Biografia

A Loud Appeal. Playing by God's Rules.

DIGBY, ANDREW WINGFIELD. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1988. 1st ed. "Takes a look at the pressures and rewards of the sporting life - such as competitiveness, isolation and ego - and describes the birth of Christians in sport, of which the author is Director". Pp 128, slight toning to pages, some b/w i...

God Put a Fighter in Me.

WALSH, SHEILA. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1987. "Describes with warmth, humour and sincerity, how a shy, young Scottish girl, afraid of personal relationships, became an outgoing, popular rock star and television presenter". Pp 149, 10 colour and 2 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover....

Some Nineteenth Century Leaders. Pioneers.

POLLOCK, J.C. · 1951 · Chilton Books

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London: The Tyndale Press. 1951. 1st ed. "Recalls some of the leaders in the social revolution which took place during the nineteenth century". Pp 72, discreet owners inkstamp to fep. P/b, slight scuffing to spine. G+.

A Short Life of Mary of the Passion. (Helen de Chappotin) . Foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.

MALEISSYE, MARIE-THERESE DE. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Mumbai: St. Pauls. 1997. "Portrays her courageous and dynamic personality at the crossroads of different spiritual traditions: the Mystery of the Cross, the proclamationj of the Gospel and the fraternal poverty of Francis of Assisi". Pp 167, postcard size prayer card and promo...

Mystics of Our Times.

GRAFF, HILDA. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Burns & Oates. 1962. "A set of ten short biographies which show there are still men and women in the world who search diligently for the purest love of God". Pp 238, ex library inkstamps to verso front cover and title page. P/b, sunning to spine, clear protective wrap ...

Not Quite Heaven.

COURTIE, BRENDA. · 1984 · Chilton Books

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London: SPCK. 1984. 1st ed. "Brenda Courtie has travelled a long way to cover the two miles from Bootle docks where she was born to Hatton Hill...Along the way she found a personal faith in Christ...Now back in her native Merseyside - she has found a new use for her gifts as a...

Charles de Foucauld.

TROUNCER, MARGARET. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: Catholic Book Club, 1974. Biography of Charles, Vicomte de Foucauld. Pp. 214. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

A Better Class of Person. An Autobiography 1926-1956.

OSBORNE, JOHN. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1982. "An honest, account of a stultifying childhood and early adventures in the provincial theatre". Pp 285, 8 b/w illustrations, pages toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Dreams of Success.

READ, TOM (PSEUDONYM OF ROWLAND C. STRATFORD). · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

London: Minerva Press, 1998. 1st ed. "Tom Read's extraordinarily rich and varied story of his experiences as an articled clerk and later his own boss as a Chartered Accountant in the 1960's. Trembling clients, totalitarian taxmen, mods and rockers, shoplifters, swimming pools ...

Dear Bill. W.F. Deedes reports.

DEEDES, W.F. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

London: Macmillan, 1997. 1st ed. "His book will prove both inspirational to the professional and a sheer, diverting delight to others." Pp. 7/413, 24 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Peter Mackenzie. His Life and Labours.

DAWSON, REV. JOSEPH. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Charles H.Kelly,1896. 2nd ed. Pp.12/348, photo portrait frontis. (from a negative by G.Risdale Cleare,Clapton,London), 20 b/w photo illustrations, owners name to half-title. Brown cloth over bevelled boards, gilt motif and title to front, gilt title to spine, small ink...

The Lonely Sea and the Sky.

CHICHESTER, FRANCIS. · 1965 · Chilton Books

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. 1st Readers Union ed. "There are few other life stories of our time in which the drama and excitement flow so effortlessly." Pp. 352, 13 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations. Mottled blue cloth, illustrated d/w has edge chippings. VG/G+.

William Temple. Church, State and Society in Britain, 1880-1950.

KENT, JOHN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1992. 0521376300. 1st ed. "This is a study of Temple's public life and policy in Britain, and of his part in the movement to unite the world's Protestant churches". Pp 197. Pbk. VG.

Extraordinary Parsons of Devon and Cornwall.

CLAY, EMILY. · 1986 · Chilton Books

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Exeter: Devon Books. 1986. 0861147804. 1st ed. "Here the author has drawn together tales of many West Country clerics - a region with more than its share of Extraordinary Parsons". 21cms x 14.5cms. Pp.74, some b/w illustrations. Pbk, sunning to spine. G+.

Madame Guyon. Martyr of the Holy Spirit.

THOMPSON, PHYLLIS. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1986. 1st ed. "The spread of her simple teaching on the love of God, the abandonment of self-centredness and the acceptance of God's will brought Madame Guyon imprisonment and interrogation, but she remained devoted to her Saviour to the end". Pp 19...

8 of God's Agents.

THOMPSON, PHYLLIS. · 1970 · Chilton Books

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London: Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship. 1970. 1st ed. "The purpose of this book is to challenge readers to a deeper insight and a greater understanding of the life of Christians in Nepal and India". Pp 80, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. G+.

Seeds of Success.

STRATFORD, ROWLAND C. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Sudbury: Book Mews Publishing. 2000. 1st ed. "The author's (Tom Read in the Book) second book in a trilogy. His highly successful first book, is 'Dreams of Success'. This book continues Tom's extraordinarily rich and varied story of his experiences as his own boss (Chartered A...

Sometimes I Prefer to Fuss.

PEET, VERDA. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Sevenoaks: OMF. 1985. 1st ed. "Stifling heat, cultural blunders, tropical sicknesses, separation from children, Christians who trade in opium...yes, opportunities for fussing abound when you are a missionary in North Thailand.....Shows not only the frustrations but the spiritu...

Heather in my Ears. More Confessions of a Minister's Son.

MACVICAR, ANGUS. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Fontana. 1977. "Full of unusual anecdotes, including some hilarious World War II adventures in Italy. But the centre is of the people and place of Southend on the Mull of Kintyre". Pp 191, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, pages toned, 4 b/w illustrations....

Gremlins in my Garden. Confessions of a Harassed Horticulturist.

MACVICAR, ANGUS. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Arrow Books. 1990. "Manning his defences with seaweed and soil analysis, fish crates and fertilizer, prayer, paraffin, weedkiller and wit. Through his wealth of anecodotes and reminiscences, the entranced reader soaks up his considerable gardening wisdom as naturally a...