Search Results: Books from Anglophile Books

NY: Scholastic. Very Good. c1944, 1999. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 059044767X. B&W Illustrations; 188 pages; Child's name in ink on inside front cover, faint spine creases, light cover creases and edgewear, page edges very lightly yellowed. ; This biography tells how Elizabeth Blackwell pursued her dream and became the first woman doctor in the US. In 1840 there were no women doctors in the US but Elizabeth Blackwell was raised to think for herself and she overcame the many difficulties placed in her way. For ages 9-12.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Women' History, Women's Work, Biography, Elizabeth Blackwell.

NY: Sonnet. Fine. 1999. Advance Review Copy. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 354 pages. Faintest edgewear; looks unread. ; <b>In 1721, Captain Samson Fairbourne is a confirmed bachelor, a deep-water sailor happily wedded to his work. When he pens a description of the perfect, obedient wife, and hefts the missive overboard in a bottle, all he has in mind is a cutting joke to teach his young cousin a lesson on the foolishness of wishes -- and women. Instead, his prank leads him to Polly Bray, a hardworking seafarer who is about to shake his disparaging notions of femininity -- while reeling in his heart.<p>Left an orphan in a Massachusetts fishing village, Polly dresses in boy's clothes to work aboard her father's fishing boat, the one possession he left her. Pulled under by a devastating storm at sea, she is rescued by Samson Fairbourne, and a sparkling, passionate bond takes hold. But the handsome captain seems determined to confine Polly to his limited view of womanhood.… Read More

New York: Bantam. Good+. 1978. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553113607. 404 pages; Edgeworn, one short tear back cover, pages lightly browned, spine and cover creases. A nice reading copy with no loose pages. ; Novel is based on the wonderful Masterpiece Theater series of Edwardian England and the delightful Louisa Leyton. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Masterpiece Theater, England, Great Britain.

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. c1939,1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553213156. 277 pages; Spine and cover creases, edgewear, inside covers just beginning to brown, text block edges yellowing. Interior pages clean, none loose. ; The sixth book in the Anne series but written several years later,( just a few years before LMM's death) at the urging of her publishers for another Anne book. 'Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting -- and wearing out her welcome -- Anne's life is full to bursting.Still Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead -- the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up. . . She's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with… Read More

NY: Zebra Books. Very Good+. 2001. First Edition. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0821769006. 224 pages; No spine or cover creases, faint edgewear, remainder mark on inside front cover. A very nice copy. ; 'When Miss Eleanor Webster, who has run Lady Laura Ransom's household for the last eleven years, comes up against Lady Laura's rakehell brother-in-law Captain Stephen Ransom, who is determined to usurp her position, a fierce passion ignites between them.'. Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Regency, Romance, Novel.

New York: Tor. Very Good. c1908,1995. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0812551524. 307 pages; Light spine and cover creases, a bit of edgewear and rubbing, pages clean and bright. Odd cover illustration but a nice copy. ; The first book in the series. 'As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever... but would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was not like anybody else, everyone at Green Gables agreed; she was special -- a girl with an enormous imagination. This orphan girl dreamed of the day when she could call herself Anne of Green Gables. 'Highly recommended.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Canadian Woman Author, Prince Edward Island, Novel.

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. c1936, 1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553213164. 258 pages; Spine and cover creases, edgewear, inside covers just beginning to brown, text block edges yellowing. Interior pages clean, none loose. ; The fourth book in the Anne series timeline although LMM wrote it later. 'Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs. '. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Canadian Woman Author,… Read More

New York: Dell Yearling Books. Very Good. (1960) 1987. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0440439884. 184 pages; Edgeworn and rubbed, no spine creases. ; The story of Karana, an Indian girl that lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. This is a fictional retelling of an actual 19th century event. A Newbery Award winner; highly recommended. . Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Newbery, Aleutian.

NY: Fawcett Crest. Very Good+. 1977. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0449236250. 302 pages; Faint spine and cover creases, remainder mark on page edges. A nice copy. ; An historical novel of the French revolution featuring 18-year-old Minella, the daughter of an English schoolteacer, and Charles-Auguste, the haughty, arrogant Compte Fontaine Delibes. . Catalogs: Historical Novel. Keywords: British Woman Author, Novel, French Revolution.

New York: Fawcett Crest. Very Good-. 1998. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0449002632. 1126 pages; Light spine creases, cover creases and one short tear on back cover. ; Telling the story of six families, the author gives us the epic story of London's 2, 000 year history. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: London, England, Great Britain, Fiction.

