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
OLIVE SCHREINER
by First, Ruth and Ann Scott
London: Andre Deutsch , 1980. Very fine in near fine dust jacket (some very light scratches, otherwise fine). Ruth First, the co-author, is famous in her own right. Her experiences fighting apartheid in South Africa were the inspiration for the movie "A World Apart." Schreiner, in her time, had protested against the subjugation of Africans, as in "Trooper Peter Halket." Ruth First was assassinated for her activities. Eight pages of photographs plus maps. 383 pages including notes, index, and Schreiner...
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A$23.00
OTTOLINE: THE LIFE OF LADY OTTOLINE MORRELL
by Darroch, Sandra Jobson
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975. VG (sticker removal evidence on front pastedown) in Good+ dust jacket (edgeworn especially at top of spine, repaired closed tear; now protected in glassine cover). 317 pages including notes, index, bibliography, and photographs in this study of a notable patron and personage from early 20th century English literary circles. . 1st American edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.
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A$15.33
![Essays on the Puerperal Fever and Other Diseases Peculiar to Women: Selected From the Writings of British Authors Previous to the Close of the Eighteenth Century; edited by Fleetwood Churchill [provenance: Charles D. Meigs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/323/263/1321263323.0.b.jpg)
Essays on the Puerperal Fever and Other Diseases Peculiar to Women: Selected From the Writings of British Authors Previous to the Close of the Eighteenth Century; edited by Fleetwood Churchill [provenance: Charles D. Meigs]
by Churchill, Fleetwood, editor
London: Sydenham Society, 1848. Hardcover. Fair. viii, 552, 11 p.; 23 cm. Publisher's black cloth with emblem in gilt on both boards within blind-stamped decoration. Top page edges gilt. Small yellow bookbinder's label on back fixed endpaper of Westleys & Co., London. The Sydenham Society published medical works from 1844 to 1857. Yellow endpapers. Series title page has inscription by former owner, "Ch. D. Meigs M. D. 1850," and red oval stamp of subsequent owner, the...
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A$292.84
H. D., The Life and Work of an American Poet
by [Doolittle, Hilda]. Janice S. Robinson
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1982. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. xxii, 490. Illustrated: (8) leaves of plates. Index.
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A$30.66
Callas : portrait of a prima donna / George Jellinek
by Jellinek, George (1919-2010)
London : Panther Books Ltd., 1965. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 238 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm. Subjects; Callas, Maria 1923-1977; history. Callas, Maria 1923-1977; biography. Singers; history. Artists; history.
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A$23.83
![The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known -- May 1898 Vol. IV, No. 5 [Tares: A Book of Verses by Rosamond Marriott Watson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/763/753/868753763.0.b.jpg)
The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known -- May 1898 Vol. IV, No. 5 [Tares: A Book of Verses by Rosamond Marriott Watson]
by Watson, Rosamond Marriott
Portland, Me: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1898. Paperback. Good +. Printed by Smith & Sale, Portland, Maine. [6], 163-184, [4] p.; 16 cm. Blue-grey paper wrappers printed in black and red; sewn. The Bibelot was published by Thomas Mosher from 1895 to 1914. In this issue he reprints Tares: A Book of Verses by Rosamond Marriott Watson. In Good+ Condition: front wrapper and upper edge of back wrapper are sunned; wrappers are separated along spine and chipped along some edges; pages are clean and bright.
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A$19.93
LILLIAN HELLMAN: PLAYWRIGHT
by Moody, Richard
New York: Pegasus, 1972. Near fine (one lightly bumped lower corner) in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, very slight edgewear). Illustrated with photographs from her plays. Part of the Pegasus American Authors series. Covers fully the plays and her politics, including blacklisting during the McCarthy era, and her relationship with Dashiell Hammett. 372 pages including bibliography, notes on sources, and index.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.
