Biografia

Joseph Conrad. A critical biography.

BAINES, JOCELYN. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. "This authoritative book, based on extensive research, has inevitably greatly modified the accepted views of Conrad: and at times startlingly so, as in the revelation of his attempted suicide.". Pp, 507. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

God's Outlaw. The story of William Tyndale & the English Bible.

EDWARDS, BRIAN H. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

England: Evangelical Press, 1993. 2nd imp. "This fugitive and outlaw gave the English-speaking people their most priceless heritage: the Scriptures in their mother tongue". Pp. 185/1(ad). Portrait frontis. 10 b/w illustns. Newspaper cutting loosely inserted. P/b. Illustd. cove...

Progress is Unorthodox.

CAIRNS, FRED I. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Boston:Beacon Press,1950. 1st ed. "This is the story of men who have dared to form the vanguard in new ideas as the world has grown older..Familiar characters appear in these pages under a new light - Moses, Akhenaton, Arius, Servetus, Spinoza." Pp.10/185,review copy slip loos...

Letters of Henry Adams (1858 - 1891).

FORD, WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY.(EDITOR). · 1930 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:Constable,1930. 1st ed. Henry Adams was one of the greatest letter writers of his time. 25cms x 19cms. Pp.8/552, bookplate to verso front board, a few marginal spots not affecting text. Black cloth, gilt title to spine,edges rubbed. G+.

Only One God.

MENON, VIJAY. WITH KNOWLTON, DERRICK. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Chichester: New Wine Press, 1982. 1st ed. "Having come to Christianity as an 'outsider' Vijay has a fresh and lively understanding of how the gospel of salvation affects both our eternal destiny and our daily living." Pp. 128. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

A Journalist's Odyssey. With a personal recollection by Robert Kee and biographical notes by Hermione O'Donovan.

O'DONOVAN, PATRICK. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London:Esmonde Publishing,1985. 0946680116. 1st ed. Biography of the Observer's Foreign Correspondent, describer of State occasions, Catholic Herald columnist, documentary maker and biographer. Pp.109, owner's personal obituary to fep, photograph and black-edged portrait praye...

Michael Ramsey. A Life.

CHADWICK, OWEN. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Oxford: Clarendon Press,1990. Rep. Biography of the former Archbishop of Canterbury (1961-74). "He comes out of this book as a person of much prayer and rock-like conviction, who in an age of shaken opinion was an anchor of faith and hope among a pessimistic generation." Pp.14...

His God, My God.

URQUHART, CAROLINE. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. 0340287179. "It was'nt easy for the author when conversions and healings started happening in her husband's church..From Luton to the Hyde, at home and in the ministry, she reveals how the same God reaches out to Colin and herself." Pp, 120,...

Zlata's Diary. A child's life in Sarajevo. Intro. by Janine di Giovanni.

FILIPOVIC, ZLATA. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Penguin, 1994. 1st ed. by Penguin with Afterword. A personal account of the war in Sarajevo Translated with notes by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric. Pp. 17/192/8 (ads), 9 b/w illustns. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

Lord Shaftesbury. A Portrait.

HIGHAM, FLORENCE M.G. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London:SCM,1945. 1st ed.(RBC.No.45). Pp.127, owners name to fep. Green boards. G+.

David Watson. A Biography. Foreword by George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy.

SAUNDERS, TEDDY & SANSOM, HUGH. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. 1st ed. Biography. Pp. 10/262, 9 b/w illustns. between pps. 54 & 55, 13 b/w illustns. between pps. 214 & 215. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

Ten of our Time.

CLIFFORD, JOAN. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Redhill: Denholm House Press. 1967. 1st.ed. "This book tells of ten people. Assemble them in a group and anyone would be hard put to it to recognize any link between them. Each of them is a committed Christian alive in the 1960's." Pp. 96. P/b. G+.

Going for Broke on Jesus.

PARK BOB. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Wrexham: P.T.L.Publications, 1991. 1st ed. Story of a drinking, smoking, swearing, gambling man, and how he was saved through finding Jesus. Pp.90, 11 b/w photos. Pbk. G+.

A Portrait of Jane Austen.

CECIL DAVID. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Middx.: Penguin Books, 1980. 0140054111. 1st ed. Biography of Jane Austen. Pp. 208, 23 colour + 75 black & white illustrations. Pbk. VG.

Memoir Of Bishop Mackenzie. Second Edition.

GOODWIN, HARVEY .[GODWIN]. · 1865 · Chilton Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

Cambridge; Deighton, Bell, And Co, 1865. 0. 8vo. 18cm x 11cm x 3cm. pp.12/388/7(appendix; a letter from Horace Waller to Harvey Godwin). Engraved portrait frontis of Bishop Mackenzie, by W. Hall. 2 folding maps, one full page engraving, another full page map and few illustrati...

The Span of Time. The Autobiography of a Doctor.

BELL NICOLL, J.T. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London:Hodder and Stoughton,1952. 1st ed. "The Span of Time is more than a biography, for it contains a message of hope which will bring comfort to all who have to bear the burden of enduring sickness." Pp.256. Red cloth, d/w edges chipped. VG/G+.

The Hound and the Falcon. The Story of a Reconversion to the Catholic Faith.

WHITE, ANTONIA. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

London: Virago Ltd. 1980. "In this account of a spiritual and personal crisis of universal relevance we watch the Heavenly Huntsman claim her for His own."Pp. 20/171. P/b. G+.

I Remember.

RAHNRE, KARL. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: SCM. Press. 1985. 1st. (this ed.) "In this book the author talks about his childhood in Freiburg, his family life and religious background, the terror of life under the Nazis, and all that came after." Pp. 111. portrait frontis. P/b. portrat cover. VG.

Thursday's Child.

MICHELMORE, WINSOME. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

By Author: 1985. 1st.ed. "This book is the autobiography of Lady Michelmore, young sister of 'Monty' Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, and of course he figures in the pages of this book." Pp. 108, 12 b/w. illustrations. P/b. portrait cover. VG.

The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield. (Volume I.Letters to Correspondents A-J).

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE. / DAVISON, CLAIRE AND KIMBER, GERRI (EDITORS). · 2020 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. 9781474445443. Organised by recipient rather than chronologically, Volume One covers letters to correspondents A-J. "The letters offer a detailed exposé of Mansfield's life: from exile and emigration, intimacy and betrayal, and the ...