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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.
Carrie
by Stephen King
First published in 1974, Carrie was Stephen King's first published novel. This dark tale introduces the reader to Carrie White, a social outcast in her highschool, menaced by bullies while at school, and her religious nut of a mother at home. Carrie gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, and woe to her tormentors...
Women's Biography Books & Ephemera
Oraisons Funèbres de Bossuet évèque de Meaux
by Bossuet, Jacques Benigne
Paris: Veuve Dabo, 1823. Hardcover. Good. 365, [1] p.; 14 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Oraisons Funèbres" and decoration. "Bossuet" gilt-tooled on front board; gilt-tooled decorative border on each board. Marbled endpapers. Former owners' names on first blank leaf: C. de Coutouly and F. de Coutouly. Contents: Oraison Funebre de la Reine de la Grande-Bretagne -- Oraison Funebre de Henriette-Anne d'Angleterre, Duchesse d'Orleans --...
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The Young Ladies' Vocal Class-Book; For the Use of Female Seminaries and Music Classes; Composed, Selected and Arranged, with Piano-Forte Accompaniments, Expressly for this Work by George James Webb
by Webb, George James
Boston: Jenks & Palmer, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. 152 p.: music; 29 cm. Black cloth spine; brown paper over boards printed in black. Back cover has advertisements for works by Webb published by Jenks & Palmer. "Consisting of Systematic Instructions for Forming and training the Voice, and Suitable Vocalizing Exercises and solfeggios; Together with a Collection of Songs, for One, Two, Three and Four Voices." Scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; cloth...
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€121.85
Nothing to Wear: An Episode of City Life (from Harpers Weekly); Illustrated by Hoppin
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1857. Hardcover. Good. 68 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates (included in page count); 18 cm. Publisher's gray-green cloth with gilt-stamped cover title and publisher's emblem on front cover. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark green endpapers. Bound in at the front a sheet with "Recent Publications" of the publisher, printed on one side only. BAL, 2228. Half title and title page are printed in red. Green bookseller's stamp on...
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€14.17
Siberian Dream
by Pantaeva, Irina
New York, New York: Bard. 1st ed. 309pp Previous owner name to bottom page edges else fine the dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover. Photographs . bx 59
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€9.45
Being Good: Women's Moral Values in Early America
by Saxton, Martha
New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/fine. x, 388 p.; 24 cm. Brown and yellow cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper dated 3/19/03. The author examines the innate conflict between the popular view of women as weak and helpless while whey were also considered the keepers of the new nation's moral compass. She compares specific experiences in Massachusetts, Virginia, and St. Louis, Missouri. Book is Fine Condition:...
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€13.22
War Wives
by Townsend, Colin & Eileen
London: Grafton, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. True stories of British and German housewives left to fend for themselves while their men went to fight in WWII. By stages, dramatic, funny, tragic and poignant. A unique insight into the effects of war on everyday life and relationships. Contains 295 pages, 24 x 155cm, with 16 pages of b&w photos. Green cloth boards in near fine pictorial dust jacket. Internally, shows small inscription on front endpaper, otherwise fine: clean, bright and...
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€7.68
Unpublished Poems by Voltaire, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Anne d'Urfé, Helvétius, Gresset, etc.
by Van Roosbroeck, G. L
New York: Institute of French Studies, Columbia University, 1933. Paperback. Very Good -. 143, [9] p.; 21 cm. Green wrappers with yapp edges; black spine and cover titles. final 9 unpaginated pages contain a catalog of the publications of the Institute of French Studies. Some pages unopened. Contains previously unpublished poems by Voltaire, Gresset, Rousseau, Helvétius, Beaumarchais and his sister, Anne d'Urfé, J. B. Lully, Mlle. de Scudéry, Mlle. Descartes, Fontenelle,...
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Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts & Letters: Number 10
Kansas City, Mo: Helicon Nine, 1984. Paperback. Very Good +. 91, [5] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Homage to Jane Austen by Marianne Langner Zeitlin -- My Father Dying [poem] by Barbara Elovic -- Elizabeht "Grandma" Layton: A Drawer of Pictures by Lynn Bretz -- Six Poems by Doris Radin -- Adrienne Rich: The Evolution of a Poet by Wendy Martin -- Mombi by Judith Waring -- Four Poems by Martha McFerren -- Studio: Paintings by Frances Cohen Gillespie --...