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A$21.46
Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis
by Hejaiej, Monia
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Near Fine. xi, 369 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. The author presents 47 tales "told by three Beldi women, members of a historic and highly civilized community, the city's traditional elite. Tale-telling is important to all Beldi women, and this book examines its role in their shared world and its significance in the lives of the three tellers." The introduction provides "an overview of the history and culture of Tunis and...
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A$16.87
DOWNWIND FROM NOBODY
by Wells, Joan
Charlotte, VT: Garden Way Publishing , 1978. 1st edition Review copy but 2nd printing. Near fine (edgeworn corners, spine top and bottom) in very good dust jacket (edgeworn, soiled, 1 closed tear). Wells writes about her experiences with her husband moving from urban professional lives to rural Oregon onto a 160 acre farm, attempting to live the Sixties dream. Laid in is a letter from an agent touting the book with copies of reviews attached, and inviting requests for interviews.. Hard Cover. Illus. by...
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A$9.97
THE EDUCATION OF A WOMAN: THE LIFE OF GLORIA STEINEM
by Heilbrun, Caroyln G
New York: Dial Press, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket. Many photographs. 451 pages, including index.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Photographs.
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A$12.27
NATIVE DAUGHTER: THE STORY OF ANITA WHITNEY
by Richmond, Al
San Francisco: Anita Whitney 75th Anniversary Committee , 1942. Fine (faintly sunned page edges) in very good dust jacket (sunned, especially spine; lightly edgeworn on top edge). The story of this descendent of the Puritans and her progressive identification with the plight of workers and the poor. See scan of back cover for description of contents. Anita Whitney was the central figure in a famous free-speech trial of the 1920s. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.
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A$28.36
THE SWAN IN THE EVENING: FRAGMENTS OF AN INNER LIFE
by Lehmann, Rosamond
London: Collins, 1967. Memoir of a difficult time in the author's life following the death of her daughter. Very good++ (slightly dusty edges; 1 bumped corner) in very good dust jacket (slight soil on back panel, see scan; now protected in Brodart cover). 156 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.
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A$32.20
THE HEMINGWAY WOMEN
by Kert, Bernice
New York: W. W. Norton, 1983. Fine in fine dust jacket. (A beautiful inscribed and signed copy of the first edition with only one defect, a 1 inch tear at the bottom of page 302, that does not interfere with text or the facing photograph of Ernest with Pauline Pfeiffer.) 555 pages including extensive notes, bibliography, and very helpful index. The women in Hemingway's life--including his often stereotyped mother Grace--here get the central spotlight, rather than just being underestimated attendants. ....
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A$38.33
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS OF MRS. M. O. W. OLIPHANT
by Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1899. Very good (slightly cocked, slight edgewear) without dust jacket. Green cloth covers with gold lettering on front cover and spine, and fully intact top-edge gilt (TEG). 451 pages. Arranged and edited by Mrs. Harry Coghill. Margaret Oliphant, 1828-1897, was a popular Victorian novelist who wrote many novels, contributed many shorter pieces and articles to Blackwood's magazine, and was compared--favorably--to her contemporaries George Eliot and Anthony Trollope....
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A$53.66
A DIFFERENT FACE: THE LIFE OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
by Sunstein, Emily
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Near fine (light foxing on page edges, otherwise fine) in fine dj. 383 pages including Bibliography and index.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.
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A$20.70
Cotton Field Of Dreams A Memoir
by Janis F. Kearney
Chicago: Writing Our World Press 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0976205807 . First edition. This copy has been dated in the year of issue ["12-07-04"] and signed by the author on the half-title page. "An American story---in black and white---a poignant tale of Janis F. Kearney, former diarist to President William Jefferson Clinton, and her journey from the cotton fields of Lincoln County, Arkansas, to the West Wing of the White House". 341+ pages, photo-illustrated. Promotional bookmark laid in. Fine...
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A$21.46
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER: A LIFE
by Givner, Joan
London: Cape , 1983. Fine in near fine dust jacket (slight edgewear along top). Porter, the author of "Ship of Fools," was born in Texas and became one of America's best-known writers, but--as this author points out--her own public personna as the heir of an aristocratic family of the old south was one of her most elaborate fictional works. 572 pages including 16 pages of photographs and an Index.. 1st British edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.
