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A TIME OF PROTEST: Suffragists challenge the Republic 1870-1887.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Sacramento, CA: Spectrum Publications, (1987). SIGNED first edition - A book which focuses on the aftermath of the Civil War, and the protests during the national Centennial and the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. The author, feminist pioneer Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD, is a nationally recognized lecturer and storyteller of the history of women's rights, as well as a founder of one of the country?s first college women's studies programs (at California State University, Sacramento) Illustrated with drawings and facsimiles. An association copy INSCRIBED on the title page "to my favorite first-born son who will find himself mentioned within." Sources. 134 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy black illustrated wrappers (some rubbing to the edges of the covers)
Book ID: 91106More details Price: $27.50 -
PUMPING IRON II: THE UNPRECEDENTED WOMAN.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First edition - An inside look into the world of women's body building, focusing on the first Miss Olympia competition in 1980. In addition this traces the history of women in body building and , includes profiles of some of the top women in the field. Text by Charles Gaine, illustrated throughout with photographs by George Butler. Basis for the 1985 documentary film. Large format. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-671441051.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated covers - minor wear to edges of covers, faint remainder line on bottom edge
Book ID: 91052More details Price: $40.00 -
SITA.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (spot on red topstain, some edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 91028More details Price: $17.50 -
PEGGY COVERS LONDON.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in ivory cloth with red and black lettering (previous owner's name, that of Mrs C. P. Bugbee on half title page, but I have not been able to determine if that was a relative), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 91022More details Price: $120.00 -
CHOICES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second memoir by this actress, one which focuses more on changes in her personal life, including seeing her daughter becoming a woman, and on her roll as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, where she gained first hand knowledge of the lives of thousands who have no choices. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-394539869.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 90991More details Price: $18.00 -
PUMPING IRON II: THE UNPRECEDENTED WOMAN.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First edition - An inside look into the world of women's body building, focusing on the first Miss Olympia competition in 1980. In addition this traces the history of women in body building and , includes profiles of some of the top women in the field. Text by Charles Gaine, illustrated throughout with photographs by George Butler. Basis for the 1985 documentary film. Large format. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-671441051.
Condition: Good in glossy illustrated covers - minor wear to covers, cracking beween p 126-127.
Book ID: 90814More details Price: $28.50 -
WOMEN, PASSION & CELIBACY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Carol Southern Books / Crown, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by this feminist author, lecturer and mother in which she extols the benefits of chosen, 'passionate' celibacy. "In Victorian times, women were regarded as deviant if they enjoyed a full and exciting sex life. Today, women invite equally pejorative labels if they admit that they don't!" Notes, bibliography, index.vii, 280 pp. ISBN: 0-517597381.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 90671More details Price: $17.50 -
PROSPECT: THE JOURNAL OF AN ARTIST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A meditation on life and art by this sculptor - one in which she "explores the end of the life cycle, this time structuring her work around her 70th year, when she is regaled for decades of achievement with a major retrospective in New York yet penalized with mandatory retirement at the University of Maryland. The gravity of the events is unsettling; she calls herself 'officially old'." (Kirkus) Notes. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-684818353.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 90645More details Price: $27.50 -
DOPPELGANGER: A Trip into the Mirror World.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 90557More details Price: $24.50 -
PAT LOUD: A Woman's Story.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (very short closed tear to dj)
Book ID: 90537More details Price: $60.00 -
THREE WOMEN.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, (2019). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of the author's first book - true stories about the sex lives of three real - and very different - American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting. In suburban Indiana, there is Lina, a homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion; in North Dakota, there is Maggie, a high school student who allegedly who has a clandestine relationship with her married English teacher, and in the Northeast, there is Sloane, a successful restaurant owner, happily married to a man who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women. Publisher's letter laid in. 302 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.
Book ID: 90248More details Price: $25.00 -
WOMANISH: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ig Publishing, (2019). First edition - A collection of 13 essays that explore "what it means to be a black woman in today's turbulent times. Writing with candor, wit and vulnerability on topics including dating after divorce, depression, parenting older children, the Obamas, and the often fraught relations between white and black women, McLarin unveils herself at the crossroads of being black, female and middle-aged, and, ultimately, American." Notes. 189 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 90147More details Price: $20.00 -
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY NONEXISTENCE: A Memoir.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84809More details Price: $60.00 -
THE WOMEN INCENDIARIES.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a very good dj with partial spine label.
Book ID: 90098More details Price: $15.00 -
I SIT LISTENING TO THE WIND: Woman's Encounter Within Herself.
Edition: First printing in wrappers.
Philadelphia: Innisfree Press, (1993). First edition - The second book in the Circle of Stones series, one which expands the search for wholeness by exploring the inner masculine within women. Cover illustration by David Klein. xx, 103 pp. ISBN: 0-931055989.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 90072More details Price: $16.50 -
SARAH THE PRIESTESS: The First Matriarch of Genesis.
Edition: First printing.
Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The uncommon hardcover edition of this study of the role which Sarah plays, in the Genesis narratives. It "appears to be a highly energetic one, a role so active, in fact, that it repeatedly overshadows that of her husband.. . Dr. Teubal shows that the 'Sarah tradition' represents a nonpatriarchal system struggling for survival in isolation, in the patriarchal environment of what was for Sarah a foreign society." A presentation copy warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and also SIGNED in full. Illustrated with photographs, family tree charts, double page map. Notes, bibliography, index, chronology. xvii, 201 pp. ISBN: 0-804008434.
Condition: Near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a very good dust jacket. (short tear to upper edge of front cover of dj)
Book ID: 89737More details Price: $100.00 -
PEACE PILGRIM: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words with "Steps Towards Inner Peace."
Edition: Later printing.
Santa FE, NM: Ocean Tree Books, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - The story of a remarkable woman and her walking across the country from 1953 until her death in 1981. Illustrated with photographs. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-943734-207.
Condition: Near fine in navy blue boards with silver lettering in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89588More details Price: $24.50 -
BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM: Gertude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith And Billie Holiday
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A reinterpretation and celebration of the tradition of black blues singers, the importance of blues not only as the roots of jazz but as a 'life-sustaining' vehicle for black women - focusing on Gertude "Ma" Rainey, 1886-1939; Bessie Smith, 1898?- 1937; and Billie Holiday, 1915-1959. Includes a transcription of all the extant lyrics recorded by Rainey and Smith. SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, works consulted, index. xx, 427 pp. ISBN: 0-679-45005X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87963More details Price: $275.00 -
I'D TRADE MY HUSBAND FOR A HOUSEKEEPER: Loving Your Marriage after the Baby Carriage.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2009). SIGNED first edition - A book which " examines the challenges of modern parenthood for married couples today and it extends a loving hand so that mothers can step out of the madness, make the most of what they have, and learn to love their marriages as much as they love their husbands and kids." SIGNED by both authors on the title page. 176 pp. ISBN: 978-0811867351.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. .
Book ID: 89113More details Price: $18.50 -
WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009). First edition - A mixture of oral history and research, this covers the years from 1960 to 2008. Notes, bibliography. xix, 453 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89026More details Price: $18.50 -
FORWARD: A Memoir.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89022More details Price: $35.00 -
INTERCOURSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Free Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A controversial book by this noted feminist writer, one which argues that the essence of female oppression is rooted in the very act of intercourse itself. Among other things, it "analyzes the attitudes of five male writers towards women and human sexuality, discusses virginity and the connection between sexuality and political power, and looks at laws governing sexual behavior." Notes, bibliography, index. xi, 257 pp. ISBN: 0-029079705.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name, some very scattered marginal brackets and underlining, few spots of foxing to top edge of textblock)
Book ID: 88805More details Price: $20.00 -
BAMBOO SECRETS: One Woman's Quest through the Shadows of Japan.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Nevada City, California: Illuminated Owl Press, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A memoir which "weaves together four strands: a mature woman in search of herself, a marriage in trouble, the dark side of Japan, and the beauty of Japanese art and culture. While living in Japan in 1993, Patricia Dove Miller's dream of a year of exploration is shattered when her husband is detained on drug charges. She struggles with a sense of betrayal upon learning her husband's secrets and yet she stands by him, in the face of the terrifying uncertainties now confronting them. To save herself, she seeks refuge in two Japanese traditional arts--ikebana and shakuhachi (bamboo flute)" SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0997253900.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. Award sticker on front cover.
Book ID: 88389More details Price: $21.50 -
TRAVELS IN AMERICA 1851-1855.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 88320More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SECRET DOWRY OF EVE: Woman's Role in the Development of Consciousness.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88310More details Price: $25.00 -
AMERICAN QUEEN: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague -- Civil War "Belle of the North" and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal,
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover)
Book ID: 88084More details Price: $20.00 -
ROAR LIKE A GODDESS: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Boulder, CO: Sounds True, (2022). SIGNED first edition - A book by a Vedic spiritual teacher which re-envisions ancient India's primary goddess archetypes. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "with love." Notes. 258 pp. ISBN: 978-1683648826.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 87846More details Price: $25.00 -
TEMPEST STORM: The Lady is a Vamp.
Edition: First printing.
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Boldly INSCRIBED by Tempest Storm on front endpaper 'To Randy, Love and Passion' and dated in 19898. Autobiiography of the last star of burlesque. Includes 10 pages of black and white photos. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-259.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket. Rather uncommon, and especially so in this condition and inscribed.
Book ID: 87729More details Price: $150.00 -
EMBROIDERING OUR HERITAGE: The Dinner Party Needlework.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book which interweaves images and words, incorporating hand-drawn pages from the Dinner Party needlework. A collaborative work with Judy Chicago as the writer and illustrator, needlework background by Susan Hill, designed by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and with additional technical drawings by Shannon Hogan and special photographs by Michael Alexander. Large format, illustrated throughout with many full color plates and black and white drawings and photographs. Glossary and attributions. 287 pp plus a final drawing. ISBN: 0-385145683.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (the upper corner of a few pages bumped, edgewear to the dj
Book ID: 87439More details Price: $60.00 -
REMINISCENCES FROM LAMPLIGHT TO SATELLITE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, some overall edgewear to dj) Laid in is a newspaper article about the author.
Book ID: 87366More details Price: $20.00