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Pair of diaries documenting ten important years in the life of a young woman by [Women's Social History] Ruth Marden

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: Pair of diaries documenting ten important years in the life of a young woman
Author: [Women's Social History] Ruth Marden
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: Madison, Maine, 1919. Pair of diaries, totaling 752 pages in a single hand, both from Madison, Maine resident and teacher Ruth Marden. Standard Diary and Daily Reminder (1909): First diary comprised of 371 pages in a single hand, with the ownership signature of Ruth Marden to header of title page. In addition to 365 detailed entries for the year, she includes an additional 6 pages of gifts recorded, addresses, and birthdays to the rear. Red cloth with gilt to spine and front board; all edges gilt. 1909-1910 calendar endpapers. Measuring 4.5 x 5.75 inches. Documenting her domestic and family life in her eighteenth year, with information on her education and entry into a teaching career. Lest We Forget: Being a Book for Ladies' Use (1919) Second diary comprised of 381 pages in Ruth's more mature hand, documenting the year leading up to suffrage. In addition to densely packing all 365 entries for the year 1919, she keeps an additional 16 pages listing gifts, expenses, visits, addresses, pamphlets distributed, and letters written or received. Green brocade with gilt to front board and all edges gilt; 1919-1920 calendar endpapers. Measures 4 x 4.75 inches. An incredibly rich and in-depth look at all aspects of a young woman's life as she and her peers enter a new era of women's rights. Ruth Marden's diaries unfold first when she is age 18 and later when she is age 28, providing researchers a unique opportunity to study the changes not only in American society across a decade, but also how they specifically affect one young woman and her family. In the earlier diary, readers witness Ruth balance school and family. She lives at home with her parents and siblings, often taking on caretaking for the toddler Esther and assisting their hired girl Lulu in domestic chores. Meanwhile, she also attends school, takes music lessons, and opts to continue her education to become a teacher. Across this year, Ruth's eyes are increasingly opened to the dangers and unfairness of the world -- from Lulu getting pregnant and needing someone to "stand up" for her, to witnessing minstrel shows, to seeing her parents resist the local school's corporal punishment practices, to Esther's contracting of diptheria and consequent quarantine and illness. Part of what appears to be an active and activist family, she also discusses becoming a member and participating in the Order of the Eastern Star, a women's philanthropic group linked to the Masons. By the second diary, Ruth is a working woman who remains philanthropically engaged. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she continues work with the Eastern Star as well as managing the family's domestic life. It a balance that seems harder to manage, and throughout she works to maintain patience with her lot. Though she still lives at home, the family itself has undergone major changes. Her brothers have married and set up their own homes. Esther is a young teenager coming of age. And the world around them is reeling from the aftermath of the First World War. Her best friend Clara contracts what appears to be the 1918 flu, and she documents not only the care she extends, but also her personal fears about loss. She is struck by this again, when Esther gets appendicitis and must go through an emergency operation. As readers watch Ruth engage with many of the same people as she did in 1909, they are also introduced to a wider, even richer community of teachers and friends with whom Ruth engages in her adulthood, who push her to consider new ideas about life and her place in the world. As 1919 ends, Ruth reflects on struggle and success: "We cannot expect to succeed in all things, for it is not always success that makes a noble character. Failure is something that must come to all....I sometimes wonder if I shall ever succeed. I cannot tell. I shall keep on trying. I wish I could be good like some I know who never seem to do wrong." An exceptionally rich set of documents, containing details about cuisine (both domestic and public), teacher training and the daily life of female teachers, familial and community relationships in the rural Northeast, religion, politics, the spread and treatment of disease, the role of female friendships, the links between education and liberal politics, the expansion of women's mobility and travel, women's fashion and gift giving, and women's reading and activism.

The Narracong Riddle: A Judge Peck Mystery (Signed & Inscribed First Edition) by Derleth, August

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Title: The Narracong Riddle: A Judge Peck Mystery (Signed & Inscribed First Edition)
Author: Derleth, August
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 225pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page as called for. Bound in original blue cloth with titles in yellow on the front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with very mild edge-wear. A touch off-setting to end-papers. Bookplate on front paste-down. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has some fairly moderate rubbing and wear to edges and tips with some miniscule closed edge-tears. Still fresh and bright with no creases or chipping. Inscribed and signed by Derleth on the front end-paper, "To ___, Sincerely, August Derleth". A very pretty collectable copy of an uncommon title in any condition and quite scarce inscribed.

The Stars Like Dust by Asimov, Isaac

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: The Stars Like Dust
Author: Asimov, Isaac
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/good. The first edition of The Stars Like Dust by Isaac Asimov, in the first state dust jacket.. Octavo, 218pp, [4]. Black cloth, stamped title on spine. Lacking the first edition statement on the copyright page. Light dust along top edge of text block. Faint offsetting to rear endpapers. Solid text block. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, chipping and loss along the spine, bright illustrations. Jacket illustrations by Whitney Bender. (Curry 44(a)). This work was originally published as "Tyrann" in Galaxy magazine, serialized in three parts in early 1951. The novelization was published by Doubleday in February of 1951, with the revised title of The Stars Like Dust. It was later issued in paperback form with the title The Rebellious Stars, without Asimov's permission.

