Women from Anglophile Books

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

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers. Very Good+. c1981, 1997. Second Printing. Softcover. A new copy received with light edgewear.; <B>In 1941, as Nazi hordes swept east into the Soviet Union, a desperte call went out for women to join the Russian air force. The result--three entire regiments of women pilots and bombers--was a phenomenon unmatched in World II.… Read more about this item

London: Virago Press. Very Good. 1998. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine and cover creases, a bit of edgewear. Page edges pale yellow as is often found in Virago publications, interior pages clean, none loose. ; <b>The seventh book in the series featuring Nelly Bray, suffragette and solver of mysteries. "Nell Bray would do almost anything… 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

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… Read more about this item

NY: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust wrapper. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 696 pages. A lovely copy, looks unread.; <B>An inclusive "encyclopedia" of US women's history with over 400 articles ranging from the Abolitionist Movement to the YWCA. The editor was the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995.</B>; Will… Read more about this item

NY: Prentice Hall. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. Corners very slightly rubbed; dust wrapper rubbed. A very nice copy. ; <B>"Weatherford said that 'the aim of this work is to provide some of the substance to fill in the background of this larger picture of [women's roles in] American history.'… Read more about this item

Bath, UK: Palazzo Editions. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1935, 2008. Second Printing. Hardcover. 160 pages. A new book received with light colour loss to tiny areas on board edges and very faint edgewear to dust wrapper.; <b>Illustrated with wonderful period black & wwhite photographs and delightful drawings by Anna K. Zinkeisen. Originally published in… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Very Good+. c1980, 1990. Paperback; Trade PB. 383 pages. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear, a few faint smudges to page edges. A very nice copy. ; <b>This edition has a foreword by Nadine Gordimer. Olive Schreiner was admired by, and influenced, Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby.</b> .

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

NY: Arcade Publishing. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. 458 pages. Bumped spine ends, just revealing board at top edge, a few pages creased, some faint smudges to page edges. Unclipped dustwrapper has light edgewear.; <b>'This book eloquently demonstrates the role female war correspondents played in bringing the war to… Read more about this item

Toronto: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 319 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, faint sunning to bottom edge, faint foxing top page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear and very light scoring on back panel. A nice copy. ; <B>Between 1870 and 1914 one hundred American women married… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Near Fine. 1999. Softcover; Trade PB. 224 pages. A new book with faint edgewear.; <B>Sixteen essays on women writers of the liberal-left in the 1930s. Writers discussed include Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth Bowen, Vera Brittain, Katherine Burdekin, Nancy Cunard, Storm Jameson, Rosamond Lehmann, Naomi Mitchison, Jean Rhys, Stevi Smith, Sylvia Townsend Warner,… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Good+ in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. 342 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, corners bumped revealing boards on two corners; no binding problems. Red remainder mark on top page edge, page edges pale yellow, bottom edge of last 40 pages rippled; interior pages clean. Unclipped dust wrapper edgeworn with… 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: Birch Lane Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. 271 pages. Vertical spine crease that does not damage binding, spine ends faintly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A nice copy. ; <b>Published while Ann Richards was running for re-election for Governor of Texas (which she lost). It is 'based… Read more about this item

Facts On File. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1995. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 432 pages. Spine head bumped, large remainder stamp on bottom edge, faint smudges on top edge. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn.; <B>Revised and Updated edition. Author uses letters and diaries to give a vivid picture of what it was like for European… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. c1975, 2003. Softcover; Trade PB. 339 pages. A new book with faint edgewear. Persephone editions have uniform grey covers and dust wrappers with lovely decorated endpapers unique to each title (see image).; <b>A very readable overview of twentieth century British women's lives written by a novelist historian.… Read more about this item

NY: Facts On File. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. 339 pages. Large remainder mark on bottom textblock edge. Dust wrapper has faint edgewear. A lovely copy. ; <B>Over 500 entries on a broad range of topics relating to American women and United States history.</B>; Oversized book will not fit… Read more about this item