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Virginia League of Women Voters
Women Suffrage Cookbook: Virginia Cookery Book Published by Virginia League of Women Voters 1921
1921. Suffrage Cookbook Virginia League of Women Voters. Virginia Cookery Book: Traditional Recipes. Richmond VA: Virginia League of Women Voters 1921. First edition. 192 pages. Cream illustrated boards. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. "Believing that our spirits are strengthened by well nourished bodies we have collected with care the recipes contained in this volume." The Foreword reads: "The Virginia League of Women Voters offers this book of Virginia Cookery in the hope that those who use it will find it helpful and will have the added satisfaction of knowing that by purchasing a copy they will have contributed to the fund of the League for education in good citizenship." The Virginia League of Women Voters was organized to help women attain and exercise their right to vote after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote was passed in Congress in 1919. Virginia however was one of the nine southern states that opposed the amendment and refused to ratify it. Virginia women at last won the hard-fought right to vote in August 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment became law and exercised that right soon after in the November elections. Recipes are attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. Pencil inscription to the front paste-down stating who the book belongs to dating Aug. 8 1929. Covers somewhat worn Three quarters of spine missing but binding is still tight. Text pages and illustrations are crisp and clean with minor foxing to blank area of some pages. Some edge wear. Overall good to very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 20832
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Virginia State Normal School for Women
Catalogue 1922-1923 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 0266405606.G ISBN : 0266405606 9780266405603
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Virginia State Normal School for Women
The Course of Study for the Kindergarten and Elementary Grades of the Training School: Bulletin of the State Normal School for Women 1914
New. unknown
Référence libraire : B9781164178859 ISBN : 1164178857 9781164178859
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Virginia State Normal School for Women
The Course Of Study For The Kindergarten And Elementary Grades Of The Training School: Bulletin Of The State Normal School For Women 1914
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0548890714.G ISBN : 0548890714 9780548890714
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Virginia State Normal School for Women
The Course Of Study For The Kindergarten And Elementary Grades Of The Training School: Bulletin Of The State Normal School For Women 1914
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1164178857.G ISBN : 1164178857 9781164178859
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Vissière, Isabelle
Procès de femmes au temps des philosophes . ou la violence masculine au XVIIIe siècle
Des Femmes 1985 In-12 broché. 405 pages. Couverture légèrement passée. Bon état d’occasion.
Référence libraire : 115724
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Vision Study Group for Women
Towards 2001 Women in New Rural Fishing Villages
Sozo shobo 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Sozo shobo paperback
Référence libraire : 2090202120600902
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Vivante, Bella
Daughters of Gaia: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
The experiences of women in ancient cultures were certainly very difficult from those of most women today. Yet a tendency to focus too much on the restrictions early Western women faced has until now provided readers with an incomplete picture. In Daughters of Gaia, Bella Vivante explores womens lives in four ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Looking at this era with a women-centered perspective, Vivante highlights womens agency and explains the social, political, and cultural factors that fostered female empowerment. Beginning with powerful images of goddesses and womens roles in the religious sphere, Vivante lays the foundation for womens activities in other social realms--Health, economica, governance, war, philosophy, and poetry. By examining the similarities and differences among the four Mediterranean civilizations, she offers a deeper understanding of the lives of women in each. Drawing on her extended contact with Native American peoples and her knowledge of Native concepts of womens identities, Vivante applies new models for viewing womens roles in the ancient world.232p.Illus. bibliography.indxx Book
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Vladimir Fédorovski
Les Tsarines
Le Livre de Poche Sans date. L'ouvrage de Vladimir Fédorovski explore le rôle et l'influence déterminante des tsarines et des femmes de l'ombre sur le pouvoir russe au XIXe siècle notamment à travers des figures comme Madame de Krudener et Katia Dolgorouki présentant ce phénomène comme une tradition historique et civilisationnelle
Référence libraire : 500313382
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Vlassie,Katherine [ Alexander]
Children of Byzantium
A novel about immigrant Greeks in Winnipeg told through the eyes of ".teenage Eleni,innocent and hopeful in her village in Greece,through poverty and hardship in "Kanada" where she must endure not only the isolation of the newcomer,but also the terrible silence of one to whom knowledge of the new language and culture is denied." Children of Byzantium is not mere autobiography, but instead is a work of extended fiction about growing up Greek in Winnipeg. Through a series of interconnected stories, Katherine Alexander follows the life of teenage Eleni, innocent and hopeful in her village in Greece, through poverty and hardship in Canada, where she must endure not only the isolation of the newcomer, but also the terrible silence of one to whom knowledge of the new language and culture is denied. Eleni is representative of a generation of immigrant women who were, in effect, ghettoized. Their ethnicity was preserved and isolated without the ameliorating effects of growth and sharing in a land of strong multicultural roots and traditions. Alexander takes these materials, which might have constituted only another book about the immigrant experience, and fashions a deeply moving and subtle tale of one womans odyssey towards articulation and light. Book
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Vogue.
