Anglophile Fiction A-F from Anglophile Books

London: Virago Modern Classics. Very Good+. c1898, 2007. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. Light edgewear and rubbing, no spine creases. Page edges yellowed, as is common with Virago editions.; <B>Elizabeth's first novel, written in the form of a diary. Author put many elements of her own life in her novels. Born Mary Annette Beauchamp, her books were published… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Good+ dust wrapper. 1986. Hardcover. Violet cloth binding, spine faintly curved but not damaged (flaw seen in this oversized edition before), spine ends lightly bumped. A few smudges on pale yellow page edges, some page edges creased; no binding problems, interior pages clean and bright. A nice copy. Unclipped… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Spine ends bumped, bottom board edge has tiny worn spot revealing board, previous owner note Doubleday Book Club and price in ink on rear pastedown. A few pages of deckled fore-edge indented, interior pages clean and bright, no… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books. Very Good-. c1938, 1986. Softcover; Trade PB. <b>A story of adolescent love in London during the 1930's.'Shortly after sixteen-year-old Portia comes to stay with her cool, elegant relations in their house in Windsor Terrace, she meets Eddie, an attractive young philanderer, and falls in love.'</b>; Light spine and cover creases, pages pale… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1950, 2004. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. <b>Afterword by Max Arthur. One of the great deceptions of World War II took place in April 1943 when a body wearing a Royal Marines uniform was found off the coast of Fascist Spain. With him was a courier's briefcase… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Greyladies. New. c1956, 2015. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book. ; <b>'In Number Six Kirkaldy Crescent lives Mrs Lenox and her five children (all in their late teens or early twenties). Number Four, the house next door, is occupied by Miss Dorothea Balfour, a gentle and unassuming spinster who was constantly surprised to find "how… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Greyladies. New. c1930, 2012. Softcover; Trade PB. <B>The author was the sister of John Buchan. This is the sequel to 'The Proper Place' but can be read on its own. It is the tale of daily life in the small coast town of Fife, featuring Lady Jane and her daughter Nicole. <p> “To you and to… Read more about this item

NY: St Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>'In 1861, Vittorio Speranza set sail from Italy for England with his inheritance: an ancient marble statue of Hermes, a fifteenth-century depiction of the Nativity by the Italian master Monaccio, and a gold cup attributed to Benvenuto Cellini. He also carried… Read more about this item

NY: Bloomsbury. Very Good+. 2004. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. Spine tail bumped, faint edgewear, page edges pale tan; no spine or cover creases. A nice copy. This oversized book will not fit safely in an international global mailing envelope.; <b>'Set in England during the early 1800's--a country beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon--it… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2005. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Spine ends bumped, some fingerprint smudges on front and rear free endpapers; interior pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn. A nice copy.; <b>Shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize. Basis for the 2015 mini-series of the… Read more about this item

NY: St Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1982. Hardcover; Ex-Library. An ex-library copy with the expected stamps, markings, and pocket. Remnants of previous dust wrapper protector still attached to front and rear pastedowns. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a few smudges to page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper sunned at spine, library label… Read more about this item

NY: Orbit Books. Very Good+. 2009. Seventh Printing. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 373 pages. Faint spine creases and edgewear. A lovely copy of a fun book originally published in this mass market paperback format.; <b>Werewolves, vampires, and a preternatural spinster that can negate supernatural powers in a comedy of manners set in a version of Victorian England… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1968. First British Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. Spine ends and corners bumped, very light soil to page edges, previous owner name on front free endpaper; interior pages clean, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper, sunned spine and edges, faint edgewear. A nice copy.; <B>The fourth book in … Read more about this item

London: BBC Books. Very Good. 1991. Softcover; Trade PB. Spine and cover creases, covers edgeworn, soil marks on page edges; interior pages clean, none loose.; <b>Contains volumes 1 and 2 of the memoirs of France's greatest hero, Rene Artois, who features in the BBC TV comedy series "'Allo 'Allo" by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. 'Every inch… Read more about this item

London: Arrow Books. Very Good. c1973,1976. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 192 pages. Spine and cover creases, light edgewear, pages pale brown but clean; none loose.; <B>Another fun volume in this author's series of stories about life in the village of Bruach in the Hebrides. The title refers to the villagers' thoughts on poaching. 'The Lord puts… Read more about this item

London: Coronet Books. Very Good. c1969, 1973. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine lightly curved and creased, white covers lightly soiled and edgeworn, first advert page and some page edges foxed, pages pale tan but not brittle; interior pages clean, none loose. ; <b>This second volume of "The Avenue" saga, set in London, follows Jim Carver… Read more about this item

NY: Heritage Press. Very Good-. c1911,1960. Hardcover. Grey decorated linen covers faintly sunned at edges and spine. Spine head corners bumped and soiled, front end paper and most pages creased at top spine corner, tiny tear at top hinge on decorated front pastedown (all look like the result of a hard bump or fall). Page edges, blue… Read more about this item

Bath: Chivers Press. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. c1989,1990. Large Print Edition. Hardcover; Ex-Library. 203 pages. An ex-library copy with the expected stamps, markings, and pocket. Skinned areas on both pastedowns and tape shadows on boards where dust wrapper was once attached to book. Dust wrapper very lightly creased and edgeworn, a piece of… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1950,2003. First US Edition. Hardcover. 306 pages. Spine ends bumped, unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear and rubbing. A lovely copy; looks unread. ; <b>Cookson's very first novel, originally published in the UK in 1950, has autobiographical elements. Now available in the United States, it remains a… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books. Fair. c1958,1973. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Creased and torn spine repaired with archival tape, covers edgeworn and creased, covers and pages pale brown but not brittle; pages clean, none loose.; <b>Sgt. Jim Carver has survived World War I and comes home to London to raise his seven motherless children. This beginning of another… Read more about this item