Women's Biography
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Heiress
by Nigel Dempster
The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film by Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted from their 1947 play of the same title that was based on the 1880 novel Washington Square by Henry James. The film was directed by William Wyler, with starring performances by Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper, Montgomery Clift as Morris Townsend, and Ralph Richardson as Dr. Sloper.
Women's Biography Books & Ephemera
Notes From the Divided Country: Poems
by Kim, Suji Kwock
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Paperback. Fine. x, 74 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Suji Kwock Kim's first published book of poetry, this won the 2002 Walt Whitman Award. The Korean-American poet and playwright is working on an opera with composer Mark Grey. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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£10.52
My Wife Maria Callas
by MENEGHINI, Giovanni Battista
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Slim quarto. 247pp. Printed blue wrappers. Small soil spot on front cover, spine toned, very good. Publisher's material stapled to interior cover.
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£32.38
Reaching for the Summit
by Sawyer, Margaret Merry
Gardiner, ME: Steele Publishing Co Inc 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by John J. Pullen This copy has been inscribed and signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Memoirs/autobiography of a senior citizen Boston Marathon runner, climber of Mount Washington, etc. 190 pages, dozens of illustrations [mostly black-and-white photographs Near Fine with a trace of wear in edge rubbed jacket with some wear to the spine ends and a creased 3/4" tear to the upper right corner of the...
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£12.14
Bite Every Sorrow: Poems
by Ras, Barbara
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xii, 79 p.; 24 cm. Black and white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: lightly rubbed; clean and bright.
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£12.95
Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
by Hobson, Barbara Meil
New York: Basic Books, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. x, 275 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cloth with blue and gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author "examines prostitution during the major reform periods: the 1840s, with its surge of evangelical activism; the early twentieth century and the Progressive attack on prostitution; and the sexual revolution of the 1970s. . . . Never, she maintains, have we forged a consensus around prostitution policy that recognizes...
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£11.33
The Scarlet Thread An Indian Woman Speaks
by Barton Rachael
151 page account of a young 15 year old Indian girl shipped off to England for an arranged marriage to a husband who beat and abused her, and at the age of 19, with two children to care for, her escape to start life fresh as a single woman. Prev owner named blacked out inside front cover light edge wear. mil 11
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£8.10
Collected Lyrics of Edna St. Vincent Millay
by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
New York: Harper & Row, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/very good -. xii, 324 p.; 22 cm. Dark blue cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. "Book Club Edition" -- dust jacket flap. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; closed 2-cm. tear from head of front joint; puncture over front joint; upper edge of front section creased; clean and bright.
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£12.95
I'm Afloat! I'm Afloat!: A Song; The Music Composed and respectfully dedicated to Hon. Mrs. Leander Starr by Henry Russell
by Russell, Henry; Cook, Eliza
Boston: Geo. P. Reed, 1841. Sheet_music. Very Good -. [8] p.: music; 32 cm. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains melody with keyboard accompaniment. Title page printed in red with illustration. Lithographed by B. W. Thayer's Lithog., Boston. Lyrics are by Eliza Cook. Former owner's inscription at upper right-hand corner of title page. This set of lyrics is about sailing on the ocean; there is another version...
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£29.14
Oh Take Me Back to Switzerland: Tyrolien Ballad Written & Composed by the Hon. Mrs. Norton
by Norton, Caroline Sheridan
Baltimore: F.D. Benteen, 1850. [2] leaves: music; 32 cm. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains song with lyrics and keyboard accompaniment. "366" at lower edges. The Hon. Mrs. Norton was Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808-1877), an English social reformer, author, and composer. No date of publication. Frederick D. Benteen (d. 1864) was active as a music publisher from the 1830s until his death in 1864. Very...
