Biografia

Thomas More.

MARIUS, RICHARD. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Weidenfeld. 1993. "Marius's many years of devotion to More scholarship have enabled him to write authoritatively of the very human man who died 'more for what he wanted to believe than for what he did', and in doing so have made him live again for us". Pp 562. 16 b/w i...

Moliere: His Life and Works.

PALMER, JOHN. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:G.Bell and Sons,1930. 1st ed. "The work of Moliere cannot be isolated from the man; still less can the man be isolated from his period."(Author's preface). Pp.8/431,portrait frontis. + 7 further b/w illustrations, owners details to verso front board. Green cloth,gilt ti...

Public Speaking. A Popular Autobiographical Guide based on Thirty Years of Platform Work.

CRAWFORD,ARCHIBALD. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:Sir Isaac Pitman,1935. 1st ed. Pp.8/250/2+32(ads),portrait frontis,small booksellers label(Andrew C.Glover,Truro) to verso front board. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine and inner edges sunned. G+.

Diet for Life. How I Lost Weight and Learned to Stay Slim.

REDGRAVE, LYNN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Michael Joseph, 1992. 1st British ed. "Diet for Life is about more than weight loss, it is a compelling account of one woman's courageous journey to self-acceptance and appreciation." Pp. 11/306, 39 b/w photographs. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated ...

No Better than I Should Be: The Making of a Minister.

DOW, JAMES L. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Hutchinson, 1975. 1st ed. "Here is a book rich in anecdotage, of congregations and fellow ministers alike, often hilariously funny but always imbued with kindliness and sound common sense." Pp. 224, 17 b/w illustrations between pps. 112 & 113. Black cloth, gilt title t...

Give Us This Day.

CASTLE, FIONA. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Eastbourne: Kingsway. 1993. "Roy had cancer. Now came the test of the family's faith and hope, as together they learned to look at life from a renewed perspective". Pp 128. 6 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

The Venerable Bede.

STANKS, C.J. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: S.P.C.K. 1955. 1st ed. "Sometime about A.D 680 a little boy of seven was taken to the new monastery of St.Peter at Monkwearmouth, and dedicated to the Service of God in the community there". Pp 34. P/b. Cover toned. G+.

The Letters of Alexander Woollcott.

KAUFMAN, BEATRICE AND HENNESSEY, JOSEPH.(EDITORS). · 1946 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London:Cassell,1946. 1st ed. Pp.22/330,small Foyles booksellers label to verso front board. Black cloth,gilt title to spine,edges slightly rubbed. G+.

Such a Vision of the Street. Mother Teresa - The Spirit and the Work.

EGAN, EILEEN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. 1st British ed. "Here is a portrayal of how one woman's fate has made a lasting impression on the conscience and consciousness of the world." Pp. 8/448, 49 b/w illustrations. Blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Green Wellies for All. The Adventures of A Pioneer Conservationist.

HAMILTON, PETER. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Oxford: Lion Publishing. 1991. 1st ed. "Writes with characteristic humour, about his passionate commitment to conservation and the environment". Pp 141. Illustrated cover. VG.

Which One's Cliff?

RICHARD, CLIFF. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1981. An autobiography by Cliff Richard. Pp 219. Many b/w illustrations. Page edges slightly toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Life with Lindsay and Crouse.

SKINNER, CORNELIA OTIS. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1976. 1st ed. The story of the friendship that created 'The Sound of Music'. 'Life with Father', Call Me Madam', and many other hits. Pp. 14/242, 28 b/w photographs. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w slightly creased and ru...

Lincoln Steffens. A Biography.

KAPLAN, JUSTIN. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. 1st ed. "Justin Kaplan has given us a picture of Steffens in the great days of the muckrakers and their influence on this country which is well worth reading." Pp. 380/30 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrate...

Roger Casement.

INGLIS, BRIAN. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Purnell Book Services Ltd, 1973. 1st Book Club ed. "This definitive biography of Roger Casement is a timely and thoroughly researched book embracing issues still very much alive today." Pp. 448, 33 b/w illustrations + 5 maps. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait ...

Keep Smiling Through ...

CHRISTOPHER, TOM & ALISON. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd, 1990. 1st ed. ".. set against the dramatic events of a World War the letters portray the indomitable increase of mutual respect and affection which was to culminate in a life-long loving marriage." Pp. 266, 1 b/w photograph, 17 drawings + 1 map,gift...

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History.

BRODIE, FAWN M. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Eyre Methuen, 1974. 1st ed. "..a rich, three-dimensional intimate portrait which illuminates the relationship between Jefferson's inner life and his public life." Pp. 591, portrait frontis, 23 b/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Edgar Allan Poe.

SINCLAIR, DAVID. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1977. 1st ed. "This major new biography clearly and sympathetically reveals the tortured personality of a man to whom everything was a matter of love and death." Pp. 272, 15 b/w illustrations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d...

John Henry Newman. Anglican Minister: Catholic Priest: Roman Cardinal.

ROSS, J. ELLIOT. · 1933 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1933. 1st British ed. Biography. Pp. 21/258, owner's bookplate to fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has sunning to spine. G+/G+.

Edith Wharton. A Biography.

LEWIS, R.W.B. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. 1st ed. Biography of Edith Wharton who became one of the most admired and widely read novelists in American literature. Pp. 14/592, portrait frontis, 30 b/w illustrations. Beige cloth, d/w slightly rubbed and price-clipped. VG/VG.

The Incredible Mizners.

JOHNSTON, ALVA. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. 1st ed. "Anyone interested in the non-political and non-statistical history of the United States will read these pages with deepest interest, if not with continuous edification." Pp. 271, 2 b/w illustrations. Red cloth, illustrated d/w by Osber...