VOGUE'S POCKET BOOK OF HOME DRESSMAKING.
pp. x, 196, (1). Pocket Book Edition. No. 234. First Printing. Covers have very slight soiling. Red fly leaves have some white spotting. Otherwise a very very nice copy. Scarce in this condition. WOMEN 1
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VOISINS Madame de.
Excursions d'une Française dans la Régence de Tunis par Mme de Voisins ( Pierre -Coeur )
Paris, Maurice Dreyfous Editeur, sans date ( 1884) ; in-16°, broché, couverture illustrée de motifs géométriques et d'une large grecque en rouge avec titre et vignette en noir; VIII, 271pp., ( 1)f. Vignette au titre ( comme la couverture).Petits accrocs à la couverture au dos et en bordure des plats.
Référence libraire : c6610
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VOIR
Voir N° 35. En couverture : Le Japon s'incline. Victoire - Le réseau aérien mondial - Les prisonniers allemands - Les femmes dans la politique française -
Couverture souple. Revue 26 x 34 cm.
Référence libraire : 36375
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VOIR
Voir N° 35. En couverture : Le Japon s'incline. Victoire - Le réseau aérien mondial - Les prisonniers allemands - Les femmes dans la politique française.
Couverture souple. Revue 26 x 34 cm.
Référence libraire : 142929
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VOIR
Voir N° 16. Roosevelt en couverture. Grant Wood, peintre réaliste. -Le bulldozer. - Les femmes américaines et la guerre. - Cordell Hull...
Couverture souple. Revue 26 x 34 cm.
Référence libraire : 142937
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Voilà - L'hebdomadaire du reportageDirecteur : Florent Fels
VoilàLes Zoo du monde entier : Bale (Paul Budry) - du monde au désert (O.-P. Gilbert) - Carmen de la Révolution. Une enquête sur les femmes chefs de l'inssurection espagnole (Jacques Ploncard) - Permis de conduire... un navire (Pierre Humbourg) - Mr. l'Abbé Mugnier (Maggie Guiral) - J'ai péché (Michelle Miéris) - ...
6me année - n° 279 - 25 juillet 1936 - Grand in-4 broché - revue illustrée - 16 pages
Référence libraire : 51328
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Voilà - L'hebdomadaire du reportageDirecteur : Florent Fels
VoilàEn couverture : Une enquête sur les bas-fonds de Shangaï : femmes, opium, armes de contrebande, dans : Passeport pour la ChineLes chasses de M. Goering - Alerte en mer ! (Jean Quatremarre) - En dansant avec Franco (Elise Morillon) - Les fous de la montagne (Billy Pen) - Paris en joie (Jérôme Maynard) - Madame Léon nous cause - Mort au Mexique (Morvan Lebesque) - Lesbos (Michèle Miéris) - Les astres et le destin. Les Quatre Eléments (M.-L. Sondaz) -
7me année - n° 311 - 5 mars 1937 - in-4 broché - revue illustrée - 16 pages
Référence libraire : 51985
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Voilà - L'hebdomadaire du reportageDirecteur : Florent Fels
VoilàEn couverture : Les quatre points cardinaux (Pierre Bénard) Compagnons bons drilles (Pierre Hamp) - Chez les gars de ch'nord (Pierre Bénard) - Pierre Benoit (Maggie Guiral) - Chairs d'or (Titayna) - Les mystères de Marseille (Mémoires de l'inspecteur Gugliero) - Une aventurière vous parle (Femmes du monde affranchies) - Un gentilhomme d'aventure Jean Galmot (J.-F.-Louis Merlet)
4me année - n° 159 - 7 avril 1934 - Grand in-4 broché - revue illustrée - 16 pages
Référence libraire : 52706
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Voilà - L'hebdomadaire du reportageDirecteur : Florent Fels
VoilàEn couverture : Au pied du mur d'Orange (Alain Laubreaux) Si cette voiture... (Léo Larguier) - Femmes (Victor Margueritte) - La tour en goguette (Paule Hutzler) - Forces françaises. Les maîtres de la foudre (Pierre Humbourg) - Carmenn 33 (A suivre, Jacques Roberti) - Au pied du mur (Alain Laubreaux) - Ombres d'hommes (Jim Tully, à suivre)
3me année - n° 124 - 5 août 1933 - Grand in-4 broché - revue illustrée - 16 pages
Référence libraire : 52708
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Voilà - L'hebdomadaire du reportageDirecteur : Florent Fels
