Biografia

Steve Jobs.

ISAACSON, WALTER. · 2011 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Little, Brown, 2011. 9781408703748. Reprint. "Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors and colleagues - this book chronicles the rolle...

The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers. Coming of Age in the Arctic.

MAURICE, EDWARD BEAUCLERK. · 2004 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Fourth Estate, 2004. 0007171633. 1st edition. "This is a great book about life at remote bases in Canada's far north as seen by a young English boy who went there by himself to see the world and got more than he could ever have bargained for." (Sir Ranulph Fiennes). Pp...

A Little Book of True Stories.

MASSIE, ALICE. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1929. The Little Big Books series. 14cms x 11cms x 1.5cms. Stories include: Grace Darling; The Boy Who Saved Holland; The Little Dressmaker (Sarah Martin); The Story of a Coal-Pit Boy (David Hughes); Flora Macdonald; and Jack C...

Michael Palin. Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years.

PALIN, MICHAEL. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. 0297844369. 2nd edition. "In this first volume of his diaries he tells how Python emerged and triumphed.Enjoying an unlikely cult status early on. the group then proceeded to tour in the United States and Canada, appearing, like pop stars, ...

Aled. The Autobiography. (Signed).

JONES, ALED WITH HENLEY, DARREN. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Virgin Books, 2005. 1852272503. 1st edition. "Aled Jones was a choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom..Best known as a boy soprano for his hit "Walking in the Air", Aled tells the full story of this phenomenal r...

Human Scale. 1918-2000.

GRAY, MARIANNE. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ipswich: Privately published, 2001. Life story of an 80 year-old Ipswich woman. Pp.61, signed compliments slip from the author loosley inserted, colour photos to centre pages and occasional black & white photos throughout. Paperback. VG.

The Great Lord Burghley. A Study in Elizabethan Statecraft.

HUME, MARTIN A.S. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: James Nisbet & Co.Limited, 1898. 1st edition. "For nearly half a century William Cecil, Lord Burghley, exercised greater influence over the future fortunes of England than ever fell to the share of a statesman before or since." Pp.xvi/511, portrait frontispiece, rough-...

The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson.

KELMAN, JOHN. · 1903 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Edinburgh: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1903. 1st edition. "Its uncoventionality, its freedom from dogmatic expression, and the inseparable weaving of it into the warp and woof of his life's various activities, must appeal to many who have found themselves out of sympathy wi...

The Land of the Afternoon. The Story of a White South African. (Signed and Hilary Rubinstein associated copy).

SOWDEN, LEWIS. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

LondonL Elek Books Ltd, 1968. 1st edition. Louis Sowden's "Penetrating autobiography describes the attempts and failure of Jan Smuts to establish an enduringly liberal tradition in South Africa, and the years that followed under the harsh regime of Verwoerd. He deals with the ...

Life, Religious Opinions and Experience of Madame Guyon. Including an Account of the Personal History and Religious Opinions of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray.

UPHAM, THOMAS C. · 1908 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: H.R.Allenson Limited, 1908. Edited and revised by 'an English Clergyman'. New edition, with "contents" added. Pp.xvi/500/4(ads for other publications), owner's names to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Cheek and Churches.

TRICKER, ROY. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ipswich: R.W. Tricker(privately published), 1999. 0953603504. Previously published as "Chalk and Churches", an autobiography. A4 size. Pp.46, inscribed by the author to title page, occasional black & white photos. Paperback. VG.

Valima Letters. Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin November 1890 - October 1894.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. · 1895 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London: Methuen and Co, 1895. Second edition. Journal-letters from Samoa. Pp.xx/366/32(ads for other publications), portrait frontispiece of Stevenson (etched by W.Strang) + 2 photo portrait plates, owner's name to front free endpaper, occasional spotting and small pink spots ...

Wind in the Reeds.

WAYRE, PHILIP. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Collins, 1968. Second impression. "How do you persuade a heron to swallow an eel in front of your camera, train a golden eagle to kill, or prevent a bear from committing suicide? All his life Philip Wayre has had to solve the peculiar problems set him by the birds and ...

T.E.Brown: His Life and Legacy.

WINTERBOTTOM, DEREK. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Douglas: The Manx Experience, 1997. 187312029X. 1st edition. Published to mark the centenary of the death of T.E.Brown, 29th October 1897. Biography of the Manx poet. "While at Clifton, and as an escape from the heavy duties of schoolmastering, he began to write poetry, and in...

The Autobiography of George Fox, From His Journal.

FOX, GEORGE. / NEWMAN, HENRY STANLEY.(EDITOR). · 1886 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London: S.W.Partridge and Co, nd.(c.1886). Autobiography of the English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. 20.5cms x 16cms x 3cms. All page edges red. Pp.xxxii/422/2(ads), engraved portrait frontispiece, minor...

Good Morning, Good People. An Autobiography - Past and Present.

RAYMOND, ERNEST. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Cassell1970. 1st ed. Pp.158,frontis. + 12 further b/w plates. Orange cloth, d/w. VG/G+.

Stories of Great Craftsmen.

GLENISTER, S.H. · 1939 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: George G.Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1939. 0. 1st edition. "An interesting and beautifully illustrated account of the life and work of twelve great craftsmen from Caxton to Edison..What more enthralling a story can be devised than a description of good work accomplished for its o...

John Wyclif: Translator of the Bible, and Reformer.

CORLETT COWELL, R. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Charles H.Kelly, nd.(c.1897). 0. Biographical sketch of the Protestant reformer and translator of the Bible into English. Pp.128, frontispiece and 15 further black & white illustrations, rear endpaper absent, cracking to inner hinges but still firm. Blue illustrated cl...

Pilgrim and Pioneer. A Journey with God.

WIESNER, ELIZABETH P. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Gt. Britain.: Churchman Publishing, 1989. 1st ed.Biog. of woman priest. Pp.7/115, 5 b/w photos/ 4 b/w illust. P/b illust. cover. VG.

The Private Life of Tutankhamen.

TABOUIS, G.R. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1929. 0. Love, Religion, and Politics at the Court of an Egyptian King. (With a Preface by Theodore Reinach). Pp.xiv/322, 16 black & white plates + 17 illustrations in the text, spotting to closed page edges. Red cloth, gilt title to spine,...