Fiction from Anglophile Books

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. Black quarter cloth binding lightly rubbed, spine ends lightly bumped; no binding problems. Page edges pale tan; interior pages clean. Unclipped dust wrapper a bit edgeworn with a few closed tears. Pink portion of spine faded to tan, tiny skinned area… Read more about this item

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers. Very Good. c1968,1990. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. Light edgewear and cover creases, no spine creases, page edges yellowed (seen before in this edition).; <b>The village of Fairacre has a festival to help pay for the damage done to the roof of St. Patrick's church by an October storm.</b> .

NY: Europa Editions. Near Fine. c2006, 2009. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. Faintly edgeworn and rubbed; a lovely copy.; <b>Translated from the French by Alison Anderson. Wonderfully written story told from the viewpoint of two residents of an upscale building in Paris. Renée, 54, "outwardly conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to… Read more about this item

NJ: Ecco Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. c1969, 1997. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. <b>Two American poets decided to collaborate on this humorous novel, originally published in 1969, about life in the US suburbs 'purely by chance'. The bedroom community of Kelton, New York is some 50 miles from Manhattan. The well-heeled denizens we… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2013. First US Edition. Hardcover. Printing flaw in front pastedown resulted in a creased and chipped front pastedown, an extra free endpaper, and tiny tears to the top edges of the first three pages. Spine ends very lightly bumped, a few page corners lightly creased; pages clean… Read more about this item

NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2012. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 705 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, green ink line on bottom edge, remnant of a sticker blacked out with ink on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn.; <b>'Can love and honor conquer all? Mark Helprin’s enchanting… 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: Folio Society. Very Good. c1957, 2008. Hardcover. 203 pages. A lovely copy downgraded by a publishing flaw which caused the bottom portion only of one signature (section of pages) to be unbound, faintly rubbed corners. No slip case.; <b>The first volume of the "Alexandria Quartet", four interlocking novels set in the Egyptian city of Alexandria… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1987. First US Edition. Hardcover. 212 pages. Quarter cloth spine ends very lightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgworn and rubbed, tiny chips and closed tears at spine ends and corners.; <b>Winner of the John W. Campbell prize, this is the author's first full length novel written… Read more about this item

NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, a few faint smudges to top page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear. A very nice copy.; <b>Historical novel of 17th century Rome, Florence, and Genoa based on the painterArtemisia Gentileschi, 'a woman who ignored the… Read more about this item

NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2004. First US Edition. Hardcover. 333 pages. A lovely book. Faintly bumped spine ends and corners. Unclipped dust wrapper has faintest edgewear.; <b>'It was Emily Carr (1871-1945)—not Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo—who first blazed a path for modern women artists, according to this novelized biography. Carr's boldly original… Read more about this item

NY: Little, Brown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2010. First US Edition. Hardcover. 564 pages. Spine tail faintly bumped, scratch along bottom text block edge and a few faint smudges; interior pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, a few smudges on white rear flap. ; "Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted… Read more about this item

New York: Avon Books. Very Good+. 1988. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 8vo; 189 pages. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear and rubbing, pages browning (seen often in this edition) but not brittle; pages clean, none loose. ; <b>A fun story set in pre-WWI Australia of a young woman coming into her own.… Read more about this item

NY: Ballentine Books. Very Good-. c1950,1981. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 277 pages. Light spine and cover creases, covers edgeworn, tiny hole on back cover, pages age browned but clean; none loose.; <B>Basis for the 1981 television mini-series.</b> .

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good- in Good+ dust wrapper. 1970. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. 589 pages. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and worn (not to boards). Previous owner intials on front free endpaper, page edges yellowed, top edge dampstained; interior pages clean, no binding problems. Dust wrapper edgeworn and quite rubbed.; <b>'In just three years,… Read more about this item

NY: Delacorte Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1991. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. 458 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, small previous owner name on front free endpaper, a few small smudges on page edges. Red dust wrapper with stylized gold mask very lightly rubbed and edgeworn. No price on dust wrapper and circular indentation on… Read more about this item

NY: Fleming H. Revell Company. Very Good-. 1932. Hardcover. Signed by Author; <b>The four short stories of this novel feature Mary of Nazareth, Mary of Magdala, Mary of Bethany, and Mary of Capernaum.</b>; Signed and inscribed by the author, "for Emily & Oliver G----- with warmest regards and best wishes for a very happy Easter. Agnes… Read more about this item

NY: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper 1957. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 243 pages; Spine ends bumped and worn, corners very lightly worn (not to boards). Page edges yellowed and have a few faint spots, a few pages creased; interior pages clean, no binding problems. Dust wrapper edgeworn and… Read more about this item

NY: St Martin's Griffin. Very Good c2002, 2003. First Edition Thus. Softcover; Trade PB. 306 pages; LIght spine creases, light edgewear, page edges lightly yellowed but clean; none loose. A nice copy. ; <b>A satire based on the real-life experiences of the authors, former New York City nannies, who carefully state in the beginning that all… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679444815. 450 pages; Spine ends faintly bumped; a lovely copy. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear. ; Archaeologists working at the Dordogne River in France make a puzzling and seemingly impossible discovery at the medieval site. Suddenly they are taken by helicoptor to ITC,… Read more about this item