Recent Arrivals from Anglophile Books

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. .

NY: Knopf. Fair. 1953. First US Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends and corners bumped and fraying, cloth worn to boards on all corners, spine sunned (seen frequently in this edition), orange cloth boards have a few soil marks. Pages age yellowed with a few soil spots in margins and edges; endpapers decorated with map of Barsetshire.… Read more about this item

NY: Avon. Very Good-. c1973, 1976. Softcover; Trade PB. Faint spine and cover creases. Previous owners ink stamp and signature on half title page. White covers and interior pages age yellowed but clean and not brittle.; <B>After 20 years of corresponding with the bookselling firm Marks and Co. In London, the author visits England for the first… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good. 1990. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine creased and lightly sunned, covers lightly edgeworn and rubbed. Clean pages age browned but not brittle.; <B>The first volume of the Cazalet Chronicle, basis for the Masterpiece Theater series <i>The Cazalets</i>. 'In 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on Britain's horizon.… Read more about this item

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

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good. c1938, 1970. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine and cover creases, light edgewear. Pages and inside front covers browned but not brittle; pages clean, none loose.; <b>'Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party is marred by argument and dissension amongst his family, and then the next morning, Kane is found dead. The coroner's verdict… Read more about this item

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

Orlando, FL: Magic Carpet Books. Very Good+. c2004,2006. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Faint edgewear, a few smudges to page edges; lovely copy, looks unread. ; <b>The delightful sequel to 'Sorcery and Cecelia' set in 1817. Cecilia and Kate are on a Grand Tour of the Continent and become entangled in a mysterious plot to create a magical… Read more about this item

NY: Magic Carpet Books. Very Good+. c1988, 2004. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine or cover creases, very light edgewear, top page edges pale yellow; looks unread. A very nice copy. ; <b>Kate, in London, and Cecelia, in the country, have alot to write to each other about during the 1817 season. <br><br>For starters, there's the… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Near Fine. 2007. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book received with faint edgewear and a few smudges on textblock edges. Includes bibliographical references and an index.; <B>Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life--lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants--participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times<p>Deborah E.… Read more about this item

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

London: Hogarth Press. Very Good. c1937, 1988. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. Covers lightly creased, light edgewear, small skinned area on front cover (from old price sticker?) Pages yellowed (seen frequently in this edition), red remainder mark bottom edge; pages clean, none loose. A nice copy.; <b>Colin Keith teaches at Southbridge during a break from his law … 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

NY: Harper Trophy. Good. c1981, 1986. Softcover; Trade PB. Top corner of front cover torn away, covers creased and edgeworn with a closed tear, pages and inside covers pale brown (seen before in this edition) the first few pages have a tiny tear as if a staple at one time pressed on the pages. Previous bookstore label… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Good+. c1961, 1968. Fifth Printing. Hardcover; Ex-Library. An ex-library copy with the expected stamps, markings, and pocket discarded from a high school library. Decorative library binding with wrap around illustration, lightly soiled, worn, and slightly fraying at bumped spine ends and corners. Front and rear hinges, repaired or reinforced by library;… 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: Viking Kestrel. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1985. First British Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends lightly bumped, some faint soil marks on textblock edges, a few pages very lightly creased. Unclipped dust wrapper (£7.95) has faint edgewear. A very nice copy. ; <b>By the author of 'Good Night Mr. Tom', for ages 10… 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

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1987. First US Edition. Hardcover. Corners lightly bumped, page edges faintly smudged. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly rubbed and edgeworn with a faintly sunned spine. Rear white panel a bit age yellowed. A nice copy. ; <B>The ninth book in the Richard Jury / Melrose… Read more about this item

London: Arrow Books. Very Good. c2009, 2010. Softcover; Trade PB. Spine and cover creases, light edgewear. Page edges pale yellow; interior pages clean, none loose.; <B>A young woman and her family leave London for what they hope will be an idyllic life in Cornwall. It doesn't *exactly* turn out like that. In this humourous and warm-hearted first… Read more about this item