Search Results: Titles starting with F from Anglophile Books

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> .

New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525945814. 324 pages; Faintly bumped spine ends, one faint smudge on bottom page edges. Dust wrapper, unclipped, is faintly edgeworn and rubbed. A very nice copy indeed. ; 'In a fashionable London cemetery two families, visiting their respective graves on the day after Queen Victoria's death, teeter on the brink of a new era. The Colemans and the Waterhouses are divided by social class as well as taste. They would certainly not have become acquainted had not their two girls, meeting behind the tombstones, become best friends. As the girls grow up, the new king changes social customs, and a new, forward-thinking era takes wing. The lives and fortunes of the two families become more and more closely intertwined- neighbors in life as well as death. Against a gas-lit backdrop of social and political history, the author of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" explores the prejudices and flaws of a changing time.'.… Read More

New York: Penguin (Virago). Very Good. c1932,1987. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0140161562. 315 pages; Some spine and cover creasing; text block edges slightly yellowed as it common with Virago editions. ; Evelyn Jarrold stayed close to her husband's family after he is killed during World War I. Then she meets Miles Vane-Merrick an up and coming Labour politician fifteen years her junior. Their love affair is one of different temperaments and eras.' . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Woman Author, Novel, England, Bloomsbury Group.

NY: Doubleday. Good+. 1979. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. 184 pages. Although not stated this feels like a book club edition. Spine ends and corners bumped and worn, covers soiled, book is cocked, a few page edges soiled. No dust wrapper. A reading copy.; <B>Sarah Kelling of Boston meets Max Bittersohn for the first time. 'Great-uncle Frederick has passed away, and the Kelling clan of Boston has made plans to put the old gentleman's remains in the family vault on Beacon Hill. When the vault is opened, however, there's someone already there that no one could have ever expected -- the skeleton of a burlesque queen who disappeared thirty years ago!'</B> .

NY: E. P. Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. 106 pages. Signed by Author; A lovely book. No remainder mark, not an ex-library book. Signed and inscribed by the author 'best wishes for happy reading'. Dust wrapper, unclipped, has faint edgewear and rubbing.; <b>Leona and her best friend Eddie have a wonderful day of stay-at-home-from-school (by pretending to be sick) fun planned. Disaster strikes when Leona is trapped in Eddie's closet and then stranded in a tree. Eddie is sent to school without Leona or his homework! And that's only the beginning of this very funny not-so-fantastic day.</b> .

NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1979. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0698109589. 349 pages; Spine ends and bottom corners bumped, cover edges faded, page edges lightly soiled, vertical spine crease does not damage binding. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, edgeworn with browned edges and a few chips and tears. ; A family saga set in Victorian England. Nell's grandfather the head of the Bostock shipping family wants her to marry the eldest son of the Gresham family, a rival shipping clan. She refuses and feels she is quite capable of running the company herself. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Author, Ships, Shipping, Victorian England.

NY: Wm Morrow. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1993. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo ; 348 pages. Very slight soil to bottom of text block edge. .

NY: Putnam & Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 1998. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399144048. 301 pages. Catalogs: Fiction. Keywords: Fiction, Kansas.

NY: Doubleday. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1982. First US Edition. Hardcover. Bottom corners bumped; dust wrapper edgeworn, small tears, slight soil. ; <B>Story of a young woman journalist's adventures. Set in the Pacific Northwest during the early 20th Century. </B> .

New York: Putnam. Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 039914126x. 307 pages; Front flap of dw has a small crease, spine head and tail slightly bumped, publishing flaw has caused hinge to crack at half title page.. Catalogs: Mystery.

NY: Scholastic. Very Good+. c1971, 2002. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. 289 pages. Inside of covers browned, covers have faint edgewear but no spine or cover creases as book is unread, page edges light brown.; <b>The ninth book in this beloved author's "Little House" series with wonderful b&w illustrations by Garth Williams was first published after LIW's death in 1968. Laura and Almanzo's new life on a small prairie homestead.</b> Image is one of actual copies on offer. .

NY: Scholastic. Very Good. c1944, 1999. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 059044767X. B&W Illustrations; 188 pages; Child's name in ink on inside front cover, faint spine creases, light cover creases and edgewear, page edges very lightly yellowed. ; This biography tells how Elizabeth Blackwell pursued her dream and became the first woman doctor in the US. In 1840 there were no women doctors in the US but Elizabeth Blackwell was raised to think for herself and she overcame the many difficulties placed in her way. For ages 9-12.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Women' History, Women's Work, Biography, Elizabeth Blackwell.

