Search Results: Anglophile Fiction from Anglophile Books

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1987. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553173170. 406 pages; Signed by Author; Spine a bit creased, covers lightly edgeworn.; Signed by the author on the title page. The story of three generations of strong women.'Left to the indifferent care of an aunt after the death of her mother, well-bred Audra Kenton is sent to work at Yorkshire's Fever Hospital, where she trains as a nurse before taking a post in the home of an affluent suffragette. Though she captures the heart of a handsome bounder, Audra's independent spirit is not much appreciated by her working-class husband, and the two clash fiercely over her encouragement of their daughter's artistic genius. Audra's ceaseless efforts backfire, though, when Christina tries to repay the debt by choosing a lucrative career in fashion. With its trademark painted silk garments, the House of Christina is an instant success. But handing the flourishing business on to her only daughter proves harder than Christina expected, since… Read More

New York: Grove Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. 342 pages. Spine head and tail lightly bumped; top text block edge faintly soiled, previous owner signature on front endpaper. Dust wrapper, not price cut, is lightly edgeworn. ; <B>The first two Adrian novels issued in one volume. </B> .

Limpsfield & London: Dragon's World. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. (1865) 1990. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ISBN: 185028105x. Color Illustrations; 96 pages; A nice copy. Spine tail and bottom corners rubbed. Dust wrapper lightly edgeworn.; Delightful colour illustrations. A wonderful addition to an Alice collection.. Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Malcolm Ashman, Children's, Fantasy, British Author, England.

Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell. Very Good+. c1933, 1996. Softcover; Trade PB. 212 pages. No spine creases, back cover corner and several page corners creased, faint edgewear. A nice copy.; <B>First time this early AT title has been published in the US. This novel was written before the author had the inspiration to write her Barsetshire series and is rather autobiographical.</B>; Perhaps not the novel to choose to introduce others to AT but as AT admirers we found it very interesting. .

New York: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good+ in Good+ dust wrapper. 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 4to; 351 pages; A nice copy. Pages faintly yellowed, tiny chip from decorated rear endpaper and a small rough area on top page edges. Clipped dust wrapper is edgeworn with a few small short tears and several creases. White rear panel is lightly soiled and front panel has two discoloured areas. ; The two delightful Alice stories with wonderful notes and explainations by Martin Gardner.. Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Author, Children's Fiction, Fantasy, Movie, England, Film.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter. Good+ 1960. First US Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends and corners bumped, bottom front corner worn to boards, tan cloth binding lightly soiled. Previous owner signature on decorated free endpaper, page edges lightly browned. Interior pages clean, no binding problems. No dust wrapper. .

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 same name starring Martin Clunes and Arsher Ali. Set in late-Victorian Britain we meet two people, Arthur, who will create the legendary Sherlock Holmes and George, the son of a vicar who will become a solicitor and be wrongly convicted of a crime. The way their lives intersect is based on true incidents.</b>; Image is actual copy on offer. .

London: Hogarth Press. Very Good-. c1932,1986. Softcover; Trade PB. 307 pages. Spine and cover creases, edgewear, white portions of covers age yellowed, remenant of old price tag on rear cover. Pages yellowed but not brittle, a few smudges to page edges; interior pages clean, none loose.; <B>A blend of fiction and opinion set during World War I by the creater of Lucia and other delightful characters from Riseholme.</B> .

Toronto: Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2001. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 372 pages. Spine ends bumped, faint smudges to bottom page edges (not remainder marks), some deckled edges faintly creased. Unclipped dust wrapper has faintest edgewear. A very nice copy. ; <b>First Canadian edition published simultaneously with first British edition. Basis for 2007 film of the same name starring Keira Knightly and James McAvoy.</b> .

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 and his neighbors during World War Two.</b> .

London: Book Club. Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper. c1955. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Light crease on spine does not damage binding (often seen in this edition), spine ends and corners faintly bumped. Pastedowns, first few pages and last few pages foxed, page edges and margins browned; no binding problems. Title originally published in 1955, no date on this edition. Dust wrapper illustration by Barbosa. Dust wrapper with lightly sunned spine, is edgeworn with some tiny chips and a short closed tear, white rear panel is yellowed and soiled. ; <B>'Never were there two young women less alike than the gentle Lady Fanny and the volatile Lady Serena. They were, however, good friends--Fanny, recently widowed and some years the younger was, in fact, Serena's stepmother.' This author was described as "a staple of the comfort reading genre" by Jenny Colgan in an April 2020 article in "The Guardian".</B> .

