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  • Brink, Andre.
    WRITING IN A STATE OF SIEGE: Essays on Politics and Literature.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - First book of nonfiction by this internationally acclaimed South African writer. Topics range from apartheid to Mahatma Gandhi, censorship, the position of the Afrikaans writer and more. ISBN: 0-671-47751x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16502
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  • THE BINGHAMS OF LOUISVILLE: The Dark History Behind One of America's Great Fortunes. by Chandler, David Leon with Mary Voelz Chandler.
    Chandler, David Leon with Mary Voelz Chandler.
    THE BINGHAMS OF LOUISVILLE: The Dark History Behind One of America's Great Fortunes.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which traces the history of one of America's richest and most powerful families and offers a hypothesis regarding the death of Mary Lily Kenan, the widow of Henry Flager, the Standard Oil Tycoon, who died "of natural causes" just 8 months after she married Robert Bingham - who used the money he inherited to start his publishing kingdom. Originally published, but never distributed, by Macmillan, this includes a preface which lays out the history of this cancellation. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Extensive notes, index. xii, 292 pp. Genealogical tables on endpapers. ISBN: 0-517568950.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84436
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  • LAMPS IN THE WIND: South Indian College Women and Their Problems. by McDougall, Eleanor (1874-1956)
    McDougall, Eleanor (1874-1956)
    LAMPS IN THE WIND: South Indian College Women and Their Problems.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Friendship Press, 1940. Hardcover first edition - Although this book focuses on the experiences and Christian faith of several students at the Women's Christian College in Madras, India , the introduction comments that the demand for education has outstripped what the Christian Church can offer, and many schools are now available with no connection to any religion. McDougal was Principal of the school from its inception in 1915 to 1938, but her successor, Eleanor Rivett, felt that this book should be suppressed since its focus on the weaknesses of the Indian students could undo all the good that had been done up to that time and even endanger its future. While the defence was made that this…

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    New York: Friendship Press, 1940. Hardcover first edition - Although this book focuses on the experiences and Christian faith of several students at the Women's Christian College in Madras, India , the introduction comments that the demand for education has outstripped what the Christian Church can offer, and many schools are now available with no connection to any religion. McDougal was Principal of the school from its inception in 1915 to 1938, but her successor, Eleanor Rivett, felt that this book should be suppressed since its focus on the weaknesses of the Indian students could undo all the good that had been done up to that time and even endanger its future. While the defence was made that this was written for a British audience (and it was not, in fact, made available in India), the Indian staff were almost unanimous in disavowing the picture it presented and in feeling that their previous principal had betrayed confidential matters. Even the title "Lamps in the Wind" implies weakness. Frontispiece. 165 pp. plus 1 pp of publisher's ads.

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    Condition: Very good in illustrated cloth (previous owner's name, offsetting to the front endpaper), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69139
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  • HOUSE ARREST. by Vlachos, Helen.
    Vlachos, Helen.
    HOUSE ARREST.

    Edition: 3rd US printing.

    Boston: Gambit, 1970. dj. Hardcover - First person account of this Greek newspaper owner who refused to publish under censorship in the 1960's when the Greek government was overthrown by the junta of colonels, and of her eventual escape to England. In addition, Vlachos tells of her life during the occupation of Greece during World War II and of the civil war that followed. Photographs, Index, 183 pp.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (some rubbing to the dj).

    Book ID: 45149
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