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New York: Carroll & Graf. Very Good. c1940,1992. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine creased, covers lightly edgeworn, inside covers and page edges pale brown (seen before in this edition); interior pages clean, none loose. ; Cover matches sample image. .

NY: Knopf. Fair. 1953. First US Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends and corners bumped and fraying, cloth worn to boards on all corners, spine sunned (seen frequently in this edition), orange cloth boards have a few soil marks. Pages age yellowed with a few soil spots in margins and edges; endpapers decorated with map of Barsetshire.… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good. 1990. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine creased and lightly sunned, covers lightly edgeworn and rubbed. Clean pages age browned but not brittle.; <B>The first volume of the Cazalet Chronicle, basis for the Masterpiece Theater series <i>The Cazalets</i>. 'In 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on Britain's horizon.… Read more about this item

London: Virago Modern Classics. Very Good+. c1898, 2007. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. Light edgewear and rubbing, no spine creases. Page edges yellowed, as is common with Virago editions.; <B>Elizabeth's first novel, written in the form of a diary. Author put many elements of her own life in her novels. Born Mary Annette Beauchamp, her books were published… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good. c1938, 1970. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine and cover creases, light edgewear. Pages and inside front covers browned but not brittle; pages clean, none loose.; <b>'Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party is marred by argument and dissension amongst his family, and then the next morning, Kane is found dead. The coroner's verdict… Read more about this item

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

London: Hogarth Press. Very Good. c1937, 1988. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. Covers lightly creased, light edgewear, small skinned area on front cover (from old price sticker?) Pages yellowed (seen frequently in this edition), red remainder mark bottom edge; pages clean, none loose. A nice copy.; <b>Colin Keith teaches at Southbridge during a break from his law … Read more about this item

NY: Harper Trophy. Good. c1981, 1986. Softcover; Trade PB. Top corner of front cover torn away, covers creased and edgeworn with a closed tear, pages and inside covers pale brown (seen before in this edition) the first few pages have a tiny tear as if a staple at one time pressed on the pages. Previous bookstore label… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Spine ends bumped, bottom board edge has tiny worn spot revealing board, previous owner note Doubleday Book Club and price in ink on rear pastedown. A few pages of deckled fore-edge indented, interior pages clean and bright, no… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, England: Viking Kestrel. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1985. First British Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends lightly bumped, some faint soil marks on textblock edges, a few pages very lightly creased. Unclipped dust wrapper (£7.95) has faint edgewear. A very nice copy. ; <b>By the author of 'Good Night Mr. Tom', for ages 10… 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

Harmondsworth, England: Puffin Books. Good. c1938, 1983. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Light spine creases, covers very creased, pages age browned but not brittle, a few page corners creased; interior pages clean, none loose. A reading copy.; <b>Winner of the1938 Carnegie Medal about the working life of a travelling circus. Orphans Santa and Peter find their unknown Uncle… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Good+. 1965. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>"A beguiling tale, at once nostalgic and candid about coming of age and the healing effects of time, this 1965 novel reveals much of the author's love of theater in the story of a determined young Lancashire girl arriving in London. Mouse never did fully suit… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books. Very Good-. c1938, 1986. Softcover; Trade PB. <b>A story of adolescent love in London during the 1930's.'Shortly after sixteen-year-old Portia comes to stay with her cool, elegant relations in their house in Windsor Terrace, she meets Eddie, an attractive young philanderer, and falls in love.'</b>; Light spine and cover creases, pages pale… Read more about this item

New York: Carroll & Graf. Very Good. c1933,1992. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. <B>Our introduction to Laura Morland, the writer of 'rather good bad novels', her son Tony, and many other beloved Barsetshire characters. Recommended.</B>; Spine creased, covers lightly edgeworn, page edges yellowed (see often in this edition); interior pages clean, none loose.; Image is actual… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Greyladies. New. c1956, 2015. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book. ; <b>'In Number Six Kirkaldy Crescent lives Mrs Lenox and her five children (all in their late teens or early twenties). Number Four, the house next door, is occupied by Miss Dorothea Balfour, a gentle and unassuming spinster who was constantly surprised to find "how… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Greyladies. New. c1930, 2012. Softcover; Trade PB. <B>The author was the sister of John Buchan. This is the sequel to 'The Proper Place' but can be read on its own. It is the tale of daily life in the small coast town of Fife, featuring Lady Jane and her daughter Nicole. <p> “To you and to… 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

London: The Book Club. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. c1956,1957. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, blue board edges sunned. Front endpaper beginning to crack at hinge, flaw seen before with this edition. Page edges and endpapers foxed, edges pale brown; interior pages clean and bright. Foxed dust wrapper, with Barbosa… Read more about this item