Search Results: Famous Women from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Bantam Books , 1982. Paperback First Edition Thus [1982]; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus [1982]; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; mild creasing to the backstrip and a barely discernible crease at the lower front corner of the wrapper covers; the binding leans slightly, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. No longer pristine, but shows very little wear and only very minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 395pp. Mass Market Paperback. 

The Hague, Netherlands Mirananda, 1995. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. SIGNED BY ARTIST / AUTHOR. First Ed, unstated. Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: There is a tiny but fairly deep nick at the outside edge of the front panel. Else only Mild rubbing to the lamination; a touch of wear to the corner tips; and faint toning at the rear panel. Binding shows the slightest lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Royal Octavo. 71pp. Illustrated in Color: Twelve Mystically Symbolic Portraits of Women of Insight and Wisdom [e.g., Hella Haasse, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Tamosan, Zica Cartola, Marain DeRockbraine, Dadi Janki, Polly Wiley, Lilian Roblez, Ruth-Inge Heinze, Dina Rees, Klazien Rotstijn, including a self-portrait of the Artist, with accompanying Essays and Poems. Introduction by Nick Brouw. Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Boulder, CO Pruett Publishing Company, 1999. Paperback First Edition Thus (1999); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1999); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new, apparently unread copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 0.65 inches). viii, 248 pages. Liberally illustrated with duotone photographs. Language: English. Weight: 15.2 ounces. Glossy self-wrappers with canyon wall colors in background, four tinted photos of… Read More

New York, NY Random House: Vintage, 1993. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 422pp. Trade Paperback. An iconoclastic study of the social, cultural, and sexual status of aging women in Western society draws on elements of myth, history, literature, and pop culture to explore the nature of the relationship between older women and younger men. The point that I found of particular interest was the author's discussion of the waxing and waning of women's social and economic status with changes in sex ratio (the number of women in porportion to the number of men) and the economic effect women's control of property had on the lives of men. Women gained when their numbers were few relative to the numbers of men, and women's control of property was restricted when it interfered with young men's… Read More

New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1985. Paperback First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only fairly heavy tanning to the pages, due to aging and the mildest rubbing. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 268pp. University Press Paperback. Dr. Griffiths has written a thorough, well-researched biography on Elizabeth Cady Stanton that both presents the facts of her life and a rich understanding of the psychology and world-view of this terrifically important woman in American history. Dr. Griffith's prose is fluid, readable, and to the point. I was only sorry that she didn't fully discuss the fact that the Cady family owned at least one slave, Peter Teabout, during Stanton's childhood years. A discussion of this and it's relationship to Stanton's abolitionist sensibilities; her objections to passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the US… Read More

London, UK Faber & Faber , 1992. Hardcover First Edition [1992], so stated. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition [1992], so stated. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use: just a hint of crimping to the head and heel of the backstrip; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. The DJ shows light wear to extremities; several tiny nicks and snags at the outside edges; mild rubbing to the panels; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer quite 'As New', but remains close to it in a lightly worn DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.25 x 1.15 inches). xiii, 272 pages. Weight: 21 ounces. Hardback with DJ. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

London, UK Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. Hardcover First Edition Thus [1930]; unstated. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: The Book shows moderate shelving wear along the lower extremities; very faint foxing to the fore-edge; the binding leans ever so slightly, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows moderate wear to extremities; some scuffing to the heel of the backstrip; mild rubbing and considerable soiling and a little faint foxing to the panels; a couple of tiny nicks at the bottom of the front hinge; the price has not been clipped. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable in a lightly worn but fairly heavily soiled DJ. Newspaper review from 1937 laid in. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. First Edition Thus [1930]; unstated. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Carlton Press: Hearthstone Books, 1990. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed, unstated. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: Book shows indications of very light use: just a touch of wear to extremities; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; price clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but overall, remains clean, sturdy, presentable in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 174pp. Blue cloth over boards. Hardback with DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

New York, NY The Macmillan Company, 1930. Hardcover First Edition (1930); Second Printing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities; slight spine lean; the text pages have tanned ever so slightly, due to aging; the faintest soiling to the rear panel; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor cosmetic flaws. Clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.8 x 6 x 1.35 inches). xiii, 413 pages. Illustrated with 12 small woodblock prints by Morris Topchevsky and Norah Hamilton. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 9.4 ounces. First Edition (1930); Second Printing. Hardback: Lacks DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

New York, NY The Macmillan Company, 1930. Hardcover Second Edition (1930); First Printing Thus. The first edition was published by the Phillips Publishing Company in 1910. IMPERSONALLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: "FAITHFULLY FROM JANE ADDAMS". Second Edition (1930); First Printing Thus. Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities; slight spine lean; former owner's attractive vintage bookplate, dated 1931 and reading "St. John" and "Dorothy Alice Read" at the front pastedown endpaper; the text pages have tanned ever so slightly, due to aging; a faint 3" buckle in the underlying board at the bottom of the front panel (apparently a production flaw); a small dent to the outside edge of the rear panel; some faint thumb-smudges to the fore-edge and the top edge is somewhat dust-darkened; two pages mid-text show a newspaper clipping shadow (now removed); the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text.… Read More

New York, NY Doubleday: Anchor Books, 1993. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; the pages have tanned a little, due to aging. Binding is a a bit concave, but remains square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 639pp.46-page Section of black & white photographs. Trade Paperback. llen Chesler's 1992 biography of Margaret Sanger is acclaimed as definitive and is widely used and cited by scholars and activists alike in the fields of women's health and reproductive rights. Chesler's substantive new Afterword considers how Sanger's life and work hold up in light of subsequent developments, such as U.S. Supreme Court cases challenging the constitutional doctrine of privacy and international definitions of reproductive health as an essential human right. Chesler… Read More

New York, NY William Morrow, 1976. Hardcover First Edition (1976), unstated, in accordance with William Morrow's customary practice at the time of publication. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR "For Ila and Rufus Burrus with much affection, Margaret Truman Daniel" on the front free endpaper. First Edition (1976), unstated, in accordance with William Morrow's customary practice at the time of publication. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book's top edge and fore-edge show a hint of foxing; else, shows only a hint of rubbing and soiling to the quarter-cloth rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy,… Read More