New York: Dell Publishing. Very Good. c1975,1989. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0440202531. 264 pages; Light edgewear and spine creases, a nice copy.; 'We revisit the lives of some of the author's earlier characters, artist Grenville Bayliss and his family, this time from the point of view of the artist's granddaughter. When Rebecca Bayliss' dying mother reveals to her the existence of a family Rebecca knew nothing about, she is determined to find them--and is soon deeply enmeshed in relationships torn by passion, greed and an old family mystery. '' . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Woman Author, Cornwall, Novel, Artist.

NY: Harlequin Press. Very Good+. 1991. First Edition Thus. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 037303105X. 189 pages; No spine or cover creases, very light edgewear and rubbing. A nice copy. Harlequin Romance #3105; 'Unlike her two sisters, Lucy was happier at home — if only she could find Mr. Right to share it with! But when she had almost given up her search for such a man, the eminent pediatrician William Thurloe came into her life. Attractive and dynamic, he was the answer to her dreams. But why would he be interested in her when the glamorous Fiona made it clear she was also available?'. Catalogs: Romance. Keywords: 3105, Romance, British Woman Author, Novel.

New York: N A L. Good. (1983) 1984. Reprint. Paperback; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0451128567. 509 pages; Spine and cover creases, no loose pages. ; In the late 1800's, Samantha Hargrave earns the title of Domina, mistress of medicine, when she graduates from a New York medical school. It isn't easy trying to make her way in an all-male profession but Samantha is determined to become a surgeon. ' . Catalogs: Fiction. Keywords: Woman Doctor, Novel.

NY: Zebra Books. Very Good. 1999. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0821763032. 256 pages; No spine creases, light edgewear, black remainder mark inside front cover, red marks on final page.; "In these three love stories, the lords and ladies of Regency England find their own true loves - with a little help from some feline friends.". Catalogs: Romance. Keywords: Cats, Christmas, Regency England, Great Britain, Short Stories.

NY: Ballentine Books. Good. c1960, 1970. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0345019199. 198 pages; Covers edgeworn and rubbed, rear cover skinned along two edges. Spine creased, pages age browned but clean, none loose. A reading copy.; 'Written with an amazing knowledge of the underworld' this book 'is a devastating novel about criminals and the police, how they prey on each other, understand each other-and even respect each other.' "A modern Hogarth in depicting the lowest strata of London" -NY Times. Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: London Fiction, British Author, London, Novel, Police.

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good+. 1993. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553299441. 385 pages; A new book with faint edgewear and light rubbing.; 'A princess and a warrior-chief are swept from the glittering courts of Elizabethan England to the storm-tossed cliffs of the Scottish Highlands, in an engrossing tale of peril and desire.. Catalogs: Romance. Keywords: Romance, Elizabeth I, Novel, Scotland.

New York: St Martin's Press. Very Good. c1984,1986. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0312914741. 276 pages; Sunned spine is creased, covers have a bit of edgewear; no loose pages.; Newly married, shy, and recovering from illness, Laura Haverstock is unable to join her husband on his annual trip to Scotland. Instead she goes to his family's cottage on the Cornish coast to recuperate and eventually to learn more about his family and herself. ' . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: British Woman Author, Cornwall, Novel.

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good-. c1944, 1992. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine creases, covers a bit edgeworn and rubbed, two tiny tears on front cover repaired with archival tape, inside covers age browned. Page edges pale yellow; interior pages clean, none loose.; <b>In volume eight of the Anne of Green Gables series the youngest of Anne's children, Rilla, is almost 15. Her brothers leave Prince Edward Island to fight in World War I. A young adult novel for ages 12 and up.</b>; Anne of Green Gables, No. 8 .

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good+. c1973,1975. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0671787772. 717 pages; Covers lightly edgeworn, spine faintly creased; interior pages clean and bright.; Published after the author's death in 1972, this is the final volume of the Swann trilogy. . Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Historical Fiction, Swann, Victorian England, Novel, British Author.

NY: Fawcett Crest. Very Good-. 1980. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0449242978. 384 pages; Spine and cover creases, white covers edgeworn, rubbed, and faintly yellowed. Old bookstore price stamped in red on first advert page. ; Anonther novel of suspense by this prolific author. "When Sarah Ashington's actress mother dies after a devastating [London] scandal, Sarah is left at her long-lost father's rambling ancestral estate [in Ceylon], to face the disturbing questions of her own past.". Catalogs: Anglophile Fiction. Keywords: Suspense, Novel, London, Ceylon.