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  • Atherton, Gertrude.
    BLACK OXEN.

    Edition: 6th printing in March, just 2 months after the first printing in Jan.

    New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. Hardcover - Although not a first printing, this was obviously used as a review copy - there are several stamps on the front endpapers stating 'advance copy/ not for resale.'

    Condition: Very good in black cloth with some spine slant, marbelized edges on the text block.

    Book ID: 14973
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Atherton, Gertrude
    THE CRYSTAL CUP

    Edition: 3rd printing, in the same month as the first.

    New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. dj. Hardcover - Novel of the 'jazz age' by this San Francisco area writer -Frontispiece drawing of Atherton. 315 pp. Unusual green marbled edges, striking art nouveau dustjacket art by Ty Mahon.

    Condition: Very good+ in a very good dustjacket (neat previous owner's name, some edgewear and small chips to the edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 34789
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE HOUSE OF LEE. by Atherton, Gertrude.
    Atherton, Gertrude.
    THE HOUSE OF LEE.

    Edition: First printing ("1" on the last page as required.)

    New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1940. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of three generations of women in an old San Francisco family which has been declining in wealth over the years - and how they, untrained in financial affairs as they were, managed to come to grips with the new world they found themselves in. One of her Calilifornia novels, set "in the present." 302 pp. Dust jacket art by E. H. Suydam.

    Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (price clipped, some foxing and sunning to the spine of the dj, minor edgewear.) Uncommon in the first edition and in dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53527
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  • Atherton, Gertrude.
    JULIA FRANCE AND HER TIMES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1912. Hardcover first edition - Novel which begins on St Kitts with the introduction of 18 year old Julia Edis to society - Julia was the youngest daughter of the redoubtable Mrs Edis who had for years been suspected of dabbling in the black arts with the assistance of an old Creole from Martinique. 533 pp plus 2 pp of advertisements.

    Condition: Missing front endpaper, but otherwise near fine in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering - covers bright and clean, with almost no wear, spine and binding tight and straight.

    Book ID: 32700
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Atherton, Gertrude.
    BLACK OXEN.

    Edition: 2nd printing in February, just 1 months after the first printing in Jan.

    New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. dj. Hardcover - A novel set in New York in the world of the "Sophisticates" in the very uncommon, and attractive dustjacket with an art deco illustration on the front cover and the words "second large printing" on the spine.

    Condition: Very good+ in black cloth with the previous owner's name on the front endpaper, marbelized edges on the text block. The dustjacket has some rubbing and wear and the folds and the edges, is somewhat faded on the spine, but is overall in good condition.

    Book ID: 15844
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE FOGHORN: Stories. by Atherton, Gertrude (1857-1948)
    Atherton, Gertrude (1857-1948)
    THE FOGHORN: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of four supernatural tales, consisting of two novellas and two short stories, set in California and Europe, including - in addition to the classic title story - the often-anthologized "The Striding." Two long and two short stories, the setting shifting from California to Europe. In first of the novellas - 'The Eternal Now' - a man relives his past existence in an earlier century at the height of a party he is giving in the here and now and in 'The Sacrificial Altar' a writer of crime fiction cannot prove his only crime and kills himself. 198 pp.

    Condition: Very good in black cloth with red lettering in a rather poor example of the uncommon dust jacket - the book has a couple of previous owner stamps; the dust jacket has several short tears with associated creasing on the front cover and the loss of about 1 inch at the top of the spine, but the original price of 1.75 is still present.

    Book ID: 83582
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  • LOS CERRITOS: A Romance of the Modern Time. by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn (1857-1948)
    Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn (1857-1948)
    LOS CERRITOS: A Romance of the Modern Time.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: John W.Lovell Company, (1890). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Scarce early novel by Gertrude Atherton, a story of the Californios, using their dialect, and featuring Carmelita, the daughter of the notorious bandit Joaquin Murietta. INSCRIBED on a blank preliminary page and dated in 1936. 304 pp.

