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FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON

FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON by ANTIN, Mary

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Title
FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON
Author
ANTIN, Mary
Seller
Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
1899. ANTIN, Mary. FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON. With a Foreword by Israel ZANGWILL. Boston: W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. First edition. 80 pp. 8vo., light reddish brown wrappers printed in black. Extremities of wrappers chipped, darkened. An acceptable copy of a fragile item. Included in the Masterworks of Modern Jewish Writing Series in 1986. This is a first edition of Antin's first book, a record of her voyage from her native Plotzk, White Russia, to America. Mary[ashe] Antin (1881-1949) spent her childhood in a small town in the pale. Like other immigrant children, in the days when grade levels were determined by competence in English rather than age, thirteen year old Antin squeezed herself into a desk meant for a kindergarten child. Her intelligence and evident literary gifts quickly impressed her teachers. Eager to demonstrate how much an immigrant child could accomplish in only four months, one of Antin's teachers sent her composition "Snow" to the periodical Primary Education. After seeing her name in print for the first time, Antin was determined to become a writer. She attended the Girl's Latin School of Boston, and later New York Teacher's College of Columbia University. Incredibly, FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON was written when the author was only eleven years old! "...it was at that age that she first wrote the thing in Yiddish, though she was thirteen when she translated it into English" (Israel Zangwill, Foreword, p. 7). Antin's story bravely articulated the Jewish immigrant experience - "for, despite the noble spirit in which the Jews of America have grappled with the invasion, we still know too little of the feelings of the people themselves" (ibid). Thirteen years later, Antin would publish the work for which she would be best remembered, her autobiography entitled THE PROMISED LAND (UJE, Volume 1, 337). Jewish Women in America, Volume 1.
The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra 1846-47

The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra 1846-47 by Stewart, George R. (Introduction and Notes); Mallette Dean (Illustration and Decorations)

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Title
The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra 1846-47
Author
Stewart, George R. (Introduction and Notes); Mallette Dean (Illustration and Decorations)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed at the Allen Press], 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Dean, Mallette. One of 300 copies, octavo size, [68] pp. "The publication of the most famous of all documents relating to the Donner Party," published at the centennial of the author's original accounting of the tragic and horrifying ordeal, with a complete facsimile of the 29-page manuscript, previously published only by the Academy of Pacific Coast History in 1910. This volume is an early publication by the Allen Press, still using the imprint "L-D Allen Press", with the relief-cut illustration on the half-title page, decorations and patterned boards by Mallette Dean. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter white cloth with illustrated quill motif paper boards printed in green and brown, title in green on the spine, fore- and bottom edges rough cut, title page printed in brown and black with green quill motif, headers printed in brown with ornamental type, quills printed in brown ornament the page numbers, reproduction of a photograph of Patrick Breen from Sutter's Fort Historical Museum, 29-page facsimile of the manuscript diary; handset Bulmer type, all-rag paper, octavo size (8.25" by 5.25"), pagination: [1-5] 6-38 [39-68], one of 300 copies, unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, with clean boards, straight corners with miniscule rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a hint of dustiness to the head and tail of the spine and some offsetting to the pastedown endpapers, else fine. ___CITATIONS: Allen Press Bibliography, no. 5; BCC no. 64; Hawk no. 228. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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Your Royal Hostage by [Bacall, Lauren]; Fraser, Antonia

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Seller: Sanctuary Books
Title
Your Royal Hostage
Author
[Bacall, Lauren]; Fraser, Antonia
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
ISBN
9780297791140
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 195. Inscribed by the author to Lauren Bacall, "For Betty, with much love, from Antonia, 14 May 1987." (Lauren Bacall was born in the Bronx as Betty Joan Perske, and only close friends and loved ones used her real name. Antonia Fraser is the widow of Harold Pinter, who directed Bacall in Tennessee Williams's "Sweet Bird of Youth.") Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket somewhat age-toned, and a little wrinkled along the edges. A Jemima Shore novel. Lauren Bacall (born in the Bronx as Betty Joan Perske, 1924-2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. Howard Hawks (director, producer, screenwriter) changed her first name to Lauren, and Perske adopted "Bacall," a variant of her mother's maiden name (of Romanian Jewish descent), as her screen surname. The young Lauren Bacall, worked as an usher at the St. James Theatre, and as a fashion model. She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1942, at age 17, as a walk-on in "Johnny 2x4." By then, she lived with her mother on Bank Street, Greenwich Village, and in 1942 she was crowned Miss Greenwich Village. Though Diana Vreeland is often credited with "discovering" Bacall, putting her on the cover of "Vogue" in 1943, much of the iconography surrounding Bacall she cultivated herself with the help of Nancy Hawks, Howard Hawks's wife, who advised Bacall on clothing, elegance, manners, and taste. Even Bacall's trademark voice required arduous training -- at Hawks's suggestion, Bacall worked with a voice coach to make her voice lower and deeper. Her screen debut as the leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film "To Have and Have Not" (1944) made her an instant star. She married Bogart in 1945, and continued in the film noir genre alongside him in "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947), and "Key Largo" (1948). She starred in the romantic comedies "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) with Marilyn Monroe, and "Designing Woman" (1957) with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film, "The Shootist" (1976). Bacall worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for "Applause" (1970) and "Woman of the Year" (1981).

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