectator in the foreground. Pp.196, 37 illustrations, owner's name to title page and final page. Black cloth, dust...

Acky.

EVANS, GEORGE EWART. · 1973

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: Faber & Faber, 1973. 0571084184. 1st edition. "Acky is a unique and simple collection of stories about country life in Suffolk." Pp.120, owner's illustrated bookplate to inside front board. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Dustwrapper (illustrated by David Gentleman) ...

Signed linocut - P.B.F.A. 'Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association' logo,

BAWDEN, EDWARD (1903 - 1989) - · 1984

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.57 | ¥105,451)

Saffron Walden, Essex: Edward Bawden, 1984 . 0. Edward Bawden (1903-1989) signed linocut - P.B.F.A. 'Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association' logo, Members special edition, 25/100, unframed, 49cm x 34cm.

An Introduction to Astronomy. in a series of letters, from a preceptor to his pupil. in which the most useful and interesting parts of the science are clearly and familiarly explained... The Eighth Edition, corrected and greatly improved

BONNYCASTLE, JOHN ( 1751-1821 ) - · 1822

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Printed for J. Nunn; Cadell and Davies ; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ; John Richardson ; J. Mawman ; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; T. Hamilton ; G. and W. B. Whittaker ; John Robinson ; and Simpkin and Marshall , 1822 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo....

He Kaine Diatheke . The New Testament. consisting of the Greek text of Scholz, with the readings, both textual and marginal, of Griesbach; and the variations of the editions of Stephens, 1550; Beza, 1598; the Elzevir, 1633. ..

NEW TESTAMENT: GREEK ENGLISH DIGLOT . · 1852

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London: Samuel Bagster And Sons, At The Warehouse For Bibles, New Testaments, Prayer Books, Psalters, And Concordances, In Ancient And Modern Languages, 1852 . 0. A very good full leather binding by Seton & Mackenzie. Blind stamp decoration and gilt titles to thick boards. Spi...

Exposition De La Messe From La Legende Dorée Of Jean De Vignay : With Illuminations Reproduced from Fitzwilliam Museum MS. 22 . Edited By Walter Howard Frere

FRERE, WALTER HOWARD - · 1899

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 39, Paternoster Row, 1899 . 0. A very good copy in the original printed boards. Spine and panel edges dulled and rubbed, but gilt titles 9to spine) still visible. Armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "Hal. Hitchcock.". Light foxing to e...

English Altars From Illuminated Manuscripts. With Descriptive Notes By W. H. St. John Hope.

HOPE, W. H. ST. JOHN - ALCUIN CLUB COLLECTIONS. I. · 1899

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1899. 0. The first Alcuin Club publication! Folio. 43cm x 34cm. [6pp.]/14 Plates with facing page of text. A very good binding. Original grey cloth spine with gilt title, over grey borads with printed title. Boards and edges rubbed and bumped with...

Hand scrivened and illuminated vellum armorial for Jacob of Kent

JACOB, ERNEST FRASER (1894-1971) - · 1922

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

No date - C. 1922 0. Heraldry - a hand scrivened and illuminated vellum armorial, the arms of the family of Jacob of Kent, 31.5cm x 39cm. This incorporates the crest of the Fraser family. So, the assumption that it was created for the marriage Ernest Henry Jacob and Emma Louis...

'I Am Envy', Elizabeth Forrest, box frame under perspex.

FORREST, ELIZABETH · 2005

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Elizabeth Forrest, [no date - c. 2005 ] . 0. 'I Am Envy', Elizabeth Forrest, box frame under perspex, 38cm high x 30cm wide x 11.5cm deep. Reclaimed wooden box file, distressed with acrylic and gouache paint and rubbed with pastels. Words painted in g...

Memories of a Suffolk Childhood.

RAYSON, D.C. · 1979

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Ipswich: County Libraries/County Archives, 1979. "This book describes a Suffolk childhood of the 1920's and 30's." Pp.23, a few b/w photo illustrations, owners label to inside front cover. Stiff card covers, slightly rubbed. VG.

Chronicle. Essays from Ten Years of Television Archaeology.

SUTCLIFFE, RAY. (EDITOR). · 1978

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: BBC, 1978. 0563174838. 1st edition. This book presents an anthology of some of the most interesting Chronicle programmes. Contents: 1.The Return pf the SS Great Britain by Tony Morrison; 2.The Archaeology of the Boat by Basil Greenhill; 3.The Tutankhamun Post-Mortem by...

The Cely Letters. 1472-1488.

HANHAM, ALISON. · 1975

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London: Oxford University Press, 1975. 1st edition. Early English Texts Society No.273. "The letters are of special interest to students of English for their evidence of pronunciation, syntax and idiom among members of the merchant class..the Cely papers are the only sizable c...

Columbus's Outpost among the Tainos.

DEAGAN, KATHLEEN AND CRUXENT, JOSE MARIA. · 2002

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. 0300090404. 1st edition. Spain and America at Ls Isabella, 1493-1498. "Drawing on their ten-year archaeological investigation of the site of La Isabela, along with research into Columbus-era documents, they contrast Spanish expectations ...

The Comfort of Strangers.

MCEWAN, IAN. · 1981

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London: Joanthan Cape, 1981. 0224019317. 1st edition. Psychological thriller. Second novel by Ian McEwan, later adapted into a film. Pp.134. Brown boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

The Garden That I Love. By Alfred Austin. [signed limited edition, 134/250] .

AUSTIN, ALFRED · 1905

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: Adam And Charles Black, 1905 . 0. First limited edition. Number 134/250 . This is a very good copy. Original white cloth covered boards with green leaf decorative border to the front panel, with rubbed gilt titles. Gilt titles to the spine, some fraying of the cloth. L...

Pictorial Edition of The Book of Common Prayer according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland.

STEBBING, HENRY (INTRODUCTION) - · 1838

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London: C. Knight & Co, [ c.1838 ] * 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 10.2" x 7.3" x 2.0". pp.xl/ pp.712 . "Illustrated with many hundred wood cuts." many attributed to John Jackson**. Brown blind stamped calf, with blind stamp crest to centre. Similar gilt crest to s...

A Treatise On The Law Of Legacies. By William Lowndes, Esq. Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law.

LOWNDES, WILLIAM ( 1652-1724 ) - · 1824

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London : Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, Law-Booksellers, 43, Fleet Street: and J. Cooke, Ormond Quay, Dublin 1824 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 9.7" x 6.2 x 1.3". pp.xxxii/pp.456/[12pp. - Index ] . Carefully rebacked at some time in the past. Brown leath...

The Crutch of Memory.

BRUNNER, JOHN. · 1964

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1964. 1st edition. "This book can be read in several ways. A love story in an exotic setting, a travel book recording a voyage of self-discovery, a psychological novel treating a major sexual problem with insight and sympathy.." Pp.246. Black board...

A Galloway Childhood.

NIALL, IAN. · 2000

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers Ltd, 2000. 1872350135. 1st in this edition, limied to 1000 copies (this book is not numbered). Niall's classic memoir was originally published in 1967. Pp.160, includes family photographs. Grreen boards, dustwrapper has creasing to top rear edge. ...