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  • OUR TIME IS NOW: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America. by Abrams, Stacy.
    Abrams, Stacy.
    OUR TIME IS NOW: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2020) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "offers a blueprint to end voter suppression -about how and why we fight for our democracy and win." After her loss in the gubernatorial election in Georgia. Abrams has become a leader in organizing voter education campaigns and get out the vote efforts to increase representation by all people, but especially young voters of color. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-1250257703.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 87119
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  • CRESCENT. by Abu-Jaber, Diana
    Abu-Jaber, Diana
    CRESCENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel, the story of a thirty-nine year old, and still unmarried, Iraqi-American woman who lives and works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant in the Persian and Arab-American community of Los Angeles known as Irangeles - a novel both sensible, realistic and romantic. Cover praise from Sigrid Nunez, Whitney Otto and others. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-39305747X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53228
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  • CRESCENT. by Abu-Jaber, Diana
    Abu-Jaber, Diana
    CRESCENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel, the story of a thirty-nine year old, and still unmarried, Iraqi-American woman who lives and works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant in the Persian and Arab-American community of Los Angeles known as Irangeles - a novel both sensible, realistic and romantic. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from Sigrid Nunez, Whitney Otto and others. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-39305747X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36581
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  • ORIGIN. by Abu-Jaber, Diana
    Abu-Jaber, Diana
    ORIGIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Norton, (2007). First edition - Her third novel, fourth book - a suspenseful literary mystery set in Syracuse, New York, where there is a number of unexplained 'crib deaths.' 388 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 58218
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  • CRESCENT. by Abu-Jaber, Diana
    Abu-Jaber, Diana
    CRESCENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel, the story of a thirty-nine year old, and still unmarried, Iraqi-American woman who lives and works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant in the Persian and Arab-American community of Los Angeles known as Irangeles - a novel both sensible, realistic and romantic. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from Sigrid Nunez, Whitney Otto and others. 349 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-39305747X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80920
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  • ON EXTENDED WINGS: An Adventure in Flight. by Ackerman, Diane.
    Ackerman, Diane.
    ON EXTENDED WINGS: An Adventure in Flight.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning poet Diane Ackerman describes how she gained mastery over the mysteries of flight and earned her private pilot's license, of her frustration and exhilaration during hours of lessons and seemingly endless touch and go's of her first solo and her first cross-country flights, and of the teachers and pilots and aviation enthusiasts with whom she flew. Glossary. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-689115407.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper, 2 small chips to dj)

    Book ID: 86504
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  • JUMP. by Ackerman, Marianne.
    Ackerman, Marianne.
    JUMP.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Toronto: McArthur & Company, (2000). First edition - Set in Montreal, this is the first novel by this playwright - the story of a woman who is a freelance journalist, a single mother and a passionate Montrealer - her ex-husband is heading for a breakdown, her children are declaring their independence and she is trying to find a new sense of purpose. 350 pp. ISBN: 0-15528133X.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages)

    Book ID: 84506
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  • ANY SMALL THING CAN SAVE YOU: a Bestiary. by Adam, Christina.
    Adam, Christina.
    ANY SMALL THING CAN SAVE YOU: a Bestiary.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bluehen Books (Penguin Putnam), (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which combines "wisdom, insight and a hawk's eye for detail" (Kim Barnes) Each animal that passes by in this book reflects a truth about love - between a husband and a wife, a child and a parent, or a brother and a sister. Like a traditional bestiary, each chapter highlights one letter of the alphabet - K is for Kestrel, P is for Porcupine - but then takes off from there. SIGNED on the half title page. Erratum sheet laid in. Small format. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-399148140.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81315
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  • Adams, Alice
    RICH REWARDS.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in San Francisco in the 1970's. ISBN: 0-394-511018.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (sunning to dj spine.)

    Book ID: 24898
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adams, Alice
    A SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-679-444521.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 11122
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adams, Alice.
    RETURN TRIPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories. SIGNED on the title page.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14154
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SECOND CHANCES. by Adams, Alice.
    Adams, Alice.
    SECOND CHANCES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth novel by this very accomplished writer, set in a small town in the hills south of San Francisco, and focusing on a group of friends who suddenly discover that they are getting older. Although Adams was born in Virginia, as a writer she lived in San Francisco and knows the area well. SIGNED on the title page. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-394568249.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (very slight spine slant.)

    Book ID: 36657
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  • Adams, Alice
    CAROLINE'S DAUGHTERS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in San Francisco in the 1980's - the story of a mother and her 5 very different daughters (from 3 different marriages.) INSCRIBED on the title page and uncommon thus. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-394-568257.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36645
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  • AFTER YOU'VE GONE. by Adams, Alice.
    Adams, Alice.
    AFTER YOU'VE GONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth collection of short stories. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-394-579267.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 41373
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE LAST LOVELY CITY: Stories. by Adams, Alice.
    Adams, Alice.
    THE LAST LOVELY CITY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of nine short stories with settings ranging from San Francisco to a North Carolina college town to a rundown Mexican resort. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-679-454411.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 39894
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  • SUPERIOR WOMEN. by Adams, Alice.
    Adams, Alice.
    SUPERIOR WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which begins at Radcliffe College in 1943 and follows the lives of five young women who meet there over the next four decades. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-394-536320.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (a bit of curling to the upper edge of dj, and fading to the pink on the spine.)

    Book ID: 56656
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adams, Alice
    BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first collection of sixteen short stories. ISBN: 0-394-42737-8.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (faint rem mark.)

    Book ID: 16973
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adams, Alice.
    AFTER YOU'VE GONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth collection of short stories. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-394-579267.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 36087
    Keywords: Women Authors
    View cart More details Price: $16.00
  • Adams, Alice
    CAROLINE'S DAUGHTERS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in San Francisco in the 1980's - the story of a mother and her 5 very different daughters (from 3 different marriages.) 307 pp. ISBN: 0-394-568257.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 6929
    View cart More details Price: $15.00
  • Adams, Alice.
    SUPERIOR WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which begins at Radcliffe College in 1943 and follows the lives of five young women who meet there over the next four decades. SIGNED on the title page. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-394-536320.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14860
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adams, Alice
    RICH REWARDS.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in San Francisco in the 1970's. ISBN: 0-394-511018.

    Condition: Very good in a good+ dustjacket (rem marks, previous owner's name, edgewear to dj).

    Book ID: 3932
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SECOND CHANCES. by Adams, Alice.
    Adams, Alice.
    SECOND CHANCES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth novel by this very accomplished writer, set in a small town in the hills south of San Francisco, and focusing on a group of friends who suddenly discover that they are getting older. Although Adams was born in Virginia, as a writer she lived in San Francisco and knows the area well. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-394568249.

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

    Book ID: 41364
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  • Adams, Alice.
    RETURN TRIPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories. ISBN: 0-394-536339.

    Condition: Just about fine in a very good dustjacket (2 short closed tears at lower edge of rear cover.)

    Book ID: 14155
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adams, Alice.
    RETURN TRIPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories. ISBN: 0-394-536339.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 20901
    Keywords: Women Authors
    View cart More details Price: $18.00
  • Adams, Alice.
    RETURN TRIPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories. ISBN: 0-394-536339.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 21776
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • DARK SYMPHONY. by Adams, Elizabeth Laura (1909-1982)
    Adams, Elizabeth Laura (1909-1982)
    DARK SYMPHONY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Sheed and Ward, 1942. dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a young African American woman who was born in Santa Barbara, California to a family in "comfortable circumstances" although she grew up during the Depression, and who converted to Catholicism after her graduation from high school. This book attempts to reconcile both her sense of herself as a "new Negro" and her spiritual life as a Catholic who eventually became a Franciscan Tertiary. She recounts not only her spiritual awakening, but also the necessity to overcome racial prejudice even within the Church itself.

    Condition: Very good in a fair only dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, mostly hidden by dj flap, significant rubbing and edgewear to the black dust jacket. Original price of $2.50 still present).

    Book ID: 71780
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  • DARK SYMPHONY and Other Works. by Adams, Elizabeth Laura (1909-1982); introduction by Celia Kaplan.
    Adams, Elizabeth Laura (1909-1982); introduction by Celia Kaplan.
    DARK SYMPHONY and Other Works.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: G. K. Hall, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the African-American Women Writers 1910-1940 series, under the general editorship of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Jennifer Burton. Originally published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a young African American woman who was born in Santa Barbara, California to a family in "comfortable circumstances" although she grew up during the Depression, and who converted to Catholicism after her graduation from high school. This book attempts to reconcile both her sense of herself as a "new Negro" and her spiritual life as a Catholic who eventually became a Franciscan Tertiary. She recounts not only her spiritual awakening, but also the necessity to overcome racial prejudice…

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    New York: G. K. Hall, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the African-American Women Writers 1910-1940 series, under the general editorship of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Jennifer Burton. Originally published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a young African American woman who was born in Santa Barbara, California to a family in "comfortable circumstances" although she grew up during the Depression, and who converted to Catholicism after her graduation from high school. This book attempts to reconcile both her sense of herself as a "new Negro" and her spiritual life as a Catholic who eventually became a Franciscan Tertiary. She recounts not only her spiritual awakening, but also the necessity to overcome racial prejudice even within the Church itself. Edited and with a long introduction by Celia Kaplan, in which she discusses both Adams' financial straits and the underlying rebellion and discontent in what is basically a conservative work. Also includes some of Adams' other writings - both on the Catholic religion and on racial issues like the long prose-poem "The Last Supper" which is about a Black man being wrongly executed. lviii, 282 pp. ISBN: 0-783814291.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81344
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  • A CENTENNIAL READER. by Addams, Jane (1960-1935)
    Addams, Jane (1960-1935)
    A CENTENNIAL READER.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Macmillan, 1960. dj. Hardcover - A selection of the writings of this social reformer, founder of Hull House, and peace activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, published on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Prefatory note on Addams' life by William Neuman; introduction by William O Douglas. Glossy frontispiece photograph. xix, 330 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (minimal pencil underlining, edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine.)

    Book ID: 54311
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  • GREEN CANE AND JUICY FLOTSAM, Short Stories by Caribbean Women. by (Adisa, Opal Palmer; Kincaid, Jamaica; Cliff, Michelle and others) Esteves, Carmen C. and Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth, editors.
    (Adisa, Opal Palmer; Kincaid, Jamaica; Cliff, Michelle and others) Esteves, Carmen C. and Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth, editors.
    GREEN CANE AND JUICY FLOTSAM, Short Stories by Caribbean Women.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback.

    New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991. In addition to the contributors shown above, this includes selections by Hilda Contreras, Maryse Conde, Rosario Ferre, Hazel Campbell, Olga Nolla, Ana Lydia Vega, Olive Senior and many others. Selected bibliography. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-8135-17389.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73412
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  • DRAWING DOWN THE MOON: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, Other Pagans in America Today. by Adler, Margot (1946-2014)
    Adler, Margot (1946-2014)
    DRAWING DOWN THE MOON: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, Other Pagans in America Today.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which remains the best comprehensive guide to Neo-paganism and one which sparked increased interest in the movement. Adler, a practicing Wiccan herself, felt a close affinity to the earth-centered worship of the Pagan ceremonies - this opened to her a spiritual world that did not require a catechism of belief but instead allowed her to suspend rationalism and give herself over to something more akin to art, poetry and music. As preparation for this book,in the 1970s Adler interviewed hundreds of people and gathered a wide variety of documents in order to capture and describe the full range of contemporary and historical Pagan practices, including touring…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which remains the best comprehensive guide to Neo-paganism and one which sparked increased interest in the movement. Adler, a practicing Wiccan herself, felt a close affinity to the earth-centered worship of the Pagan ceremonies - this opened to her a spiritual world that did not require a catechism of belief but instead allowed her to suspend rationalism and give herself over to something more akin to art, poetry and music. As preparation for this book,in the 1970s Adler interviewed hundreds of people and gathered a wide variety of documents in order to capture and describe the full range of contemporary and historical Pagan practices, including touring England where she interviewed Druids, witches, and Pagans. Illustrated with photographs. Appendices on rituals, proclamations and resources. Notes, index. xi, 455 pp. ISBN: 0-670283428.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, short edgetear). Uncommon in the first edition.

    Book ID: 86484
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