Search Results: Authors starting with N from Chilton Books

London: Editions Poetry London, 1947.. 1st edition. Biography of the Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright Nikolai Gogol. Pp.164, portrait frontispiece, pages browned (war standard paper), owner's name to front free endpaper, small bookseller's label (Housmans, London) to inside front board. Green cloth, spine and spine edge at rear board sunned. Good.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1983.. Investigates the starry-eyed barbarism of the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Moslem states". Pp 399, toning to pages. P/b. G+.

London: The Social Concerns Cttee, Church Union, nd.. 1st ed. Group of papers. Foreword by the Bishop of Edmonton. Illustns. by Penny Clark. Pp. 56, 16 b/w illustns. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

London: CLA. 1992.. Bishops are expected to have an opinion on every subject under the sun......By far the most common area of questioning is about human relationships........Each of the contributors is well known in the world of marriage counselling". Pp 46. P/b, slight toning to cover, illustrated cover. G+.

London: Kegan Paul International, 1992.. Revised, paperback edition. "Deals with fundamental problems common to the history of ideas from East and West and sets a new standard for dealing with the history of thought across many cultures....Professor Nakamura analyses the similarities and differences between ideas from China, India,Japan and Europe, considering such key philosophical points as the concepts of nature, man and God; the controversy over universals; the confrontation between orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and the consciousness of ego." Pp.xx/572. Paperback. VG.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1866 .. First edition. 2 volumes in 1. Original green cloth binding in very good condition. Thick 8vo. [2pp.]/pp.424/xxxii./[6pp.]/pp.v./pp422-728, plus all maps and engravings . Green cloth with gilt town crest to front boad. Spine with dulled gilt titles. Original brown endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Small booksellers label to recto of the rear board: "Bound By Burn & Co." Previous owner's signature to free-endpaper: "G. N. Carter". Well illustrated with 3 fold-out maps + 5 full-page engravings (including frontis) . 2nd title-page: "An Etymological And Comparitive Glossary of the Dialect... 1866."

London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1866 .. First edition. 2 volume set. Original green cloth binding in very good condition. 8vo. 6.75" x 4.5" x 1.5". Vol. I. : [4pp.]/pp.424/xxxii. plus all maps and engravings ; Vol. II. : [6pp.]/pp.v./pp422-728 . Matching green cloth with gilt town crest to each front boad. Spine with bright gilt titles. Original brown endpapers. Armorial bookplate to verso of the front board of Vol. I. : "Ex Bibliotheca Car I. Taboris ( "Charles James Tabor" ). Small booksellers label to recto of the rear board (Vol. I.) : "Bound By Burn 37 & 39 Kirby St." Previous owner's signature to free-endpaper: "G. N. Carter". Well illustrated with 3 fold-out maps + 5 full-page engravings (including frontis) . 2nd title-page: "An Etymological And Comparitive Glossary of the Dialect... 1866."

London: Salamander Books Ltd., 1996.. 1st ed. "This authoritative account accurately details every aspect of the Vietnam War and provides an overall view of the impact which it continues to have to this day." 23.5cms. x 16cms. Pp. 384, + 1 map, owner's stamp to verso front board. Dark red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

London: Epworth Press, 1978.. 1st.ed. "For Western Christians who want to come to terms with their materialistically orientated lives...Issues of economic activity which concern the Christian." Pp. 127. Few marginal marks. P/b. G+.

Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.. Rep. "Provides the firm foundation and workable tools needed for parents and children to experience family living that is stable, positive, and emotionally healthful." Pp.174, black & white illustrations by Diane Head. Paperback. G+.

London: Epworth Press, 1964.. 1st ed. Comparative Religion. Pp. 176. P/b. G+.

London: HarperCollins, 1995.. 1st.ed. "Will guide and counsel you through the everyday as well as the difficulties that you face and will enable you to let the unwelcome intrusions into your life transform you for good." Pp, 209, inscrib to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1994.. Reprint. "We often long to find a still centre from which we can draw strength, a place where we can balance the physical and intellectual aspects of our lives with the things to do with the spirit. This book shows us in a realistic and practical way how we can find this centre". Pp 70. Some black & white illustrations. Paperback. 15.5 cms x 23.5 cms. VG.

London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1997.. 1st ed. "This book is unique in the literature of stress mangement in that it brings into focus the area of the spirit, as well as addressing the more familiar areas of the body, mind and feelings." Pp.239, pages slightly toned. Paperback. Plus 8 page A4 sheet handout for Students and Spouses. An Overview: Stress in Ministry by Sara B.Savage, Lecturer in Psychology, Univ.of Cambridge(2002) loosely enclosed. VG.

Bramcote: Grove Books. 1990.. 1st ed. Contents Include:- Actual Experience: The Roots of the Plot: The Myth and the Image: Handling the System: Christ as our Model?. Pp 25. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1988.. In this practical manual the author identifies stress and its causes and suggests ways of using it creatively." Pp, 222, 8 b/w sketch illustrations. P/b. VG.

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Co. (Edinburgh) Ltd., 1997. 1st ed. ".... Dr. James Nashold and George Tremlett retrace the Thomases' life together and then, in a dramatic reconstruction of Dylan's last days in New York, establish what really happened." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 256, 31 b/w photographs, fep absent. Dark blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

USA: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1971.. Rep. Provides an insight into the theatre of the early part of the century. Pp. 310. Beige cloth, portrait illustrated d/w has sunning to spine, rubbing and chipping to edges. VG/G+.

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. [ no date - adverts indicate 1882 ] .. 40 original magazines: Part 2 - Part 41. All in original brown illustrated covers, priced at 7d. And all with adverts to inside covers and to the rear. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise clean text in all magazines. G+ .

London: The Natural Rubber Development Board, 1956.. 3rd impression."The author is of the opinion that engineers should know not only how rubber components are used but also how they are made". Pp.128, 145 figure illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine, slight fading to spine title. VG.