Search Results: Titles starting with F from Chilton Books

London: Faber and Faber, 1981.. 1st.ed. "Contains a wealth of practical information, some in subline poetry, some in schoolboy doggerel." Pp. 254. Inscrip. to fep. P/b. Spine slightly scudded. Illustrated cover. G.

London:Faber and Faber,1992.. 1st ed. "...this anthology, which ranges from fragments of church history to reflections on architecture, from scenes of parochial life to serious theology, from saints like George Herbert to eccentrics like the Vicar of Stiffkey...Authors as diverse as the Venerable Bede and Tony Benn, Margery Kempe and Stevie Smith, W.E.Gladstone and Thomas Hardy have been selected in an anthology which is designed to reflect the wide range of ecclesiastical life and influence." Pp.10/382. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Fabian Office, 3 Clement's Inn, Strand, [no date - c. 1910] Price 4s. 6d. Net.. A very good first edition in an early library binding. 8.5" x 6.0" x 2.0". [2pp.]/pp.35/[1p.]/ Red buckram boards, faded and edges rubbed and bumped. Spine with dulled gilt titles: "Fabian Tracts - 1-150 1884-1910". Engraved library label to the verso of the front board: "Westminster College, Canbridge - The Paton Library". Free-endpapers toned and soiled. Clean text throughout. includes 'Communism' by William Morris from 1903, other authors include George Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb amongst others. Each tract with individual pagination and most with their original title-pages. Contents include: Index and Tracts Nos. : 1; 5; 7; 13; 14; 20; 23; 32; 37; 38; 40; 41; 42; 44; 45; 51; 54; 62; 64; 69; 70; 72; 75; 76; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95; 98; 99; 104; 107; 108; 109; 112; 113; 115; 116; 118; 119; 121; 122; 123; 124; 125; 126; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 132; 133;134; 135; 136; 137; 138; 139;… Read More

London: Anglo-American Plastics Ltd, nd.(c.1960's).. Pamphlet extolling the many uses for Fablothene polythene and P>V>C. in the garden. Pp.18, b/w photos and figure illustrations throughout. Pbk, creasing to covers. G+.

Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2009.. It is autumn of the year 1389, and King Richard is on the throne of England, a land still haunted by the memory of the Black Death. And at Caerafon, on the Welsh borders, vampires break through from another world and steal the battleaxe whose magic powers had protected those living at the Castle. The plague returns, and all will die unless the axe can be recovered before the next full moon. Just one person can save them...- Hal, a shy thirteen year-old boy with a stammer, whose best friend is Rilla, his hawk..." Pp.x124, occasional line drawing illustrations by Antonia Ghazlan. Paperback. VG.

London: The Highway Press, 1971.. Contents include: John V.Taylor on Christian Motivation in Dialogue; Max Warren on A Theology of Attention; David Brown on Frontiers: a Discussion of Dialogue between Muslims and Christians; David Youg on The Open Dialogue - Buddhist and Christian; and Paul Oestreicher on The Christian Dialogue with Communists. Pp.73, marginal marks to bibliography list (final page). Pbk. G+.

London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1977.. 1st ed. "In this book, Jacques Loew sees the Bible as a school of prayer. He takes the central figures of the old and New Testaments and treats them as guides for contemporary man in taking the way of prayer to God, the Father". Pp. 12/121. Ex libris ink stamp to fep. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

Plymouth: Image Publications(in association with Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk), 1992.. 1st edition. Interviews and photographs of 'ordinary' local Sudbury people. "Some of the faces and names will be familiar ones to those living in or around Sudbury, but the voices far less so. Whether reticent or candid, each in its inimitable way throws it own unusual light, or casts its own questioning shadow on the little town." (Foreword by Ronald Blythe). Pp.191, black & white photographs throughout. Paperback. VG.

Plymouth: Image Publications(in association with Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk), 1992.. 1st edition. Interviews and photographs of 'ordinary' local Sudbury people. "Some of the faces and names will be familiar ones to those living in or around Sudbury, but the voices far less so. Whether reticent or candid, each in its inimitable way throws it own unusual light, or casts its own questioning shadow on the little town." (Foreword by Ronald Blythe). Pp.191, black & white photographs throughout, signed by co-author's to half-title page, gift message to title page. Paperback. VG.

USA: CARA, 1976.. 1st ed. These CARA Symposium papers reflect views of the future by Religious, men and women, both active and contemplative. Pp. 238. Stamp to fep. P/b. VG.

Germany: Die Blauen Bucher, 1978.. 1st ed. Church architecture. Pp. 82, 2 col. illustns., b/w illustns. throughout + 1 map. P/b. Illustd. cover. 26 cms. x 18.5 cms. VG.

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1986.. 1st ed. "Written to help you understand and face anxiety and stress, and finally to overcome and rediscover peace and stability". Pp 138, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Crowborough: Highland Books. 1988.. 1st ed. "So often we gloss over the subject of death, this is of little help to those at present going through the valley of the shadow of death, who may well be confused by their own thoughts, and hurt by other people's lack of understanding". Pp 185, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, slight toning to page edges. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Oxford: SLG, 1978.. Many people who suffer from depression are rather ashamed of it. They think they ought to be able to pull themselves out of it by prayer and will power...This is an account of one man's endeavour to live with it and to gain something from it." Pp.8. Paperback. 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: Collins, 1979.. 1st British ed. Helmut Thielicke draws from his vast theological vision and personal experience to illuminate the meaning of Christian living in this troubled age. Pp. 125. Black cloth, crease to inner front flap of d/w. VG/G+.

Crowborough: Highland Books. 1988.. 1st ed. "Loneliness could be the starting-point of a new journey toward moral and spiritual maturity". Pp 182, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, pages toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Welwyn: Evangelical Press. 1978.. 1st ed. "The Christian response to such issues as the origin of evil, the activity of Satan, the problem of pain and death, mental and physical suffering, and depression are examined with many practical lessons drawn". Pp 134, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, slight crease to front cover, illustrated cover. G+.

Basingstoke: Macmillan Education. 1987.. Addresses some of the most central and controversial moral issues of today.....Discusses the stances of the major world religions on these questions and also considers non-religious responses". Pp 157. Some b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Brentford, England: Leprosy Mission International, 1996.. rep. 5th volume. "The series of meditations and prayers originated in the author's monthly pastoral letters to Leprosy Mission colleagues worldwide, and each collection is enhanced by the author's own pencil drawings." Pp.92 with b/w illustrations. P/b with illustrated cover. VG.