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She Who Pays

She Who Pays

by Henrey, Mrs Robert

A Pioneer\'s Search For an Ideal Home

A Pioneer's Search For an Ideal Home

by Judson, Phoebe Goodell

Ambiguous Discourse

Ambiguous Discourse

by Mezei, Kathy

Memoirs of the Private Life of My Father ... to which are added Miscellanies by M.Necker

Memoirs of the Private Life of My Father ... to which are added Miscellanies by M.Necker

by Necker, M, ( Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, Baroness de Staël-Holstein)

London: Henry Colburn, 1818. SCARCE. xvi, 416 pages. Introduction by Benjamin Constant. The First French edition was published in 1804. From the collection of Hiram Scofield, who in the 1800's held one of the largest private libraries in America, his bookplate front paste down. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label with gilt lettering and rules. Very Good, moderate toning, light rubbing at the tips. Baroness de Stael-Holstein was an avid opponent to Napoleon and an early... Read more about this item
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SGD 409.71
Ero e Leandro.

Ero e Leandro.

by Sulgher Fantastici, Fortunata (called Temira Parasside); Giambattista Bodoni

Parma: Co' tipi Bodoniani (Bodoni), 1802. First edition. Very Good. Octavo (23 cm); [6], XV, [1 blank] pages, with additional leaf inserted before the title page, a unique printed page by Bodoni dedicating this copy of the book to Eugène de Beauharnais(1781-1824), Napoleon's stepson, Viceroy of Italy, Prince of Venice. In contemporary red straight-grain 1/4 morocco over red-dyed boards stamped in gilt on both boards with the monogram of Beauharnais. Green leather title label. Corners worn through,... Read more about this item
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SGD 3,141.11
To Bedlam and Part Way Back

To Bedlam and Part Way Back

by Anne Sexton

To Bedlam and Part Way Back by Anne Sexton. 1960 Houghton Mifflin, ninth printing, 67 pages. Pulitzer Prize-winner Sexton was a poet who's most well-known poems dealt with mental illness, death, and relationships with her family. She died by suicide at the age of 45. To Bedlam was her first book. According to the New York Times in reviewing a book of collected poems: "The poems in ''To Bedlam and Part Way Back'' (1960) and ''All My Pretty Ones'' (1962) present a savage, almost clinical documentation of... Read more about this item
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SGD 60.09
The Second Coming Magazine, Volume 1, Number 4 (June 1962) - contains the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer (slightly revised as Death and Art and the Utility of Despair)

The Second Coming Magazine, Volume 1, Number 4 (June 1962) - contains the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer (slightly revised as Death and Art and the Utility of Despair)

by Edwards, Samuel Pitts (ed.), Susan Sontag (on Cesare Pavese), Pauline Kael, Paul Blackburn, Gottfried Benn, et al

New York: The Second Coming Magazine, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon sixties cultural magazine, includes the original appearance of Susan Sontag's review of Pavese, "Death and Art and the Utility of Despair" (Poague & Parsons D4; later reworked slightly as "The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer" in "Against Interpretation"). Clean copy with some rubbing to covers, original newsstand contents... Read more about this item
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SGD 61.46
First Impressions on a Tour upon the Continent in the Summer of 1818, Through Parts of France, Italy, Switzerland, the Borders of Germany, and a Part of French Flanders

First Impressions on a Tour upon the Continent in the Summer of 1818, Through Parts of France, Italy, Switzerland, the Borders of Germany, and a Part of French Flanders

by BAILLIE, MARIANNE

London: John Murray, 1819, 1819. First edition. Robinson, Wayward Women, page 275; Pine-Coffin, page 175. Some light foxing and stains; fine copy.. 8vo, contemporary acid-stained brown calf, gilt decorated and lettered spine. Frontispiece, three aquatint illustrations and one engraved plate, probably after illustrations by the author. The first of two travel narratives by English poet Marianne Baillie (1775-1831), written with a "ladylike attitude to touring" (Robinson), in which she extols the... Read more about this item
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SGD 990.13
Three Months Passed in the Mountains East of Rome, During the Year 1819

Three Months Passed in the Mountains East of Rome, During the Year 1819

by GRAHAM, MARIA

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; and Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1820, 1820. First edition. Pine-Coffin 819-3; Robinson, Wayward Women, pages 44-45; see the ODNB. Edges slightly rubbed; some light foxing; very good copy in contemporary state.. 8vo, original gray boards skillfully rebacked, recent printed paper label, untrimmed. Frontispiece and five plates after sketches by Charles Eastlake. With errata, directions for the binder and four pages of advertisements between the front... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,024.27
Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

by Proulx, Annie

Scribner, 2004-11-30. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Scribner, 2004. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in like dust jacket.
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SGD 27.31
A Caution to Such as Observe Days and Times: To which is added an Address to Magistrates, Parents, Masters of Families, &c

A Caution to Such as Observe Days and Times: To which is added an Address to Magistrates, Parents, Masters of Families, &c

by [HUME, SOPHIA WIGINGTON]

London: Sold by J. Ridley, G. Kearsly and W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, 1766, 1766. Fifth edition; first published in London in 1760. ESTC T12472. First and final leaf a little dust-soiled; very good copy.. 8vo, disbound, 39 pages. A widely reprinted tract by the Quaker minister Sophia Hume (1702-1774), who was born and bred in luxury in Charleston, South Carolina, but cast off her material lifestyle and converted to the Quaker view in 1740. Like many of her religious tracts, in A Caution to Such as... Read more about this item
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SGD 477.99
ROSES IN THE MIRROR / ROSAS EN EL ESPEJO

ROSES IN THE MIRROR / ROSAS EN EL ESPEJO

by De Burgos, Julia

Translated and edited by Carmen D. Lucca, Bilingual Edition, b/w photo of the poet, limited edition of 1,000 copies. Near fine clean, tight and bright with a few surface crease to the pages.

Hispanic Feminist Poems
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SGD 40.97
The Threepenny Review 7 (Volume 2, Number 3; II; Fall 1981) - includes an interview with Susan Sontag

The Threepenny Review 7 (Volume 2, Number 3; II; Fall 1981) - includes an interview with Susan Sontag

by Lesser, Wendy (ed.), Susan Sontag, Eugenio Montale, et al

Berkeley, CA: The Threepenny Review, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 28pp (self-cover). Rare early issue, includes a short 1981 interview with Susan Sontag (Poague & Parsons F67). Solid unmarked copy, horizontal fold, mailing label, typical toning.
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SGD 47.80
Chelsea 39 (Ambimedia Issue; 1980)

Chelsea 39 (Ambimedia Issue; 1980)

by Raiziss, Sonia (ed.), Susan Sontag, Vito Acconci, Paul Bowles, John Cage, Thomas M. Disch, Gerard Malanga, Robert Morris, Kenneth Patchen, Jonathan Williams, et al

New York: Chelsea Associates, Inc, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. Ambimedia Issue, includes material relating to two Susan Sontag films (Poague & Parsons G55). Also work by Vito Acconci, Paul Bowles, John Cage, et al. Unmarked copy, light cover wear.
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SGD 40.97
All Said and Done

All Said and Done

by Simone de Beauvoir

All Said and Done by Simone de Beauvoir. 1974 Putnam, first U.S. edition, 463 Pages. This is the last installment of de Beauvoir's autobiography, covering the last ten years of her life.

Condition: VG/VG. Some fading to jacket spine, shelf wear.

"My life: it is both intimately known and remote; it defines me and yet I stand outside it."
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SGD 47.80
The Prime of Life

The Prime of Life

by Simone de Beauvoir

The Prime of Life by Simone de Beauvoir. 1962 World Publishing Company, first U.S. edition, 479 pages. The second installment of de Beauvoir's lifelong autobiography project, this volume covers her move to Paris, meeting Sartre, and developing as a writer.

Condition: VG/G. Some wear to jacket, boards bowed a bit, pages clean.

"To have a door I could shut was still the height of bliss for me."
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SGD 40.97
Miscellaneous Poems, and A Tragedy

Miscellaneous Poems, and A Tragedy

by WEST, JANE

York: Printed by W. Blanchard and sold by R. Faulder, London, [etc.], 1791, 1791. First edition. ESTC T68679; Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 365; NCBEL III, 772. Paper flaw in one leaf, not seriously affecting the text; fine copy.. 8vo, recent brown quarter morocco by Philip Dusel, marbled paper boards, dark green morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. Five-page list of subscribers. Without the half title or initial blank; terminal leaf with advertisements present. The scarce third book by... Read more about this item
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SGD 3,072.82
Half Broke Horses

Half Broke Horses

by Walls, Jeannette

Scribner, 2009-10-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Scribner, 2009. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Follow-up to the acclaimed Glass Castle. Fine in like dust jacket.
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SGD 20.49
The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden. By a Lady

The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden. By a Lady

by [ENGLISH PLAYS & THEATER]. [Anonymous]

London: Printed for J. Bell, 1786, 1786. First edition. Sabin 61167; ESTC T43897. Title page a little spotted and browned; very good copy.. 8vo, modern brown quarter calf period style, marbled paper boards, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. An opera in part based on Marmontel's Tale of the Coralie, with music by James Hook (1746-1827). A note on the front free endpaper in a learned bookseller's hand attributes the authorship to Harriet Horncastle Hook, the wife of James Hook. She is the... Read more about this item
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SGD 512.14
New Boston Review, Volume 1, Number 1 (June 1975) - includes an interview with Susan Sontag and a review by Julia Child