    Condition: Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering (some shelfwear to bottom edge, corners slightly bumped, but a tight and sturdy copy)

    Book ID: 69522
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  • WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80669
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  • WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-316-154857.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80670
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  • HUMAN CROQUET. by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    HUMAN CROQUET.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Picador, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel - her first won the Whitbread Book of the Year award. Includes instructions for playing the game at the end of the book, complete with a picture of the game in progress. SIGNED on the title page. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-385-4093516.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75265
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • HUMAN CROQUET. by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    HUMAN CROQUET.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Picador, 1997. SIGNED first edition - Her second novel - her first won the Whitbread Book of the Year award. SIGNED on the title page. 350 pp plus final illustration.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17002
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  • WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner of front cover creased)

    Book ID: 80668
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  • THE MELTING SEASON. by Attenberg, Jami.
    Attenberg, Jami.
    THE MELTING SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised third book, a story about the strength it takes to both face up to and escape the past. "Catherine Madison is headed West with a suitcase full of cash that isn't hers. She's just left the only home she's ever known, a small town in Nebraska, after the only man she had ever known, her husband, Thomas, deserted her. . . On the road, she was going to become a new person. Or so she thought." SIGNED on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 978-1594488962.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 82393
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  • THE MIDDLESTEINS. by Attenberg, Jami.
    Attenberg, Jami.
    THE MIDDLESTEINS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, fourth book. "For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's obsession with food - thinking about it, eating it - and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live." SIGNED on the title page. Finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize for 2013. 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1455507214.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82395
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  • THE MIDDLESTEINS. by Attenberg, Jami.
    Attenberg, Jami.
    THE MIDDLESTEINS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2012). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, fourth book. "For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's obsession with food - thinking about it, eating it - and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live." SIGNED on the title page. Finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize for 2013. 272 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82396
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  • THE MELTING SEASON. by Attenberg, Jami.
    Attenberg, Jami.
    THE MELTING SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised third book, a story about the strength it takes to both face up to and escape the past. "Catherine Madison is headed West with a suitcase full of cash that isn't hers. She's just left the only home she's ever known, a small town in Nebraska, after the only man she had ever known, her husband, Thomas, deserted her. . . On the road, she was going to become a new person. Or so she thought." SIGNED on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 978-1594488962.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82394
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  • INSTANT LOVE: Fiction. by Attenberg, Jami.
    Attenberg, Jami.
    INSTANT LOVE: Fiction.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Shaye Areheart Books (Crown), (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a book told through the eyes of three young women and their friends and lovers, which explores what it means to be in love, what it means to be lonely. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0307337825.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot, spine slightly pushed at top)

    Book ID: 89082
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  • WILDERNESS TIPS by Atwood, Margaret
    Atwood, Margaret
    WILDERNESS TIPS

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories. ISBN: 0-385-421060.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 41336
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE BLIND ASSASSIN. by Atwood, Margaret.
    Atwood, Margaret.
    THE BLIND ASSASSIN.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Doubleday, 2000. dj. Hardcover - A complex and multi-layered story, set in the 30s and 40s - but also including a science fiction novel (the title 'The Blind Assassin' refers to this novel) within the novel. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award and the Booker Prize. ISBN: 0-385-475721.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 25722
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  • BODILY HARM by Atwood, Margaret
    Atwood, Margaret
    BODILY HARM

    Edition: First printing.

    Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of Atwood's fifth novel, described as 'by turns, comic, satiric, relentless and terrifying,' this is the story of a woman's attempt to come to grips with a series of rude shocks that overturned her world and her expectations. ISBN: 0-7710-08120.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (bookplate hidden under dj flap, staple holes on front endpaper, minor wear to dj.)

