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[Hoboken, NJ]: Wiley Publishing Inc 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 9780470276372 This copy has been inscribed ["Say 'souffle'!"] and signed "Nancy Verde Barr" by the author on the dedication page. Pictorial wrappers, 285+ pages, illustrated, resources, index. Fine copy. bx258
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Backstage With Julia My Years With Julia Child
by Barr, Nancy Verde
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Blown Sideways through Life
by Shear, Claudia
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Broad Shoulders
by Lamarre, Beatrice
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New York: Vantage Press 1999. Hardcover. First edition. This copy has been inscribed, dated in the year of issue ["March 17, 1999"] and signed ["Beatrice"] by the author on the front free endpaper. "This is the story of a failed marriage and a marriage that came close to failure, but eventually blossomed". 182 pages. Near Fine copy in jacket with light creasing. clphE
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Cotton Field Of Dreams A Memoir
by Janis F. Kearney
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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 copy in Near fine jacket with tiny tear head of spine. clph
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Daughter of My People: Henrietta Szold and Hadassah: Jewish Biography Series
by Krantz, Hazel
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New York: Lodestar Books / E. P. Dutton 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525672362. First edition. 145 pages, photo-illustrated, index. Near Fine copy with a trace of wear in like jacket. clph
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Embroidered Gauze: Portraits of Famous Chinese Ladies
by Hibbert, Eloise Talcott
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1938 Hardcover. First edition "The strange and delicate charm that we find in old Chinese ARt looks out at us from this gallery of the portraits of Chinese laides, famous in two thousand years of the history of their country . Some of them were wives, some courtesans, some empresses, but they were all women who had power and knew how to wield it". Rust [orange-brown] cloth with gold gilt spine lettering, 332 pages, illustrated [in black-and-white from Chinese originals], sources, index. Very good with fore-edge foxing in very good jacket some toning to the spine which is worn at the ends, partial sticker/ghost to the upper right corner of the front panel bx267E
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Famous Women As Described by Famous Writers
by Singleton Esther
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NY: Dodd Mead. Good with no dust jacket. 1904. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A good to very good copy with light edge wear, the front free end paper has been neat removed by a previous owner, neat dated gift inscription on the front paste down, else a tight clean copt in a nice decorated cloth binding. See Photos bx117.
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Figleaf The Business of Being in Fashion
by Merriam, Eve
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1960. First Edition. Hardcover This copy has been inscribed and signed ["Eve Merriam"] by the author on the front free endpaper [which also has a date stamp to it, and "op / signed presentation copy" noted in pencil]. 256 pages, illustrated with 20 line drawings, glossary. Very Good copy with spine end and some corner bumping, fraying to the corner tips, some darkening to the cloth along the top edge of both boards] in worn, torn, creased, and chipped Dust Wrapper. See photos bx175
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A Gift of Joy
by Hayes, Helen with Lewis Funke [Dust Wrapper design byh Miriam Woods, photo by marcus Blochman] [book design by Edward Gorey]
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Hardcover. First edition This copy has been inscribed and signed " Joy to (Lina? illegible) from Helen Hayes" by the author on the front free endpaper. "A collection of her thoughts, reminiscences, and anecdotes, as well as selected pieces from her favorite writers". 254 pages, photo-illustrated. Good copy very light bumping, some fading to the spine ends, page edges tanned with top edge foxing/soiling in price-clipped, worn, edge-toned, edge-torn, and chipped Dust Wrapper with a few areas of light-colored staining. clph
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Gracious Lady: The Life of Sara Delano Roosevelt
by Rita S Halle Kleeman
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D. Appleton Century 1935 1st ed. with (1) to last page. 333 pp. Signed by author on front free endpaper, with a gift inscription from the previous owner underneath. "with love from Charles and Lucinda December 25, 1935" Good condition with binding cracked, holding well, after the half title page, light foxing and toning to endpapers and frontis. "20"in red pencil to front pastedown top inside corner. Sunning to spine ends, light bumping to corners, light stining to heel of spine and rear panel, overall dust soiling. There is the front panel and flap of the jacket, as shown, (It was in the book) LR1/5E
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History's Daughter: The Life of Clara Endicott Sears Founder of Fruitlands Museums
by Cynthia H. Barton
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Harvard, MA: Fruitlands Museums 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0941632024 . . Limited to 2000 copies. Fruitlands Museums Inc Publication Number 3. 167+ pages, illustrated, Winthrop and Sears genealogy, Endicott and Peabody genealogy, bibliography, notes, acknowledgments, index. Near Fine copy minor spine heel bumping in near fine jacket with light wear, mostly to the spine head with a 1/2" top edge tear to the front panel. .bx282
