Biografia

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.

Heros. Five Remarkable Christians who influenced......Philip Yancey, Becky Pippert, J.I. Packer, Elisabeth Elliot and Charles Colson.

SPANGLER, ANN AND TURNER, CHARLES. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press. 1991. "Five Christian leaders introduce you to their heroes". Pp 128, owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. VG.

Heralds of Holiness.

LAMBERT, D.W. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Stoke-on-Trent: M.O.V.E. 1975. 1st ed. "The purpose is not to dwell on a particular doctrine, but rather to set forth a life, as it has been lived by many faithfull men and women". Pp 80, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. G+.

An Early Harvest. A story of a Singer and His Song (Cyril Alexander Smellie).

HUMPHREYS, GORDON S. · 0 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Christian Colportage Association. nd. "The life of Cyril Alexander Smellie was not rich in years but in deeds it was rich indeed. He was but twenty-three when he received his home-call; yet seven years of that little life had been spent in loyal and active service of h...

Leonardo. The First Scientist.

WHITE, MICHAEL. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Little, Brown & Co, 2000. Rep. "Michael White's brilliantly absorbing new biography argues that Leonardo was, through the scope of his investigations and his desire to push back the boundaries of knowledge, nothing less that 'The First Scientist'." Pp. 13/370, 11 figur...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn. A Century in His Life.

THOMAS, D.M. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Little, Brown & Co, 1998. 1st ed. "An extraordinary accomplishment .. so marvellously readable. In it I feel that Solzhenitsyn appears whole for the first time." Pp. 19/583, portrait frontis, 26 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Bright Morning. Images of a Thirties Boyhood. (Large Print edition)

HAWORTH, DON. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Halifax: Remploy Press, 1990. 0706610075. A Portway Large Print book. "Recalls Don Haworth's boyhood in the East Lancashire of the Thirties. There emerges a rich variety of characters, neighbours, playmates, teachers, hawkers, tramps, hot gospellers, reporters, refugees, deadl...

A Seed Shall Serve. The Story of Toyohiko Kagawa, Spiritual Leader of Modern Japan.

SIMON, CHARLIE MAY. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1960. 1st ed. "Illegitimate, orphaned at the age of four, reared by his bitter stepmother, the sensitive, brilliant child developed into the compassionate idealist who has been called a Schweitzer, a St. Francis, a Gandhi". Pp 153, discreet owners...

The Seceders. The Story of J.C. Philpot and William Tiptaft.

PHILPOT, J.H. · 0 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: The Banner Truth Trust. nd. Pp 207, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Hand to the Plough. A Personal Record.

PAWSON, H. CECIL. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Redhill: Denholm House Press. 1973. "Dr Pawson has two dominant concerns, for the land and for people. One led to the choice of his life's work as an agriculturalist; the other to preaching, personal evangelism and innumerable friendships, coupled with a great love of home and...

Robert Bruce. Minister in the Kirk of Edinburgh.

MACNICOL, D.C. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: The Banner of Truth Trust. 1961. "Robert Bruce's stormy years following the death of John Knox - years of conflict, persecution and revival - form the background of this 20th Century biography". Pp 221, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. Illustrated co...

Makers of Religious Freedom in the Seventeenth Century: Henderson: Rutherford: Bunyan: Baxter.

LOANE, MARCUS. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship. 1960. "A story of suffering and triumph, vividly told by a skilled biographer, enables the reader to visualize clearly the problems which faced the Church during this turbulent age". Pp 231, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, ...

Men of Vision.

FOSTER, JOHN. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: SCM. 1967. 1st ed. "There are accounts of Men of the Early Church, Apostles of Britain, Christians of Troubled Times, Reformers, Leaders of New Awakenings, African and Asian Christians, and finally of distinguished men whom the author himself has known". Pp 126, discre...

David Watson a Portrait by His Friends.

ENGLAND, EDWARD. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Crowborough: Highland Books. 1985. 1st ed. "These honest and penetrating recollections paint a loving portrait of David, with fresh insights into the closenes of his walk with the Lord". Pp 215, discreet inkstamp to verso front cover, toning to pages. P/b. Portrait cover. G+.

Shadow of the Almighty. The life-adventure, witness, testament and glory of Jim Elliot, one of the five martyrs of Ecudor.

ELLIOT, ELISABETH. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1967. Pp 256, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, toning to pages. P/b, slight creasing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

Sons to Samuel.

EDWARDS, MALDWYN. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: The Epworth Press. 1961. 1st ed. "Shows how inestimable was the debt which the sons owed to their father, but it must be confessed that the Rector's pride in the character and accomplishment of his sons caused him to neglect the company of his daughters". Pp 134, discr...

Journey into Understanding. Portrait of a Family.

ARNOTT, ANNE. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Hodder & Stougton. 1973. "With the same skill that made her first book memorable, the author describes her ancestors, as well as members of her immediate family, most of whom lived through the Victorian and Edwardian eras". Pp 227, discreet owners inkstamp to verso fro...

Chalmers of New Guinea. The Martyr Missionary.

SETON, WALTER. · 0 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

London: The Sunday School Union,nd. 3rd ed. Splendid Lives series. Pp.122, portrait frontis, + 13 b/w illustrations, historated capital to each chapter,inscript. to fep. Blue illustrated cloth, edges rubbed. G+.

A Fistful of Heroes. Great Reformers and Evangelists.

POLLOCK, JOHN. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Basingstoke: Marshall Morgan and Scott. 1988. 1st ed. "Biographical great reformers, liberators and evangelists of the 18th and 19th centuries, bringing their spiritual development to life, and proving that God choses the weak to bring about his great purpose". Pp 120, slight ...

Handicap Race. The Inspiring Story of Roger Arnett.

WILSON, DOROTHY CLARKE. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1968. 1st British ed. "This is a story of courage in the face of pain, pf poverty, of fear." Pp. 7/278, 15 b/w illustrations, owner's stamp to fep. Blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w has small chippings. G+/G+.