£15 FREE P&P OFFERED! BOOKS Josephine SIGNED by Barbara Cartland - Susie - Fenland Chronicles - Return to the Islands

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NOTE: All the books are listed at a SUBSTANTIAL discount compared to listings for the same titles (in a comparable condition) elsewhere.
I have tried to make them 'affordable' or suitable for 'resale' via a well known auction site.

CONDITION: Unless otherwise stated all are 'As New.'
All are in hardback format.

£15 in total for:

Josephine Empress of France SIGNED by Barbara Cartland
CONDITION: Loose leaf cover quite tatty.
FIRST EDITION 1961
With five full page illustrations.
 
Susie The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon Wife of Charles H Spurgeon by Ray Rhodes JR.
FIRST EDITION 2018
The definitive biography of Susannah Spurgeon.
Illustrated 320 pages.
While many Christians recognize the name of Charles H. Spurgeon, the beloved preacher and writer, few are familiar with the life and legacy of his wife, Susie. Yet Susannah Spurgeon was an accomplished and devout woman of God who had a tremendous ministry in her own right, as well as in support of her husband. Even while dealing with serious health issues, she administered a book fund for poor pastors, edited and published her husband’s sermons and other writings, led a pastor’s aid ministry, wrote five books, made her home a hub of hospitality, and was instrumental in planting a church. And as her own writing attests, she was also a warm, charming, and fascinating woman.

Fenland Chronicles by Sybil Marshall
With drawings by Ewart Oakshott.
FIRST EDITION 1967
In FENLAND CHRONICLE Sybil Marshall has collected together her parent's remembrances of their childhoods, marriage, family life and work in this traditional corner of England and drawn them into a wonderfully vivid portrait of a time gone by. Their memories are prodigious: they recall the misery of Victorian schooldays and, while her father remembers his work as a turf digger, brickmaker and waterman, her mother looks back on her life as a wife, mother and farmworker and tells of the ancientcustoms and lore of the age. Their hardships were faced with courage, resilience and good humour.

Return to the Islands by Arthur Grimble
FIRST EDITION 1957
‘A Return to the Islands’ continues the story of Arthur Grimble’s experiences in the Gilbert and Ellice islands, where returned to continue his work as a government administrator, this time, for various reasons, without the benefit of his wife and family.
The world was at that time a vastly different place than it is now. Some may be put off by the realisation that the Gilberts were part of the British Empire, but Arthur’s genuine warmth and humanity, and his eagerness to learn all he could about the Gilbertese people, their language, customs and beliefs made him many friends, and he was loved and respected by his many friends and colleagues, both white and native.
His open acceptance of the beliefs and customs of his Gilbertese friends allowed him to experience many aspects of the Gilbertese life and culture that would have been closed to him, otherwise.
Arthur’s descriptions are full of the brilliance of sunlight reflecting from coral sands, the scents of the tropic breeze, and the sounds of the wind in the palms - he writes with all the magic of Kipling, and a deep love for the Gilbertese people, this book is pure magic, and I cannot recommend it enough.

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