Search Results: Authors starting with B from Chilton Books

London: Hollis & Carter, 1950 .. First edition with dustwrapper. 10.0" x 7.75" x 1.25". pp.xi/pp.244 . Illustrated dustwrapper with numerous edge tears and loss to top of spine. Now protected by a removable clear plastic cover. Clean grey cloth covers with gilt title to front board and spine. Light toning to endpapers. Dedication to front endpaper dated 1950. Clean text and illustrations throughout. G+/VG .

London: B.B.C. Publications, 1969.. 1st ed. Second selection from Radio 4's "Ten to Eight". Pp. 76. Slight toning to pages. P/b. G.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.. 1st.ed. "A Christian view of sexual morality." Pp.92, owner's name to front free endpaper. Paperback. VG.

Sudbury, Suffolk: Six Martlets Publishing, 2003.. 1st ed. "Borley Rectory and the phenomena surrounding it, have been mired in controversy since the rectory was built in 1863 by the Rev. Henry Dawson Ellis Bull....The book is copiously referenced and illustrated with photographs never before published. For those interested in the psychic phenomena of Borley and its rectory... an essential reference which must have a place in the libraries of serious readers." Pp.10/214, portrait frontispiece, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Guildford: Eagle, 1999.. M.E (or myalgic encephalomyelitis), now commonly called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), is a physically debilitating illness...'Can God Help M.E?' looks at current traditional treatments and covers alternative approaches. It explores the spiritual dimensions of having ME or any other long-term illness." Pp.191. Pbk. VG.

London:Hodder & Stoughton,1957.. 1st ed. "How to give your life new meaning and purpose through the will to believe in the world within you, the world around you, and the world beyond. The greater your will to believe, the greater and richer your life." Pp.126.Blue cloth, d/w. VG/G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1957.. Collection of composers biographies that survey musical 'mankind from Pekin to Peru' over the centuries during which music has developed into what we find it today." Pp.372, pages slightly toned, owners name to fep. Pbk, cover illustration by David Gentleman. G+.

Milton Keynes: Word Publishing, 1992.. There is more to youth leadership than organising even the best activities. Youth leaders need to give a lead worth following - having a Godly character, the ability to communicate, vision for the work, love for the teenagers and an awareness of the issues facing young people today are all vital ingredients." Pp.128. Pbk. VG.

Eastbourne, England: Kingsway Publications, 1994.. 1st ed. "Quotations from secular writers, Christian writers and from the Bible. Alphabetical listing, fully cross-referenced, with Index of Sources." Pp.17/295. P/b. G+.

Derby: Peter Smith, 1964.. 1st.ed. "The author's purpose is twofold - to prove that the doctrine for substitutionary atonement is not the teaching of the New Testament and to re-express the Christian faith in a form acceptable to the modern scientific mind." Pp, 177. P/b, sellotape to spine, illustrated cover. G.

London: Lutterworth Press. 1966.. 1st ed. "The Rev. Ernest Bacon, out of his experience of telling stories to the children of his congregation in Malvern, has collected a number of the most popular stories into this volume". Pp 104, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, spotting to closed page edges. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1911.. Everyman's Library edition.Essays of Francis Bacon with an introduction by Oliphant Smeaton. Top edge gilt. Pp.xxxvi/199, some toning to endpapers, owner's name to inner endpaper, light marginal mark to p.xxxii. Red leather-covered stiff covers, gilt decorated title to spine and to front, tears with small loss to top edge of spine. G+.

Manchester: G W Bacon & Co Ltd. [no date c. 1912?] .. Light rubbing and marking to cloth cover. [1912]. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 10" x 10". 12 panel linen-backed colour map. Pre First World War map of the South East and Central England. Includes mileage limitations for cars which are set at 10 mph. .

London: Apple Press, 1988.. 1st ed. 'All Israel' is a combination of travel guide, reference work and general source of information for anyone interested in things Israeli. 26cms. x 26cms. Pp. 176, colour frontis, colour and b/w illustrations throughout + 1 map, inscrip. to fep. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.

Wantage: Ikon, 1983.. Rep. "Two thousand years ago Jesus was arraigned for blasphemy and received a verdict of 'guilty'. This remarkable book reopens the case, looking at the evidence as Caiaphas heard it, and at evidence that has accumulated since." Pp. 224, owners name to fep. P/b. VG.

London:Hodder and Stoughton,1983.. 3rd ed completely revised and updated by his son Paul Badham. "What is the impact and influence of Jesus?...This book attempts to take into view a mass and variety of evidence that is not normally to be found within the covers of one book." Pp.223. Black cloth, d/w. VG/G+.

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1996.. 1st ed. Religion, Culture and Society series. "...brings together contributors from the law, pholosophy, medicine, social work, theology and religious studies to discuss issues such as hospice care, the arguments for and against euthanasia, and religious hope for eternal life. There are also accounts of recent reseach into 'near-death' experiences and into measuring the quality of human life." Pp.198. Pbk. VG.

London / Sudbury: Hatchard And Son, Piccadilly; J. WRIGHT. MDCCCLII. [ 1852 ].. First edition. A very good copy in the original binding with hand coloured frontis. 8vo. 25.6cm x 16.7cm [10" x 6.75" ]. pp.12/pp.178. Original red-brown blind stamped decorated boards with central gilt crest of the Sudbury Talbot (dulled). Corners and hinges rubbed. Original smooth spine with gilt titles (also dulled). Original yellow endpapers, inner hinges carefully strengthened. Armorial bookplate to the verso of the front board: "Ernest Bryan Gipps" . Small booksellers label to the recto of the rear board: "Bound by Remnant & Edmonds, London". A very good engraved and coloured frontis of All Saints Church by "J. G. Varrall sct." after a design buy "G. Tate del." Printed title page. Clean text except for some light edge staining and occasional blemish. Illustrated with two fold-out engraved plates, two further full-page engraved plates and 2 engravings witihin the text. A very good copy of a scarce book. ** "Ernest… Read More

Reading:The Berkshire Printing Co./James Clarke,1965/1961.. This publication is sponsored by some hundreds of old Bedalians who attended Mr Badley's Biblical lessons in their youth. The Bible is here presented in so readable a form that it should be of interest and value to a wide public." (Volume 3 - The New Testament,was issued first, followed in 1965 by Vols 1 & 2). Vol.1: The Old Testament: The Law; The Earlier Prophets. Pp.560, maps to endpapers. Vol.2: The Old Testament: The Later Prophets; The Writings. Pp.493, maps to endpapers. The New Testament: The Synoptic Gospels; Acts and Epistles; The Johannine Writings. Pp.748,maps to endpapers, small owners name to fep. Blue cloth. VG.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,1951.. 1st ed. Pp.247. Grey cloth, d/w small edge tears and chips. VG/G.