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.

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.

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 .

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.

Introduction by LARRY MCMURTRY.

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: 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, 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: 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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1916. Hardcover. Good. Letters from the American Embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th, 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914, together with an account of the occupation of Vera Cruz." [12], 355, [1] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 11 leaves of plates; 21 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and front-cover titles and illustration. No dust jacket. Top page edges gilt. The author's letters were written to her mother. "In spite of necessary omissions they may throw some light on the difficulties of the Mexican situation, which we have made our own, and which every American wishes to see solved in a way that will testify to the persistence of those qualities that made us great." [from the Foreword] The author, Edith O'Shaughnessy (1876-1939), was a journalist, screenwriters, and biographer. Her husband, Nelson O'Shaughnessy (1876-1932), was the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the… Read More

London: Pandora / HarperCollins, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/fine. ix, [1], 240 p., 16 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Blue textured paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author reexamines the life of Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956), wife of D.H. Lawrence, partially through Frieda Lawrence's own words. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. xxii, 490 p., 16 unpaginated pages of illustration; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; "H.D." gilt-stamped on front board. Illustrated dust jacket designed by G.G. Laurens. First edition. American poet Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), known as H.D., moved to London in 1911 and became one of the avant-garde poets known as the Imagists. She was a prolific writer of both poetry and prose throughout her life. This biography includes previously unpublished material by H.D. and previously unpublished letters by Ezra Pound. Book is in Fine Condition. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; clean and intact.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. Paperback. Near Fine. xix, [1], 378 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author "provides a blueprint for a revitalised, positive and inclusive brand of feminism, unafraid of success." -- cover. In Near Fine Condition: pages are browning; clean and tight.