Search Results: Women from Conover Books

U.S.A.: Temple University Press, 1997. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with white and black lettering. 271 informative and educational pages! "Abortion is still not talked about. Few women admit to having one. It is too personal, and it is still taboo. Yet this intimate personal issue has become sensationally and bewilderingly public, it has even brought down governments, a paradox which the author found intriguing enough to start her on the project of this book. In this worldwide survey of abortion politics, Janet Hadley argues that abortion should be legal, accessible, affordable and accepted the world over. This edition contains an epilogue that discusses changes and events that occurred since the publication in 1996..........." . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read More

New York, New York: Free Press, 1999. A very crisp and clean signed first edition; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Yellow boards quarterbound by black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 360 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "Are men and women really from different planets? In Ceasefire!, journalist and cultural critic Cathy Young argues that our current obsession with personal problems between the sexes has had disastrous consequences for women's progress -- and for men's as well. Young believes "the myth of gender difference" has allowed feminists to continue to see women as victims, at the same time buttressing conservatives' claim that the weakening of traditional roles has wreaked havoc on our society. It's time to re-examine our allegiances in the gender wars. Young insists that we must abandon the premise -- rooted in women's historical second-class… Read More

New York, New York: Benjamin Blom, 1971. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; some of the paper pastedown title plate on the spine is torn away; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with a paper title pastedown on the spine. 281 historical and informative pages! "I have attempted to describe in the following pages part of the long struggle which women have made for their emancipation. I make no claim for impartiality, if by impartiality is meant want of sympathy with either side in the contest. I believe that the great change in the position of women, which is called the feminist movement, is, and has always been, on the whole good, and that the opposition to the various phases of it is, and has always been, on the whole bad." ---- from the Introduction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.A.: Health Communications, Inc., 2000. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some shelf wear, overall a clean signed first edition! Inscribed by both authors on the half-title page! 205 very clean unmarked and uncreased inspirational and informative pages! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black and white lettering. "Are you ashamed to tell your friends and family how your partner really treats you? Do you walk on eggshells around him for fear he'll lose his temper? Do you wonder what you did to make him stop caring? If you answered 'yes' to these questions, you know all too well how an abusive partner can diminish your soul......". Inscribed By the Authors. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: J. S. Ziegler & Co., 1896. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, missing the ffep and rfep, front hinge is cracked and pulled away from the spine, a few of the pages are loose and fraying on the ends, overall a readable used and collectible first edition! Decorative blue boards with a black embossed illustration and gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Decorative outer page edges. 510 unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages of text and many black and white and color plates. "What all wives, mothers and maidens should know respecting themselves, is fully and clearly stated in this new, very comprehensive and charming volume. It contains the most important and valuable information concerning the female organism, the physical life of woman, and all subjects in which she is most deeply interested....." ----- from the Preface.. First Edition / First Printing. Decorative Blue Cloth. Poor/No Jacket.… Read More

Hartford, Connecticut: Woman and Earth , 1993. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; spine is gently creased; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Pink wrapper with black lettering and illustration. 48 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Gloria Steinem On Marilyn Monroe - in Russian / Riane Eisler: Book Excerpt from the Russian Publication of The Chalice and The Blade / Yoko Ono: Messages of Change / Alla Kulagina: Image of Women in the Chastushka / Andrea Dworkin: The Fight Against Pornography - in Russian / Tatyana Mamonova On the Feminism of Marina Tsvetaeva......." ------ from the Cover.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.