Search Results: Women Writers

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Macmillan of Canada. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Cornell University Press, 1991T. paperback. Very Good. 0.7874 in x 8.8976 in x 5.9843 in.

NY: Columbia University Press, 1990. First paperback edition . Soft cover. VG-. 0231072511 1st paperback edition [number line], 8vo, 269 pages, bw/ illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD- : slight edgewear, some scattered underlinings to the "Vindication ..Women" chapter, otherwise a great clean and tight working copy.

Westminster, Maryland: Fawcett Books, 1989. First Edition, Later Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Radically original biography of Nora, James Joyce's wife. Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize for Biography. Book is clean, tight with a hint of toning at text, else fine. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 472 pp, index, bibliography, notes, b/w photo section.

Tin House Books. Used - Very Good. 2007. Paperback. Very Good.

Nelson P. Farquhar. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Faint rubbing to dust jacket. ; 1st edition. Illustrated with black and white photos. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages .

Introduction by LARRY MCMURTRY.

New York: Farrar,Straus,Giroux, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Novel.

London: Phoenix, 2000. Soft cover. VG+. 1842121669 Reprint ed. [originally published in 1977 by Jonathan Cape], 8vo, wraps, 332 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with little wear.

Cornell University Press, 1991-04. Paperback. Good.

NY: Columbia University Press, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/G+. 1st edition, 12mo, green cloth, 226 pages, bibliographical notes. VERY GOOD book / GOOD jacket: light edgewear, top page edge slightly darkened, owner inscription, old bookseller label on front endpaper; jacket is edgeworn, with a few large chips to top edge, spine darkened with a small hole and a tear. An evaluation of the various Victorian literary personalities, as well as chapters on Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Margaret Oliphant.

NY: Stein and Day, 1981. First American edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 0812827619 1st Am edition [First published in 1981], 8vo, tan boards with burgundy cloth backstrip, 232 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slight edgewear to book and jacket; jacket has slight yellowing and scuffing to white on rear panel. Frances Burney d'Arblay [1752-1840], one the the early women novel writers "before Jane Austen" who spanned the 18th and 19th centuries - Dr. Johnson said of her, "Miss Burney is a real wonder; " her life alone is a page-turner. Noted for Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla, and The Wanderer, and her letters and diaries.

NY: Columbia University Press, 1977. First American edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 0231042620 1st American ed., 8vo, black cloth, 283 pages, bibliographical notes. Condition is NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1970. Later printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book is clean, tight and fresh but no DJ. Previous owner's name deftlt written on the front flyleaf. First American Edition of Antonia Fraser's oft-reprinted biography of Mary Stuart, the author's first work of history.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book is clean, bright and fresh. DJ is priceclipped. "An important book which should be read by every woman considering motherhood, who is a new mother, or who is torn between motherhood and her career. Thought-provoking, well researched and well organized and may change the course of the history of her life and the life of her family." - Arlene Cardozo

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.

London: Ernest Benn, 1958. Paperback. Very Good -. Fourth edition. 224 p., [24] p. of black-and-white photographs; 18 cm. Yellow and blue paperback with aerial photograph of Knole on front cover. Includes a chronological table and a genealogical table. This fascinating account by author Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) of the Sackville family and Knole House is a classic work of English country house literature. In Very Good- Condition: corners of front cover curling upward; upper corner of back cover is creased; produced with clean covering over the paper cover, which covering is slightly soiled along the spine; pages and illustrations are clean and tight.

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 out-of-doors in Britain and Canada by the author of The Incredible Journey. Two essays are about pets, one funny reflection on her experience as custodian of her daughter's canary during the summer, and one dog story--a sad and well-observed portrait of the last days of the family's bull terrier. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; chipping at ends of spine; minor loss at tail end over back joint; 1-cm. tear over front board fore-edge, without loss.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. [6], 344 p., [16] p. of photographs; 24 cm. Purple and blue cover with silver spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Steve Snider. Includes a list of Colette's works and an index. Book is in Near Fine Conditin: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright.