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THE L SHAPED ROOM.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set in London, in an England on the cusp of social change, the story of a young woman who finds herself pregnant, kicked out of the house by her father, who finds shelter in a top floor apartment - the L shaped room - in a seedy Fulham building. Basis for the film of the same name. 320 pp.
Condition: Good only in red cloth in a good dust jacket (rather severe age-toning to the pages, overall edgewear to the dj, original price of $4.50 still present.) .
Book ID: 78437More details Price: $25.00 -
Set of three facsimile reprints from the Ortho collection of re-created rare books on the practice of obstetrics & gynecology. 1. AN IMPORTANT ADDRESS TO WIVES & MOTHERS ON THE DANGERS AND IMMORALITY OF MAN-MIDWIFERY. 2. A PRESENT TO BE GIVEN TO TEEMING WOMEN BY THEIR HUSBANDS, OR FRIENDS and 3. AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY: AND A SET OF ANATOMICAL TABLES WITH EXPLANATIONS.
Edition: Facsimile edition.
Condition: All three are in fine condition in brown or tan stapled wrappers. The cover of the first pamphlet has been die-cut to reproduce the large chips and wear on the original.
Book ID: 80190More details Price: $85.00 -
ANIMALS: Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Cambridge, MA: Alice James Books, (1979.). First edition - The first book - and only collection of poetry - by this noted novelist and short story writer. Most are about being a woman - and many are about being a pregnant woman. 72 pp. ISBN: 0-914086-294.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (2 xx on bottom edge.)
Book ID: 54298More details Price: $15.00 -
POEMS FOR PREGNANT LADIES.
Edition: Limited, signed edition.
Olympia, WA: Tierra Madre Press, 1978. First edition - A slim chapbook of poems celebrating women and pregnancy, written while author was herself pregnant. #33 of 111 copies, hand-set and printed in 18pt Piranese, numbered and SIGNED by the author. In addition, the poet has INSCRIBED this with a small drawing, on the page facing the colophon. Photograph. Hand tied, unpaginated.
Condition: Very good in illustrated light grey wrappers (some fading and sunning to the covers).
Book ID: 35608More details Price: $20.00
