Search Results: GENERAL BIOGRAPHY from Chilton Books

Ipswich: Print4me Ltd, 2003.. The true story of a British family living in China from 1843-1952, from Clipper ships to Commissars. "This book offers a picture of part of China in the still remembered past, when the Treaty Port system prevailed and the Western nations held 'Concessions' of land in Chinese cities, where their own law prevailed and they enjoyed self-rule, protected by their own military forces. It was a system of neo-colonialism, abhored by Chinese Governments, yet tolerated by many thousands of Chinese for its commercial opportunities and other conveniences." Pp.350, 26 pages of b/w photo illustrations, signature of author(Henling) to title page although his gift inscription has been obscured with tippex, remains of label to title page. Pbk, map to rear inner gate-fold. Scarce. VG.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981.. Sir Ralph Richardson; the storey of his life in the theatre." Pp, 228, 16 b/w illustrations, page edges toned. P/b, portrait cover. G+.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, Inc, 1966.. 1st ed. "Anna Cora Mowatt, an actress in spite of herself, holds an important place in the American scene. She was the first woman to give public readings; she wrote the first social satire for the stage...she was the first American to make the acting profession for women respectable - proving that a lady could be an actess and an actress a lady." Pp.188. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges slightly bumped. VG.

London: Collins, 1974.. 1st edition. "Lobsang Thondup, a Manchurian who assumed a Tibetan name for reasons which are divulged at the end of the book, was obliged to join the Japanese Air Force. Later while still in his early twenties he held the rank of colonel, first on one side and then on the other in the Chinese Revolution. But when his brother was arrested on a charge which he believed unjustified, he found the contstraints of Communism too great and made a hazardous journey to Tibet...Pp.281, 17 black & white photos + 2 maps and maps to endpapers, inscribed by the author "Douglas - apart from your present eminence - the very best radio producer I have ever encountered. Sylvain. August 1974" to page facing title page. Green cloth, dustwrapper has small edge losses and 4cm tear to rear but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Good.

Privately published, nd. (c.1993).. A medley of memories and experiences entitled "The Devil on a Leather Thong" (a tribute to the author's mother), "The Apprentice - The Relic of St Boniface", and "The Magnolia Tree". Unpaginated. Blue stiff card covers with black spine. VG.

London: Virgin Books, 2005.. 1st edition. "Aled Jones was a choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom...Best known as a boy soprano for his hit "Walking in the Air", Aled tells the full story of this phenomenal record and the effect it had on his life. Always refreshingly honest and self-effacing, Aled reveals how he faced up to life after his voice had broken and how he carved out a new career for himself on stage, record, television and radio." Pp.viii/248, 8 pages of colour and black & white photos, signed by Aled to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.. 1st ed. "An extraordinary accomplishment ... so marvellously readable. In it I feel that Solzhenitsyn appears whole for the first time." Pp. 19/583, portrait frontis, 26 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Andover: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., 1980.. The story of Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and the immortal friendship with 'Lewis Carroll'. Pp. 32/1(ad). Illustd. throughout. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1956.. 1st edition. "Landing an aeroplane on glaciers is a job Geiger has perfected after years of flying among Alpine peaks, a job which he has made peculiarly his own, a job few pilots would envy him, but one which, apart from its considerable commercial uses, has led to the saving of many lives." Pp.104, colour photo frontispiece + 32 pages of black & white photo illustrations, occasional minor spotting. Blue cloth has discolouration to top of the spine, dustwrapper rubbed and toned with edge tears and losses to top and tail of spine. Good/G-.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1981.. 1st ed. Account by the wife of former the former US Ambassador to Iran, Richard Helms. Pp.12/212, many b/w photo illustrations, maps to endpapers, signed by the author to title page, owners name to fep. Black cloth spine over white boards, d/w edges chipped. VG/G+.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1978.. 2nd Printing. The first major biography of one of the best-loved story-tellers of the American Southwest. Pp. 264, 13 b/w photos. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.. 1st ed. "The first full account of Anna Anderson's attempt to prove she is Anastasia, the only survivor of the massacre of the Russian royal family at Ekaterinburg in 1918, is both a work of scholarship and a compelling detective story." Pp. 21/450, 32 b/w photographs, family trees to endpapers. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: Oxford University Press, 1929.. 1st edition. Anna Comnena is considered to be the first woman historian. This book studies Anna as a personality, with her hopes of succession to her father Alexios, her marriage, self-pity, court life, and her feelings about aristocracy and beauty. As a character in terms of the three theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, and the four cardinal virtues of temperance, fortitude and wisdom, justice, and ideals of other writers. As to her education, and as to her place as a historian and as a writer. Pp.x/558, folding genealogical chart to rear has foxing, owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine. Scarce. G+.** "Anna Komnene/, �nna Komnen?; 1 December 1083 � 1153), commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena,] was a Byzantine princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator, and historian. She was the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I and his wife Irene Doukaina. She wrote the Alexiad,… Read More

London: Virgin Publishing. 2000.. Now updated to include Hopkins' latest work in Nixon, Surviving Picasso, The Mask of Zorro and Titus, this is a frank and revealing account of a major star". Pp 322. Some b/w illustrations. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

London: The Adventurers Club, 1964.. 1st Adventurers Club ed. "Arabian Locust Hunter is one Englishman's graphic, personal account of his experiences as a participant in the battle." Pp. 176, 23 b/w illustrations + 2 maps. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has creasing and small losses. G+/G-.

London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2005.. 1st ed. "one of Anglo-Jewry's most unforgettable characters: down to earth but driven by high ideals, brisk and bluff but with a wonderful sense of humour, a man of action who not only built a highly successful business but contributed hugely to the Jewish community and to the civic life of Leeds." (Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks). Pp.xiv/194, b/w photo portrait frontis + 8 pages of b/w photos and 16 pages of colour photos, family trees to endpapers with an errata slip + corrected family tree tipped in to front. Blue cloth, d/w fore-edge slightly sunned. VG/VG.

Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 1999.. 1st Printing. "It is a well researched, highly readable treatise on how the American art scene developed in the far West." Pp. 256, 48 plates, 35 chapter illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Dark blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Wellingborough:The Aquarius Press, 1988.. 1st edition. "Arthur Machen (1863-1947) ...was acclaimed in his day as one of the finest stylists in English prose...The sequences of letters to his friends A.E.Waite, Colin Summerford, and John Gawsworth, and to fellow authors and publishers, illuminate Machen's courageous struggles against poverty and adversity, while reflecting his lifelong preoccupations with literature, the occult, the Christian faith, and Celtic myth." Pp.256, portrait frontispiece. Blue boards, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

London: Faber and Faber, 1972.. Helen Thomas oriinally wrote 'As It Was' shortly after her husband, the poet Edward Thomas, was tragically killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917. It is a moving account of their courtship and first years of marriage together. The continuation of their story, 'World Without End', was written a few years later. When the books first appeared fictitious names were used for the leading characters as many of them were still alive. Now Helen and Edward Thomas's dayghters, Bronwen and Myfanwy, have added a key to identify them." Pp.188. Paperback, minor edge wear. VG.

London: Constable. 1994.. 1st ed. "Attila the Hun has been known to the world for centuries as a bloodthirsty tyrant and as little else. In this piece of historical reconstruction the author shows how wrong the judgement of the world has been". Pp 205, inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.