Search Results: Anglophile Nonfiction Q-Z from Anglophile Books

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. Very Good in Good dust wrapper. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 378 pages. Spine ends bumped, some of dust wrapper has adhered to bottom edge. No binding problems, interior pages clean and bright. Edgworn dust wrapper has laminate peeling in spots, large 2" chip missing from back panel, smaller chip out of front panel. There are several small closed tears and a dampstain at bottom of front flap. ; <B>A fascinating look at the pageant of eleven centuries that come alive in more than 400 color illustrations. Also included is a wonderful 16-page foldout which details the full sweep of the Bayeux Tapestry - a priceless panorama of life in the Middle Ages. </B> .

Duckworth Press. Very Good. c1977,1996. Second Printing. Softcover; Trade PB. Signed by Author; Light edgewear and rubbing, closed horizontal tear at spine does not damage binding; no spine or cover creases; a nice copy. ; <B>This reprint was published by the Angela Thirkell Society, North American Branch. It does not have the photographic illustrations found in the hardback. This copy is inscribed by the author "E--- Chicago 1996" on the title page. An interesting, and at times controversial, telling of this British author's life. She wrote many wonderful novels mainly set in Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire and was related to Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling, and Stanley Baldwin.</B>; Image is actual copy on offer. .

Duckworth Press. Very Good. c1977,1998. Third Printing. Softcover; Trade PB. Light edgewear and rubbing, a few spine and cover creases; pages clean and bright. ; <B>This reprint was published by the Angela Thirkell Society, North American Branch. It does not have the photographic illustrations found in the hardback. An interesting, and at times controversial, telling of this British author's life. She wrote many wonderful novels mainly set in Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire and was related to Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling, and Stanley Baldwin.</B>; Image is actual copy on offer; in our attempt to show the spine this image appears curved, the book is not curved or warped. .

Insight Guides. Near Fine. Softcover; Trade PB. 344 pages. A lovely new copy with faintest edgewear.; <b>A fully illustrated guide to the gardens of the British Isles, featuring more than 320 of the best gardens open to the public. It includes beautiful photography and expert text about the history of garden design and plant origins. All gardens plotted on regional maps, brief notes on accomodations and local pubs also listed.' The yellow pages at the back of the book contain useful addresses and websites, a glossary of garden terms and a further reading list.' An excellent tool for planning an excursion or for wonderful armchair dreaming.</b> .

London: Michael Joseph. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1961. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. <b>The first volume of the Minack Chronicles. Derek and his wife Jeannie, leave London for Minack, a Cornish cottage where they plan to raise flowers and vegetables for market. Lovely black and white sketches by the author's wife including one of Monty the cat.</b>; First published in March 1961, this fourth printing was issued August 1961. Blue cloth covered board with gilt lettering on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends and board edges have some colour loss. Pages light brown, page edges and one interior page soiled. Unclipped dust wrapper age browned, lightly soiled, and edgeworn with some small chips and closed tears. Image is actual copy on offer. .

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 a few closed tears and creases.; <b>'Far from being servants or decorative accessories in court, ladies-in-waiting competed for real positions of power--and many succeeded in their goals, sometimes betraying their queens in the process. A few even became royal mistresses. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, this lively, full-scale study by a bestselling author combines anecdote with searching analysis to create social history at its most colorful and entertaining.'</b> .

Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust wrapper. (1990)1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 262 pages. Two 1" long tears back dust wrapper; other small tears and edgewear. .

London: Bracken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. c1905,1986. Hardcover. 301 pages. Spine head lightly bumped, no binding problems, pages clean and bright. Two small indentations on back cover with corresponding marks on rear dust wrapper panel. Dust wrapper, not price cut, is lightly rubbed and faintly edgeworn. A nice copy of a lovely book. ; <B>Illustrated with colour and b&w drawings and photographs this biography was written four years after her death by two of Miss Greenway's friends. It is a loving tribute to one of the best loved and enduring of all illustrators. She was a great friend of John Ruskin's and much of her correspondence with him is included in this book. She was also an admirer of Edward Burne-Jones's work.</B> .

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1977. First US Edition. Hardcover. Lovely red cloth binding has lightly bumped and smudged spine ends. White unclipped dust wrapper has yellowed and has a bit of edgewear and light soil. A two inch closed tear at spine head has been repaired with archival tape.; <B>"During most of his career as a writer, Waugh had to supplement his earnings from novels and travel books with journalism. This book dislpays the full range of his journalistic essays, from the 'beastly little articles' of the early years to the notorious satires and 'serious work' of subsequent decades."</B> .