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£37.24
Through the Ceiling
by Kendrick, Dolores
London: Paul Breman, 1975. Paperback. Good +. Second edition. 20, [2] p.; 22 cm. Stiffened wrappers; wrapper photograph (of the author?). Heritage series, v. 24. The author, Dolores Kendrick was named Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia in 1999. Her book The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women won the Anisfield-Wolfe Award. This was her first published book of poetry. In Good+ Condition: front wrapper scraped over publisher's logo at top left; wrapper slightly soiled; pages...
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£11.33
![The Dome: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review of Literature, Music, Architecture, and the Graphic Arts; Vol. II no. 6 March 1899 [New Series]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/266/625266985.0.b.jpg)
The Dome: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review of Literature, Music, Architecture, and the Graphic Arts; Vol. II no. 6 March 1899 [New Series]
by Hudson, Gertrude Reese; Cripps, Reginald
London: Unicorn Press, 1899. Paperback. Very Good +. viii, [1], 180-264 p.: full-page illustrations, music; 22 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark blue with yapp edges; emblem of the Unicorn Press on back wrapper. Pages are unopened. Publisher's advertisements on first 8 pages. Contents: Allonby: A Story by A.H. Holmes; The Carpenter's Shop: A Poem by Reginald Cripps; Spain: to Josefa, a poem by Arthur Symons; Mr. Bridges' "Prometheus" and Poetic Drama: A Note by Laurence...
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£33.19
The Fields of Noon
by Burnford, Sheila
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/very good -. [10], 175 p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth with gilt and black spine title. Green endpapers. Dust jacket design by Martha Lehtola. Book club edition. Contents: Canadian Spring -- Walking: Its Cause, Duration and Effect -- The Peaceful Pursuit -- Confessions of a Noisemaker -- Time Out of Mind -- Inclinations to Fish -- Tom -- With Claud Beneath the Bough . . . -- Pas Devant de Chien -- William. Essays about the...
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£8.10
John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery receipt
Philadelphia: John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, 1850. Good. 1 receipt (8 x 20 cm.), printed along the upper edge: "John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, S. W. corner Eighth and Locust streets." E. P. Fritz purchased 72 loaves of bread at 27 loaves for a dollar. John Buddy was a baker in Philadelphia in the 1840s and 1850s; he moved to 8th and Locust in 1850. E.P. Fritz was probably Elizabeth Fritz, who ran a boardinghouse on N. 4th St. from 1848 to 1851. In Good Condition: light...
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£21.05
![Games of Patience for One or More Player by Miss Whitmore Jones; Illustrated [1st, 2nd, and 3rd series]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/221/250/530250221.0.b.jpg)
Games of Patience for One or More Player by Miss Whitmore Jones; Illustrated [1st, 2nd, and 3rd series]
by Jones, Mary Whitmore
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1894. Hardcover. Good +. Second edition. 92, [2], 88, [2], 84, 12, [4] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Dark green publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title; red, light green, and black decoration on spine and front board. Red-brown patterned endpapers. No year of publication; includes publisher's catalog 160 C 12/94 [1894]. Contains the first, second, and third series, and an index for all three series. Publisher's catalogue and four pages of...
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£31.57
La Pucelle d'Orléans, Poeme en Vigt-Un Chants, par M. de Voltaire; avec les Notes & Variantes
by Voltaire, Francois
Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1788. Hardcover. Very Good. "Nouvelle Edition, plus complette que toutes les précédentes." 405, [3] p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf; modern spine repair with japanese tissue and gilt-tooled leather spine label. All page edges red. Woodcut tailpieces. Voltaire's satire about the life of Joan of Arc was banned in much of Europe and, hence, very popular. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine repaired with japanese tissue; edges of first...
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£145.71
800 Years of Women's Letters; Olga Kenyon; Foreword by P. D. James
by Kenyon, Olga; James, P. D
Phoenix Mill, Eng: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. [2], xxii, 298 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. An "engrossing anthology, the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters" -- back cover. Includes index. Gift inscription on half title page. In Near Fine Condition: gift inscrption; otherwise, clean and tight.