VoilàCouverture : Une aventurière vous parle. Une enquête sur les femmes du monde affranchiesL'Italie et la France (François de Roux) - La guerre est déclarée... (Elisabeth Sauvy) - Don Juan à l'opéra (Paul Gilson) - Chairs d'or (Titaÿna) - Mystères de Marseille. Mémoires de l'inspecteur Gugliero (Maurice Gugliero) - L'amour en transit. Un grand reportage autour de la tendre Méditerranée (Paul Bringuier)
4me année - n° 157 - 24 mars 1934 - Grand in-4 broché - revue illustrée
Référence libraire : 53012
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Voice of Women
Our aims and objectives handbill
Colombo Sri Lanka: Voice of Women 1980. Single 8x13 inch sheet printed in English on one side and Sinhala on the other outlining the purpose of the women's rights group. Voice of Women unknown books
Référence libraire : 157062
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Voigt, Jorinde
ReWrite.
Bremen., KraskaEckstein., 2008. 67 S. Illustrierter, flexibler OKarton., 68146A Erste Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Référence libraire : 68146AB
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Voigt, Jorinde - Jochen Kienbaum (Herausgeber)
Botanic code. Jorinde Voigt.
Köln., Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH., 2011. 39 x 25 cm. [23] unpaginierte Blätter; 26 unpaginierte S. englisches Insert. Illustrierter OPappband., 68145A Erste Auflage. Etwas schiefgelesen, winzige Druckstelle auf Einband recto, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar. Kienbaum artists' books.
Référence libraire : 68145AB
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VOLTAIRE
LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS poème en 21 chants.
Rouen chez Lemonnyer 1880. 2vol in-12 broché VIII 185 197pp. Orné de 2 vignettes sur le titre, 2 frontispices et 21 têtes de chapitre, le tout finement gravé. Dos brunis, celui du Tome I renforcé avec du papier collant transparent. 1 des 150exp sur Hollande.
Référence libraire : GIT00d0b
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Voltaire, Francois
La Pucelle d'Orléans Poeme en Vigt-Un Chants par M. de Voltaire; avec les Notes & Variantes
Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1788. Hardcover. Very Good. Nouvelle Edition plus complette que toutes les précédentes." 405 3 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf; modern spine repair with japanese tissue and gilt-tooled leather spine label. All page edges red. Woodcut tailpieces. Voltaire's satire about the life of Joan of Arc was banned in much of Europe and hence very popular. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine repaired with japanese tissue; edges of first and last leaves darkened from glue used on fixed endpapers; some pages lightly browning; otherwise clean and tight. Marc-Michel Rey hardcover
Référence libraire : 005070
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Votes for Women
Votes For Women: "Every qualified woman should see that she gets the vote" 1918
1918. Votes for Women". Handbill publicizing act that expanded voting rights for millions. 1918. "Every qualified woman should see that she gets the vote." The New Reform Act. Votes for Women. 8 x 5.5 in. 2 pages. Published by the Liberal Publication Department. Leaflet No. 2520. "By the Representation of the People Act of 1918 women are given the Parliamentary Vote for the first time. It is estimated that the number of women thus enfranchised will be six million." The Representation of the People Act of 1918 granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. The same Act gave the vote to all men over the age of 21. As a result of this act 8.5 million women joined the electorate and made up almost 40% of all voters in the United Kingdom. This was a great victory for the women's suffrage movement which had been calling for voting rights since the 1830s. Militant suffrage groups in the UK were even known for campaigns of destruction and mayhem in order to keep their issue in the forefront of everyone's minds. Horizontal fold line ¼" from top edge. Some light handling creases along bottom. In very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 17188
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Vray (Nicole)
Les femmes dans la tourmente (Gens de l'Ouest sous la Révolution) (French Edition).
