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1995003699Westport Conn: Greenwood Press 1995. Hardcover. Fine. x 2 213 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Includes appendices select bibliography and index. No dust jacket. Contributions in Women's Studies Number 151. With: a note and vitae from Dr. Margaret E. Galey to Mary dated 9/19/95: "Hope you enjoy this book! Thanks for your interest. In case you hear of an appropriate opportunity I'm enclosing a resume. With best wishes Peggy." Margaret E. Galey contributed the first two essays in this book and contributed to the third. She wrote the note to Mary Hamilton Purcell who served as president of the American Association of University Women and the International Federation of University Women and also served as a liaison with the United Nations on issues of importance to women the world over. She also served for 16 years on The Baptist Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board eight as president the first woman to hold that post. Contents: Margaret E. Galey: "Forerunners in Women's Quest for Partnership" and "Women Find a Place" -- Virginia R. Allan Margaret E. Galey and Mildred E. Persinger: "World Conference of International Women's Year" -- Jane S. Jaquette: "Losing the Battle/Winning the War: International Politics Women 's Issues and the 1980 Mid-Decade Conference" -- Arvonne S. Fraser: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women The Women 's Convention" -- Margaret Snyder: "The Politics of Women and Development" -- Kristen Timothy: "Equality for Women in the United Nations Secretariat" -- and Anne Winslow: "Specialized Agencies and the World Bank." In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Greenwood Press hardcover
2009044738Regina SK: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society 2009 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed. Short biographies of some of the hardy women who settled in Western Canada .Issued in commemoratiion of the 40th. Anniversaty of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society 1969--2009. 578p illus. bibliography index. Worldcat lists oly 16 copies . Saskatchewan Genealogical Society hardcover
34186London: Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd 1945. 1st ed. "The sketches gathered in this book.represent a handful of women Salvationists of half a dozen nationalites of varied ages educational levels and vocations." Includes: Catherine Booth's Influence on the Salvation Army; Emma Booth-Tucker; Hedwig von Haartman; Yuddha BaiCatherine Bannister; Alice Barker; Bertha Gugelmann; Annie Elizabeth Harris; Kiye Yamamuro; Martha Chippendale; Caroline Ehdhardt; Elizabeth Swift Brengle; Anna von Wattenwyl; and Elizabeth Sapsworth. Pp.161/1ad inscribed by the author to front free endpaper b/w photo portrait frontispiece. Blue pebbled cloth over stiff card blind-stamped title to front gilt title to spine top front corner slightly rubbed. VG. London: Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd, 1945. hardcover
Inscribed by Tess opposite title page and signed by Sophie Grigson to her portrait. No other marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 112pp. With concise portrats of and interviews with fifty significant women of our time including politicians, artists, musicians, chefs etc. Each person is depicted in a coloured painting by the author.
18906362BBNew York, Virtue & Yorston, o.J. (ca.1890). Original Cloth-Volume (gilt Lettering and Ornamentic on the Spine and the Front-Cover). Gilt Edge. The Cover is slightly loosened from the Bookblock. The Volume is slightly rubbed and slightly bumped.
1940177457New York NY: House of Field Inc. 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Kesslere G. Maillard. Biographies and portraits of outstanding American women." xx 213pp; numerous portraits. Gilt on end papers a little discoloured otherwise a nice copy. Inside front hinge started. An unnumbered copy. Due to the size/weight of this book an extra shipping charge may apply. <br/> <br/> House of Field, Inc. hardcover
194015982NY: House of Field Inc. Fine. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 213 pages . House of Field Inc. hardcover
20105821894Cambria Press 2010. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item950grams ISBN:9781604976601 Cambria Press hardcover
Minor shelfwear to book. DJ spine is sunned. DJ has some tears and chipping and some colour loss. ; After its conquest in 331 B. C. , Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterranian area. In this cosmopolitan and moblie society, Greek women of the ruling class had unprecedented opportunities and were able to employ some legal freedoms enjoyed by their Egyptian counterparts. Using evidence from a wide variety of sources including literature, papyri, inscriptions, coins, and terra-cotta figurines, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoe II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate. ; 241 pages
189328689NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1893. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Limited Large-Paper Edition No. 46 of only 100 copies. Brown half leather over printed gilt and brown floral boards gilt lettering and intricate decoration on spines gilt borders on covers t.e.g. fore and bottom-edges deckle gilt and brown printed endpapers. Illustrated with ten tissue-protected tipped-in engraved portraits. The author Julia Kavanagh 1824-1877 was an Irish novelist and woman's history author. She moved to France in the 1840s and adopted the country as her home. The book contains biographical sketches and portraits of notable French women including Madame de Pompadour Duchesse du Maine Madame de Tencin Madame du Chatelet Madame du Barry Charlotte Corday Marie-Antoinette Madame de Stael Madame Roland and Madame Tallien. Originally published in 1850 this was Kavanaugh's most notable work. Old bibliographic pencilled note on reverse of ffep "Large Paper Edition limited to 100 copies" otherwise unmarked front hinge slightly separated between frontispiece and title page in volume one only but strong tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. . Engraved Portraits. 4to 11" - 13" tall. viii 2 232; vi 2 259 pp . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
200555489Köln, Taschen Verlag, 2005. Durchgehend bebildert. 349 S. Gr.-8°, Pp., OU. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, sonst gut erhalten.
Solid cover with only a few markings. Pageblock is tight, clean and with bright text. Ex-library copy displaying usual stickers/stamping to spine and inside title pages. Ex - Library
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In English and Turkish. 292 p., ills. Women and music in Turkey.= Türkiye'de kadin ve müzik. In Women and Music in Turkey, authors who are also notable musicians and academicians, analyses history of women composers in Turkey. This comprehensive analysis from Ottoman period to today, includes also "Dictionary of Women in Music in Turkey" based on detailed research on contemporary composers. In this manner, this bilingual work stands for being a reference book.
1993000559London Eng: Routledge 1993. First Edition. Fine/fine. x 268 p.: 12 pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black cloth with white-printed spine title; illustrated dust jacket. Includes notes and index. First edition. Part of the publisher's Christianity and Society in the Modern World series. Patricia Crawford in this groundbreaking study argues that while religion during the 1500s and 1600s "reinforced the assumption that women were inferior to men" there were some women who transcended those beliefs and profoundly influenced history "within a social structure which was not of their making." An important work on "the significance of gender in English society and for students of religious history and of the early modern period" from the dust jacket. In Fine/Fine condition. Routledge unknown
1959761H1936London: Pan Books Limited. Fair. 1959. Revised Edition. Paperback. 188 pages. A revision of the 1957 first edition. Author "gained her 'A' license in South Africa at age 17 and arrived in England just before WWII. As a member of A.T.A. Air Transport Auxilliary she ferried more aircraft than any other pilot. As a pilot in the post-war R.A.F.V.R. she flew jets. As a civilian she ferried Spitfires from the Middle East to Burma becoming involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Covers partially detached from textblock. Inkstamps and prior owner details inside front cover and on half-title page. A worthy reading copy.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Woman Pilot - An Amazing Story of Flying in Peace and War Female Aviation A.T.A. Aircraft Ferrying WWII R.A.F.V.R. Air Transport Auxilliary A.T.A. . Pan Books Limited paperback
639p. Plus photo illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original cloth backed binding. Original dust jacket. The history of the fight for the right to practice birth control. WOMEN 1
1966463H3834New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston of Canada Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages. Footnotes. "Geula Cohen 1925-2019 was a ranking member of the notorious Stern Gang in its fight against the British for a free Palestine Israel. Her memoirs explode with the ferocious intensity of her terrorist faith her inflexible idealism. An open and intimate portrait of a woman and the conditions that drove her underground to embrace a philosophy of violence and terror." - dust jacket. "I have no doubt that this book will be a proud memorial to the daring fighters who offered their lives for the cause of Jewish redemption. It also attests to the supreme nobility of the soul of its writer." - David Ben-Gurion. Book clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate lean to spine. Soiling to back panel of dust jacket which is otherwise moderately worn and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Geula Cohen Biography Stern Gang Zionism Founding of Israel Terrorism Palestine Radio broadcasts Eliyauus Hakim Beit Zuri Moshe Barazani Meir Feinstein . Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited hardcover
19877267NY: New Amsterdam Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0941533034 . First American edition. Fine in a dust jacket that would also be fine save that it is price clipped. . New Amsterdam Books hardcover books
1974315h2003Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited / New York Zeotrope. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887780792 . "Although this is the author's story through her we can picture what and how all the trapper's lives were lived. Not only is this the first book written about the Labrador woman it is also the first written by a native-born Labrador woman." - dust jacket not included 166 pages including suggested reading list and black and white reproductions of photos. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. No dust jacket. 23.4 x 16cm.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Goudie Elizabeth Woman of Labrador 166 pages including list of suggested reading. Although this is the author's story through her we can picture what and how all the trapper's lives lived. Not only is this the first book written about the Labrador . Peter Martin Associates Limited / New York Zeotrope hardcover
380p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. xiv, 380 + Plus color photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original torn dust jacket repaired with tape. NH 5
19855671New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0300034849 . First printing. Trace foxing along top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Yale University Press hardcover books
189516799Chicago: A. C. Mcclurg & Company. Very Good. 1895. Fifth Edition. 1. Leather. Bound in full tan calf leather with a green leather label on spine gilt decoration and lettering on spine gilt edgeing to the cover t.e.g. marbled endpapers silk bookmark bound in. . Spine is slightly darkened and gilt on spine is a little faded light rubbing to tips else pristine unmarked tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 221 pp . A. C. Mcclurg & Company hardcover
208p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
2009A41158aUk: Osprey Publishing 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. 9x7x0. Soft Cover In Very Good Condition. 84 Pages. 1St Edition With The 1 On The Copy Right Page. This Book Is Not Signed.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Osprey Publishing paperback