Search Results: Women's Studies from Knickerbocker Books

Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997. 1997 second printing, NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound soft cover. Pages fresh and fine. Illustrated paper cover very slightly rubbed, small bump to bottom of spine, otherwise fine. No creasing to cover spine and binding is firm, no cracks or splits. Thirteen essays by leading Caribbean scholars. 6 x 9-1/8"; xxi + 316 pages. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1998. 1998. Catalog to accompany the Exhibition at the Grolier Club, 11 March - 2 May 1998. Bound in lovely wrapper of light-green laid paper with gilt stamping front, spine and rear, reproducing a design by Sarah Whitman for her cover for Celia Thaxter's "An Island Garden." Color frontis portrait of Mercy Otis Warren. 10 chapters present American women writers from 17th-century Anne Dudley Bradstreet to Willa Cather and Gertrude Stein. NEAR FINE - a fresh, clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine. Wrapper clean and bright; one small soft finger dent near thumb edge of front cover, otherwise fine. Errata slip bound in. 6 x 9". 120 pages. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 1993. VERY GOOD copy of this work by Nahid Toubia. This 48-page booklet, staple bound in an illustrated paper cover, is clean and unmarked. Pages fine. Cover is clean and bright, slightly shelf rubbed. Binding firm and intact. Dr. Toubia was born in Khartoum and attended medical school in Egypt. She became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was the first woman surgeon in Sudan. She now teaches at Columbia University and is a leading advocate for reproductive health and women's rights; a formidable fighter against gender inequality, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". Illustrated with B&W photos. Scarce.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Stockholm: Bokforlaget Trevi, 1987. AUTHOR INSCRIBED 1987 Edition. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. The book is inscribed, in English by Ms. Karhola-Wettergren, in blue ballpoint, on the front free endpaper, "To Chuck with thanks for our interesting business relationship and for warm friendship - from Lil." Laid into the book is a personal note to Chuck, also in English and signed "Lil" handwritten on a printed personalized notecard of "Lil och Arvo Karhola." There is reference in the note that indicates that a Charles A. Lee was "Chuck." Lil Karhola-Wettergren was a successful business woman, daughter of Hugo Drangel, a Swedish industrialist in the paper industry. In 1944 Dragnel designed a disposable paper diaper. His daughter continued this work in the 1950s. The book is in Swedish, the title in English would roughly translate to "Raised in a Man's World." Other than the inscription this is clean, unmarked copy. Pages are fresh and fine, bound in… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1908. 1908 on title page. Stated Eighth Impression. NEAR FINE. A crisp, clean and well-bound copy. The only marking a neatly penned gift inscription on first blank, dated 1908. Pages fresh and fine, bound in lightly edge rubbed black cloth hardcover, gilt titled on front and spine. Tissue-guarded frontis, a photo-engraved 1892 portrait of Alice Palmer, plus 9 more photographic plates. A biography of a most remarkable woman, the first woman president of a nationally known college, Wellesley College. 5-1/2 x 8"; 354 pages plus plates. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. 1924 First Edition, 1924 copyright and 1924 printed on title page. VERY GOOD-. A clean and securely bound copy. Light foxing along page edges and margins and a few small ink markings in first chapter; otherwise pages are clean and very good. Bound in dark blue/black cloth hardcover, title stamped in orange on spine and front cover. Cover is clean with moderate rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. Orange type on spine a bit faded but clearly readable. Binding slightly creaky but hinges and book block remain firm and intact, no loose or pulled pages. Boards and spine straight. No dust jacket. An early title from this innovative New York City publisher, founded in 1923 by brother Albert and Charles Boni. Freda Kirchwey, an influential journalist, editor and social activist, assembled 15 articles reevaluating the roles of sex, marriage and women in the early twentieth century. Contributing writers include Bertrand Russell, Edwin Muir, Arthur Garfield Hays,… Read More

New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2007 2007 Stated First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, in black ink on title page. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, tightly bound hardcover. Author's signature is the only marking to book. Pages and cover fine. Unclipped dust jacket very slightly edge rubbed, but no tears, chips or creases. Jacket is in a clear protector. Binding and hinges tight and straight. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2"; 232 pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Student Press Initiative: Teacher's College, Columbia University , 2009. 2009. NEAR FINE softcover. A clean, crisp copy - small owner label affixed bottom of inside front cover, no other markings. Pages and color pictorial paper cover fresh and pristine. Binding firm, no splits, no creasing to cover spine. 19 oral histories by women inmates reveal feelings of "hope, hurt, fear and ambition." This well-produced and thoughtful collection is an eloquent addition to the discourse about the lives and destinies of incarcerated women. The project was supported and guided by Barbara Diliberti, Principal of Island Academy (Riker's Island, New York City) as well as by Island Academy teachers and by members of RMSC (Rose M. Singer Center). 7-1/2 x 9-3/4"; [iv] + 274 pages . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1967 First Beacon Paperback edition. VERY GOOD. A clean and firmly bound soft cover, the only marking is an old and out-of-date price handwritten on inside front cover. Illustrated paper cover is clean and complete with price. Cover is lightly toned and shelf-rubbed but no chips or tears, light creasing to spine but binding firm, no splits. From the Daedalus Library. Beacon Paperback No. 249. 5-3/8 x 8"; ix + 293 pages. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good.