Ouest-France, 1988 23 x 15 cm., 141 pp, Broché
Référence libraire : 242438
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W Beloit Federation of Women (Beloit
Beloit Cook Book
Hardback. New. hardcover
Référence libraire : B9781020374500 ISBN : 1020374500 9781020374500
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W.C. Trenchard
Ben Sira's View of Women. A Literary analysis
W.C. Trenchard Ben Sira's View of Women. A Literary analysis. Chico, Scholars Press 1982 english, 341 Very good condition. Paperback
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Wagner Renate
Schnitzler et les Femmes.
Stock, 1990 - In-8, broché, 169 pages, agréable exemplaire, belle couverture illustrée souple, 8 pages de planches hors texte ( photographies ), bel exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 14827 ISBN : 223402157
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Wagenknecht, Edward
Lillian Gish: An Interpretation
Seattle: University of Washington Book Store 1927. Paperback. Very Good . 2 26 2 p.: title vignette publisher's emblem frontispiece portrait of Lillian Gish; 19 cm. Light blue wrappers printed in black within decorative border with same vignette. Decorative initial letter in blue and black. Biographical Note about Lillian Gish follows the text. University of Washington Chapbooks edited by Glenn Hughes no. 7. The author Edward Wagenknecht 1900-2004 was an American literary critic who also wrote on film. He received his PH.D. in 1932 from the University of Washington where he taught from 1925 to 1943. This was his first published work. In Very Good Condition: head of spine rubbed; spine slightly faded; clean and bright. University of Washington Book Store paperback
Référence libraire : 003652
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Waisbard Simone
Femmes précolombiennes
PARDES 1989 318 pages 14x2x20 8cm. 1989. Broché. 318 pages. L'ouvrage de Simone Waisbard dresse le portrait des femmes des civilisations précolombiennes en s'appuyant sur des éléments archéologiques comme les poteries et les colliers ainsi que sur des récits et des observations de la vie contemporaine dans les anciens territoires incas. Il couvre une période allant des chasseurs de guanacos il y a 7 000 ans aux Vénus équatoriennes et aux Mochicas
Référence libraire : 12595
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WAKEFIELD, Elsie M.; R. W. G. Dennis
Common British Fungi; A Guide to the More Common Larger Baidiomycetes of the British Isles
large 8vo [25.5 x 17 cm]; viii, 216 pp, illus, 111 color plates from paintings, illustrations in text, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj, clean & fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An updated version of this classic, originally published in 1930, with most attractive plates. Each species is described in detail.
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WALSH, Guillaume - CERRETI - MUTTEFERRIKA, Ibrahim.
Discours sur les Femmes, adressé à Eugénie, et suivi d'un Dialogue Philosophique & Moral sur le Bonheur, / Histoire des Monts de Piété, avec des Reflexions sur la Nature de ces Etablissemens, Par M. Cerreti, Docteur en Droit / Traité de Tactique, ou Méthode Artificielle pour l'Ordonnance des Troupes. Ouvrage publié & Imprimé à Constantinople, par Ibrahim Effendi, Officier Mutteferrika de la Porte Ottomane, l'an de l'Hégire 1144, qui est la première année après la dernière rébellion & la déposition du Sultan Ichmet, arrivée l'an 1730, de l'Ere chrétienne, traduit du Turc.
A Amterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1768 / A Padoue, 1752 / A Vienne, chez Jean-Thom. de Trattnern, Imprimeur & Libraire à la Cour, 1769, 3 textes reliés en 1 volume in-12 de 172x100x35 mm environ, 1f.blanc, 179-xij-153-xliv-224pages, 1f.blanc, plein marbré cognac, titres dorés sur dos lisse orné de caissons à fleurons et motifs dorés, coupes dorées, gardes marbrées, tranches rouges. Une coiffe ébréchée, épidermures et frottements sur le cuir, quelques rousseurs, petites restaurations sur les 2 derniers feuillets de l'ouvrage, sinon bon état. Mehmet Effendi fut ambassadeur ottoman à Paris entre 1720 et 1721. Grâce à son influence et à ses connaissances, la première imprimerie en caractères arabes en milieu musulman est ouverte par brahim Müteferrika en 1727.
Référence libraire : 106376
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WALLER, Emma:
Englischer Damen-Zeitvertreib zum Ruhen und Vergnügen der vornehmen Welt im Gebiet der Häuslichkeit und der Zünfte. Mit 6 lithographierten Tafeln. Facs. v. Weimar, Druck und Verlag von Bernh. Friedr. Voigt, 1846).
