Biografia

Robert Browning. His Life and Work.

HALLIDAY, F.E. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Jupiter Books, 1975. 1st ed. Study of the life and work of Browning in the setting of the Victorian age of discovery and reform at home, of revolution in Europe and civil war in America. Pp. 203, 22 b/w illustns. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustration ...

Where There is Vision. The Continuing Story of the Torch Trust for the Blind.

HEATH, STELLA. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Market Harborough: The Torch Trust For The Blind, 1981. 1st edition. "This is the inspiring and heartwarming story of the Torch Trust for the Blind. It is a story of faith rewarded, of triumph over difficulties and of many individual lives transformed." Pp.232, 16 pages of bla...

Robert Bruce. Minister in the Kirk of Edinburgh.

MACNICOL, D.C. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

The Banner Truth Trust, 1961. "Robert Bruce's preaching, his iron resolution and his daily fellowship with God, provided an example which his contemporaries and successors could never forget." Pp, 221,sticker to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

Merton. A Biography.

FURLONG, MONICA. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London:Collins, 1982. "Thomas Merton entered the Trappists at the age of 26. He found himself leading the life of a medieval monk..an account of the monastic life before Vatican 11, as it had been lived for centuries." Pp, 342, toning to pages. P/b, portrait cover. G+.

My Rough Diamond.

LEMON, DORIS WITH TYLER, ANNE. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Marshalls, 1982 0551009578. 1st ed. "Marriage can be heaven or hell, and God can make the difference." Pp.139, name to verso front cover. P/b Portrait cover, slightly rubbed. G+.

To Frame the Heart.

HEWITT, GORDON. · 0 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Colchester: nd. Thirty Godly Preachers in Essex under Elizabeth I and the Early Stuarts, study. Pp.58. Paperback. VG.

How Long? Prison Reflections of Karl Gaspar.

GRAHAM, HELEN, M.M., & NOONAN, BREDA, S.S.C. (EDITORS). · 1985 · Chilton Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Philippines: Claretian Publications, 1985. 2nd imp. Karl Gaspar's letters from his prison cell reflect the varying moods of those persecuted and detained. Pp. 24/240, 4 b/w photos, 5 b/w line drawings. Frontis portrait. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

Reflections on a Plank Bridge

Brown, Frank: · 2002 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Bridport: Ann Axenskold, 2002 1st. ed. PBK card covers. 136pp. + colour plates and illustrations. Sequel to Reflections of a Wayward Walker in Dorset. Good copy.

Tales from the Animal Hospital

Grant, David: · 1997 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Simon & Schuster, 1997 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 223pp. + 23 colour plates. VG/VG.

Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor

Heyman, C. David: · 1995 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Heinemann, 1995 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 516pp. + 42 b/w plates. Jacket chipped, torn and scuffed corners and edges, with small losses. Book has small tear head spine foredge front cover. O/w G/P.

The Autobiography of Margot Asquith Volume Two

Asquith, Margot: · 1936 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1936 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 30 Dark Blue. Index 253pp. Two inches of backstrip on lower spine, including Penguin number, missing. Reading copy.

Playing With Fire

Havers, Nigel: · 2006 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Headline Review, 2006 Reprint HBK + D/W. 310pp. + 45 b/w plates. VG/VG.

Persons and Periods

Cole, G.D.H.: · 1938 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Macmillan, 1938 1st. ed. HBK blue boards, gilt lettering on spine. 333pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Slightly dusty with age, o/w good reading copy.

The Life of Nelson

Mahan, Captain A.T.: · 1942 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1942 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 375 Dark Blue. Index 253pp. Missing front cover. Spine broken including loss of Penguin number.

Florence Nightingale

Woodham-Smith, Cecil: · 1955 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1955 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1110 Orange/Black. Index 445pp. Splits head/foot spine foredge. Covers soiled and ageing. Good reading copy.

Byron: The Years of Fame

Quennell, Peter: · 1954 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1954 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 982 Dark Blue. 279pp. Small splits head/foot spine. Page browning. Good reading copy.

Aubrey's Brief Lives

Dick, Oliver Lawson: · 1962 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus large format PBK. No. Y11 multicoloured pictorial cover. Index 388pp. Soiled, o/w good reading copy.

Gerald

du Maurier, Daphne: · 1970 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1970 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 3048 multicoloured cartoon cover. 252pp. Minor worm towards end, o/w good copy.

Boswell's London Journal 1762 - 1763

Pottle, Frederick A.: · 1966 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2538 multicoloured cartoon cover. Index 400 pp. Good copy.

Byron: The Years of Fame

Quennell, Peter: · 1954 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Penguin, 1954 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 982 Dark Blue. 279 pp. Small split top spine, slight scuffing. Covers little soiled. O/w reasonable copy.