Biografia

A Man Called Peter. The Story of Peter Marshall. (The Book of the Film.)

MARSHALL, CATHERINE. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Peter Davies, 1956. Rep. "This is the true story of a great modern preacher and a warmly human personality." Pp. 2/285/1(ad), portrait frontis, owner's stamp to fep. Blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

The Sheltered Days. Growing Up in the War.

LAMBERT, DEREK. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. 1st ed. Biography. An account of Derek Lambert's life as a child during World War II. Pp. 192, owner's stamp to fep. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w edges chipped. G+/G+.

Testament of Faith. (Preface by David L. Edwards.)

BARCLAY, WILLIAM. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Mowbrays, 1975. 1st ed. "The reader of these pages will get to know a national and international figure who is beloved, and will observe something of the 20th century influence of the only Teacher who is rightly worshipped." Pp. 12/124, owners initials to fep. Black cl...

Noam Chomsky. A Life of Dissent.

BARSKY, ROBERT F. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1997. 1st ed. "I found Robert Barsky's biography of Noam Chomsky a comprehensive and compelling account of the scientific achievements and political engagements of one of this century's foremost intellectuals and social activists." Pp. 10/237, por...

The Double Bond: Primo Levi. A Biography.

ANGIER, CAROLE. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

London: Viking, Penguin Books, 2002. 1st ed. "This biography is a triumph of research and sympathy, fully worthy of its great subject." Pp. 26/898, portrait frontis, 63 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

A Sense of the Sacred. A Biography of Bede Griffiths.

SPINK, KATHRYN. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: SPCK, 1988. "Bede Griffiths has spent more than thirty years of his extraordnary life in India..His ashram is a centre of prayer and meditation open to any who seek the universal and eternal truth at the heart of all religions." Pp.8/214+pp8 b/w illustrations; owner's ...

One Vision Only. The Life Story of Isobel Kuhn.

CANFIELD, CAROLYN. · 0 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: China Inland Mission/Lutterworth Press,nd. Pp.189,uneven sunning to fep. Orange cloth, illustrated d/w edges rubbed and chipped with loss to edge of spine. G+/G.

Leaders of the Church of England 1828 - 1978.

EDWARDS, DAVID L. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. 1st ed. "Covers a fascinating range of people, including Thomas and Matthew Arnold, Newman, Wilberforce, Shaftsbury, Gore, William and Frederick Temple, and new material on leadership in the Church since 1945". Pp 383, slight toning to page ed...

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone. Compiled from Reliable Sources.

ANON. · 0 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: The National Publishing Company,nd. Aeg. Pp. 324,portrait frontis. + 4 further tinted illustrations, folding map to rear, name to fep and verso portrait page. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, bevelled edges. G+.

Women Novelists from Fanny Burney to George Eliot.

MASEFIELD, MURIEL. · 1934 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, Ltd, 1934. 1st ed. "These studies of women novelists have been grouped together not only on account of the writers sex, but because they represent the development of the natural English novel of life and manners, and provide an incomparable pan...

Fanny Kemble. A Passionate Victorian.

ARMSTRONG, MARGARET. · 1938 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1938. 1st ed. Pp.387, illustrated endpapers, b/w frontis. portrait of Fanny Kemble. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front cover, title to spine darkened. VG.

Richard Crashaw. A Memorial Lecture (1612/3-1649).

WILLEY, BASIL. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Cambridge University Press, 1949. "A Memorial Lecture delivered at Peterhouse, Cambridge on 11 July 1949." Pp26; owner's name to fep. P/b. G.

Who's Who in Church History.

BRUSH, JOHN W. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. A reference book of names in the history of the church with b/w illustrations to each entry. Pp.62, owner's name to title page. Pbk. G+.

Short Biographies of Bishops of the Anglican Communion.

STOKES, ROBERT. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Westminster: Press & Publications Board of The Church Assembly. 1948. "The following brief biographical notes have been compiled partly from official records, partly from reference books and partly from material supplied by commissaries and other representatives in London of o...

The Concise Pepys.

BRAYBROOKE, LORD. (EDITOR). · 1998 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998. 1st ed. "This rich mixture of intimate trivia and the great events of his time gives Pepys' diary not only its special value as a social document but also it readability and charm." Pp. 8/918, portrait frontis. Brown cloth, gilt title to sp...

Life among the Doctors.

KRUIF, PAUL DE. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Jonathan Cape,1950. 1st ed. Autobiography. Pp.479, name to fep,some underlining, tape marks to verso boards. Blue cloth, d/w slightly rubbed. G+/G+.

Six Existentialist Thinkers.

BLACKHAM, M.J. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967. rep. "The purpose of this book is exposition, not criticism nor advocacy, and to discriminate between these existentialist thinkers - Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Marcel, Heidegger, and Sartre. Pp.7/179. P/b with illustrated cover. P/b...

The Churchman's Life of Wesley.

URLIN, R. DENNY. · 0 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, nd. Pp.352, inscription to half-title. Green decorated blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

In and Out of my Consulting Room.

PARKER, DR ERNEST. · 1933 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Edgar Backus, 1933. 1st ed. Pp.240, name to fep, 2 b/w illustrations. Blue cloth, edges slightly rubbed, gilt title to spine. G+.

Actress in Spite of Herself. The Life of Anna Cora Mowatt.

BUTLER, MILDRED, ALLEN. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, Inc, 1966. 1st ed. "Anna Cora Mowatt, an actress in spite of herself, holds an important place in the American scene. She was the first woman to give public readings; she wrote the first social satire for the stage..she was the first American...