Zürich, Oppersdorff Verlag, 1978, in-8vo, 302 S. + 2 S. + 6 Tafeln, Original-Seideband, Goldschnitt, Schuber.
Référence libraire : 101469aaf
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Waliszewski K.
Le roman d'une impératrice Catherine II de Russie
Paris, Plon, 1893 ; In-8 1/2 maroq olive 618 pp Bel exemplaire, en front. Un portrait d'après une miniature.
Référence libraire : 35501716
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WALKER Nicolette Milnes
QUAND J'AI PRIS LA MER
1973 broché in-octavo (paperback in-octavo), dos blanc (white spine), première de couverture ornée d'une illustration photographique en couleurs (front cover illustrated with photographic illustration in colours), quatrième de couverture imprimée (back cover printed), toutes tranches lisses (all smooth edges), pages de garde blanches (white endpapers), page de faux-titre (half title page), illustrations photographiques en couleurs hors-texte et 1 carte sur une double page (photographic illustrations in colours full page engraving and a double pages map), 206 pages, 1973 à Paris Flammarion,
Référence libraire : 14068
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Waldman, Ronald J.; Freedman, Lynn; De Pinho, Helen; Wirth, Meg E.
Who's Got the Power? : Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children
Mark on rear cover where previous price sticker has been removed leaving traces and a small tear. Binding is otherwise very well preserved, pages are clean and crisp, and printing is tight, clean and bright throughout. MB Used
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Walker, Don D.
CLIO'S COWBOYS. Studies in the Historiography of the Cattle Trade.
pp. xxi, 210. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Very good. Clio's Cowboys is the first truly analytical historiography of the glory days of the cattle trade. W8 LEFT FRONT STK
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Walker, Jay
How to Play Winning Lacrosse
160 pages. A valuable and informative guide for everyone who plays the game - and those who want to! Examines every aspect of play. Clearly explains: fundamentals of the game; basic use of the crosse; various offensive and defensive techniques - complete with detailed illustrations; the importance of face-off technique; skillful goal tending; how to improve your speed. Field lacrosse for women. Average wear. Single hole punched in top corner of each cover. Sticker residue on front cover. Unmarked. Book
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Wall Bingham, Marjorie; Hill Gross, Susan
Women in Latin America: From Pre-Columbian Times to the 20th Century (Volume 1)
Quarto in b&w/grey (blank, black spine); wrappers; 169 pages; Near fine copy; wrappers have faintest edgewear; else copy is clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a well-cared for copy. Janet Donaldson, Editor; Series: Women in World Area Studies; Out of print.
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Wallace, Horace Binney.
LITERARY CRITICISMS AND OTHER PAPERS. By the late Horace Binney Wallace, of Philadelphia.
460 p. 12 mo. 21 cm. Original full cloth binding, tooled in blind. Small printed bookplate of The Edwin Forest Home, Philadelphia. The Forest Home was a refuge for entertainers established by one of America's greatest 19th century actors. A very clean copy. Horace Binney Wallace (1817-1852), Philadelphia lawyer and author. Best known for his posthumous collections of essays: 'Art, Scenery, and Philosophy in Europe' (1855) and 'Literary Criticisms and Other Papers' (1856), which show him to have been an early follower of the positivist philosophy of Comte. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PALIB 6
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Wally T Oppal; British Columbia Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry vol. I IIA and IIB
British Columbia Canada: Missing Women Commission of Inquiry 2012. Soft cover. Good. Volumes I IIA and IIB three volumes. Bright clean unmarked pages. Volumes are firmly bound. Covers show some wear and soiling. Good reading copies. Titles: v. I. The women their lives and the framework of inquiry setting the context for understanding and change -- v. II A and B. Nobodies how and why we failed the missing and murdered women. <br/> <br/> Missing Women Commission of Inquiry paperback
Référence libraire : 1043074
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Walters, Minette
Acid Row
344 pages. eng
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Wanjohi, Catherine M.
A Walk at Midnight: Journeying with Abused Women and Girls Towards Inner Dignity and Wholeness
Octavo in brown and black illus wrappers (brown spine); 198 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Very scarce book on prostitution in Kenya, with Christian missionary rehabilitative underpinnings. || Prostitutes -- Rehabilitation -- Kenya. Abused women -- Rehabilitation -- Kenya. Abused women -- Rehabilitation. Prostitutes -- Rehabilitation.
