Biography from Anglophile Books

NY: Twayne Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1994. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth binding, spine ends lightly bumped; a lovely copy. Dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn and rubbed. ; <b>Part of the Twayne's English Author Series. "In this comprehensive analysis of a woman hailed by her fellow Britons as a 'National Monument', Nancy Huse argues that… Read more about this item

NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good. c2001, 2003. Softcover; Trade PB. Published as "The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family" in the UK. No spine creases, covers creased and a bit edgeworn, several page corners creased; pages clean, none loose. ; <b>'They were beautiful, brilliant, gloriously eccentric, and their humor was legendary. Everything … Read more about this item

NY: St Martins Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends bumped, purple marker gift inscription front free endpaper, top textblock edge faintly soiled, pages pale yellow but clean; no binding problems. Clipped dust wrapper edgeworn with several small tears and scratch marks.; <b>The lives of the lovers, wives,… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1976, 2014. Softcover. Spine creased, very light edgewear. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. Persephone editions have uniform grey covers and dust wrappers with lovely decorated endpapers and bookmarks unique to each title.; <b>This edition contains a new preface by the author. 'This biography of the… Read more about this item

Duckworth Press. Very Good. c1977,1996. Second Printing. Softcover; Trade PB. Signed by Author; Light edgewear and rubbing, closed horizontal tear at spine does not damage binding; no spine or cover creases; a nice copy. ; <B>This reprint was published by the Angela Thirkell Society, North American Branch. It does not have the photographic illustrations found in … Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good. c1994, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear and rubbing, a few smudges to page edges.; <b>'Misogynist, anti-Semite, misanthrope--Roald Dahl was reputed to be these as well as war hero, devoted father, and philanthropist.' This unauthorized biography is "an honest yet… Read more about this item

MD: Adler & Adler. Very Good. 1987. Softcover; Trade PB. 218 pages. Spine sunned and faintly creased, very light edgewear. Pages edges pale yellow (seen before in this edition) and lightly soiled; interior pages clean, none loose.; <B>This is the engaging biography of Angela Thirkell's grandmother and great-aunts. Georgiana Burne-Jones, her grandmother, wife of painter Edward… Read more about this item

Duckworth Press. Very Good. c1977,1998. Third Printing. Softcover; Trade PB. Light edgewear and rubbing, a few spine and cover creases; pages clean and bright. ; <B>This reprint was published by the Angela Thirkell Society, North American Branch. It does not have the photographic illustrations found in the hardback. An interesting, and at times controversial, telling of… Read more about this item

NY: Avon Books. Very Good. c1976, 1970's. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Faint spine creases, very light edgewear, light rubbing, small original inventory tag on back cover, inside covers and pages pale tan but clean, not brittle; no loose pages. A nice copy. ; <B>More detailed than the Anderson biography that was written for the same… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books. Very Good+. 2009. Softcover; Trade PB. <b>' Betty Coles became Elizabeth Taylor upon her marriage in 1936. Her first novel "At Mrs. Lippincote's" appeared in the same year (1945) as the actress Elizabeth Taylor was appearing in "National Velvet." Over the next thirty years, "the other Elizabeth Taylor" lived and worked in Buckinghamshire… Read more about this item

NY: Sheridan House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. 281 pages. A new copy received with a faintly bumped spine head and faint edgewear to unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy.; <b>'Tracing the path of Stevenson's fateful South Seas journey. An enchanting mix of high seas adventure and a fresh view… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. <b>Profusely illustrated with photographs and contemporary b&w and colour illustrations. An interesting glimpse into the life of this very private author. She never gave an interview or made a public appearance. This book has extracts from her letters as well as from her… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Very Good+. c1980, 1990. Paperback; Trade PB. 383 pages. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear, a few faint smudges to page edges. A very nice copy. ; <b>This edition has a foreword by Nadine Gordimer. Olive Schreiner was admired by, and influenced, Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby.</b> .

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub.. Very Good. c1995,1996. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. 231 pages. No spine creases, faint cover creases and rubbing, slight edgewear. A few smudges to page edges; interior pages clean and bright, none loose.; "The women who wed Henry VIII are remembered mainly for the ways their royal marriages ended: divorced, beheaded, died,… Read more about this item

NY: Arcade Publishing. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. 458 pages. Bumped spine ends, just revealing board at top edge, a few pages creased, some faint smudges to page edges. Unclipped dustwrapper has light edgewear.; <b>'This book eloquently demonstrates the role female war correspondents played in bringing the war to… Read more about this item

Toronto: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 319 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, faint sunning to bottom edge, faint foxing top page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear and very light scoring on back panel. A nice copy. ; <B>Between 1870 and 1914 one hundred American women married… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2005. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>Basis for the film "The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton". </b>; Spine ends bumped, one corner bumped revealing boards, a few page edges creased; pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Cream unclipped dust wrapper very lightly soiled, faint edgewear. A nice copy.;… Read more about this item

NY: Grand Central Publishing. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2008. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 288 pages. Spine tail lightly bumped, top rear corner not completely covered by paper, revealing board (a publishering flaw). Unclipped dust wrapper in lovely condition. A very nice copy indeed. .

London: Flamingo. Very Good-. c1999,2000. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. 321 pages. Spine creases, light edgewear, circular black sticker "Now a major adaption for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour" on front cover. Pages yellowed but clean, page edges rippled and have a few smudges; none loose.; <B>'In an absorbing mixture of poignant biography and wonderfully entertaining social… Read more about this item

NY: Atheneum. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1966. First US Edition. Hardcover. 260 pages. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, page edges faintly browned; interior pages clean, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, white flaps faintly yellowed. A nice copy. ; <b>This biography of the prolific writer (author of "Old Wives… Read more about this item