Fertile Image by NASH, Paul

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Title: Fertile Image
Author: NASH, Paul
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Former owner's signature and date, offsetting to the endpapers, else near fine in a near fine jacket, bright, but with a little
Description: London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Former owner's signature and date, offsetting to the endpapers, else near fine in a near fine jacket, bright, but with a little offsetting at the verso and a bit of edgewear. Unaccountably scarce in jacket.. First Edition. Small quarto. 64 black and white plates. Mostly studies of the natural world by this artist best known for his painting. Edited by Margaret Nash with an introduction by James Laver. Posthumous publication. (Parr / Badger, v2, 139).

L'OCULISTE (THE OCULIST) by Charles Émile Jacque (1813-1894)

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Title: L'OCULISTE (THE OCULIST)
Author: Charles Émile Jacque (1813-1894)
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Original lithograph as published in Le Charivari. Signed in the stone. From the series Les Malades et Les Médecins. Beraldi p. 170, Fonds Français 593. Plate 18. Image: 8 x 7 . Margins: 14 x 9¾.

Lin Tianmiao: Bound Unbound by TIANMIAO, Lin; Melissa Chiu; Guo Xiaoyan

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Title: Lin Tianmiao: Bound Unbound
Author: TIANMIAO, Lin; Melissa Chiu; Guo Xiaoyan
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9788881588534
Condition: A fine copy
Description: Milan: Charta / Asia Society, 2013. A fine copy. 12 x 9.5 inches. 136 pages. 91 color illustrations. Pictorial boards. "One of only a few internationally recognized female artists from China, Lin Tianmiao (born 1961) is known for her innovative use of thread and embroidery as both medium and subject matter in her sculptures, photographs, videos and installations. When visiting China, after having lived in New York for most of her life, Tianmiao was reminded of the time spent in her childhood helping her mother sew clothes for the family. Prompted by this memory, the artist created a practice she calls “thread winding,” where she winds silk or cotton thread around an object until it is completely covered and eventually transformed. Bound Unbound, which accompanies the artist’s exhibition at the Asia Society in New York, surveys for the first time the past 20 years of Tianmiao’s work, including an interview with the artist and essays by leading scholars in Chinese contemporary art, Melissa Chiu and Guo Xiaoyan" (the publisher).

Victor Serge: The course is set on hope [SIGNED] by Weissman, Susan

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Title: Victor Serge: The course is set on hope [*SIGNED*]
Author: Weissman, Susan
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Fine in Fine dj
Description: London/New York: Verso. Fine in Fine dj. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. [a lovely clean copy with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. "Revolutionary novelist and historian, erstwhile anarchist, Bolshevik, dissident, Left Opportunist -- Victor Serge is one of the most compelling figures to have emerged from the history of the Soviet Union. A lucid observer and a great writer, his is the story of a course set on hope, a pursuit of truth, dignity and human justice set against some of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. Throughout his life, Serge wrote prolifically and tellingly of his times: novels, short stories and novellas as well as biographies of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and an enormous archive of unpublished work including correspondence, polemics and essays. [The author's] appreciation of these works and understanding of Serge's life reveal the extraordinary commitment and hope of a great political writer and activist whose views so often reflect the significant historical struggles of our own time." ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavier-than-average book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** Signed by Author .

State of Siege by Ambler, Eric

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Title: State of Siege
Author: Ambler, Eric
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1956. First American Edition stated on copyright page. Book fine, except for very faint spotted stains of front cover and fading on top edge of front cover. DJ fine, except for some chipping at top end of spine and slight rubbing on ends of front hinge. DJ price reads $3.50 on front flap.

A VIEW OF THE CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE JOHN HOWARD ESQ. by Aikin, John

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Title: A VIEW OF THE CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE JOHN HOWARD ESQ.
Author: Aikin, John
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: J. Johnson. Very Good. 1792. Hardcover. Ex-Library with the usual markings. This book has been re-bound, hard-bound in green cloth with gilt stamping on the spine. The covers show light scuffing and light rubbing to the edges, corners, and spine-ends. The binding is solid, with new end-pages. The contents are bright and generally clean, but with light scattered foxing and some previous owner notations. .

Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland. by Thomas, William S.

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Title: Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland.
Author: Thomas, William S.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: First edition. Thomas was mostly interested in hunting, but the land and the people caught his fancy as well.
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First edition. Thomas was mostly interested in hunting, but the land and the people caught his fancy as well. "Mountain climbing, hunting in southeast Alaska, on Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island." - Tourville 4503. Ricks p. 219. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with a photo illustration on the front board. Light wear, but a very good copy.. 21 cm. xv, 330, (6 publisher's ads) pp. b/w plates.

Lords of Battle: The World of the Celtic Warrior by Allen, Stephen

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Title: Lords of Battle: The World of the Celtic Warrior
Author: Allen, Stephen
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2007. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 217pp+ index. . Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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