FICTION / GENERAL from Chilton Books

London: Ward, Lock and Co, nd. (c.1877).. Frances Hodgson Burnett's first novel. "Set in a Lancashire mining town, That Lass o' Lowries is a gritty, and at times brutal, tale of romance across the classes, which stands in stark contrast to her later work.". - Summary by Phil Benson (LibriVox). Pp.181/4(publisher's catalogue), owner's details to front free endpaper,… Read more about this item

Republic of Ireland: Anvil Books, 1977.. Reprint. Originally published in 1932 as 'The Invisible Army'. "With the exception of the Nineteen-Sixteen leaders, Michael Collins and a few others, obvious to all who know the period, 1916-1924, the characters in this book are ficttitious, and no reflection is made or implied on any living person".(Desmond Ryan, 1932). Pp164,… Read more about this item

Librario Publishing Limited, 2012.. Each of the fifteen stories in The Accidental Shepherd should be read on its own merits as a stand-alone vignette in the life of Geordie Kinloch. Some were inspired by experiences and observations of the author and his friends, others are too far-fetched to be autobiographical." Pp.137, signed by the author to half-title page.… Read more about this item

Librario Publishing Limited, 2011.. When the giant American financial group CSF appoints Mark Telford's Appletree Capital Management in London to handle a world-wide fund, the champagne flows in expectation of the fees this will generate...Euphoria is short-lived however, as the temptations of unbelievable wealth stoke the self-justifying ambitions of the players, in a world where amorality can easily… Read more about this item

Bexleyheath: S.M.D.Print Centre, 2003.. A moving yet humorous story of the Hope family, in the screw and scrape times of Peace, and how it was in War, living alongside the East End Docks in the Blitz. Pp.413, signed by author to title page. Paperback. VG.

London: Michael Joseph, 1981.. 1st edition. Ex library. "The authors range from established novelists such as Stan Barstow, Peter Tinniswood, John Wain and Beryl Bainbridge to writers known mostly, like Chris Barkas and Alan Bleasdale, for their plays or, like Joan Bakewell and Brian Thompson, as broadcasters." Pp.201, front free endpaper removed, library inkstamp to copywright page, old… Read more about this item

New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1926.. 1st US edition Pp.249, errata slip tipped-in to foreword page, gift message to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers. Green cloth spine with patterned paper-covered boards rather rubbed, oritinal paper label to spine darkened. Good. "The book covers the Grand Tour of a genteel Irish lady, Cleone, her father and… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1952.. 1st edition. "Retired from the sea, after his fill of adventures and violence and love, old Sandy lives quietly alone in a remote Highland cottage with a barn, a temperamental cow, a few books and a few hundred pounds in the bank. It is the tranquil and reflective evening of his days, Suddenly,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1950.. 6th impression. During the Second World War, the cargo vessel S.S. Cabinet Minister is wrecked off a remote fictional Scottish island group � Great Todday and Little Todday � with fifty thousand cases of whisky aboard. Due to wartime rationing, the thirsty islanders had nearly run out of the "water of life" and see… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1947.. 1st edition. The discovery of a papyrus unfolds the story of a Roman General in Palestine in the time of Jeshua. Pp.256. Blue cloth, three spots to front board, dustwrapper rubbed and creased with 1cm hole to centre of spine. Good/Good.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, nd. (c.1912).. Attractive decorated binding. Regency romance about Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former boxing champion of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale, Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - �700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1982.. 1st edition. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic faith. Pp.221. Green cloth, unclipped dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, nd.(c.1930).. Second printing. A collection of nine short stories narrated by the inexorable Mr Mulliner about members of his prodigious family, including one who is also a member of the Drones Club. The last three of the stories are about Bobbie Wickham. Pp.320, owner's name to front free endpaper. Bright orange cloth with black title… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920.. 1st British edition. (First published in the US as Their Mutual Child in 1919 by Boni & Liveright, New York). "The novel tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth, and their young son, Bill. Bill's upbringing is interfered with by Ruth's busybody aunt, Mrs. Lora Delane Porter, who is an author of… Read more about this item

London: A & C Black Ltd, 1922.. Third edition. "Set at the fictional public school of Eckleton, the story centres upon the "House of Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr Kay, and Kennedy, the head boy. The story features practical jokes, fighting between the boys, burglaries, a mugging in the local village, politics amongst the… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker and Warburg Limited, 1951.. The second of Jules Supervielle's novels to be translated into English. At the close of 'The Colonel's Children' "it seemed that Colonel Bigua's end had come. But unknown to him his jump over-board had been observed by one of the officers. 'The Survivor' opens with the story of his rescue in… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955.. 1st edition. "Like the "twa corbies" of the old ballad, Alexander and John McGregor dwelt together in the little town of Kilbracken, whence they planned the lives of all their relatives. They were respected members of the kirk in their sanctimonious Victorian society, but the power with which they controlled the lives… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1945 .. A very good reprint of the first edition in a very good dustwrapper ( not price clipped). pp.224 . Dustwrapper after a design by W. J. Roberts - A Man and woman fleeing a burning farmstead. Edges rubbed and creased, spine dulled. Clean light brown cloth boards with black titles to… Read more about this item

London: T.Werner Laurie Ltd, 1934.. 1st British edition. "In these works, as indeed in all his writings, Sinclair manifests himself as a worthy exponent of the ideals characteristic of his own nation, their dogged determination and unbounded energy, their love of freedom, thier pioneering spirit and faith in democracy..." Pp.328, front free endpaper absent, slight toning to pages.… Read more about this item

Bath: George Bayntun, 1926.. Jorrocks Edition. Pp.x/425, coloured frontispiece + 19 full page wood engravings and many further wood engravings in the text, a couple of spots to endpapers. Blue illustrated cloth with gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed with small bumps to corners. G+.