Essays of To-Day and Yesterday
by Meynell, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Spine cracked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Spine cracked.. 1926. Second Printing. Hardcover. Decorative brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and botanical border on front boards. Preface by W. M. , presumed to be Meynell's husband Wilfrid Meynell, who was also her editorial and publishing partner for several different magazines, including The Pen, The Weekly Register and Merry England. Both Meynells were Catholics and social activists, and Alice was strongly in support of women's voting rights. The essays compiled in the present volume were culled from various publications, but all concern women, from literary analyses of Mary Wollstonecraft's letters, and the works of the Brontes and Jane Austen, to short pieces on women's equality and women's roles in history. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25481
- Title
- Essays of To-Day and Yesterday
- Author
- Meynell, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine cracked.
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary History and Criticism; Women's Studies;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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