    Book ID: 32005
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Atwood, Margaret
    WILDERNESS TIPS

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories. ISBN: 0-385-421060.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 46602
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE TESTAMENTS. by Atwood, Margaret.
    Atwood, Margaret.
    THE TESTAMENTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, set 15 years later - Gilead continues to maintain its grip on power, but there signs it is beginning to rot from within. This is the story of three women - one who has grown up in Gilead as the daughter of an important commander, another in Canada who marches in anti-Gilead protests, and one who was one of the regime's enforcers. Winner of the Booker Prize. 415 pp. ISBN: 978-0385543781.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86274
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  • THE TESTAMENTS. by Atwood, Margaret.
    Atwood, Margaret.
    THE TESTAMENTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, set 15 years later - Gilead continues to maintain its grip on power, but there signs it is beginning to rot from within. This is the story of three women - one who has grown up in Gilead as the daughter of an important commander, another in Canada who marches in anti-Gilead protests, and one who was one of the regime's enforcers. Winner of the Booker Prize. 415 pp. ISBN: 978-0385543781.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corner slightly bumped, a bit of discoloration to top edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 89086
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  • Atwood, Margaret
    LIFE BEFORE MAN

    Edition: First printing in the US.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, a story of three people, stranded behind walls of their own making, forced to make choices after the rules have changed. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-671-251155.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 3409
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • LADY ORACLE by Atwood, Margaret
    Atwood, Margaret
    LADY ORACLE

    Edition: First printing.

    Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third novel, a "mixture of the bizarre and the eerie, the terryfying and the brilliantly satiric." in which a romance novelist fakes her own death to keep her past from being discovered. 345 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of wear to the ends of the spine).

    Book ID: 77414
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Atwood, Margaret
    LIFE BEFORE MAN

    Edition: First printing in the US.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, a story of three people, stranded behind walls of their own making, forced to make choices after the rules have changed. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-671-251155.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 20658
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Atwood, Margaret.
    SECOND WORDS: Selected Critical Prose.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Boston: Beacon Press, (1984.). First edition - Fifty essays, lectures, and reviews written over a 20 year period -including selections on Al Purdy, Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy, Erica Jong, Nadine Gordimer, E. L. Doctorow, Mordecai Richler, African American women writers, human rights and the woman's movement, Tillie Olsen, Sylvia Plath, Marie-Claire Blais, Northrup Frye, and much more. Index. 444 pp. ISBN: 0-807063592.

    Condition: Fine condition.

    Book ID: 35976
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  • MURDER IN THE DARK: Short Fictions and Prose Poems by Atwood, Margaret
    Atwood, Margaret
    MURDER IN THE DARK: Short Fictions and Prose Poems

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983. First edition - As the cover describes it, this is Atwood's "seventh work of fiction, or her tenth work of poetry, depending on how you slice it." Second issue, with the error on pg 61 corrected. 62 pgs. Bound in stiff pink wrappers with a collage on the cover by Atwood. ISBN: 0-88910-2589.

    Condition: Very good (minor wear to the covers - no printed price on cover.)

    Book ID: 68507
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Atwood, Margaret
    THE ROBBER BRIDE

    Edition: First UK edition.

    London: Bloomsbury, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A very attractive production with a striking dust jacket illustration, ribbon marker.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (slight wear to corners of dj)

    Book ID: 5712
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • "MOTHER BIRD HATCHING THE ALPHABET" (An Untitled Limited Edition Drawing). by Atwood, Margaret.
    Atwood, Margaret.
    "MOTHER BIRD HATCHING THE ALPHABET" (An Untitled Limited Edition Drawing).

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Charleston, WV: Parchment Gallery Graphics, University of Charleston, [1998.]. SIGNED first edition - An ink drawing, measuring 7 by 8 1/2 inches, printed on Arches fine rag, signed and numbered by Atwood. Accompanying this is a separate sheet of paper with the colophon, which states "This is her first individually printed art work and it does not have a title, but clearly it shows an interesting metaphor that connects her to her craft as writer-- mother bird hatching the alphabet." Although best known for her writing, Atwood also illustrated her first book "Double Persephone" and provided the original cover illustrations for several other of her earlier works. One of 99 numbered copies (out of a total edition of 120 copies).

    Condition: Fine with colophon sheet in original unused mailing envelope.

    Book ID: 88644
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