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Lost and Found in Russia. Encounters in a Deep Heartland.

RICHARDS, SUSAN. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: I.B.Tauris, 2009. 9781848850231. 1st edition. "Far from Moscow and St Petersburg, there lies another Russia. Overlooked by the new urban elites and almost unknown to the West, in the great provincial hinterlands of the Volga River and Siberia, Russians struggle to reconc…

Masons' Marks At Burscough Priory, Ormskirk Church, Birkenhead Priory, And Some Other Marks From Buildings In The Counties Of Lancaster And Chester; Together With Notes On The General History Of Masons' Marks. By W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A.

RYLANDS, W. HARRY (WILLIAM HARRY RYLANDS 1847-1922 ) . · 1893 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Liverpool: Thomas Brakell Limited, 58, Dale Street, 1893 . "From the "Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," Vol. vii, N.S. A very good half leather binding (by Ball, Northampton). 8vo. pp.80. 8.75" x 5.7" x 0.25". Polished brown calf over marbled boar…

The Drama Of Yesterday & To-Day By Clement Scott. In Two Volumes .

SCOTT, CLEMENT 1841-1904. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited ; New York, Macmillan Company, 1899 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good two volume set. Vol. I. ; pp.8/[2pp.]/pp.607. Vol. II. :pp.8/[5pp.]/pp.581/[3pp. - Adverts] . Vol. II, ends with; "Appendix: List of important plays produced in London be…

Posthumous Parodies And Other Pieces, Composed By Several Of Our Most Celebrated Poets, But Not Published In Any Former Edition Of Their Works.

[ TWISS, HORACE (1787-1849) ] . · 1814 · Chilton Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.52 | ¥31,222)

London : Printed For John Miller, 25, Bow-Street, Covent Garden, 1814 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 725" x 4.75" x 0.2". pp. xi./[1p.]/pp.102/[2pp. - Errata / Adverts] . Brown Morocco spine and corners over green buckram boards. Spine with 5 r…

The Impossible Theatre. The Chichester Festival Theatre Adventure. (Signed Limited Edition).

EVERSHED-MARTIN, LESLIE. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Phillimore & Co.Ltd, 1971. Specially bound Edition, limited to Two hundred and fifty copies, signed by the Author and numbered, of which this is No.128. "Leslie Evershed-Martin tells his own - behind-the-scenes - story, of what really happened, the indifference and outri…

Prima Donna. A History.

CHRISTIANSEN, RUPERT. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986. 0140083782. "Prima Donna puts three hundred years of these remarkable women - from Pasta and Patti to Flagstad and Callas - into their historical and musical context. In it, the author reveals their important creative contribution to the development…

The Mediumship of Jack Webber.

EDWARDS, HARRY. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London: Rider and Company, 1953. 3rd impression. "This book presents a series of photographs of supernormal activity and a narrative of events incidental to them. They have been secured through the physical mediumship of Mr Jack Webber during the fourteen months from November, 1…

Gremlins In The Cabbage Patch. A Novel. By John Paddy Christmas .

CARSTAIRS, JOHN PADDY · 1944 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, [no date - c. 1944] . 0. Signed first edition, lacking dustwrapper. pp.120. Wrapped in stamp adressed postal envelope to: Mrs. Nina Davidson. Red cloth covers, rather soiled, with black tles to spine. "W. H. Smith & Son's Library" label to verso of …

Hamlet. (With illustrations by Anthony Masters).

CORTEZ, LEON SHAKESPEARE. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: The Lochend Printing Co.Ltd, nd. (c.1946). One of a series of humourous cockney parodies. 16.5cms x 12.5cms. Pp.47, inscribed by the author to inside front cover (To Peter Marshall with best wishes & good luck. Leon Cortez), accompanying cartoon illustrations by Anthony …

A Short Narrative Of The Late Troubles In England. First written in Latin by an Anonymus, for the information of Forreners, and now don into English, for the behoof and pleasure of our Country-mn 1649 .

