Biografia

Stay of Execution. A Sort of Memoir

ALSOP, STEWART. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: The Bodley Head, 1974. Rep. The experiences of living with cancer. "An extraordinary book, grace under the ultimate pressure, filled with wit, wonder and endless courage." Pp. 312, 17 b/w photographs, slight toning to endpapers. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w e...

The Venerable Bede.

STRANKS, C.J. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: SPCK, 1989. Rep. "The late C.J. Stranks tells of Bede's scholarship, his simple holiness, and his influence on his contemporaries, and at the same time gives a vivid impression of the early days of the Church in Northumbria." Pp. 31. P/b. illustrated cover. VG.

Pilate. The Biography of an Invented Man.

WROE, ANN. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. 1st ed. "Very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the fifth prefect of Judea and the man who crucified Christ. This has not stopped writers in every age, from the evangelists onwards, from imagining his life". Pp.381. P/b, illustrated...

John Mark: First Gospel Writer. (Heroes of God Series.)

WILLIAMS, ALBERT N. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd, 1960. 1st Mowbray ed. "This is the exciting story of John Mark, the trader, as he travels for 15 years from Egypt to Asia Minor and back again .." Pp. 126. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

John Howe.

HORTON, ROBERT F. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Methuen, 1905. New and cheaper issue. Memoir of the Puritan divine who was chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Pp.8/237/30(ads), portrait frontis. Dark blue cloth, blind-stamped title to front, gilt title to spine, edges slightly rubbed. VG.

Attila. King of the Huns. The Man and the Myth.

HOWARTH, PATRICK. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Constable. 1994. 1st ed. "Attila the Hun has been known to the world for centuries as a bloodthirsty tyrant and as little else. In this piece of historical reconstruction the author shows how wrong the judgement of the world has been". Pp 205, inkstamp to verso front c...

M.

ROBB, PETER. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London: Bloomsbury. 2000. "Causing a huge controversy on publication, M is strikingly different from the usual painter's life. As a book about art and life and how they connect, there has never been anything quite like it". Pp 567, some b/w illustrations. P/b, slight creasing ...

Where Glory Dwells. Sanctuaries I Remember.

REDMOND, STEPHEN. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Dublin: Veritas. 2003. 1st ed. "A special type of autobiography focusing on the author's experiences throughout his life of the atmosphere and mystery of churches and chaples". Pp 91. P/b. VG.

Run to the Mountain. The Journals of Thomas Merton. Volume One 1939-1941.

MERTON, THOMAS. (HART, PATRICK. ED). · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

New York: HarperCollins. 1995. 1st ed. Contents Include:- Perry Street, New York: Cuban Interlude: Saint Bonaventures, New York. Pp 478, 1 b/w illustration. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

The Death of Dylan Thomas.

NASHOLD, DR. JAMES, & TREMLETT, GEORGE. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Co. (Edinburgh) Ltd, 1997. 1st ed. ".. Dr. James Nashold and George Tremlett retrace the Thomases' life together and then, in a dramatic reconstruction of Dylan's last days in New York, establish what really happened." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 256, ...

Letters from a Lost Generation. First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends: Roland Leighton, Edward Brittain, Victor Richardson, Geoffrey Thurlow.

BISHOP, ALAN, & BOSTRIDGE, MARK. (EDITORS.) · 1998 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Little, Brown & Co, 1998. Rep. "As the First World War moves ever closer to the furthest edge of living memory these letters are an important and moving testament to the love, comradeship and tragedy of a lost generation of brave young men." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 19/427,...

Boyfriend 64 Book.

ANON. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Proprietors City Magazines, Ltd, 1964. 1st ed. Packed with photos the showbiz book of the year: Elvis and many others in exciting colour. Pp. 151, 16 colour portraits, 16 pages colour illustrations + black & white illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards featuring ...

Winston Churchill. Man of Destiny.

NORTHCOTE, H. STAFFORD. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Newnes. nd (c.1963). A biography. 23cms x 17.5cms. Pp 64, full of b/w illustrations. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, portrait cover. G+.

Arabian Locust Hunter.

WALFORD, G.F. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: The Adventurers Club, 1964. 1st Adventurers Club ed. "Arabian Locust Hunter is one Englishman's graphic, personal account of his experiences as a participant in the battle." Pp. 176, 23 b/w illustrations + 2 maps. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has ...

Hugo Gurgeny. Prisoner of the Lisbon Inquisition.

BREARLEY, MARY. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 1st ed. "Miss Brearley reconstructs with artistry, care and a scholar's use of documents, the arrest and trial of an Englishman, Hugo Gurgeny, by the Inquisition in Lisbon in the seventeenth century." Pp. 176, frontis, 3 b/w illustrations, newspape...

John Paul II: A Pictorial Biography.

HEBBLETHWAITE, PETER AND KAUFMANN, LUDWIG. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

New York: McGraw Hill, 1979. 1st ed. 26cms x 21.5cms. A biography of the late Pope John Paul II illustrated throughout. Pp. 128,colour and b/w photographic illustrations throughout. Stiff card covers with colour photo of John Paul holding a young Latin American boy. VG.

God's Politician. John Paul at the Vatican.

WILLEY, DAVID. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Faber and Faber, 1992. 1st ed. ".examines the transformation of the once-static papacy into a high-profile office which wields great power behind the scenes." Pp.14/258, newspaper cutting from The Independent (9.5.92)concerning Pope John Paul II's 'Pastores dabo vobis'...

Great Leaders of the Christian Church.

WOODBRIDGE, JOHN D. (EDITOR). · 1998 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Chicago: Moody Press, 1998. Rep.? "More than just a reference tool, Great Leaders of the Christian Church contains sixty-four inspiring articles about some of the most influential people in church history." 23.5cms. x 16cms. Pp. 384, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Re...

Men of Purpose.

MASTERS, PETER. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Worthing: Henry E. Walter Ltd, 1973. "Eleven great lives - four of the greatest scientists of all time rub shoulders with industrialist Henry Heinz, composer Mendelssohn, and others." Pp.143, portrait frontispiece + 24 b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG.

John Bunyan of Bedfordshire.

GODBER, JOYCE. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Bedfordshire County Council: County Records Office. 1972. A religious biography. "John Bunyan was born near the Elstow boundary at Harrowden in 1628". Pp 9, some b/w illustrations. P/b, uneven sunning to covers, illustrated cover. G+.