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Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Conari Press, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Softcover in good condition. Text block clean and tight. Wraps show gentle shelf wear and top front cover has plasticized coating rippling a little but still intact. Includes many black & white photographs of the women authors discussed along with many illustrations. * From the back of the book, ""Read about a range of women, from mystics for whom religious writing was the only form of expression allowed to the bravehearted dissidents who found themselves banned and blacklisted into obscurity. First novelists, pioneer poets, fearless booksellers, and many more - this collection of profiles offers a look at the women who would not be held back from being creative, being political, and breaking new ground."" Concludes with Appendices: Book Groups - Chatting it Up (a discussion of book clubs and a list of resources,) A Resource Guide of Books, Magazines, Organizations, Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Index… Read More

Brazos Press, 2018-09-03. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x8. Hardcover. Second printing. Light shelf wear to boards and dust jacket. Binding square and tight. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1975. Soft cover. Good. An unabridged republication of the work originally published under the title 'Illustrators of the Sixties' by Faber & Gwyer Limited, London, in 1928. Soft cover in good condition. Text block clean and tight, no writing, no markings noted; has additional clippings inserted. Contains black and white illustrations throughout; 91 full page plates. Wraps, showing shelf wear, have been re-enforced with attached plasticized cover and side edges and spine with heavy duty tape; not sure if published that way or if done by former owner. * From the book, ""With remarkable thoroughness, the author supplies information that is invaluable for collectors and enthusiasts, with very complete listings of original publications, especially the magazines. But the book is also a readable one, centering as it does on a formative era, and will be of interest to students of art, illustrators, and others who enjoy works of beauty.""

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: May 2011. Complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf wear; vertical crease down edge of front flap. Not price clipped. * From the book, ""In her debut work, Alice poignantly celebrates the unbreakable parent-child bond, the books she and her father treasured, and the life lessons learned along the way.""

New York: Viking Press, c1989. 1st printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 230p., illus.

(NSW, L.A. Woodhouse, 1998. . First Edition; 8vo; pp. (vi), 100; original illustrated cloth, spine faded, otherwise a fine copy. Together with an associated hand written letter by the author. A self published novel likely to have had a limited printing run.

(NSW, L.A. Woodhouse, 1998. . First Edition; 8vo; pp. (vi), 100; original illustrated cloth, spine faded, otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by the author. A self published novel likely to have had a limited printing run.

Englewood Cliffs, A Spectrum Book, (1976). . 8vo; pp. x, 178; stiff illustrated wrapper, flecking to page edges, otherwise a very good copy.

Cherry Hill, Worldcon 35, 1977. . First Edition; 4to; pp. 24; numerous b/w illustrations throughout; original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, minor bumping to corners, browning to wrapper, minor insect damage to back of wrapper, a good copy. Guest of Honor Jack Williamson, Fan Guest of Honor Robert A. Madle, Toastmaster Robert Silverberg.

London, Book Club Associates, (1979).. 8vo; pp. xii, 344; numerous illustrations throughout, notes, index, original cloth, minor chipping to dustjacket, minor flecking to top edge of pages, a good copy;

Cherry Hill, Worldcon 35, 1977. . First Edition; 4to; pp. 28; numerous b/w illustrations throughout; original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, minor bumping to corners, otherwise a very good copy. Guest of Honor Jack Williamson, Fan Guest of Honor Robert A. Madle, Toastmaster Robert Silverberg.

Cherry Hill, Worldcon 35, 1977. . First Edition; 4to; pp. 28; numerous b/w illustrations throughout; original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, minor bumping to corners, otherwise a very good copy.

(np). Carlton, (1997).. Lge. 4to; pp. 304; profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and diagrams throughout; index, acknowledgements; stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.

Kraus Reprint, 1969. Paperback. Good. Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Trade paperback binding. 1969 Reprint.

New York, Holt, Rinehart And Winston, (1970).. 8vo; pp. xiii, 433; original cloth, dustjacket with chipping to spine and markings on back or dustjacket, previous owners name and address written in pen on front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.

Secaucus, N.J.; Castle Books; 1981.. Roy. 8vo; pp. 511; text with numerous b/w . illustrations, bound in original blue boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little chipped on edges otherwise a very good copy. These stories are here published in their complete versions. Each is illustrated with reproductions of the original steel engravings - 184 pictures in all - taken from the rare French first editions.

Baltimore, The Mirage Press, 1973.. 8vo; pp. vi, (ii), 162; appendix, bibliography, notes, index; original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy.

n.p. . First Edition; Lge. 4to; pp. 119; original stiff wrapper, minor marks to front, otherwise a very good copy. Science fiction novel, sequel to 'An Eye for I,' which tells the story of Donald John White who purchases a set of lawn bowls which contains the spirit of 'Vistron' a 200,000 year old alien from the destroyed planet Nutra. The plot of An Eye for I is briefly explained in the forward. A self published novel likely to have had a short printing run.

Salesian Missions, Concord Litho Co. Concord NH, First Edition, 1989. Concord Litho Co. Concord NH (1989) #810 Salesian Missions, Concord Litho Co. Concord NH, First Edition, 1989. Comes in a Green slipcase. Near Fine/Near Fine. illustrated by Paul Scully , Frank Massa and Marion Quimby. Outstanding art work.. Poems of Faith-Compiled and Edited by Sara Tarascio, illustrated by Paul Scully, Frank Massa and Russell Bushee. Beautifully illustrated, over 100 poems. Poems of Faith will become a favorite in your library of devotional books. Poems of Joy- Compiled and Edited by Sara Tarascio, illustrated by Paul Scully , Frank Massa and Marion Quimby. Outstanding art work. A Garden of Poems-Compiled and Edited by Sara Tarascio, illustrated by Marion Quimby, Paul Scully and Frank Massa. It features thoughful selections of rich, inspirational and meaningful poems. The Poetry the lovely poetry is. Salesian Missions, Concord Litho Co. Concord NH, First Edition, 1989. Poems of Faith,… Read More

Boston, G. K. Hall & Co, 1978. . First Edition; 4to; pp. xii, 608; abbreviations, checklist of books indexed, author index, story index, book contents; original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt illustration to front, minor flecking to page edges, otherwise a very good copy.