Search Results: Titles starting with V from Anglophile Books

San Diego: Harvest/HBJ. Very Good. c1983, 1985. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0156933500. B&W Photographs; 399 pages; Spine creased, covers lightly edgeworn and rubbed, pages lightly soiled.; Biography of Virginia Woolf's sister, a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. Until this book was published she she was its most elusive member. This biography 'brings her powerful, magnetic personality into clarity, revealing the complex emotions beneath her surface serenity, her gift for the "handling of life" (as Virginia called it) and her lifelong commitment to art. An important part of this biography is devoted to her painting, her harmonious working relationship with Duncan Grant, and their contribution to English art and decoration.'. Catalogs: Biography. Keywords: Bloomsbury Group, Virginia Woolf, Roger Fry, Duncan Grant, Artist, British Artist, Art, Decorative Arts.

New York: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1993. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385421907. 422 pages; Spine ends lightly bumped, two red smudges on bottom page edges, book is slightly cocked. Interior pages and covers clean and bright. Dust wrapper, not price cut, has a bit of edgewear and rubbing. Inner white flaps faintly yellowed at edges which we have seen before with this edition.; Novel, set in 18th Century Venice, involves three women who became friends as children. The eldest gives up a promising operatic career to marry a Venetian maskmaker, while the other two wed men who are sworn enemies. They lead very different lives as adults but continue to support each other and, literally, save each other's lives.. Catalogs: Fiction. Keywords: Venice, Novel, 18th Century Romance.

NY: Penguin. Very Good. c1930. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine creases, light edgewear and cover creases, white covers have pale tan edges. This edition published after 1975 but has no date. A nice copy.; </B>A collection of eleven short stories featuring the inimitable Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. This author described as "a staple of the comfort reading genre" by Jenny Colgan in an April 2020 article in "The Guardian".</B> .

London: Mitchell Beazley. Very Good+ 2001. Hardcover. Monochrome; 144 pages; A new book with faint wear to corners. Pictorial cover, no dust wrapper as issued.; <B>'A fascinating collection of entries and photographs, offering us an insight into the society and world of ordinary Victorian men and women. Witness medical treatments through a patient's entries; a clergyman's dilemmas as charitable provider for the poor; a schoolboy's emotions on moving towns and schools; a couple's grief at being parted by the war in India; and much more.'</B> .

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 Burne-Jones, Agnes was the wife of artist Edward Poynter, Alice was wife to an artist and mother of Rudyard Kipling and Louisa was mother to British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.</B>Image is actual copy on offer. .

London: Black Swan. Very Good+. (1989)1998. Reprint. Paperback; Trade PB. ISBN: 0552994103. 271 pages; Slight spine creases. ; "Lettice Deverel with her parrot, and the vicar, a wonderful man- seemed to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage- a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars, and now, the house. So why did she feel that something crucial was missing?" . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Novel, British Woman Author, England, Village Life.

New York: Berkley Books. Near Fine. c1989,1999. Reprint. Paperback; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0425171094. 292 pages; A new book. This edition contains a short interview with the author.; "Lettice Deverel with her parrot, and the vicar, a wonderful man- seemed to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage- a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars, and now, the house. So why did she feel that something crucial was missing?" . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Novel, British Woman Author, England, Village Life.

Quality Paperback Book Club. Very Good+. c1972, 1992. Book Club Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. B&W Photographs; 314 pages; A lovely copy with faint edgewear and a tiny skinned area on half title page; looks unread. ; This biography by Virginia Woolf's nephew is considered one of the best ever written about her.. Catalogs: Biography. Keywords: Bloomsbury Group, Virginia Woolf, England, British Woman Author.

Chicago: Academy Chicago. Very Good+. 1995. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0897330757. 365 pages; A new book; no spine or cover creases but shows some edgewear.; The author demonstrates that women played a far more active, aggressive role in Scottish life than has usually been deduced. Meticulously researched, crammed with curious information, this is a moving account of how the women of Scotland have more than held their own against unjust law and social prejudice.' . Catalogs: Women. Keywords: Women's History, Scotland, Social History, British History.

NY: Bantam Books. Good+. 1984. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 055326253x. 771 pages; Signed by Author; Spine and front cover creases. ; Signed by the author on chapter one title page. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Signed, British Woman Author, England.

New York: St Martin's Press. Very Good. c1984,1986. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0312914741. 276 pages; Sunned spine is creased, covers have a bit of edgewear; no loose pages.; Newly married, shy, and recovering from illness, Laura Haverstock is unable to join her husband on his annual trip to Scotland. Instead she goes to his family's cottage on the Cornish coast to recuperate and eventually to learn more about his family and herself. ' . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Woman Author, Cornwall, Novel.

NY: Artisan. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1996. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 168 pages. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. A very nice copy of a delightful book.; <b>"Credendo Vides -- By Believing, One Sees" Join imaginative Cassandra, her skeptical older sister Miranda, and their father, Professor Algernon Aisling on a fantastical journey of discovery. Beginning in Victorian England, 'the family sets out in search of the ancient legends. From the flickering flight of faeries and the mermaids' siren songs to a labyrinth-bound Minotaur and a fire-breathing dragon, the Aisling family witnesses firsthand the wonder of mythological worlds.' Basis for the film "Voyage of the Unicorn" starring Beau Bridges.</b> .

NY: Delacorte Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper. 1994. Hardcover. Signed by Author; Signed and inscribed (For Laura -Slàinte Mhath! Diana Gabaldon 4/20/97) by the author on the title page at the 1997 Festival of Books at UCLA. Spine ends lightly bumped, board edges and corners very lightly bumped and worn, bottom corners *just* revealing boards, front free endpaper and top foredge small area of first 75 pages soiled (tea?) otherwise clean and bright. Unclipped dust wrapper a bit edgeworn, with one very short closed tear at spine head and one tiny tear top front flap. Laminate beginning to lift on front panel at raised lettering of title, seen frequently with this edition. Dust wrapper is the original decorative artwork featuring a ship, a map, and a tartan. ; Third book in this delightful series that currently contains eight books. Series is the basis for the Starz series "Outlander". Adventure, romance, time travel, what more could you ask for? There is an email discussion… Read More