LITERATURE from Chilton Books

Wellington: New Zealand Women Writers' Society, 1987.. 1st edition. Anthology of poetry and prose by New Zealand women writers. Pp.82, inscribed by Betty Bremner to half-title page. Paperback. VG.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,2002.. Complete Edition. "Katherine Mansfield published three collections of short stories during her tragically short life and was acclaimed as one of modernism's most daring and original writers.Margaret Scott's transcription of material bequeathed to Mansfield's husband John Middleton Murry presents an unexpurgated edition of Mansfield's private writings and letters. 24cms x 17cms x 3.8cms. … Read more about this item

London; Gay & Hancock Ltd, 1911.. 1st edition. Baconian theory that the English philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon, was the real author of Shakespeare's plays. Pp.xx/180, 4 facsimile plates to end, portrait frontispiece + 3 further black & white plates, inscribed by the author "To H.Crouch Batchelor with the regards of the author, Granville C.Cuningham, 19th June 1917"… Read more about this item

Philidelphia: The International Press, The John C. Winston Co., [c. 1915] .. A very good two volume set. Plain stiff red paper wraps with faded gilt titles to spines. Clean red cloth with bright gilt heraldic shield to each board. corners rubbed and bumped. Clean white spines with gilt titles. Top page edges gilt. Polish heraldic bookplate to the… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.. 1st US edition. "Peter Parker explores the lives of A.E.Housman and his most famous book, and in doing so shows how 'A Shropshire Lad' has permeated English life and culture since its publication". Includes the whole of 'A Shropshire Lad' as anappendix. Pp.xii/530. Black boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900.. Second edition, revised. To Which is Prefixed An Essay on Inscriptions and a Note on the Geography of Thucydides. Volume One: Books I-III. Pp.cxii/267. Volume Two: Books IV-VIII. Pp.514, loss to lower corner tip of pp.141/142 not affecting text. Maroon cloth, gilt titles to spines, slight uneven fading to front board of Volume Two. VG.

Edinburgh: nd. (c.1933)?. With a Foreword by Professor J.Y.Simpson. (President, World Brotherhood Federation). "This book is not intended to be a life of Burns or a synopsis of his works, but an effort to place within the limit of an hour's reading, the spirit, teaching and song of Burns on humanity, love and brotherhood." 23cms x 14.5cms. … Read more about this item

Kilmarnock: The Kilmarnock Standard Limited, 1959.. 1st edition. Contains " a brief summary of the main activities of the Federation since its institution...Intended to serve the double purpose of providing for members of the Federation information which could only be obtained by going through sixty-seven volumes of the 'Chronicle', and of informing those outside the official Burns movement of… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson, 2021.. Seasons Edition - Spring. Limited edition No.9,281 of 10,000. 23.5cms x 16cms x 5cms. Pp.viii/614, pale green ribbon marker. Dark green cloth with laser-cut dustwrapper and matching complimentary bookmark attached to inside of card sleeve. Dustwrapper has a stiff clear portective wrap. VG/VG.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968.. The Penguin Classics series. "This selection has been made to present him [Lucian] primarily as a humorous writer. Yet Eunapius truly wrote that Lucian 'was a man who made very serious efforts to be funny'; indeed the propaganda and hypocrisy of the modern world coul benefit from his style of sardonic realism." Pp.320, slight toning to… Read more about this item

London: Haus Publishing, 2006.. Anthony Curtis first discovered Virginia Woolf's novels as a schoolboy. "Later on, from the vantage point of a literary editor, he reviewed her diaries, letters and essays when they were first published. In this beautifully illustrated volume, he shares his knowledge and admiration for the writer and anttempts to answer the question: 'in what… Read more about this item

London: Guy Chapman, 1925.. Facsimile of Francis Hickes' translation from the Greek into English. The present edition is reprinted from that of 1634 by Hickes' son Thomas, who added the prefatory matter. 17cms x 11cms. Pp.xx/187, toning to endpapers and light creasing to lower corner of first few pages. Black cloth, gilt title to spine and… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.. For the last twelve years of his life Dickens toured Britain and America giving two-hour readings from his work to audiences of over two thousand. "This book tries to recreate, in greater detail than ever before, the sense of how those readings were performed and how they were received, how Dickens devised his stage… Read more about this item

Hockwold-cum-Wilton: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2003.. Reformatted and reprinted. "The verse in which the story unfolds is, by common consent, the finest writing surviving in Old English...to help those learning Old English, and to refresh the memory of those who learnt it many years ago, a literal word-by-word translation is printed opposite an edited text". Pp.192. Paperback, minor wear to… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, nd.(c.1990).. Reprint of the 1969 edition. Contains: Collected Poems 1909-62; Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats; Poems Written in Early Youth; Murder in the Cathedral; The Family Reunion; The Cocktail Party; The Confidential Clerk; and The Elder Statesman. Pp.608, owner's details to half-title page and final page of index. Grey cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Beaumont Press, 1926.. Limited edition of 310 copies on handmade paper of which this is No.243. Pp.126, coloured title vignette by Randolph Schwabe, some pages unopened, a few minr spots to endpapers. White vellum spine with gilt title, decorated paper-covered boards with beautiful design by B. Claudia Guercio. VG.

London: The Saturn Press, 1947.. 1st edition. "Limiting his choice to examples of direct speech, the compiler has selected phrases, images and expressions of emotion, whether "charming, rude or delightfully odd", and wittily contrasted them with each other. The 'decorations' by Edward Ardizzone show the finality and perpetual aptness of such language by suggesting the colloquial use today." … Read more about this item

London: Adam And Charles Black, 1907 .. Limited Edition. Signed by Alfred Austin the poet laureate, limited deluxe edition of 250 copies - number 182. Soiled cream cloth hardcover with gilt titles on decoratively framed front and on dulled spine. Edges and corners rubbed and bumped. Light spotting to endpapers, other wise clean text throughout. Well illustrated with coloured… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1997.. 1st in this edition. "Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century BC, is thought to have travelled widely throughout Egypt, Africa, and many Greek city states". 13.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.114, toning to pages. Paperback, creasing to spine and minor edge wear. G+.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.. Michael Denning tracks the spy thriller from John Buchan to Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carre, and shows how these tales of spies, moles, and the secret service tell a story of our times, translating the political and cultural transformations of the twentieth century into the intrigues of a shadow world… Read more about this item