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  • PATHWAYS EAST AND WEST. by Woolsey, Nell Cramer.
    Woolsey, Nell Cramer.
    PATHWAYS EAST AND WEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    Los Angeles: Lorin L. Morrison Printing and Publishing, (1948.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel about the effects of World War II on five women and their families - among them nurses who volunteered to serve overseas. SIGNED on the half title page. 297 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering.

    Book ID: 45106
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  • DAMAGES. by Worthen, Helena Harlow.
    Worthen, Helena Harlow.
    DAMAGES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Arbor House, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, set in the 60s and 70s, featuring Joe Hank King, a domineering father and the charismatic and "undisputed leader of the counterculture revolution" and the daughter who eventually gets her revenge on him for a lifetime of inflicted damages. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-.87795805.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 84065
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  • THANK GOD I'M MANIC: Assorted Essays & Sketches. by Wren, Rosemary.
    Wren, Rosemary.
    THANK GOD I'M MANIC: Assorted Essays & Sketches.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Santa Cruz, California: Rosemary Wren Productions, (1993). SIGNED first edition - A collection of mostly humorous pieces, most rooted in California, illustrated with drawings by the author. SIGNED on the title page. 124 pp. ISBN: 0-963540807.

    Condition: Fine in stiff red covers with white lettering and illustration.

    Book ID: 84133
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Wylie, Elinor.
    THE ORPHAN ANGEL.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1926.) dj. Hardcover - Perhaps her best known novel , this is a fantasy based on the poet Shelley, rescued from the waters of the Meditterean in 1822 and transported to pioneer America.

    Condition: Good in fair dust jacket (front hinge cracked, severe edgewear todj, and loss of some paper at ends of spine, but but striking cover art by Leon Underwood.) Dustjacket now in an archival protector.

    Book ID: 30330
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE CAREER OF BEAUTY DARLING. by Wyllarde, Dolf. [Lowndes, Dorothy Margarette Selby, 1871-1950]
    Wyllarde, Dolf. [Lowndes, Dorothy Margarette Selby, 1871-1950]
    THE CAREER OF BEAUTY DARLING.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: John Lane Company, 1912. Hardcover first edition - While many of Wyllarde's popular novels were romantic and set in exotic locations, this is an ironically titled story of a very young girl whose beauty was her curse. 368 pp. plus 6 pp of publisher's advertisements.

    Condition: Fair condition only (very shabby and worn red cloth binding, missing rear free endpaper, contents are otherwise in good condition and quite readable.) Rather uncommon.

    Book ID: 54220
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  • WOMEN WRITERS OF THE WEST COAST Speaking of Their Lives and Careers. by Yalom, Marilyn, editor.
    Yalom, Marilyn, editor.
    WOMEN WRITERS OF THE WEST COAST Speaking of Their Lives and Careers.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1983). First edition - Among the writers who are featured in this book are Maxine Hong Kington, Joyce Carol Thomas, Susan Griffin, Tillie Olsen, Ursula LeGuin, Judy Grahm and more. Illustrated with photographs by Margo Davis. Notes on contributors. Photographer's note. 141 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78679
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  • AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence. by Yeats. W.B. and Margaret Ruddock; Roger McHugh, editor.
    Yeats. W.B. and Margaret Ruddock; Roger McHugh, editor.
    AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of these letters between Yeats and Ruddock - 31 from Yeats and 36 from Ruddick - which form a moving record of an intimate relationship between the ageing poet, who was 69 when they met and his 27 year old beautiful protegee. These reveal Yeats' views on poetry, mysticism, and life. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Ruddock and other photographs. Bibliography, index. 144 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, gift inscription)

    Book ID: 85685
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  • KAFKA IN BRONTELAND and Other Stories. by Yellin, Tamar.
    Yellin, Tamar.
    KAFKA IN BRONTELAND and Other Stories.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New Milford, CT: The Toby Press, (2006). First edition - A collection of thirteen short stories, issued as a trade paperback original. 163 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85909
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  • Yezierska, Anzia.
    BREAD GIVERS: A Struggle Between a Father of the Old World and a Daughter of the New.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Persea Books, 1975. Novel originally published in 1975, with a new introduction by Alice Kessler Harris. Somewhat autobiographical, this is a story of the struggle of Jewish immigrants - especially Jewish women - to find a new way of living in the new world. ISBN: 0-89255-0147.

