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Coming Into Eighty. New Poems by May Sarton .

SARTON, MAY (1912-1995) . · 1992 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1992 . 0. Signed limited edition. Colophon (on last leaf) : "This edition, designed by John Kristensen, was printed letterpress from Fairfield type on Mohawk Superfine paper and bound at Firefly press, Somerville, Massachusett…

Caesar's Place Of Landing In Britain. By The Rev. Beale Post, B.C.L.

POST, BEALE . · 1844 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: J. B. Nicols And Son, 25 Parliament Street, 1844 . 0. An original early 19th century stitched pamphlet. 8pp. + a fold-out map. Soiled paper covers, corners creased, edges rubbed, with inked title: "Caesars Landing". Also an inked dedication: "To H. O. With the Author's b…

My Lives . Francis Meynell . (signed).

MEYNELL, FRANCIS 1891-1975. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London : Bodley Head, 1971 . 0370013034. Autobiography of Sir Francis Meynell, recalling his many 'lives', as journalist, poet, publisher, publicist, sportsman and businessman, with descriptions of the many eminent personalities he encountered. Signed first edition with 3 loosel…

Charles Fort: A Radical Corpuscle. By Sam Moskowitz .

MOSKOWITZ, SAM (1920 - 1997 ) . · 1976 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Newark, N.J. : Sam Moskowitz, 1976. 0. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the author. This is a mimeographed and stapled magazine (last leaf loose). 11.0" x 8.5". pp.20. Illustrated white paper front cover with a design by "Gropper" (soiled and creased). No rear cover. Aut…

Plays, Acting and Music. (signed).

SYMONS, ARTHUR. · 1903 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Duckworth and Co, 1903. 1st edition. Essays. Pp.196, photo portrait frontispiece (Eleonora Duse) + 9 further black & white plates, signed by Arthur Symons to front free endpaper, bookplate of Disabled Officers Residential Club to inside front board, slight toning to page…

An Heir For The Earl.

DRYSDALE, MARGARET. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: Robert Hale, 1983. 0709009313. 1st edition. Historical fiction about the Earl of Leicester, his mistress - the widowed Countess of Sheffield, An old live now widowed - Lettice, Countess of Essex, and Queen Elizabeth I. Pp.188, incribed by the author "For Anita and John w…

Shaw - "The Chucker-Out". A Biographical Exposition and Critique and a Companion Volume to "Shaw the Villager".

CHAPPELOW, ALLAN. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1983. Reprint. "Surely the most thorough and detailed examination of Shaw's political, moral, and social views yet made by any biographer.." (Vera Brittain, foreword). Pp.xx/558, photo portait frontispiece + 14 further photos and other picture…

The Anglican Way. Evangelical and Catholic. (signed).

TOON, PETER. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Wilton, Connecticutt: Morehouse-Barlow Co, 1983. 0819213306. 1st edition. "There are many Christian denominations in North America. Each one claims to be a part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of God..Yet each one is different from the others..This book is not ab…

A History Of The Siege Of Gibraltar, 1779-1783. With A Description And Account Of That Garrison From The Earliest Periods. By John Drinkwater. / Travels In Egypt and Nubia, Syria, And The Holy Land. By The Hon. Charles Leonard Irby and James Mangles

DRINKWATER, JOHN / IRBY, CHARLES LEONARD / MANGLES, JAMES . · 1844 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1844 / 1845 . 0. A very good Victorian full leather binding. 8vo. [4pp.]/pp.172/ [6pp.]/pp.150 . Crimson morocco covered boards with gilt decorated border and central gilt crest: "Leamington College A.D.1844. Gilt dulled and edges lightly r…

The Day Of Recompense By Silas K. Hocking With Original Illustrations By A. Twidle .

HOCKING, SILAS K. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London: Frederick Warne And Co. 1899 . 0. Signed First edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. 8.0" x 5.5" x 1.25". pp.2/pp.357/[4pp. - Adverts]. Bright red cloth over bevelled boards, with gilt titles to both the front board and spine. Edges rubbed and bumped. Spine dulled.…

A Monograph On The Parish Of St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich By B. P. Grimsey .

