Search Results: Women Writers from Classic Books and Ephemera

Phoenix Mill, Eng: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. [2], xxii, 298 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. An "engrossing anthology, the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters" -- back cover. Includes index. Gift inscription on half title page. In Near Fine Condition: gift inscrption; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. xxii, [2], 216 p.: illustrations, map; 22 cm. Light gret cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes her travel through parts of France during the First World War. Book is in Near Fine Condition: light soiling to page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: chipping at head of spine and upper edge of back section; rubbed; closed 1-cm. tear along front fold, clean and bright.

New York: John W. Lovell Co, 1882. Hardcover. Good. 484 p.; 19 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No date of publication. The title page shows the publisher on Vesey St., his location from 1882 to 1890. In Good Condition: edges rubbed; loss at ends of spine; pages are browning, but clean and solid.

Rochester, N.Y.: Stecher Lithographic Co, 1921. Paperback. Good +. [14] p.: color illustration; 35 cm. Illustrated card covers, stapled. "No. 28" -- at lower edge of front cover. Page count includes insides of covers. Each page contains an illustration and text telling the story of Jack the dog, who was a present to Jimmie and Margie. In Good+ Condition: 1-cm. closed tear from spine into front cover; edges slightly rubbed; faint dampstain at upper edge of front cover, not impacting text or illustrations; interior is clean and bright.

New York: Harold Vinal, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. [16], 75 p.; 21 cm. Light green cover with printed paper spine and cover labels. Introduction by Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. With 2 typed letters (one laid in on the front endpapers and both signed by the author) and one telegram from the author, Ruth Little Mason Rice (1884-1927), to poet Caroline Giltinan Harlow (1884- ). Also with a handwritten letter from Mary A. Taylor, sister of Rice, to Harlow referring to the publication of this book and stating "Ruth's death has absolutely broken me." The author had committed suicide in September 1927. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: spine is sunned; upper joints are weak; pp. 6 and 7 have shadows from holding the telegram; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: McCall Publishing Co, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. [6], 218 p.; 22 cm. Green cloth spine with gilt spine title; pink paper over boards with gilt decoration on front. No dust jacket. In this novel by author Jane Rule, best known for her first novel, Desert of the Heart, she addresses love, death, and birth. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

New York: Twentieth Century Library; Book-of-the-Month Club, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. [6], 353, [7] p.: portrait of the author; 24 cm. Green cloth with gilt-on-black spine title and color paste-down on front cover (reproduction of a painting by Childe Hassam). Dark blue endpapers. A very attractive edition of one of Wharton's most popular books. In Near Fine Condition: spine is slightly faded; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Hyperion, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. 332 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Advance Reader's Copy from Uncorrected Proofs. Back cover gives anticipated publication date as January 1996 and the marketing strategy. The sequel to the author's debut novel, Coffee Will Make You Black; Stevie returns from college and sets out to explore San Francisco in 1975 -- free love, war protests, hot tubs, and women's consciousness-raising groups. ISBN: 0-7868-6069-3. In Near Fine- Condition: slightly cocked; back cover lightly sunned along spine; otherwise, clean and solid.

New York: Ace Books, 1963. Very Good. 121, [2], 133 p.; 16 cm. Paperback printed in dos-a-dos style, containing two science fiction novels, each with its own front cover illustration and pagination, the pages starting at opposite ends of the book. Two pages of publisher's advertisements follows Alpha Centauri -- or Die! Ace F-187. An Ace double novel containing the first book publication of Brackett's Alpha Centauri -- or Die! (which combined her earlier short stories The Ark of Mars and Teleportress of Alpha C) and the complete text of Wallis' Legend of Lost Earth. Geraldine McDonald Wallis also published and acted under the names Hope Campbell and Virginia Hughes. In Very Good Condition: edges very slightly rubbed; covers and spine lightly creased; pages are clean. As is typical of inexpensively produced pulp fiction of the period, it should be handled with care. Opening of the book could cause the glue to crack and pages to detach.

Tallahassee, Florida: Naiad Press, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. [10], 210, [4] p.; 22 cm. Paperback. Stated First Edition. Features a female private eye in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed, most significantly the front joint; pages are clean and tight.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good +/good -. 320 p.; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title; blind-stamped illustration on front cover. Dust jacket. The third novel by Kathleen Winsor, author of Forever Amber. One year in the life of a 12-year-old girl growing up in a small town in the United States. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: corners rubbed; top page edges lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good- Condition: creaing and small closed tears along edges; minor loss at ends of spine; closed 3-cm. tear from lower edge of back section; clean and bright.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Copyright 1923; printed March 1930. xiii, [3], 405 p., frontispiece portrait of Robert Frost and 16 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Red cloth with black spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Top page edges red. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Mary McKenzie. In Very Good Condition: a few pencil marks in the Introduction; otherwise, clean and tight.

Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde -- Wegweiser-Verlag, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. 381, [2] p.; 19 cm. Half polished calf with gilt-stamped spine title; pink and blue paper over boards. Top page edges red. Pink ribbon bookmark. This was the second volume issued in the tenth year to members of the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde. The author, Marta Karlweis (1889-1965), was an Austrian novelist. In Very Good Condition: rubbed, especially joints and corners; clean and tight.

London / New York: John Lane, 1900. Hardcover. Good. [8], 267, [4] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 5 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding copying a 16th-century binding featuring a center medallion showing Apollo standing in a golden chariot driving two horses with a silver Pegasus on the left. Contents include: Humplebee by George Gissing -- Angling Reminiscences in England and the Tropics by Susan, Countess of Malmesbury -- The Likeness of the Night by Mrs. W. K. Clifford [Lucy Clifford] -- Between the Red Moon and the Moor by Dora Greenwell McChesney -- A Century of Women by Lady Jeune [Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier]. In Good Condition: lacking leather over spine; leather is rubbed; small ding in fore-edge of front board; hinges are solid; pages browning along edges; otherwise, clean and tight.

London / New York: John Lane, 1899. Hardcover. Good +. [8], 264 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding copying a binding produced about 1775 by Derome le jenue. Gilt decoration around an armorial center medallion. Contents include: A Miniature Moloch by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler -- A Garden and a Farm in North Italy by Alethaea Wiel -- Ridet Olympus by William J. Locke -- Angling Days by F. B. Money Coutts -- A Journey through Abyssinia by Lord Lovat -- The Case of Dreyfus: A Judicial Error by J. Cornély. One of the plates is a study of Sir Henry Irving as Bill Sikes by Gordon Craig. In Good+ Condition: lacking half of leather over spine; leather is rubbed; hinges are solid; pages browning along edges; otherwise, clean and tight.

London / New York: John Lane, 1899. Hardcover. Good. [6], 255, [1] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding (originally dark green) copying a binding produced about 1604 for Thevet's Vies des Hommes Illustrés for James I. Gilt decoration around a Royal armorial center medallion. A few unopened pages. Small piece of paper attached to front fixed endpaper with former owner's name: "E. S. Willing." "Edward S. Willing, Esq. U.S.A." is listed as a subscriber in vol. 4 of The Anglo-Saxon Review. Edward Shippen Willing (1822-1906), a grandson of Thomas Willing (1731-1821), graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841 and later married Alice, daughter of Dr. John Rhea Barton. "He never engaged in any pursuit, and was not at the time of his death a member of any social organization." [NYT April 11, 1906]. Contents include the first appearance of "The Great Condition" by Henry James, as well as: A Modern Woman by Elizabeth Robins; Osbern and… Read More

London / New York: John Lane, 1899. Hardcover. Good. [8], 256 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding copying a binding done for Charles I. Gilt decoration around a royal armorial center medallion. Some pages are unopened. First appearance of War Memories by Stephen Crane. Contents also include: Talbot of Ursula by Gertrude Atherton -- The Merciful Soul by Laurence Alma Tadema -- The Outcasts by Henry de Vere Stacpoole -- Chinese Doctors and Medical Treatment by Isabella L. Bishop [Isabella Bird]. In Good Condition: lacking leather over spine; leather is rubbed; hinges are solid; pages browning along edges; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Dial Press, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998. Paperback. Fine. [14], 303, [3] p.; 21 cm. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page. The first novel of American writer Laura Zigman. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

New York: Cassell & Co, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. [4], 404, [8] p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black-stamped decoration of spine and front board. Blind-stamped publisher's emblem on back board with blind-stamped decoration. Green floral endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. First Edition. The author of this anonymously published novel, Anne Sheldon Coombs (1858-1890), was born in Albany, N.Y., and died in Brooklyn. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; edges rubbed; front endpaper scraped; clean and tight.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xviii, 331, [1] p.: [12] p. of illustrations, [9] p. of facsimiles; 24 cm. Brown cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. A "lively portrait of the American literary scene in the 30s and 40s and an engaging narrative of literary ambition." -- from dust jacket. Includes excerpts from her correspondence with Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Marianne Moore. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: head of spine rubbed; clean and bright.