    Condition: Very good condition.

    Book ID: 27732
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Yglesias, Helen.
    SWEETSIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - Powerful novel of a woman pushed to the edge by the private brutalities of her husband.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)

    Book ID: 1648
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • TALES OF WONDER. by Yolen, Jane.
    Yolen, Jane.
    TALES OF WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Schocken, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first collection of fantasy tales - 30 stories based on ancient myth, medieval romance, fairy tales, and modern science fiction - compiled expressly for adults. It includes an introduction by Yolen and several new stories written for this volume. INSCRIBED on the title page. "For -- Enjoy the magic!" and dated in 2005. xii, 270 pp. ISBN: 0-805238433.

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

    Book ID: 83891
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  • SONG OF THE SEALS. by Yorke, Christy.
    Yorke, Christy.
    SONG OF THE SEALS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, (2003). First edition - A novel of life, loss, and learning and experiencing loving with one's whole heart. Set in a old Northern California fishing town, called Seal Bay, where superstious tales of superstitious sixty foot sea monsters are told. Issued as a trade paperback original. 208 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 59853
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  • Zamora, Daisy.
    CLEAN SLATE: New & Selected Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Books, (1985). First edition - Zamora is a Nicaraugan poet, painter and psychologist who was in the front lines of the Sandinista Liberation friont and served as Vice Minister of Culture after the 1979 Revolution. The 110 poems in this book were written between 1968 and 1993. A bi-lingual edition with the original Spanish and English translations by Margaret Randall and Elinor Randall. 193 pp. ISBN: 1-880684098.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83247
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  • LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS. by Zeidner, Lisa.
    Zeidner, Lisa.
    LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third novel, about the fragile world of Young Semi-Professionals - who are downwardly mobile and not so young anymore. Madison Smartt Bell called this 'the ultimate relationship comedy - but with a razor's edge.' 256 pp. ISBN: 0-86547-3935.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (one short closed tear to bottom edge of dj)

    Book ID: 60643
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  • Zeidner, Lisa.
    LAYOVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her highly praised fouth novel: Kathyrn Harrison calls it 'a chillingly modern pilgrimage: rental cars, anonymous rooms in franchise hotels, crisp bills from automated tellers.'. ISBN: 0-375-502866.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 23954
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • LOUISA. by Zelitch, Simone.
    Zelitch, Simone.
    LOUISA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1949, in Israel and Hungary, this is a reinvention of the biblical story of Ruth and Naomi, told this time as the story of two women emigrants to Israel: Nora, a prickly strong-willed Holocaust survivor, and Louisa, her German (and gentile) daughter-in-law. The author's second novel; her first won the Hopwood Award. 377 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146598.

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

    Book ID: 26613
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  • LOUISA. by Zelitch, Simone.
    Zelitch, Simone.
    LOUISA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1949, in Israel and Hungary, this is a reinvention of the biblical story of Ruth and Naomi, told this time as the story of two women emigrants to Israel: Nora, a prickly strong-willed Holocaust survivor, and Louisa, her German (and gentile) daughter-in-law. The author's second novel; her first won the Hopwood Award. 377 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146598.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (upper edge slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 41207
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  • DATING BIG BIRD. by Zigman, Laura.
    Zigman, Laura.
    DATING BIG BIRD.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Dell, (2001). The author's second novel. A humorous look at modern life - and how far it can be from our expectations. 246 pp,. ISBN: 0-38533412.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 83800
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