GRIMSEY, B. P. [ BENJAMIN PAGE GRIMSEY 1832-98 ] . · 1887 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

[Ipswich, Suffolk]: "For Private Circulation", 1887 . 0. Presentation copy. First edition in hard back (previously printed in the "Ipswich Journal"). Dedication signed by the author to Alfred Harwood of Belstead Hall, Ipswich. Together with a postcard fron the Ipswich Scientific…

The Dead Sleep Lightly and Other Mysteries from Radio's Golden Age.

DICKSON CARR, JOHN. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

New York: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, 1983. 0385187149. 1st edition. Edited and with an Introduction by Douglas G. Greene. "Nine never-before-published radio plays by the late John Dickson Carr..Here, all the hallmarks of Carr's classic detective novels …

Conquering the Dragon. The True Life Story of a Former Triad Gang Member.

GOH, KIM. (WITH ANDREW CHAMBERLAIN). · 2008 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Milton Keynes: Authentic, 2008. 9781860246166. "A successful businessman by the age of eighteen, Kim Goh's violent pursuits and ability to con people kept him from settling in countries for long..Climbing his way up the career ladder of a UK triad gang, Kim soon found that his v…

Running Out of Time. A Critical Review of Evolution, Creation & Consummation.

WILSON, GRAHAM. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Gullane: The Rowans Press, 1995. 095248840X. 1st edition. "Deals with the way things began and the way they will end..He holds to creation rather tan evolution, to recent reation rather than ancient creation, to a universal as distinct from a local flood, and he maintains that t…

The Time Has Come. Ancient Egypt, Israel and Finis.

WILSON, GRAHAM. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Gullane: The Rowans Press, 1996. 0952488418. 1st edition. Sequel to "Running Out of Time". "How was it possible to construct the Great Pyramid at Giza? What about God's promises to Abraham and to Israel? Daniel's '70 weeks' - fulfilled or awaiting fulfilment? Is the world now he…

New Legends . Poems By Hervey Allen .

ALLEN, HERVEY [ WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN 1889-1949] / PRIESTLEY, J. B. (SIGNED) . · 1929 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

New York : Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, On Murray Hill, MCMXXIX [ 1929 ] . 0. Signed first edition. 19.5cm x 5.25" x 2.0cm [7.75" x 5.25" x 0.75"]. pp.13/pp.168 . Original black cloth covered boards, edges lightly rubbed, with bright gilt titles to front board. Spine titles f…

Sermons To Asses, To Doctors In Divinity, To Lords Spiritual, And To Ministers Of State. By The late Rev. James Murray, Of Newcastle. With An Engraved portrait Of The Author, And An Original Sketch Of his Life.

MURRAY, REV. JAMES . · 1817 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London: Printed for William Hone, Ludgate Hill, 1817 - 1819 . 0. A tight early binding. Old papered boards, very rubbed and bumped. Black cloth spine, also very rubbed. Endpapers lightly soiled. Catalogue review laid down to verso of the front board. Engraved portrait frontis. C…

Pietro's Pilgrimage. A Journey to India and Back at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century. (Signed).

BLUNT, WILFRID. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: James Barrie, 1953. 1st edition. "Pietro Della Valle was in the East for some twelve years. He knew Constantinople well in the sunset of its glory; he visited Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, Aleppo and Baghdad; he explored Ctesiphon and Babylon; he spent seven years in Persi…

Top-Hats in Tobruk.

RANKIN, KENNETH. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Odiham: Kenneth Rankin, 1983. 1st edition. "The story of a Troop of Anti-Aircraft Gunners who took part in the early North African Campaigns. Taken from the diary of one of its officers, it gives an authentic and intimate almost hour by hour account of the Siege of Torbruk, writ…

Jane Austen and the Fiction of her Time.

WALDRON, MARY. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 0521651301. 1st edition. Explores the nature of Jane Austen's "confrontations with the popular novelists of her time, and demonstrates how her challenge to them transformed fiction". Pp.x/194, signed by the author to front free endpap…