Historical Novel from Anglophile Books

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

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*… Read more about this item

London: Guild Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1990, 1991. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Spine ends lightly bumped, a few page edges creased. Dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. A very nice copy.; <B>This series is the basis for both 'Poldark' television series. The eleventh novel set in early 19th Century Cornwall opens with the family… Read more about this item

NY: St Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>'In 1861, Vittorio Speranza set sail from Italy for England with his inheritance: an ancient marble statue of Hermes, a fifteenth-century depiction of the Nativity by the Italian master Monaccio, and a gold cup attributed to Benvenuto Cellini. He also carried… Read more about this item

NY: Bloomsbury. Very Good+. 2004. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. Spine tail bumped, faint edgewear, page edges pale tan; no spine or cover creases. A nice copy. This oversized book will not fit safely in an international global mailing envelope.; <b>'Set in England during the early 1800's--a country beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon--it… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

NY: St Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1982. Hardcover; Ex-Library. An ex-library copy with the expected stamps, markings, and pocket. Remnants of previous dust wrapper protector still attached to front and rear pastedowns. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a few smudges to page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper sunned at spine, library label… Read more about this item

New York: Fawcett Crest. Very Good. c1962,. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine creased, one short cover crease, light edgewear, remainder mark top edge. Pages pale tan but clean, not brittle; none loose. No other date other than 1962 original publishing date but presence of an ISBN indicates a 1970's edition. A nice copy.; <B>In his attempts… Read more about this item

NY: Berkley Medallion Books. Very Good-. c1957,1975. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine and cover creases, light edgewear, book slightly curved. Pages pale tan but clean and not brittle; none loose. Book says "Large-Type edition" but the text is only slightly larger than most mass market paperbacks. The text is not as large as it is… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society. Very Good+. 2002. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 172,476,524 pages. Quarter cloth bindings with decorated paper covered boards and decorated endpapers. Two of the lovely volumes are near fine.The very good 'Barchester Towers' volume has circular dampstains on front and a few white spots on back. No dust wrappers as issued, blue slipcase, faintly … Read more about this item

NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2012. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 705 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, green ink line on bottom edge, remnant of a sticker blacked out with ink on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn.; <b>'Can love and honor conquer all? Mark Helprin’s enchanting… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1987. First US Edition. Hardcover. 212 pages. Quarter cloth spine ends very lightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgworn and rubbed, tiny chips and closed tears at spine ends and corners.; <b>Winner of the John W. Campbell prize, this is the author's first full length novel written… Read more about this item

NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, a few faint smudges to top page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear. A very nice copy.; <b>Historical novel of 17th century Rome, Florence, and Genoa based on the painterArtemisia Gentileschi, 'a woman who ignored the… Read more about this item

NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2004. First US Edition. Hardcover. 333 pages. A lovely book. Faintly bumped spine ends and corners. Unclipped dust wrapper has faintest edgewear.; <b>'It was Emily Carr (1871-1945)—not Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo—who first blazed a path for modern women artists, according to this novelized biography. Carr's boldly original… Read more about this item

Ware, England: Wordsworth Editions. Very Good. 1994. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 427 pages. Covers lightly creased, light edgewear, no spine creases, page edges yellowed (seen before in this edition). ; <B>From the back cover "Set in the mid-nineteenth century and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement… Read more about this item

Bath: Chivers Press. Near Fine. c1929,2002. Cassette; Audio Tape. <B>In this adventurous romance of Elizabethan days, Sir Nicholas Beauvallet (the ancestor of Simon the Coldheart) pits his sword and his wits against the Spanish. He does well until he meets the lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva on the blood-stained deck of a captured galleon.</B>;… Read more about this item

NY: Little, Brown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2010. First US Edition. Hardcover. 564 pages. Spine tail faintly bumped, scratch along bottom text block edge and a few faint smudges; interior pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, a few smudges on white rear flap. ; "Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson of London. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. Black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine spine and rye decoration in pale blue. Boards very lightly soiled, spine ends lightly bumped; no binding problems. Pastedowns and endpapers lightly foxed, page edges pale brown with a few smudges.… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good. c1975, 1976. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 370 pages. Spine faintly creased, covers edgeworn and lightly creased; inside covers and pages pale brown but not brittle; interior pages clean, none loose. ; <B>Heyer's final novel opens during the reign of Richard II and tells the story of John, the third son of… Read more about this item

NY: Three Rivers Press. Very Good+. c1993, 2003. Softcover; Trade PB. 278 pages. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear. A very nice copy.; <b>One of this prolific author's "Qeens of England" series. 'Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is plucked from her home to live with her grandmother, the Duchess… Read more about this item