New York: St Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 1997. Third Printing. Hardcover. 338 pages. Spine ends bumped; a very nice copy indeed. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. ; <B>A dual biography of the last mistress of King Edward VII who believed that discretion was everything and her daughter, Violet Trefusis, who was willing to give up everything for the forbidden love of Vita Sackville-West. Mrs. Keppel was the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker-Bowles, wife of the current Prince of Wales.'</B> .

New York: Ballentine Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages. Spine ends very slightly bumped, tiny tear to front pastedown. Unclipped dust wrapper, faintly rubbed and edgeworn. A very nice copy.; <B>A collection of delightful essays and several useful travel tips. The author 'explored the countryside, traveled both second-class and in luxury, theatre-hopped, hunted for ghosts, and honeymooned'. A book that Anglophiles will especially enjoy and wish they had written. Recommended.</B> .

London: Century Hutchinson Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1988. Hardcover. 160 pages. Top text block edge lightly foxed; spine tail bumped. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, top edge of inside flaps lightly foxed, very lightly edgeworn. ; <B>From the dust wrapper, "fascinating history of plants and healing....Reveals the uses of plants from magic to medicine, and tells us of the individuals who discovered their healing properties. " Includes an extensive index of common and botanical names of plants. </B> .

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 England in 1935, this 'gently satirical handbook to being the right sort of girl effortlessly guides readers through the troublesome twists and turns of the social whirl. Monica Redlich dispenses advice for every possible encounter; from how to combine kindness with absolute honesty when reassuring friends (They always say a big nose is a sign of character) and what to say when caught in an awkward situation (I am just trying to get some dust out of poor Freddie's eye) to the perfect reply on receiving congratulations upon your engagement (Thank you, Angela darling. I only wish we could manage… Read More

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 Streatfeild's work challenges the status of 'girl's books' , described in most criticism as ephemeral or constituting a catagory separate from 'great books'. Huse attributes the appeal of Streatfeild's books to their contemporary themes and traditional values and finds that in exploring the tensions of heredity and environment Streatfeild anticipates many contemporary questions about the role of women, the structure of the family, and the implications of the class system. In particular, Huse notes, Streatfeild (in both her children's and adult novels) used the poverty of women and… Read More

London: Persephone Books. Very Good+. 2009. Softcover; Trade PB. <b>' Betty Coles became Elizabeth Taylor upon her marriage in 1936. Her first novel "At Mrs. Lippincote's" appeared in the same year (1945) as the actress Elizabeth Taylor was appearing in "National Velvet." Over the next thirty years, "the other Elizabeth Taylor" lived and worked in Buckinghamshire and published eleven more novels and four volumes of short stories.'</b>; Spine lightly curved and creased, covers faintly edgeworn, title page creased. A very nice copy. Image is actual copy offered. .

Metuchen, NJ & London: Scarecrow Press. Near Fine. 1992. Hardcover. 212 pages. A new book. No dust wrapper, as issued.; <b>'The 1910-1911 "Encyclopaedia Britannica" was advertised as "the high water mark of human knowledge." Its contributors included some of the most notable figures from the late Victorian and Edwardian worlds of scholarship and knowledge. That 34 of the 1,500 contributors were women was widely perceived as signaling a significant breakthrough into the world of learning. The historical moment when these women were trying to claim cultural authority was one in which the role of women was being debated as never before. Many of the women contributors (predominantly British) were active participants in the suffrage debate. The book examines public and private aspects of the women contributors' lives and includes short biographies.' </b> .

NY: Watson- Guptill Publishing. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages. A new book with faint edgewear to dust wrapper. ; <b>The semi-secret Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a fiery group of young artists, designers and thinkers, led by the charismatic figure of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This book 'explores their personalities and work through the places and haunts they made their own, presenting an intimate view of an important section of the avant-garde artistic community and placing it firmly in its Victorian context. "Pre-Raphaelites at Home" is a book about personality and place. Biographies of each of the extensive cast of characters open the book, followed by a chronology of the significant events affecting the group over more than 60 years. In the succeeding chapters Rossetti, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Thomas Woolner are joined by William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and… Read More

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. 511 pages. <B>The authorized biography of Dame Rebecca West, novelist, biographer, critic, travel writer and investigative journalist. </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. .

NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 2004. Hardcover. 530 pages. A new book received with bumped spine ends and several creased page edges. Dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, creased and rubbed. ; <b>An affectionate portrait of one of the most brilliant comic writers of the 20th century. It chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life from Edwardian England to Jazz Age America (Broadway and Hollywood), to expatriate life in France, and then the long retirement to Long Island, where he died an American citizen. In a life stained by accusations during the war, Wodehouse emerges as a carefree yet passionate figure in a world torn by struggle.</b> .