Storia moderna

Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon .

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL . · 1920 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Warwick: Printed by Henry H. Lacy, [no date - C. 1920 ? ]. Original light brown card covers with printed title. Edges lightly rubbed. Clean booklet pp.82 followed by a one page advert for Henry H. Lacy. Ink inscription to verso of advert in a contemporary hand. G++. A scarce i...

Reformation Essays.

WHITNEY, J.P. · 1939 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: SPCK,1939. 1st ed. ex-libris.172pp/4pp. Black cl,rubbed. G+.

First Christians. Pentecost and the Spread of Christianity. (Foreword by Michael Green).

MAIER, PAUL L. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Mowbrays, 1976. 1st British ed. "Written in a deceptively easy style, masking a great deal of knowledge and research .. it is reliable background to the greatest story ever told." Pp. 160, 5 colour plates, 32 b/w illustrations + 2 maps, ex libris bookplate to fep. Blac...

Evangelism in the Early Church.

GREEN, MICHAEL. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1971. 0340107073. 2nd Printing. "Tracing the evangelical activity of the Church from the New Testament period through about the middle of the 3rd Century, Green examines fairly both the strengths and the weaknesses of the early Chur...

The Making of the Church.

DAVIS, J.G. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: Mowbray. 1983. "Every aspect of the evolving Church is examined: the ministry, the relation of Church and State, the social life, the devotional observances, and the doctrines". Pp 208. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

The Latin Doctors.

WAND. J.W.C. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Faith Press, 1948. 1st ed. Lectures, given during Lent of 1948, under the auspices of the Diocesan Committee for Adult Religious Education. Pp. 8/88, owner's bookplate to fep. Blue cloth spine, pale blue boards, pale blue d/w. G+/G+.

The Greek Doctors.

WAND, J.W.C. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Faith Press, 1950. 1st ed. Lectures. "It is very easy to become so interested in the varied points at which these heroes of the Church affected the life of their day as to forget that their main ambition was after all the salvation of souls." Pp. 8/88, inscrip. and own...

The Spirit of Church History.

WAND, J.W.C. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd, 1948. 2nd ed. Lectures given in 1947 at the Hall of Holy Trinity Church, Kingsway. Pp. 115/1(ad), owner's book plate to fep. Blue cloth spine, blue boards, blue and cream d/w has small chips. G+/G+.

Leisure and Pleasure in Roman Egypt.

LINDSAY, JACK. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1965. 1st ed. "Drawing on the vast amount of papyrus available, Jack Lindsay presents here a vivid picture of society at ease in Roman Egypt." Pp. 14/482, 120 line drawings. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

So Thats How We Got The Bible.

FRIEDMAN, BOB & COUCH, MAL. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Illinois: Tyndale House Pub, 1973. 1st ed. "You can breeze through this engaging little book in one evening, yet it is packed with the facts you've always wanted to know about how the English-speaking world got the many Bible versions, both old and new." Pp.106, some b/w illus...

The Aims of History. Values of the historical attitude.

THOMSON, DAVID. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: Thames & Hudson, 1970. rep. "One of a series in 'The General Studies Library to help the general education of students in Sixth Forms, Colleges of Education, Further Education,. Technical Colleges and Universities." Pp112, owner's name to fep. P/b. G+.

The Renaissance.

HAY, DENYS. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London: BBC, 1963. 1st ed. "This booklet offers the reader an essay on the Renaissance which is not only a general introduction to the subject but also an essential background to the broadcasts which illustrate special aspects of the Renaissance - eg its concepts of education,...

The Stuarts.

KENYON, J.P. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Fontana/Collins. 1979. "Dr. Kenyon has pursued his Stuarts with intelligence and rare single-mindedness. As human beings they emerge more credible and human than has been fashionable for years". Pp 224. 12 b/w illustrations. Pages slightly toned. P/b. Portrait cover. G+.

Wyoming: Frontier State. (drawings by Ramona Bowman).

LINFORD, VELMA. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Denver:Old West Publishing Co,1947. 1st ed. Illustrated history of Wyoming. Pp.12/428,frontis. + b/w photos and illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers, long inscription by the author to verso frontis. Green cloth, yellow illustrated title to front and spine. VG.

An Historian's Approach to Religion. Based on the Gifford Lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh in the years 1952 and 1953.

TOYNBEE, ARNOLD. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: OUP,1956. 2nd imp. Pp.10/316, owners names to verso front cover, fep absent. Red cloth. G+.

Cavaliers and Roundheads. The English at War 1642-1649.

HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London: Harper & Collins, 1993. 1st ed. "This is a narrative history of the Civil War in England concentrating upon what happened rather than upon what brought it about, upon the minor engagements and sieges- in which most of the war's casualties were incurred-rather than upon...

Luther Alive. Martin Luther and the making of the Reformation.

SIMON, EDITH. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1968. 1st British ed. "Edith Simon is one of the few living writers who can dip a reader's mind so wholly and fascinatingly in a sense of the past." Pp. 11/371, maps to endpapers, inscrip. to verso fep. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+.

Church and State in Britain Since 1820.

NICHOLLS, DAVID. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967. 1st ed. Readings in Politics and Society. "This is a selection of documents on the problems of church-state relations in Britain since the time of Coleridge." Pp. 9/252. Blue cloth, d/w has sunning to spine. VG/G+.

The Unreformed Church.

MCNALLY, ROBERT E. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1965. 1st ed. ".. an essential study for anyone who would more fully understand the Church of the twentieth century." Pp. 216, inscrip. to verso front board. Mottled pink cloth, illustrated d/w slightly rubbed. G+/G+.

The Corporation of Leicester 1689-1836.

GREAVES, R.W. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1970. 1st ed. by Leicester University Press. (First published in 1939 as part of the Oxford Historical Series.) "The author has combined constitutional and economic analysis with political narrative and explanation, and has aimed to set t...