Storia moderna

Earliest Christianity.

HENGEL, MARTIN. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Xpress Reprints, 1997. 1859310672. Combined edition containing: Acts and the History of Earliest Christianity and Property and Riches in the Early Church. Pp.244, owner's label to front free endpaper. Paperback. VG.

Preparing the Way. The Influence of Judaism of the Greek Period on the Earliest Developments of Christianity.

STREATFEILD, FRANK B.D. · 1918 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Macmillan and Co.Ltd, 1918. 1st edition. "A short account of how the Jews progressed from the days of Ezra till the coming of the Gospel." Pp.xix/205. Blue cloth, title to spine dulled, bump to fore-edge of front cover. G+.

Twixt Aldgate Pump and Poplar. The Story of Fifty Years Adventure in East London.

H.M. [HAROLD MURRAY]. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: The Epworth Press, 1935. 1st edition. History of the London Mission. Pp.181, black & white photo portrait frontispiece + 16 further black & white plates. Red cloth, sunning to spine, slightly cocked. Scarce. Good.

The Loss of Unity.

NICKERSON, HOFFMAN. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson,1961. 0. 1st ed. "The author, an American historian who assisted the then Lord Halifax in his negotiations with Cardinal Mercier, traces the Sixteenth Century causes and events which ended by bringing about the existing religious disunity in the West...

Textile Voices: Mill Life This Century.

HOWARTH, OLIVE. (EDITED). · 1989 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Bradford: Bradford Heritage Recording Unit, 1989. 0907734197. "A selection from an extensive collection which charts the history of the textile industry this century, an industry which caused a small market town to develop into a major industrial city..By using their words and...

Historical Notes On The Old Sick Club, Tideswell, Derbyshire (founded 1764). By Rev. J. M. J. Fletcher, M.A., Vicar Of Tideswell. [Re-Printed From The "High Peak News."] .

FLETCHER, J. M. J. (JAMES MICHAEL JOHN), 1852-1940. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Buxton, Derbyshire: High Peak News, [ no date c. 1905] . 0. A very good original small booklet. 6.5" x 4" . pp.14 . Green card covers with printed titles. Also, note to top edge in small neat writing: 'G. Monteyn Benton from the Author Sep 25th 1905.' Clean throughout. VG. * R...

The Oaken Heart.

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY. · 1941 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. 1st edition. "In 1941 she published The Oaken Heart, based on letters written to American friends and shaped into a book at the suggestion of Doubleday, her American publisher. Under a light disguise of fiction, it records the life of D'Arcy H...

Israel: Frequently Asked Questions.

BICOM.(BRITAIN ISRAEL COMMUNICATIONS & RESEARCH CENTRE). · 2008 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

BICOM, 2008. Publication which aims to supply the answers to frequently asked questions, beginning with basic facts on geography, people, government etc, followed by the history of Israel and the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pp.82, many colour photos. Paperback. VG.

A Shield About Me. The Six Day War portrayed in letters from Israel.

CHESLER, MURIEL. (COMPILER AND EDITOR). · 1968 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk, 1968. 1st edition. "The thoughts and behaviour of a people threatened with complete annihilation - the heart of a nation, written in blood, in her greatest hour. None of these letters were meant for publication. They were written to thei...

The Story of Chiddingstone Church and Village.

GUNNIS, RUPERT. · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Chiddingstone:Church Wardens, Chiddingstone, Kent, nd. 0. "Chiddingstone," said the Victorian painter, Sir John Millais, who often stayed at the Castle, "is the most charming and untouched village in England and I know nothing else like it." Pp.12. Blue card covers. VG.

Bradford on Avon Past and Present.

FASSNIDGE, HAROLD. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bradford on Avon: Ex Libris Press, 1988. 0948578092. Noted for its Saxon Church, medieval Tithe Barn and ranks of stone houses clinging to the hillside overlooking the river, Bradford on Avon is a most attractive small town. Once an important centre for wool and cloth manufact...

The Story of the Parish of All Saints Falmouth 1924-1949.

WALLACE, MARIAN L. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

nd. 0. Reprint of a 1949 publication telling the story of the birth of a parish and its first 25 years of growth. Pp.62, black & white photos and illustrations. Yellow card covers. VG.

The Mirror of Deception. How Britain turned the Nazi Spy Machine Against Itself.

PEIS, GUNTER. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. 0297773437. "There have been accounts of the British Double-Cross System by those who were involved at the top, but this book is the first to examine the situation from the point of view of the agents involved..Both sides, British and Ger...

The Church of St Mary the Virgin Stoke-By-Nayland.

ENGLEHEART, FRANCIS. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Gloucester: The British Publishing Company Ltd, 1963. 0. "This is one of the larger churches of Suffolk, a county so noted for its sacred buildings that it early won the title 'selig'(holy) - which in recent times has been corruoted into 'silly' Suffolk." Pp.36, black & white ...

One Hundred Years On The Hill. St Peter's Streatham 1870-1970.

COOMBS, JOYCE. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Saffron Walden: The Talbot Press(SPCK), 1970. 0. History of the church of St.Peter's Streatham with short profiles of its clergymen. Pp.36, 8 black & white photo illustrations, inscribed by the author to title page. Paperback, slightly rubbed. VG.

Chatham Past.

MACDOUGALL, PHILIP. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Chichester: Phillimore, 1999. 1860771211. 1st edition. "Chatham grew from a tiny, medieval fishing village into one of the nation's most important military centres. The author..has incorporated the lastest findings and interpretations into this lively and entertaining account ...

Southsea Past.

QUAIL, SARAH. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Chichester: Phillimore, 2000. 0860771459. 25cms x 19cms. "Southsea is the seaside suburb of Portsmouth, England's premier naval port.However, at the heart of the suburb was the resort..'the gem of England's Watering Places". Pps.xii/132, 148 black & white illustrations through...

Images of Portsmouth.

QUAIL, SARAH AND STEDMAN, JOHN. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Derby: The Breedon Books Publishing Company, 1993. 1873626258. 1st edition. "Portsmouth, or 'Pompey' as it is affectionately known the world over, has been the home of the Royal Navy for 500 years.Yet it has always been more than just a dockyard town.Images of Portsmouth draws...

War Over Peace.

GRAVES, CHARLES. · 1940 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Hutchinson & Co.Ltd,1940. 0. 1st edition. Describes a series of four journeys across the Channel to Marrakech and Fez; the French-Spanish frontier; South of France; and finally to the British zone G.H.Q and B.E.F. The book concludes with a visit to aerodromes in Englan...

Society in the Elizabethan Age.

HALL, HUBERT. · 1887 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1887. 0. 2nd edition. Looks at Elizabethan society in the countryside, in town and at the Court. Pp.viii/ 291, coloured engraved folding map of the Thames has two 9cm tears, coloured frontispiece (arms of the Darrell Family and Allies) +...