Anglophile Nonfiction G-P from Anglophile Books

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 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: 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

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

NY: St Martins Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends bumped, purple marker gift inscription front free endpaper, top textblock edge faintly soiled, pages pale yellow but clean; no binding problems. Clipped dust wrapper edgeworn with several small tears and scratch marks.; <b>The lives of the lovers, wives,… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1976, 2014. Softcover. Spine creased, very light edgewear. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. Persephone editions have uniform grey covers and dust wrappers with lovely decorated endpapers and bookmarks unique to each title.; <b>This edition contains a new preface by the author. 'This biography of the… Read more about this item

NY: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1991. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>Third in the series of the author's adventures with her animals and small farm in Wales. Ms. McMullen also had her own BBC radio program, "A Small Country Living".</b>; Spine ends very lightly bumped, small paper flaw… Read more about this item

London: Corgi Books. Very Good+. c1991,1998. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 284 pages. A lovely unread copy, faint edgewear, page edges pale yellow. ; <B>Another of Longden's delightful books, this one tells the story of his ageing mother an endearing and amusing character that many readers met in "Diana's Story". This book, along with "Diana's Story", … Read more about this item

NY: E. P. Dutton. Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper. 1979. First US Edition. Hardcover. 268 pages. About a dozen pages have passages underlined in red ink, previous owner wrote page numbers and comments on rear pastedown also in red ink. Boards faintly soiled, page edges yellowed and faintly soiled, several page corners creased. Unclipped… Read more about this item

London: Constable. Very Good+. c1982,1999. Third Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. 368 pages. A nice copy with very light edgewear and rubbing and a small black dot on bottom edge.; <b>'The final resting places of illustrious men and women exercise a mysterious attraction to the traveller, and in this book the burial sites of over 350 prominent figures… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. <b>Profusely illustrated with photographs and contemporary b&w and colour illustrations. An interesting glimpse into the life of this very private author. She never gave an interview or made a public appearance. This book has extracts from her letters as well as from her… Read more about this item

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub.. Very Good. c1995,1996. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. 231 pages. No spine creases, faint cover creases and rubbing, slight edgewear. A few smudges to page edges; interior pages clean and bright, none loose.; "The women who wed Henry VIII are remembered mainly for the ways their royal marriages ended: divorced, beheaded, died,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Helicon Press. Very Good+. c1976, 1995. Softcover. 350 pages. Bump on spine side edge, no spine or cover creases, faint edgewear, pages yellowed, edges smudged; looks unread. ; <b>"A listing of folk customs and practices, both past and present, in the British Isles. Covers events around the country such as April Noddy Day, the Furry Dance… Read more about this item

NY: Thames and Hudson. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1980. Hardcover. 208 pages. Teal green boards, gilt decoration on front cover and spine bright, spine ends and bottom corners very lightly bumped, no binding problems, pages clean and bright. Previous owner embossed circle on front free endpaper and half title page. Dust wrapper very lightly… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. Near Fine. c1979, 1998. Revised Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. 182 pages. A new book with faint edgewear.; <b>'This is a revised and updated edition of Alison Plowden's classic study of the dominant women of the Tudor era. The women of the royal family are the central characters in this book - royal women… Read more about this item

London: Flamingo. Very Good-. c1999,2000. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. 321 pages. Spine creases, light edgewear, circular black sticker "Now a major adaption for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour" on front cover. Pages yellowed but clean, page edges rippled and have a few smudges; none loose.; <B>'In an absorbing mixture of poignant biography and wonderfully entertaining social… Read more about this item

NY: Riverhead Books. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2003. First US Edition. Hardcover; Ex-Library. 275 pages. A nice ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings. Skinned areas on front and rear boards where dust wrapper was once attached to book. Unclipped dust wrapper, faintly edgeworn, has no library markings.; <b>The author's life changed after the… Read more about this item

London: Wayland. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1972. First British Edition. Hardcover. 164 pages. Illustrated with b&w and colour illustrations, very nice pictorial endpapers. Spine tail and corners bumped; no binding problems, pages clean and bright. Price clipped pictorial dust wrapper lightly edgeworn and creased. Tiny skinned area on front. A nice copy. ;… Read more about this item

New York: Time Inc.. Very Good. c1959,1965. Softcover; Trade PB. 260 pages. Spine lightly creased, white covers lightly soiled, page edges foxed; interior pages clean, none loose. ; <B>Also published as 'Cider with Rosie'. A poet remembers his early life in a remote Cotswold village. His memories are of a way of life that was brought to… Read more about this item

New York: Free Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1998. First US Edition. Hardcover. Bumped spine ends and corners, tiny smudge on front free endpaper; no remainder mark. Price clipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. A nice copy.; <B>The author's memories of working in the SOE are interspersed with anecdotes (many humorous) of his… Read more about this item