New York: Carroll & Graf. Very Good. c1940,1992. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine creased, covers lightly edgeworn, inside covers and page edges pale brown (seen before in this edition); interior pages clean, none loose. ; Cover matches sample image. .

New York: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394534077. 345 pages; Remainder stamp on top edge, spine ends lightly bumped, corners a bit soiled. White dust wrapper, not price clipped, is rubbed and lightly soiled with a bit of edgewear. ; Barnard Samson, a British secret service operative now working at a desk instead of in the field must discover who is the traitor amongst his colleagues. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Author, Espionage, Spy, England, Secret Service, Bernard Samson, Germany.

New York: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1966. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. 435 pages; Friends of the library stamp on front free endpaper but not an ex-library book. Corners and spine head and tail lightly bumped. Pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Original pamphlet from the Book of the Month Club laid in. Dust wrapper is lightly edgeworn and chipped, with a closed tear along rear gutter.A nice reading copy.; The talented and literarily diverse author, Rebecca West, presents a rich, witty tale featuring a brilliant double agent, a beautiful and na�ve young woman, proud Tsarist and ex-aristocratic terrorist. The premise of this beguiling novel is founded on an historical event, a conversation on a train at the turn of the last century, which triggered the crumpling of the Russian revolutionary party. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Woman Author, Novel, Espionage, Tsarist Russia, Aristocracy, Spies.

New York: Vintage Books. Very Good+. (1993) 1997. First Edition Thus. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0679776818. 483 pages; Light scoring, one corner bent. ; A compelling novel of love and war featuring a British soldier and a French woman set in World War I. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: France, World War I.

London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good. 1951. First British Edition. Hardcover. 270 pages. Spine ends and top corners lightly bumped, vertical spine crease does not damage binding, front board flared. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, page edges lightly yellowed and smudged; interior pages clean. Only spine, front panel, and front flap of edgeworn and torn dust wrapper present.; <b>In this charming 1951 novel, Grace Allingham tries to understand the behavior of Charles-Edouard, her wealthy and dashing French husband. Her newly acquired aristocratic world isn't quite as blissful as she thought it would be, as she contends with former and current mistresses. There is the possibility of divorce and the possibility of Grace infatuated or in love with others. This is a very funny, ever-so-satiric novel. Our anglophile fans will enjoy the rising triumph of a young Englishwoman conquering the French. Basis for the 1959 film "Count Your Blessings" starring Deborah… Read More

New York: Simon And Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1948. Hardcover. 239 pages; Clean green cloth binding, spine head and tail and corners lightly worn. Dust wrapper is edgeworn, spine and front panel are yellowed and lightly dampstained. ; The second volume in a trilogy of life in the West Country of England. This one focuses on the small village of Brensham near the market town of Elmbury. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Great Britain, England, Village Life.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good- c1945,1982. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. 351 pages; No spine creases, covers creased and edgeworn especially at top rear corner, page edges lightly yellowed and soiled; interior pages clean, none loose.; <B>Cover images are from the Granada Television/ WNET television series starring Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons. ' This novel was recently selected by 'Time Magazine' as one of the one hundred best English-language novels written from 1923 to the present.</B> .

New York: Viking. Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper. 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. Spine ends lightly bumped, book is very slightly cocked, small stain on bottom page edges extends to margin on two pages; no remainder mark. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly rubbed and edgeworn with a faint faded line on top edge of inside flaps.; <B>Humorous account of a year in the life of a thirty-something Singleton. Basis for the film of the same name. This author described as "a staple of the comfort reading genre" by Jenny Colgan in an April 2020 article in "The Guardian".</B> .

San Diego: Harcourt Brace. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. c1935,1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0151142408. 120 pages; Remainder mark on bottom text block edge, otherwise a lovely copy. Dust wrapper, price clipped, is slightly edgeworn and rubbed. ; 'Long before the love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Trefusis was disclosed in "Portrait of a Marriage", Vita wrote about it in her novel "Challenge" and Virginia Woolf made it an episode in "Orlando". Violet Trefusis provided a view from the third side of this romantic (and literary) triangle in this novel, first published (in French) in 1935. In this delightful roman a clef, written as a drawing room comedy that unfolds during a single afternoon, the relationships among these three women are freshly illuminated. ' With a new introduction by Victoria Glendinning. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Woman Author, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West.