[ DR GEORGE BATE, EDITED BY EDWARD ALMACK ] . · 1902 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London : F. E. Robinson & Co, 20 Great Russell Street, 1902. 0. Limited edition. 8vo.7.00" x 4.50" x 1.00". pp.37/[3pp.]/pp.151. Very good full vellum binding with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Corners lightly bumped. Spine and rear board a little soiled. Top …

Footlights and Spotlights. Recollections of My Life on the Stage.

SKINNER, OTIS. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1924. 1st edition. Signed limited edition of 500 copies. Otis Skinner(1858-1942 was an American actor who played hundreds of roles in all parts of the world in a career extending over more than 60 years. Pp.367, signed (but not numbered) to in…

An Innocent Millionaire. (signed).

VIZINCZEY, STEPHEN. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983 0771087608. First Canadian edition. "Anyone can enjoy An Innocent Millionaire as an exotic-location thriller. The bonus is that it is also a fable of love, greed and modern society, peopled by rounded, cussed characters.."(ShaunUsher, D.Mail…

Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church .(signed).

ANDREWS, WILLIAM (EDITOR). · 1897 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: William Andrews & Co, Hull Press, 1897. 1st edition. 5ff./pp.285/4ff. (adverts) . Frontispiece and occasional illustrations throughout the text. Floral endpapers browned to edges, bookplate of SSM Kelham to inside front board browned. Inner endpapers browned. Author's in…

The Children of the Rocks. A Story of Tours. (Signed).

MADDEN, JOHN J. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Kansas City: Burton Publishing Company, 1944). 1st edition. "The Children of the Rocks is more of a study than a story. It deals with a dangerous period in history. Aperiod when civilization rested upon the issue of a single battle in the last days of September, A.D.732. In this…

Radio Onederland. The Story of Radio One. (Signed).

SKUES, KEITH. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Lavenham: The Landmark Press 1968. 1st edition. Foreword by Robin Scott (Controller Radio One and Two). Written by the D.J. Keith Skues, the book is basically about the first year of Radio 1 - from September 30th, 1967 - September 30th, 1968, following its formation in reaction …

A Miracle of Love. (signed).

CORKERY, SIMON. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Leap, Co.Cork: The Macabea Press, 1997. 0953064204. 1st edition. "Christina is a child miraculously saved after abortion by the merciful intervention of a trainee nurse. Adopted by loving parents, Christina lives life to the full unaware of the drama unfolding itself regarding h…

Anglicanism Reimagined, An Honest Church?

SHANKS, ANDREW. · 2010 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: SPCK, 2010. 9780281060856. 1st edition. "Andrew Shanks challenges all who are tempted to erect boundaries around their faith. Far more important than dogma and metaphysics, he argues, is the need to be open to all, and to engage with people who hold views at odds with ou…

Making Shore.

ALLERTON, SARA. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Glasgow: Saraband, 2012. 9781887354929. Winner of the 2011 People's Book Prize. A gripping story inspired by a true World War II incident. "Torpedoed by a German U-boat, adrift on the open ocean, gravely weakened and slowly dying of thirst - the odds of making shore are lengthen…

God and Everyman.

MORSE-BOYCOTT, DESMOND. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Skeffington & Son Ltd, nd. (c.1930). Ex library. Pp.288, signed by the author to front free endpaper, small inkstamp with date and number notation to inside front board. Blue/grey cloth is slightly rubbed, spine darkened with blurred library number. G+.

Original letter from the Mayor of Dole (Jura) to the Refugees currently at Champvans.

POINTAIRE, JEAN ADOLPHE - (1877-1942) . · 1939 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Dole, Jura, France: Mairie De Dole (Jura), 15 March 1939 . 0. Original typed letter from the Mayor of Dole to "Aux Rufugiees actullement a Champvans", dated 15 March 1939 . Folded sheet of paper, written on one side only. 27cm x 21cm. One vertical fold and 3 horizontal folds. Ed…