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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
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New York: The Viking Press, 1963. Stated: "Second printing before publication. Third printing October 1963." Rumer Godden deals with a universal issue: has a woman the right to pursue her own fulfillment in love, or must she sacrifice it to her children? Basis for the film, "The Affair at Villa Fiorita" 1965 starring Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Richard Todd, Phyllis Calvert, Olivia Hussey, Martin Stephens, directed by Delmar Daves. 312 pp. Half-blue cloth with hardcover insert in ... more information
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$55.00
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Dance to the Piper
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1952. Dustjacket has wear at dorners, top /bottom of spine. Nice book club edition in mylar cover.. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$25.00
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The Dinner Project
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New York: Viking/Penguin, 1996. For five years, artist Judy Chicago transformed the idea of a dinner party into a work of unprecedented beauty and scope. A monumental sculpture, "The Dinner Party" is a symbolic history of women's achievements an struggles told through 39 china painted plates and elaborately embroidered runners which cover a triangular table. Mint condition, signed by the artist.. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Chicago, Judy. 4to - over 9¾... more information
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$200.00
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East Justice
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Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.: Permanent Press, The, 1996. Author's first book. "...the jagged, passionate story of an Iowa adolescent and of one extraordinary girl's search for her mother...." and from Michael Cunningham The Hours: "She has a poet's eye and a surgeon's skills, and is a major new talent." Protected with mylar dustjacket. . First Edition. Cloth. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$35.00
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Elinor Wylie: The Portrait of An Unknown Lady
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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1935. First edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth, rough-cut pages, laid paper, 203 pp. Frontispiece of Elinor Wylie with additional photographs. Previous owner name inside. Very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$25.00
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Elizabeth Fry: Life and Labors of the Eminent Philanthropist, Preacher, and Prison Reformer
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New York: E. Walker's Son, 1883. First Edition. Antique ex-library. Brown cloth with decorative gold decoration with crown, cross, Bible, grapes, gold titles. Antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. Frontispiece portrait, protective tissue. 389 pp. Light shelfwear. No book pocket, minimal markings. Appears little-read. Very good condition.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Antique ex-library. ... more information
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$145.00
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The Fallen Angel: Chastity, Class and Women's Reading 1835-1880
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Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.: Bowling Green State Univ Popular pr, 1981. Bowling Green: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1981. Ex-library. 8vo. 223 pp. Red cloth with red paper wraps. Very clean. Good in very good dust jacket, protected with library-issued plastic cover.. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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$22.00
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The Foolish Virgin
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New York: Sun Dial Press, 1942. Reprint edition 1927, 1928. 12mo. Brown cloth decorated with green drawing, red titles. 356 pp. Edges stained red. Vintage image on dustjacket. "Impulsive, modern Pamela Raleigh, clashing recklessly with convention, lost the first round but came out fighting". Early romance novel about a woman breaking with society's strictures. An interesting view of women and relationships in the 1920's. Dustjacket repaired internally and folded on rear, now respectable ... more information
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$24.00
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God Save the Queen
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1997. New York: Bantam, 1997. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 197 pp. British aristocrat leaves his estate to his butler ... who is found dead in the family privy. Murder, mayhem, comedy. Tenderness to dust jacket top and bottom of spine. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with mylar cover.. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$22.00
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The Holocaust Project : From Darkness into Light
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1993. The Holocaust Project is an art exhibit which casts the Holocaust as a reference point for an exploration of profound issues that relate to the human condition - past, present and future. The Holocaust Project is the vision of the world-renowned artist Judy Chicago, who with Donald Woodman, distinguished photographer, created a collection of art which engages viewers to think about their relationships with other people and to our planet as a whole. The Holocaust i... more information
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$80.00
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How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1995. New York: Bantam, 1995. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 244 pp. A little light shelfwear top and bottom on dustjacket, but this is a new book. Amusing photograph of front cover of some hunky guy Fabio? and a woman in an apron holding a feather duster looking into each other's eyes. A diabolically comic tale of hapless romance and suspicious death. Fine in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover.. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Fine/Very... more information
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$22.00
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A Journal Kept During A Summer tour for the Children of a Village School
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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1859. Early reprint 1852. Brown cloth, blindstamped ruling, gold titles. Three parts bound into one book. 1859, 1865, 1859, 128, 194 and 207 pp., respectively. Journal kept during a tour in Switzerland. Purchased from the historical collection of one of the oldest libraries in the USA and bearing an antique hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. This was book #319 in the library's collection. Front hinge open, spine faded. Good condition. . Early Reprint. Cloth. Good. 12... more information
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$100.00
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Judy Chicago: Trials and Tributes
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Florida State Museum of Fine Arts, 1999. Judy Chicago: Trials and Tributes. Essays by Lucy R. Lippard and Viki Thompson Wylder, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, 1999. Catalogue of Judy Chicago's retrospective works on paper exhibition, 79 pages, Softcover.SIGNED by Judy Chicago. New condition. . Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. Illus. by Chicago, Judy. ... more information
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$45.00
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Life in the mission, the camp, and the zenáná, or, Six years in India, 2 vols
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New York: Redfield, 1853. First American Edition. Brown cloth binding, blindstamped, gold plant decoration and gold titles to spine. In 2 volumes, complete. 342, 319 pp., 8 pp. advertising at end of v2. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplates. Chipping top and bottom of spine with loss of material, minimal library markings, occasional foxing. Some pages were not cut neatly no loss of text. Hinges tender, lacking rear free endpapers. Good minus condition. Scarce. . First American ... more information
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$1,100.00
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Madame Curie
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Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1940. New York: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First American edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 412 pp. Translated by Vincent Sheean. Frontispiece of Mme. Curie with additional photographs in text. Very good in good dust jacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$22.00
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Nightwood
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New York: New Directions, 1961. New York: New Directions, 1961. First edition in paperback. 12mo. Trade paperback, 170 pp. Shelfworn, 1/2" of cover gone at spine. Good.. First Edition. Wrappers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$22.00
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Public Heroes, Private Felons : Athletes & Crimes Against Women
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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Northeastern University Press, 1997. A thorough investigation of abusive behavior against women by popular sports figures, who are shielded by the lucrative sports industry and routinely escape punishment for their crimes. Benedict looks at Mike Tyson, Marcus Webb, the University of Nebraska Football Team and Warren Moon, among others. Signed by author on half title. As New in As New dustjacket, protected with mylar cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - ove... more information
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$50.00
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Rewinding Your Biological Clock : Motherhood Late in Life
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. H. Freeman & Company, 1998. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover. [b117]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$10.00
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Second Seduction
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1992. Ex-library book in very good condition, plastic cover. Alcoholism, abuse, manic-depression, suicide and the successful woman.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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$15.00
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Sex, Race, and God : Christian Feminism in Black and White
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crossroad Publishing Company, 1991. New York: Crossroad, 1991. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 184 pp. Price nearly blacked out on dustjacket, else unread, a bit shelfworn. Faint blank bookservice stamp at rear. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$20.00
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