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€17.95
MARIA CALLAS : THE WOMAN BEHIND THE LEGEND
by STASSINOPOULOS, ARIANNA
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981 Later Printing. Cloth; 8vo., 383pp.,remainder mark bottom edge, else Fine in Fine D/j.
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€11.34
Edith Sitwell
by Salter, Elizabeth
London: Oresko Books, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. 101, [3] p.: illustrations, some in color; 30 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver spine title. No dust jacket. Heavily illlustrated biography of English poet and critic Edith Sitwell (1887-1964). In Near Fine Condition: back cover slightly rubbed; clean and tight.
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€14.17
Hallie Farmer: Crusader for Legislative Reform in Alabama
by Edwards, Carolyn Hinshaw
Huntsville, Ala: Strode Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 112 p.: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Red paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title. Illustrated dust jacket. Sponsored by American Association of University Women, Huntsville Branch, 1979. Includes bibliographical references and index. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Ruth Jurenko to Mary [Purcell], dated 1985. Inscription, as noted; otherwise book is in Fine Condition. Dust jacket is in...
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€12.28
The Life Story of Alice Culler Cobb
by White, Mary Culler
New York: Fleming H Revell, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine. No DJ Issued A Gradute and Principal of Wesleyn College, Georgia. Life story of an early pioneer of women and the prejusice she fought and faced. 240 pgs. Green cloth over boards., Excellent condition. Great collectible of early works.
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€42.51
Get to the Heart: My Story
by Barbara Mandrell
Get to The Heart: My Story by Barbara Mandrell, Bantam Books Hardback, October 1990 392 pages isbn 0553057995. Book shows very light use, dust jacket shows edgewear and some fading.A multifaceted performer whose music strikes a chord of truth. A loving wife and mother whose traditional values and tremendous faith touch the heart. But in September 1984 fate placed Barbara Mandrell and two of her children on a Tennessee highway, where a car crossed two lanes of traffic to hit her car head-on...and Barbara...
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The Tale of Beatrix Potter a Biography
by Lane, Margaret
London: Warne, 1985. Revised. Hardcover. Good/good. London: Warne, 1985. Revised. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback. Revised Edition. Good/Good. When Beatrix Potter died in 1943 no one, not even her husband, knew the full story of her life. Despite her fame, she preffered anonymity, hiding her creative genius beneath the persona of a formidable Lakeland farmer. Lane's now famous biography was first published in 1946 and revealed much of Potter's life for the first time - her lonely Victorian...
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€8.86
Los Cuentos de Unamuno, Clave de su Obra
by Paucker, Eleanor Krane
Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Minotauro, 1965. Paperback. Near Fine. 230, [4] p.; 20 cm. Buff paper wrappers printed in red and black; edges of wrapper, in particular the lower edge, overlap the pages. Vol. 13 of the series Biblioteca Vasca. Includes a chronology of the work of Basque author and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864-1936) on pp. 225-28. This is a translation of the author's 1963 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Pennsylvania: The Short Stories of Unamuno as a Key to His Work....
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Pretty Good for a Woman": The Enigmas of Evelyn Scott
by Callard, D. A
New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xiv, 202 p., 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black and beige cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Evelyn Scott (1893-1963) was an American author who was very active in the 1920s and 1930s but largely forgotten before her death in 1963. She wrote 12 novles, 2 volumes of poetry, 4 children's books, and 2 autobiographical works from 1921 to 1941. In this praised biography, D. A. Callard draws on a variet of...
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€9.45
Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts & Letters: Numbers 12 & 13 Special Peace Issue
Kansas City, Mo: Helicon Nine, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. 178, [6] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: The Black & White Legacy of Käthe Kollwitz by Carol Jacobsen -- Flying in Your Own Food by Padma Perera -- Dreams & Rhubarb by Katherine Mansfield -- An Interview with Maxine Kumin by Enid Shomer & Sheffield Sanford -- -- The Natives by Karen Fowler -- Morning: The World in the Lake by Linda Hogan -- On Psychic Numbing by Helen Caldicott --...