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How Sweet it is in my Memories
by Eske, Leila
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no place: no publisher no date. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. This copy has been generically inscribed ["with friendship"] and signed by the author on the title page. "Leila Eske was born in Finland. After completing her primary and secondary education she continued in the Ateneum becoming an Architectural draftsman. She came to this United States on a whim of faith getting married. Her husbands death gave her a wish to tell the story of a first generation American in conquering her new environment and its language barriers". 350 pages, photo-illustrated. Spine cocked with bumping to the heel, near fine copy in jacket with upper corner creasing to the front flap. bx277
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Ladybirds II: the Continuing Story of American Women in Aviation
by Henry M. Holden & Captain Lori Griffith
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"With my warmest best wishes Henry M. Holder" on the half-title page.Photo-illustrated, bibliography, photo credits, contributors, resources, reference notes, index. Near Fine copy with minor bumping,in lightly worn Dust Wrapper with some tiny edge tears/nicking and with impression marks to the rear panel. bx106
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My Louise
by David Collins
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Princeton: Ontario Review Press 2002 Hardcover. 0865381070 . First edition. "A moving account of a young woman's tragic struggle with breast cancer, and her bereaved husband's fight to control his grief and provide a home for their two-year-old daughter". 203 pages. Fine copy in Fine jacket bx250
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My Sister's Picture: // The Photos in this listing are of the book that is offered for sale
by Arden, Cathy
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Remainder stamp bottom page edges near fine in near fine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages .bx2Bx 2
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Never Guilty, Never Free
by Foat, Ginny; Foreman, Laura
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NY: Random House Inc. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Remainder mark bottom pg edges, else fine in dust jacketbx 99
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One Life's Dream
by Alicia Hanson
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Baltimore: PublishAmerica 2004 Trade Paperback. 1413743439 . First edition [stated First printing] of the author's first book. "An inspiring story that offers insight into one young life at the turn of the 20th Century...This story traces the life and times of Cecilia Signorelli DiOrio, from her beginnings in Sessa Aurunca, Italy, to her settlement in Brooklyn, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. This book examines the guiding role of Italian-American women, as well as their strength and determination to hold their families and communities together". Pictorial wrappers, 72 pages, afterthoughts, fulfillment of a dream, resources. Fine bx308E
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One Step at a Time: My 18-Month Walk Across America
by Elena J. Hanuse
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New York: Rawson Associates 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0892563214 This copy has been inscribed, signed as both herself and her Doberman companion "Bucky (with a 'pawprint')"] and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. "The inspirational account of one woman's journey on foot through her native land to rediscover its people and its values". 225 pages, photo-illustrated. Very good with light page edge foxing in jacket slight spine fading and blind side only foxing. clph
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A Promise to My Mother: the Saga of the Ellis Walter Ruley Family
by Lindsey, DeLois C. with Sheila L. Traynum
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San Diego: Black Forest Press. 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 1582750807. This book was been inscribed and signed and dated by Sheila L. Traynum inside the front cover, and signed by Gladys M. Ruley "GrandDaughter of Ellis Ruley" on the title page. "This book is a historical account of African American folk artist Ellis Ruley, who lived in Norwich, Connecticut". Ellis Walter Ruley was an American folk artist and laborer. He began painting in the 1930s at his home in Norwich, Connecticut using house paint on cardboard and Masonite. During his lifetime, Ruley sold his paintings locally and only achieved fame posthumously in the 1990s.258 pages, bibliography. Fine. See photos. clphE
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Reaching for the Summit
by Sawyer, Margaret Merry
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Gardiner, ME: Steele Publishing Co Inc 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by John J. Pullen This copy has been inscribed and signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Memoirs/autobiography of a senior citizen Boston Marathon runner, climber of Mount Washington, etc. 190 pages, dozens of illustrations [mostly black-and-white photographs Near Fine with a trace of wear in edge rubbed jacket with some wear to the spine ends and a creased 3/4" tear to the upper right corner of the rear panel. bx256
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