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£12.95
Trans-Atlantic Letters: A Record of Personal European Experiences
by Stephens, Nannine P
Pasadena, CA: Star-News Press, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good -. 222 p.; 20 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket (as issued?). Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper: "To my cousin Miriam Hoopes from Nannine Preston Stephens." Letters recounting the Stephens' family's trip to Europe in from July 1928 to April 1929. In Very Good- Condition: slightly cocked; gilt on spine is faded; cover is lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.
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£29.14
Rome! Thou Art No More; Written by Mrs. Hemans; Arranged for the piano forte by Ch. Jarvis
by Hemans, Felicia; Jarvis, Charles W
Philadelphia: A. Fiot, 1840. Sheet_music. Good. [4] p.: music; 32 cm. Caption title. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains melody with keyboard accompaniment. Partial stamp of music seller George Willig at lower edge of first page. A setting by American composer Charles W. Jarvis (1809-1871) of a poem by English poet Felicia Hemans (1793-1835). Scarce. In Good Condition: the two leaves are partially...
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£29.14
Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend
by Arianna Stassinopoulos (Huffington)
Simon & Schuster, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: . 383 ages. Faint shelf wear, light discoloring; tight square binding; very good shape. The jacket has light creasing, discoloring and wear. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0671255835. Inventory No: 198074. .
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£4.86
GREEK FIRE The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis
by Nicholas Gage
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375402446 . Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.5 inches; 422 pages .
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£109.24
A Tribute to the Memory of Rev. Willis Bishop Skillman, Pastor of Tabor Presbyterian Church, Eighteenth and Christian Streets from March 15, 1881 to October 9, 1920
by Skillman, Annie W
Philadelphia: Tabor Presbyterian Church, 1921. Hardcover. Good +. [8], 52 p.: 2 leaves of plates; 17 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped cover title: A Tribute to Rev. Willis Bishop Skillman. No dust jacket (as issued?). Light brown endpapers. Introductory essay by Annie W. Skillman. Inscribed on the front blank flyleaf: "For Mrs. Good, In loving memory of one whose life was an inspiration and whose memory is a benediction - Lovingly, A.W.S." Contents: A Sketch and a Tribute by Annie W. Skillman...
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£33.19
Welcome to Lizard Motel: Children, Stories, and the Mystery of Making Things Up
by Barbara Feinberg
Boston: Beacon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0807071447 . First edition. "A completely original memoir about the place of stories in children's lives". 209 pages, notes and further thoughts, acknowledgments. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. 192
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£11.82
Come Away Love: Ballad Dedicated to her Friend Miss C. Wright by Mrs. Bailey
by Bailey, Mrs
Baltimore: George Willig Jr., 1846. Sheet_music. Very Good -. 5, [1] p.: music; 32 cm. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains melody with keyboard accompaniment. Former owners'names on title page: "Eb. R. Seymour" and "E. W. Bayly." Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: first leaf detached; titlepage lightly soiled; small stain at lower edge of p. 2; second and third leaves starting to separate from tail; clean and...
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£29.14
Gracious Lady
by Rita S Halle Kleeman
D. Appleton Century 1935 1st ed. with (1) to last page. 333 pp. Signed by author on front free endpaper, with a gift inscription from the previous owner underneath. "with love from Charles and Lucinda December 25, 1935" Good condition with binding cracked, holding well, after the half title page, light foxing and toning to endpapers and frontis. "20"in red pencil to front pastedown top inside corner. Sunning to spine ends, light bumping to corners, light stining to heel of spine and rear panel, overall...
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£242.85
![The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/275/386/1036386275.0.b.jpg)
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]
by Robins, Edward
London: William Heinemann, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. [8], 272 p., engraved frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stapled spine title. Top page edges green. No dust jacket. Small label on back fixed endpaper for The Times (Book Club), London. Pencilled notation on front fixed endpaper indicating that the book was purchased, presumably by the author, in 1936 at E. Joseph in London. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from the author to Thomas Ridgway, dated...
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£62.33
