Biografia

The Life of Queen Victoria; and, the Story of Her Reign...

Morris, Charles · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

[Philadelphia?], [W. E. Scull], c1901. Hardcover. 574p. illus. Good condition .

Eddie: My Life and Loves

Fisher, Eddie · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

New York, Harper & Row, c1981. 1st edition . Hardcover. 360p. illus. Very good condition/good.

Madame Récamier

Herriot, Edouard · 1925 · Brookline Village Books

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1925. Hardcover. 2 vols. illus . Ex-library, Very good condition .

Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood

Young, Cathy · 1989 · Brookline Village Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1989. Hardcover. 334p. illus. Very good condition/good.

General Ike: A Biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hatch, Alden · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chicago, Consolidated, c1944. Bk. club ed. Hardcover. 258p. illus. Good condition .

Journey Among Warriors

Curie, Eve · 1943 · Brookline Village Books

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

Garden City, Doubleday, 1943. Hardcover. 501 p. Very good condition in chipped d.j .

Good Lord. A Light-hearted Sketch of a Ministry. Illustd. by Graeme Skinner.

BROWN, BISHOP RONALD. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Arthur James Ltd, 1992. 1st ed. Ronald Brown believes that humour is one of God's great gifts that leads us to him: and that laughter is a vote of confidence in the Good Lord. Pp. 188, 9 b/w drawings. Inscrip. to fep. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

We Came to a Village.

SHAW, GLADYS. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: The Highway Press, 1962. "The author, spent six years living in villages in the Aurangabad area of India, about 180 miles north-east of Bombay, sharing the life and problems of the village people, and working alongside the pastors in teaching and training voluntary wor...

Captain Scott.

GWYNN, STEPHEN. · 1939 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1939. 1st Penguin ed. Biography. Pp. 248/5(ads). Toning to pages. Paperback. G.

The Secret Country of C. S. Lewis. (Illustrated by Patricia Frost).

ARNOTT, ANNE. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. 1st.in this ed. "A biography of C.S. Lewis for young people. This book brings to life a fascinating man and shows something of his almost reluctant journey into faith." Pp, 123, 6 b/w illustrations, pages toned. P/b. G+.

Thomas Merton. Monk and Poet. A Critical study.

WOODCOCK, GEORGE. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London:Catholic Book Club,1979. Bk Clb ed. "Thomas Merton was one of the most important religious poets of this century, with a remarkable range of expression that embraced both the richness of the liturgical life and the stark clarities of mystical experience." Pp.200. Green ...

Alice's Adventures in Oxford.

BATEY, MAVIS. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Andover: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd, 1980. The story of Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and the immortal friendship with 'Lewis Carroll'. Pp. 32/1(ad). Illustd. throughout. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

"Who does she think she is?"

WHITEHOUSE, MARY. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: New English Library Ltd, 1972. Revised NEL ed. The frank and outspoken story by one of the most controversial figures in society today. Pp. 175/1(ad). Signed by author to fep. Toning to pages. P/b. G.

William Barclay. A Personal Memoir.

MARTIN, JAMES. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1984. 071520579X. 1st ed. Preface by George Thomas, Rt. Hon. Viscount Tonypandy of Rhondda. Biography. Pp.104. Paperback. VG.

Who Goes Home? Scenes from a Political Life.

HATTERSLEY, ROY. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Little, Brown & Co, 1995. 1st.ed. "Scenes from a Political Life..A biography..Roy Hattersley." Pp, 315, P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

The Life of Thomas More.

ACKROYD, PETER. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Vintage, 1999. Rep. "Ackroyd tells More's story with imaginative sympathy and impeccable scholarship .." Pp. 11/435, 6 colour & 17 b/w illustns. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

Writing Home. (Includes The Lady in the Van).

BENNETT, ALAN. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London:Faber,1994. "For some years now Alan Bennett has published a selection of his Diaries in the London Review of Books. 'Writing Home' brings together for the first time, together with his thoughts on many literary figures, including John Osborne,W.H.Auden and Philip Larki...

Twelve Who Cared. My Adventures with Christian Courage.

WILSON, DOROTHY CLARKE. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. "This is the rarely glimpsed view of a noted christian writer and the people whose lives she has recounted. Here is the story of her subjects - the qualities of character which drew her to them, how they impressed her and changed her life." ...

Snapdragon in the Wall.

SUGG, JOYCE. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Dublin: C. Goodliffe Neale, 1978. 1st.ed. "The story of John Henry Newman." Pp, 191, many b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

Here I Stand. Martin Luther.

BAINTON, ROLAND. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Tring: Lion Publishing, 1988. "This classic biography gives a vivid and exciting picture of the man who reshaped the face of Europe and turned the church of his time upside-down." Pp, 412, some b/w sketch illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.