Biografia

Bees in My Bonnet. Reminiscences of a Highland Boyhood.

MACVICAR, ANGUS. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Arrow Books. 1984. "Danny the Tink, the watch-mender who insisted on pagan death rites...Pipe-smoking old Florre, who left her hovel to play tracking games with the boys...Mary MacAulay, the spinster who saw visions of a fair city in the sea...These are some of the gre...

Daylight Must Come. The Story of Dr. Helen Roseveare.

BURGESS, ALAN. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Pan Books. 1977. "The testament of one women's unshakeable faith and courage in a hell of brutality, rape and slaughter". Pp 285, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, pages slightly toned, 8 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Some Noted Ministers of the Northern Highlands.

BEATON, THE REV. D. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Glasgow: Free Presbyterian Publications. 1985. "At one time the names of these ministers were household words in the Highlands of Scotland and these ambassadors of Christ were held in high esteem...The Witness which these noted ministers maintained, sometimes in dark days, is ...

Captain Luckless: James, First Duke of Hamilton. 1606-1649.

RUBINSTEIN, HILARY L. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1975. 1st ed. "In this full-length biography, the first of Hamilton for 300 years, Mrs. Rubinstein brilliantly unravels the personality and motivations of this mysterious man .." Pp. 12/307, portrait frontis, 15 b/w illustrations + 2 maps. B...

Robert Blake. General-at-Sea.

POWELL, J.R. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Collins, 1972. 1st ed. "Besides its value as a biography it provides a lucid and original account of that crucible of sailing-ship tactics, the first Dutch War." Pp. 352, portrait frontis, 15 b/w illustrations + 21 maps and plans. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, port...

David Hill. Missionary and Saint.

BARBER, REV. W.T.A. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London: Charles H. Kelly,1898. 2nd ed. Pp.337,Woodburyprint portrait frontis. + 2 folding maps, endpapers toned. Brown cloth with portrait photo inset to front, gilt title and Mr Hill's Chinese name(Li Siu San) in chinese characters to front, gilt title to spine,edges slightly...

Caroline Courtier: The Life of Lord Cottington. (With an Introduction by A.L. Rowse.)

HAVRAN, MARTIN J. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: Macmillan, 1973. 1st ed. "This first study of Cottington traces his long career and re-examines the standard interpretation of him." Pp. 18/232, portrait frontis,1 plate absent. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

Isaiah Berlin: A Life.

IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. "The author's chief source for the biography was a series of interviews with Berlin himself, as well as the colleciton of correspondence, to and from Berlin, in the Berlin Archive at Wolfson College." Pp.11/356+25 b/w illustrations, owner's inscr...

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Military Biography.

WINDROW, MARTIN AND MASON, FRANCIS K. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Ware: Wordsworth Editions. 1997. "Outlines the fascinating biographical details and often brutal careers of the 200 most outstanding land commanders from the 10th to the 20th century". Pp 337. P/b, slight creasing to spine, small crease to front cover, illustrated cover. G+.

Simeon. An Essay on the Rev. Charles Simeon M.A. 1759-1836.

WARREN, MAX. · 0 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

nd. (no details). "One of the most remarkable and influential clergymen of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He combined the role of a bachelor Fellow of King's College with the incumbency of Holy Trinity Church". Pp.24, some b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG.

God's Venturer - Hudson Taylor.

THOMPSON, PHYLLIS. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: The Overseas Missionary Fellowship. 1966. A religious biography. Pp 110, discreet owners inkstamp to fep, portrait to frontis. P/b, slight rubbing to spine and front cover, illustrated cover. G+.

Firebrand of Flanders. The Gospel in Belgium seen in the life of Odilon Vansteenberghe.

THOMPSON, PHYLLIS. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Lutterworth Press. 1964. 1st ed. "Offers a vivid portrait of the man, his native land and its continuing need for the Gospel". Pp 118, discreet owners inkstamp to fep. P/b. Portrait cover. G+.

Life and Letters of Fred W. Robertson. Incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1847-53.

BROOKE, STOPFORD A. · 1882 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench,Trubner & Co,1882. 0. People's Ed. Pp.24/351,owners details to half title. Black cloth over bevelled boards, gilt title to spine,top of spine slightly chipped. G+.

The Cambridge Seven. A Call to Christian Service.

POLLOCK, J.C. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1955. "In 1885 many people in Britain, of all ranks of society, were startled by the news that seven young men, of high social standing, were giving up everything to go to China as missionaries...The author gives a vivid picture of the influen...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892).

PEARCE, G.J.M. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Independent Press. 1961. 1st ed. A Heritage Biography. Pp 15, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

The Young Spurgeon.

JEFFERY, PETER. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Cardiff: Heath Christian Trust. 1986. 1st ed. "This short introduction into the life of the young Spurgeon is written to try and whet the appetites of Christians and encourage them to tackle the two-volume authobiography". Pp 87, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. ...

The Days of the Years of My Pilgrimage.

COLLINS, G.N.M. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Edinburgh: Knox Press. 1991. 1st ed. "Following the course of his own life he weaves into the story many interesting sidelights on the men and the movements of the Church in the 20th century". Pp 155, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, 6 b/w illustrations. P/b. Por...

Here I Stand. A Life of Martin Luther.

BAINTON, ROLAND H. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

New York: The New American Library of Word Literature. 1963. "The authoritative and inspiring story of a great religious leader - the crusader who spearheaded the Protestant Reformation". Pp 366, illustration to verso front cover and other b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated c...

Gould's Millions.

O'CONNOR, RICHARD. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New York: Doubleday & Co. Ltd, 1962. 1st ed. "Jay Gould is the worst man on earth since the beginning of the Christian era. He is treacherous, false, cowardly and a despicable worm incapable of a generous motive."(James Keene, an embittered ex-confederate). Pp. 335, 30 b/w ill...

Twice Born - And Then? The Autobiography and Messages of Rev. Andrew Gih, Litt.D., F.R.G.S. (Edited by J. Edwin Orr).

GIH, ANDREW. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd, 1956. Rep. "He is one of China's greatest evangelists, and he is reaching thousands through the printed page." Pp. 192, portrait frontis. Blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w has edge tears and small losses. VG/G.