NY: Orchard Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; A lovely copy signed and inscribed on half title page "For My Friend T--, Love, Susan Patron 5/19/93." Unclipped dustwrapper faintly edgeworn. ; <b>This Newbery award winning author also specialized in Children's Services for 35 years in the Los Angeles Public Library system. The dustdobbin lives in an old slipper under Billy Que's bed. When Billy Que accidently treads on his five tiny toes the dustdobbin shrinks Billy Que to teach him what it is like to be small. In order to regain his normal height Billy Que must receive freely offered gifts from the five rowdy bad boys we first met in 'Burgoo Stew.' 'Shenon's bold, witty illustrations are perfect for this comical, expertly honed story, whose brisk, colorful language begs to be shared aloud. ' Ages 3-8.</b> .

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 Plant mystery series. "When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique secretaire a abattant, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: "I bought the desk, not the body, send it back." Who would want to kill Simon Lean, the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston?<p>Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs...if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from… Read More

NY: Hyperion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2003. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0786868716. 196 pages; A lovely book. A few faint smudges to page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear. ; This novel from the author of 'Tuesdays with Morrie' is the tale of one man's life and the people this life touched. 'Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the… Read More

London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1953. First British Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding, spine ends and bottom corners lightly bumped, front hinge beginning to split at pastedown as is often seen with Collins editions from this time. Yellowed page edges have a few tiny soil marks; interior pages clean. Small bookseller label on rear pastedown. Unclipped dust wrapper, lightly edgeworn and soiled, spine head reinforced with tape on inside by previous owner. Once white rear panel now age browned. One of the nicer copies we've seen.; <B>One of the rather scarce titles by this wonderful author. Set in the Scottish Border country and London.</b> Images are actual copy available. .

NY: Penguin. Very Good. c1959,1983. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0140017151. 281 pages; Faint spine creases, front cover corner creased, light edgewear and rubbing. Page edges pale brown. ; The delightful and evocative memoir of a young girl, born in 1907, growing up on a farm in Kenya. The basis for the wonderful 1981-1982 Masterpiece Theater/Thames TV production.. Catalogs: Memoir. Keywords: Kenya, British Woman Author, Africa, Autobiography, Childhood.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1988. First British Edition. Hardcover. 309 pages. Spine head lightly bumped, front board very slightly flared, pages yellowed, erased pencil marks on front free endpaper. Dust wrapper not price cut, spine sunned, light edgewear. ; <B>Poppy is 16 in 1911 and is attending suffragette meetings in London. Life is exciting with wonderful possibilities. The outbreak of the Great War in 1914 changes everything and adds a new kind of excitement and freedom as Poppy becomes an ambulance driver. Part two of a six part series. </B> .

Phoenix Mill, Gloustershire: Sutton Publishing. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2000. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0750919892. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 190 pages; A new book with slightly rippled page edges. Dust wrapper has slight edgewear and rubbing. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and maps, a lovely book.; ' In July of 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart, heir to the exiled Stuart dynasty, made landfall at Barra Head, the southernmost tip of the Outer Hebrides�the first time he had touched the soil of his native Scotland�ready to claim the land he believed he had a divine right to rule. Within nine months his plans were crushed by the Hanoverians. With his defeat at Culloden, Prince Charles fled his homeland, hunted ruthlessly by the army of King George II. Yet the Scottish Jacobites who loved him aided Bonnie Prince Charlie at every turn of the five-month flight, hiding him, feeding him�especially Flora MacDonald, who disguised the young prince as her… Read More

London: The Carlos Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. (1969)1977. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 4to; 67 pages; Spine head and tail and corners bumped, book is cocked. White dust wrapper has several closed tears, a few creases and lightly yellowed edges. ; "This is a story of the gardens, trees, flowers and open spaces of the City of London." Large coffee table sized book is profusely illustrated with black & white and colour photographs that show the efforts made by businesses and volunteers to "make the City of London one of the most colourful and attractive business centres in the world. " . Catalogs: Gardening. Keywords: London, Parks, Gardens.