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WARD JOUVE Nicole
Un Homme nommé Zapolski
1983 in-8 broché - 1983 - 413p - Ed. Des Femmes
Référence libraire : 15153
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War and Violence against Women Research Action Center ed
Beyond the “comfort women†bashing “Kono Statement†and Japan’s Responsibility
Otsukishoten 2013. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Otsukishoten paperback
Référence libraire : 2090202117900375
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Ward, Florence E In Charge Extension Work with Women
Status and Results of Home Demonstration Work Northern and Western States
Washington: United States Department of Agriculture 1921 Department Circular 178 Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics. Tables b/w photographs 30 pgs stapled. Extremely Rare OCLC lists 0 copies. First Edition Ex Library. Original Wraps. Very Good. United States Department of Agriculture paperback
Référence libraire : 00284095
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Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd (1762?-1833).
A CIRCUMSTANTIAL REPORT OF THE EVIDENCE AND PROCEEDINGS UPON THE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK IN THE CAPACITY OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF, IN THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1809. Including the Whole of the Original Letters.
pp. viii, 700, (4) [Publisher's advertisement] + Nine engraved plates (foxed). 8vo. Original full leather binding, boards almost detached. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), was the second son of George III and Queen Charlotte. His career at court, in the House of Lords, and in the military makes fascinating reading, but it is a great controversy and scandal that most concerns us here. He had become entangled with a handsome adventuress, Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852). The precise facts of Mary's early love life and adventures are open to speculation. It is certain that in 1803, under the name of Mrs. Clarke, she took a great house in Gloucester Place and began to entertain sumptuously, and that rumor from the first coupled her name with that of the Duke of York. She rushed into the wildest extravagances; she kept ten horses and twenty servants, including three men professed as 'cooks'; she ate off the plate which had belonged to the Duc de Berri, and her wineglasses cost two guineas each. The Duke of York had promised her 1,000 L a month, but it was very irregularly paid. She was soon much pressed by creditors, and there is no doubt that in order to get money she promised to use her influence with the Duke of York. The Duke was at that time commander-in-chief, and had enormous patronage at his disposal, and as he was known to be an easy-going man, it was believed by those about her that he would do whatever she wished. For the promise of her influence she received various sums of money, especially from officers in the army, and the matter came public knowledge at last. The man who brought up the question in the House of Commons in 1809, Colonel Gwillym Lloyd Wardle, was probably no better than herself. He brought eight charges against the Duke for wrong use of his military patronage, and won for himself a short season of popularity. But the charges were found not proven against the Duke, though there was no doubt Mrs. Clarke had received money for her influence with him, and her beauty and courage, and even the sauciness with which she stood her long examination at the bar of the House, won her many admirers. The result of the investigation was that the Duke resigned his post of commander-in-chief, to which, however, he returned in two years, and that he broke off his connection with Mrs. Clarke. This scandalous case raised a cloud of pamphlets, some of which are very amusing, and most of them full of falsehoods. Later in 1809 Colonel Wardle prosecuted Mrs. Clarke and two pamphleteers, F. and D. Wright, for libeling him, and after a trial, which did not resound to his credit, the prisoners were all found "not guilty". Mrs. Clarke next proposed to publish the letters she had received from her princely lover. This had to be stopped at all risks, and Sir Herbert Taylor bought up the letters, and offered Mrs. Clarke 7,000 L. down and a pension of 400 L. a year, and for this consideration the printed edition was destroyed, with the exception of one copy deposited at Drummond's bank. Her next publication, "A Letter to the Right Hon. William Fitzgerald," brought her into trouble, and she was condemned in 1813 to nine months' imprisonment for libel. She then settled down and devoted herself to the education of her daughters, who all married well. After 1815 she removed to Paris, where she was still sought after by the numerous admirers of her wit, to listen to her scandals of old days. Especially attentive to her was the Marquis of Londonderry. She died at Boulogne, at 76 years of age. - Paraphrased from the DNB. W141
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WARE, Mary G.
Thoughts in My Garden
12mo [18 x 12 cm]; xxii, [ii], [25]-268 pp, engraved head and tail pieces. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light number on spine, tipped in leaf on endpaper from another source with rose engravings, interior is clean and near fine, very good sound binding. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author's thoughts in her garden including squirrels, birds, uses of the garden, household garden, seeds, pleasures, philosophy, etc.
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