SAINTS from Chilton Books

London: Thomas Jones, 1858.. 1st edition. Saint Francis Xavier, was a Spanish Catholic missionary and saint who co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan. He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly the Portuguese Empire in the East, and was influential in evangelization work, most… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Co., Limited, 44 & 45 rathbone Place, Oxford Street, 1913 .. Third Edition Revised And Enlarged". pp.55/[1p.] . 9.0" x 5.75". Cream card covers. Front cover lightly toned with red titles. Label to verso: "Brooklyn Public Library". Clean text throughout. Some pages un-cut. VG

London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 8 Essex Street, 1916 .. First edition. A very good original binding. Folio.13.75" x 9.0" x 1.25". pp.13/pp.235/[3pp. - 2 pages of adverts] . Grey papered boards, rubbed and bumped. Spine in cream cloth with dulled gilt titles. Top & tail a little rubbed. Deckled (rough-cut) page edges. Library bookplate to the… Read more about this item

Whitby: Caedmon of Whitby, 1980.. Every visitor to Whitby sees the ruins of the great abbey of St Peter and St Hilda dominating the East Cliff...How and when did the abbey come there and who was Saint Hilda?...The ruined abbey seen today was built nearly five hundred years after Hilda's time but the strength of her personality and character… Read more about this item

Norwich: The Canterbury Press, 1999.. 1st edition. "Here we meet the men and women of Norfolk, Suffolk and the Fenlands who became 'ikons of Christ' - Felix, Edmund, Fursey, Pega, Botolph, the royal saints and many others whose lives left an indelible mark of goodness and shaped the spirituality of a nation." Pp.xvi/252. Paperback. VG.

London: A.R.Mowbray, 1956.. 1st edition. Introduction to some of the saints for children. Illustrated by Marjorie Anderson. Pp.47, green & black and white illustrations throughout. Stiff card covers with illustrated paper wrappers, pen mark to front, and chip to base of spine. G+

London: Hutchinson, 1959.. 1st ed. Childrens book of saints. Pp.159, occasional two-tone illustrations by Margery Gill, owners details to fep. Grey boards with red illustration to front and spine, illustrated d/w has small edge tears. VG/G+.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege/OUP, 1948.. 1st ed. Stories of the Saints series. 15cms x 10cms. Pp.47, two-colour line illustrations by Margaret Horder, owners details(1st Dortmund (British) Wolf Cub Pack) to inside front cover. Pbk, cover designed by V.M.Kimber, spine worn with small losses to top and base. VG.

London: Thorsons, 1997.. 1st ed. "The eventual world of the Celtic saints is brought to life in this beautifully illustrated and fascinating journey through the history of the times and the remarkable tales of individual saints." 23cms x 18.5cms. Pp.127, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Pbk., slight lifting to laminate to rear cover. … Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Cumbelege/Oxford University Press, 1948.. 1st ed. Stories of the Saints series. 15cms x 10cms. Pp.48, two-colour line illustrations by Margaret Horder, owners details(1st Dortmund (British) Wolf Cub Pack) to inside front cover. Pbk, cover designed by V.M.Kimber, spine worn with small loss. VG.

London: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1906.. 1st ed. "The short sketches given here of the lives of some of the leading saints of the Church make no claim to be in any sense complete biographies." 16cms. x 10.5cms. Pp. 6/230, frontis, 2 illustrations, uneven toning to endpapers. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1978.. 1st ed. Personal portraits of favourite saints by 20 outstanding Catholic authors. Pp. 10/205. Grey cloth with gilt title to red cloth spine, illustrated d/w fly clipped and edge chipping. VG/G+.

Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co. 1964.. The emphasis in this book will not be on the saints' fallen human nature: merely shows that they could enjoy a good meal or a beautiful song; and, finally, since they are human, that they could tilt their haloes at times as they played a practical joke or spiced up an evening with… Read more about this item

London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1957.. 1st ed. "In these studies the author has dug out and collated much intriguing and interesting information." Pp. 158, owner's stamp and uneven toning to fep. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edges chipped. G+/G+.

London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd., 1963.. 1st ed. Short biographies of over 200 Saints and Saintly people from almost every country in the world and from the 1st to the 19th centuries. Pp. 6/314. Inscrip. to fep. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w with chipped edges. G+/G.

London : Boyle Books Ltd, 1980.. 1st ed. "Filled with fascinating insights and dozens of full - color and black - and - white illustrations, Saints is an inquiring look at one of the most culturally influential traditions of Western Christianity." P.p.112, illustrations throughout book. P/b.V.G.

Harmondsworth: Pelican Book, 1972.. 1st Pelican ed. An illustrated monograph about the Evangelists, martyrs, Desert Fathers, St. Gregory and St. Jerome etc. Pp. 111/18 plates, 16 b/w line drawings, toning to pages. Paperback, slight scuffing to spine. G+.

London: Charles Knight,1972.. 1st ed. "...a study of the half dozen or so men and women in Spain's seventeenth century colonies who received the distinction of canonisation." Pp.217, 11 b/w plates + 3 maps. Green cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

New Jersey: Logos International. 1977.. Shows that the present Charismatic renewal is much in the tradition of Catholicism by illustrating from the lives of the Saints the fact that the charisms have appeared throughout the history of the Church". Pp 327. P/b. Spine slightly scuffed. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: Hollis & Carter, 1947 .. This edition of the Fioretti di San Francesco is based upon a translation by the Franciscan Fathers at Upton, carefully revised by Mr Thomas Okey, with a view to revealing the happy simplicity of the original Italian while preserving its precise meaning." Pp.8/201,16 black & white plates, some minor occasional light spotting. Green… Read more about this item