Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944. Very Good. x, [2], 219 p.; 17 cm. Grey cloth with black stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Includes a glossary of political terms, and information on women who were then or had previously served in Congress. Designed to help women learn how to participate in the political process, in recognition of the fact that during World War Two, "women are taking care of the ballots while their men take care of the bullets" (from the ... more information

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New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1892. Very Good -. By Josiah Allen's Wife." xiv, 437 p.: frontispiece, illustrations; 20 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black-stamped illustrations on spine and front cover. Includes both full-page and in-text illustrations. Publisher's appendix contains six addresses to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 1888 on the issue of the admission of women delegates. Marietta Holley was the author of... more information

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New York: Brentano's, 1928. Near Fine -. 160 p.: maps; 17 cm. Orange cloth with black spine and cover titles; front cover illustration. No dust jacket. Front free endpaper bears faint stamp reading "Compliments of Chester-Cambridge Bank & Trust Company" and former owner's name: Marie G. Robertson. Third printing. Designed for the American travelling abroad, when women took along crepe de chine frocks, silk stockings, handkerchiefs, and hats. Includes tips on shipboard customs ... more information

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Louisville, Ky.: Sallie Bingham , 1985. Near Fine. 99, [1] p.: photographs; 23 cm. Soft cover. This is the first issue of this literary journal. It includes the first appearance of a poem by Marge Piercy, "Moves on the Ceiling," as well as works by authors Ai, Ann Taylor Allen, Michael Blumenthal, Richard Dokey, Elaine Equi, Anne Valley Fox, Merrill Joan Gerber, Bette Howland, Fenton Johnson, Joe Ashby Porter, Sergio Ramirez, Leon Rooke, Janet Beeler Shaw, and Peggy Steele. Also includes pho... more information

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Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905. First Edition. Good. Keller, Arthur I.. [8], 358, [20] p.: frontispiece, 3 leaves of illustrations by Arthur I. Keller; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; front cover has gilt- and red-stamped title and decoration. No dust jacket. Title page printed in red and black within single rule border. Copyright statement states "January." Publisher's advertisements on final 20 pages. First Edition of a mystery by an early A... more information

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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Near Fine. xi, 369 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. The author presents 47 tales "told by three Beldi women, members of a historic and highly civilized community, the city's traditional elite. Tale-telling is important to all Beldi women, and this book examines its role in their shared world and its significance in the lives of the three tellers." The introduction provides "an overview of the history and cu... more information

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Chicago: Cassandra Editions/Academy Press, 1977. Hard Cover. Near Fine. [18], 304 p.: frontispiece; 16 cm. Publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Originally published in 1883 under the pen name Ralph Iron; this is a reprint of the 1924 edition published by Collins, London. Includes a glossary of Dutch and colonial words. In Near Fine Condition: corners lightly rubbed; small rubbed spot on front joint; pages are clean and tight. ... more information

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New York: Ace Books, 1962. Very Good +. 133, [2], 120, [1] 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 follow Worlds of the Imperium and one page follows Seven from the Stars. Ace F-127. An Ace double novel containing the first book publication of Laumer's Worlds of the Imperium (the first in his Imperium ... more information

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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 Teleportre... more information

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New York: G.W. Dillingham, 1892. Fair. [5], 8-384 p.; 18 cm. Paperback; plain brown wrappers. Mary J. Holmes was a popular 19th-century American novelist. This novel was first published in 1864. In Fair Conditon: wrapper is rubbed and creased; edges of first and last leaves are chipped; upper corner of title page is lacking with minimal loss of text; lower corner of pp. 379-80 lacking, with slight loss of text; last leaf torn, with slight loss of text and old repair; pages are clean and tight. ... more information

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New York: Christian Herald, 1896. Very Good. 320 p.: title vignette; 15 cm. Green cloth with red- and gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. No dust jacket. Contains short stories by the author of Remember the Alamo. Many of the stories are set in Scotland. In Very Good Condition: edges are lightly rubbed; some loss of gilt and red on spine; edges of pages slightly soiled. ... more information

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New York: Penguin Books, 1995. VG, pb, 320pp.. Trade Paper. Very Good. ... more information

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New York: Penguin Books, 1995. VG, pb, 320pp. Corner of front fly-leaf clipped, slight edgewear.. Trade Paper. Very Good. ... more information

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New York, NY: Regan Books. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 2000. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 0060393408 . Stated First Edition. Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. "As the long, scandal-ridden trial of the Clinton years comes to an end - and as the first lady mounts her own campaign for independent political office - it is time for a summation. What is the legacy of Clintonism?" . ... more information

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New York, NY: Turtle Bay Books - Random House. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1991. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394579917 . Stated First Edition. Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. "The story of a woman who had - and lost - everything. The story of a woman who worked three decades to reach the top. From working the comedy clubs in New York's Greenwich Village to living out of suitcases on the comedy circuit across America, from the Second City in Chicago to The Ed... more information

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Harvest Book - Harcourt. Very Good. 2000. First Edition: First Printing. Soft Cover. 0156011352 . Book is Harvest First Edition. "A Fresh and Funny Expose of Hollywood's Golden Era. Refreshingly candid and wildly entertaining, the Million Dollar Mermaid bares all in this 'ribald account of her years as MGM's aquatic sensation, the godmother of synchronized swimming and one of the top 10 box-office stars in the world. " . ... more information

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Philadelphia, Pa.: Keystone Publishing Co., 1890. Fair. Vol. I. xxvii, [1], 373 p., frontispiece, 4 leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Half leather with marbled paper over boards. Endpapers are dark brown printed with a floral pattern. Top page endges are gilt. Frontispiece is tissue-guarded. The author, Sarah H. Killikelly, also wrote The History of Pittsburgh (1906). This book is based on questions raised by her students. The 275 questions answered here are listed in the Table of Questions... more information

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New York: Broadway Books , 2000. VG+, pb, 190pp.. Trade Paper. Very Good+. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1992. Very Good.. Soft Cover. Very Good. ... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0-312-20530-9. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. viii, 258 pp. Small dents in the lower edges of the rear cover. Front jacket flap is creased. "A revealing look at the hidden life of radio phenomenon Dr. Laura Schlessinger." Keywords: Biography. ... more information

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