New Boston Review, Volume 1, Number 1 (June 1975) - includes an interview with Susan Sontag and a review by Julia Child

by Alonso, J. M., et al. (eds.), Susan Sontag, Julia Child, Adrienne Rich, Fanny Howe, et al

Cambridge, MA: Boston Critic, Inc, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 32pp (self-cover). Rare literary tabloid, includes an interview (mainly on photography) with Susan Sontag (Poague & Parsons F21). Also a cookbook review by Julia Child. Library stamp and underlining to cover, else an unmarked copy, horizontal fold, typical toning.
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SGD 40.97
A Residence in France, during the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795; Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners. Prepared for the Press by John Gifford, Esq

A Residence in France, during the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795; Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners. Prepared for the Press by John Gifford, Esq

by [BIGGS, RACHEL CHARLOTTE]

London: Printed by J. Plymsell; for T. N. Longman, 1797, 1797. First edition. ESTC N12984. Some minor dust-soiling and spots in the text; edges rubbed; very good copy.. 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary quarter tree-calf, marbled paper boards, red morocco spine labels, gilt rules and lettering. Without the half-titles. Rachel Charlotte Biggs was acquainted with France when she traveled by herself there in 1792 to aid an aristocratic lady friend, during which time she witnessed the Revolution during its grim... Read more about this item
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SGD 887.70
A Cadre School Life: Six Chapters

A Cadre School Life: Six Chapters

by Yang Jiang

A Cadre School Life: Six Chapters by Yang Jiang. Translation by Geremie Barme with the assistance of Bennett Lee. 1984 Joint Publishing, first U.S. edition, 91 pages. Jiang was a scholar and translator, most notably of the definitive translation of Don Quixote in China, which at the time landed her in Henan to be "reformed through labor" during the Cultural Revolution. A Cadre School Life was her acclaimed memoir of those years. According to the New York Times: "Avoiding the melodramatic tone of many... Read more about this item
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SGD 34.14
Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

by MANLEY, DELARIVIER

London: Printed for John Barber and Sold by Benj. Tooke, Henry Clements and John Walthoe, 1717, 1717. First edition. ESTC T38771; NCBEL II, 767. First and final leaves a bit smudged; early paper repair to the lower margin of the verso of the title-page; very good copy.. 4to, 19th century half vellum, marbled paper boards, black morocco spine label, gilt lettering. The last of three plays by Delarivier Manley (1663-1724), who was well known for her roman à clef fictionalized memoirs. The is plot is... Read more about this item
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SGD 2,048.55
Buried Herculaneum

Buried Herculaneum

by Barker, Ethel Ross

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. xvi, 253, (1,advertisements) pp., with nine plans and sixty-four illustrations. Bright and Near Fine in original bluse cloth stamped in gilt at front cover and spine, light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners, frontis tissue corner crease, half-title page toned with shadow from the ownership signature of Edward J. Byrne at front end page, spine a shade darkened. Uncommon in such lovely condition. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo -... Read more about this item
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SGD 273.14
The Professor's House

The Professor's House

by CATHER, WILLA

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925, 1925. First edition, limited issue, number 36 of 40 numbered copies on Japanese Vellum (of 225 copies), signed by Cather. Crane A14a. Fine copy in a slightly worn publisher's slipcase.. 8vo, original white parchment, gilt decorations and lettering, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Willa Cather's famous novel about Professor Godfrey St. Peter and his new house.
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SGD 6,828.50
Marmalade Me

Marmalade Me

by Jill Johnston

Marmalade Me by Jill Johnston. 1971 first Dutton Paperback Original, 316 pages. Johnston started as a dance critic, but over the course of fifteen years, her column for the Village Voice veered toward the experimental and poetic, a perfect artifact for the time and place. Those columns are collected here.

Condition: Good+. Cover darkened, wear along spine, remainder mark, pen marks on first page, rest of book clean and bright.

"I just don't know what to do; I am falling apart."
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SGD 75.11
The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, with A New Account of Her Life . In Three Volumes

The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, with A New Account of Her Life . In Three Volumes

by Mrs. (Susanna) Centlivre

London: John Pearson, 1872. RARE. This edition not seen at auction since 1949. (RBH). Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait Vol. I. The bookplates of prominent San Francisco banker John Dempster McKee. Three volumes with 1872 title pages and the 1760-61 title pages. Handsomely bound in contemporary half dark brown pebbled morocco over brick pebbled morocco, the backs with blind tooled decorations and gilt lettering, marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine, light rubbing at edges. Susanna Centlivre ( ca.... Read more about this item
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SGD 648.71
Salmagundi 31 - 32 (10th Anniversary Issue, Fall 1975 - Winter 1976) - includes an interview with Susan Sontag

Salmagundi 31 - 32 (10th Anniversary Issue, Fall 1975 - Winter 1976) - includes an interview with Susan Sontag

by Boyers, Robert (ed.), