[New York]: [American Anti-Slavery Society], [1836]. Third edition. "Angelina called her Appeal '46 pages of foolscrap paper' but... Read More about Appeal to Christian Women of the South [caption title
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New York: 1921-23. Mary Graham Bonner was a children's book writer and for some years wrote the daily bedtime stories syndicated by the Associated Press, and collected in her book "365 Bedtime Stories". These are 5 of the daily stories collected there, from the author's series in newspapers called "Daddy's..... Read More about Five Typescripts of short stories, each signed
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London: Morgan & Scott, 1901. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Read More about In the Far East. Letters from Geraldine Guinness in China (now Mrs Howard Taylor
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London: Fisher Unwin, 1908. Second Edition. The authoress tries to outline the conditions in China before the Boxer Rebellion esp. in relation to foreigners. Read More about In The Land of The Blue Gown
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Small archive featuring early typescripts of Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee," the author's first piece for the stage, which launched her successful second career as a playwright. The first typescript is dated 1932, stamped by the Royal Typing Bureau, with a handwritten note on the first page, "All communications to /..... Read More about Black Coffee [Two Typescripts PLUS Two Printed Editions, from the Archive of Agatha Christie's Agent
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![Item #300434 Someone At The Window [Typescript]. Typescript of an unpublished play, "Someone At...](https://jamescumminsbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/300434.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695136309)
c 1934. "The Dead Harlequin" was first published in the March 1929 issue of Grand Magazine. About a year later, it was published in the UK by William Collins & Sons, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company, as part of the short story collection, "The Mysterious Mr..... Read More about Someone At The Window [Typescript]. Typescript of an unpublished play, "Someone At The...
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Richmond [VA]: Everett Waddey Co, 1911. First edition. Read More about The Journal of Julia LeGrand. New Orleans 1862-1863
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New York: The Sarabande Press, 1985. First Edition, one of 26 lettered copies, Signed by Clampitt, Laurens & Freeman on the colophon page. One of 26 Copies. First edition of Clampitt’s Homage, consisting of 8 meditative poems on Keats, each of which utilizes as a theme, a place central to..... Read More about A Homage to John Keats
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Cambridge, Mass: 1 April 1993. Responding to Hartley's letter asking about some biographical details and also about the importance of her education to her writing. She writes “of course there have been many fine writers from all sorts of backgrounds short of the usual high education. But I think it..... Read More about Manuscript letter, signed “Eleanor Clark Warren,” with notation at top “Dictated-not my...
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London: Printed for the Author, and Published by C. Chapple, 1810. First edition. Clarke published other works about this scandal under her initials, M.A.C. She was the mistress of the Duke of York and here she defends herself from charges that she used the liaison for her own advantage. Read More about The Rival Princes; or, a Faithful Narrative of Facts, relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political...
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New-York: Published by David Longworth (E. M. Blunt & Co.), September, 1810. First (American) edition. Mary Anne (Thompson) Clarke (1776–1852) was the mistress of Frederick, Duke of York. She became his mistress in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the Army. In 1809 it was discovered that she had been..... Read More about THE RIVAL PRINCES; Or, A Faithful Narrative of Facts, Relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political...
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[London: 1872]. Published at p. 213 of Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875). ‘something to respect, something to admire, something to love’. An outstanding manuscript leaf of a humorous talk by Mark Twain on women, his “Speech at a Scottish Banquet in London”, delivered in..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Leaf from a Speech in Praise of Women
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n.d.[after 1913]. Pioneer of First Ladies, and the Jackie Kennedy of Her Day. Frances F. Cleveland (1864-1947) was the youngest woman (21 years old) to serve as First Lady, the first First Lady to be married in the White House (to Grover Cleveland), and the first to serve two non-consecutive..... Read More about New Year’s Greeting Card, signed (“Frances F. Cleveland Preston”
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London: Printed by B. Bensley, Andover and Published by the Author, 183, Fleet-Street, 1829. First Edition. Read More about Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life
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[Poughkeepsie, N.Y.]: 1908. Two schoolmates Elizabeth Cole and Adina M. Gidley, start from Newburgh NY on Feburary 4, 1908 by rail to Arizona and California and back. They arrive Feb. 9 in Bisbee, Ariz and are met by Mr. William Gidley and his daughter, a track overseer for the copper..... Read More about Jottings from Overland Trip to Arizona and California
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New York: Putnam, (1975). First edition. Inscribed on flyleaf "For Coleen (sic) with a kiss William Hamilton" Read More about Terribly Nice People
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Philadelphia: Nathan Kite, 1833. First edition, Nathan Kite imprint issue. Text includes: "A testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, concerning our beloved friend, Elizabeth Collins, deceased." Read More about MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH COLLINS, Of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, A Minster of the Gospel of Christ, in...
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New-York: Printed and Sold by William Durell, at his Book Store and Printing-Office, 1792. First American edition (of this translation). Mary Collyer (1716/17-1762/63), novelist and translator, is the author of 'Virtuous Orphan,' 'Felicia to Charlotte,' and 'Memoirs of the Countess de Bressol'. 'The Death of Cain' is Mary Collyer's translation..... Read More about THE DEATH OF CAIN, In Five Books; After the Manner of The Death of Abel. By A Lady [Mary Collyer
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[New York: The Colony Club: Privately Printed, 1984]. First edition. Read More about The History of the Colony Club 1903-1984
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[London]: Garnstone Press, [1972]. No. 17 of 100 copies, signed by the author. Greig was Ivy Compton-Burnett’s typist from 1945 until the author’s death in 1969. Read More about Ivy Compton-Burnett. A Memoir
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London: Gollancz, 1951. First edition. Read More about Darkness and Day
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London: Gollancz, 1951. First edition. Inscribed. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, “Louise Collis from Ivy Compton-Burnett Sept. 1951”. Read More about Darkness and Day
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London: Gollancz, 1937. First edition. Read More about Daughters and Sons
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London: Gollancz, 1944. First edition. Read More about Elders and Betters
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London: Gollancz, 1939. First edition. Rare in Dust Jacket. Read More about A Family and a Fortune
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New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1958. First American edition. Read More about A Father and His Fate
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