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€17.95
![The Wife's Manual or Prayers, Thoughts, and Songs, on Several Occasions of a Matron's Life [provenance: Susan Carhart Tallmon]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/142/973/764973142.0.b.jpg)
The Wife's Manual or Prayers, Thoughts, and Songs, on Several Occasions of a Matron's Life [provenance: Susan Carhart Tallmon]
by Calvert, William
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. Near Fine. [8], 100, [2] p.; 19 cm. Vellum binding; red and black spine and cover titles. Red and black rules run from the back cover to the front. All page edges red. Illustrated title page signed: W. Calvert delr., M. Byfield sc. The text of each page is within an ornamented border. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Susan Carhart Tallmon. Susan Carhart Tallmon (1842-1890) married George Washington Tallmon. Her journal and letters are...
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€43.45
The Ballad of Biddy Early by Nancy Willard; Illustrated by Barry Moser
by Willard, Nancy; Moser, Barry
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/very good. [40] p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Black cloth spine with red spine title; light yellow paper over boards. Red endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Poems celebrating Biddy Early, the Wise Woman of Clare. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: rubbed; tail of spine slightly chipped; clean and bright.
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€15.11
The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Mrs. Gaskell
by Gaskell, Elizabeth
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Good +. 448 p., frontispiece portrait of Charlotte Bronte; 17 cm. Dark green cloth spine with gilt-stamped title on black spine label; black-and-green marbled paper over boards. Top page edges green. Publisher's advertisements on two pages following text. Most pages are unopened. This is no. 7 in the list, on the half title verso, of the Pocket Edition of the Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte (Currer Bell), and Her Sisters, Emily and Anne Bronte...
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Electioneering Women: An American Appreciation in The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review; Edited by James Knowles -- vol. 48, no. 285, Nov. 1900
by Banks, Elizabeth L
New York: Leonard Scott Publication Co, 1900. Paperback. Very Good -. 8, [1], 686-880, 9-12 p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents include: Cabinet Government or Departmentalism? by J. A. R. Marriott -- The Lake-Dwellers by the Rev. Dr. Jessopp -- Extravagance in Dress by Lady Guendolen Ramsden -- Voice Culture by Mrs. Walter Creyke [Caroline Lawes Creyke] -- The Van Eycks by W. H. James Weale -- Electioneering Women: An American Appreciation by Elizabeth L. Banks -- The Cradle of...
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Songs of Oberlin
by Strong, Anna Louise
Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin Alumni Magazine Publishing Co, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth Edition. 93, [3] p.: music; 18 x 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped cover title "Oberlin Songs." Illustrated endpapers. "The Songs of Oberlin were first compiled by Miss Anna Louise Strong, '05 and Miss Edna M. Barrows, '05. The Book was dedicated to Mrs. A.A.F. Johnston." -- p. [3]. Oval stamp of former owner J.H. Hathaway on front fixed endpaper and two pages. Small red and...
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Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life Designed as a Manual of General Information
by Killikelly, Sarah H
Philadelphia, Pa: Keystone Publishing Co, 1890. Hardcover. Fair. Vol. I. xxvii, [1], 373 p., frontispiece, 4 leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Half leather with marbled paper over boards. Endpapers are dark brown printed with a floral pattern. Top page endges are gilt. Frontispiece is tissue-guarded. The author, Sarah H. Killikelly, also wrote The History of Pittsburgh (1906). This book is based on questions raised by her students. The 275 questions answered here are listed in the Table of...
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€10.39
Shaw and Molly Tompkins: In Their Own Words; edited by Peter Tompkins
by Shaw, George Bernard
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good -/very good -. 287, [1] p., 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Blue cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Blue and white dust jacket. Ex-library: stamped on front free endpaper and title page verso: "Withdrawn, Public Library Brookline." Perforated stamp on lower title page and top edge of p. 11: "Public Library Brookline Mass." The friendship between the American actress and painter Molly Tompkins and George...
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€14.17
Heroines in Blue: stories of courage by women of the British Police Forces
by Lucas, Norman
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Hardcover. Fair/good. Fair/Good. Compelling accounts of bravery by female police officers, often in the words of the women themselves. Size, 22 x 14.5cm, 211 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings, black cloth boards in good dust jacket. Internally, shows page margins beginning to tan, otherwise good: clean and unmarked in sound bindings.
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€4.14