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A$15.33
Folie Bergere: M. Paul Derval a le Plaisir de vous presenter Ah! Quelle Folie: Superspectacle en 2 Actes et 40 Tableaux de Michel Gyarmathy
Paris: Folie Bergere, 1958. Paperback. Good +. [48] p.: illustrations (some in color); 32 cm. Stapled dark brown velvet cover with gilt-stamped cover title and illustration. No date of publication; includes Micheline Roine, who replaced Yvonne Menard in 1958. The choreography was by Georges Reich. Performers shown include: Frederic Rey, Rita Cadillac, Edith Georges, Veronica Bell, Alicia Marquez, Nita Raya, Micheline Roine, and Leone Alex. In Good+ Condition: cover is rubbed; minor loss at ends of...
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A$29.13
INGRID BERGMAN
by Taylor, John Russell
New York: St. Martin's, 1983. Very good (edgewear at top of spine) in very good+ dust jacket (very light edgewear, one defect in coating that happened during manufacturing--see scan--but barely noticeable). Stunning actress and woman, stunning photographs. 128 pages. Text by Taylor, a film critic. Both text and photographs explore the non-glamorous side of her life and career. . 1st American edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs from Kobal Collection.
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A$15.33
Margaret Fuller: A Brief Biography with Documents
by Kornfeld, Eve
Boston: Bedford Books, 1997. Paperback. Fine. xiii, [3], 252 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of The Bedford Series in History and Culture. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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A$15.33
WITNESS TO WAR: A BIOGRAPHY OF MARGUERITE HIGGINS
by May, Antoinette
New York: Beaufort Books, 1983. Near fine (a few tiny spots on top page edges) in near fine dust jacket (very slight yellowing along top edges). Marguerite Higgins reported from the front lines in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, interviewed dozens of important world figures (U.S. Presidents, etc), broke down barriers to women journalists, and was the first woman to earn a Pulitzer Prize for her overseas reporting. 274 pages including index and bibliography (including citaions to key items from...
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A$25.30
Gracious Goodness: St. John's, Concord, Church Episcopal Women Concordville, Pensylvania
Concordville, PA: St. John's Episcopal Church, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. [6], 136, [26] p.; 22 cm. Dark brown comb-style binding; white card covers printed in dark brown. Cover title. Printed by North American Press, Kansas City, Mo. No date of publication; refers to the 275th anniversary of the church in 1977. Begins with a "V.I.P. Section," which contains recipes by famous and semi-famous poeple (Pat Nixon's Continental Salad). Interesting recipes include: harvest pear jam, ginger meat balls,...
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THE CONSTANT NOVELIST: A STUDY OF MARGARET KENNEDY: 1896-1967
by Powell, Violet
London: Heinemann, 1983. Near fine (some spotting at beginning and end of 12-page section of glossy photographs, one very lightly bumped corner) in very good dust jacket (spine wrinkled and sunned; edgewear mostly at spine; spotting on inside of dj). Margaret Kennedy was a popular English novelist of the 1920s and 30s who resumed publishing in the 1950s. 219 pages with index. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.
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A$26.83
Original Fire: Selected and New Poems
by Erdrich, Louise
New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. [12], 158, [2] p.; 24 cm. Black and maroon cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Louise Erdrich often draws on Native American themes in her work. Book is in Near Fine Condition: black remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: rubbed at head of spine; otherwise, clean and bright.
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A$18.40
Seven Winters: Memories of a Dublin Childhood & Afterthoughts: Pieces on Writing
by Bowen, Elizabeth
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/good. xi, [1], 272, [3] p.; 21 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped author's initials on front cover. Top page edges red. Dust jacket with photograph of the author on the back section; in mylar cover. Stated First Edition. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Book is in Very Good Condition: spine very slightly faded; tail of spine just starting to fray; slightly cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition:...
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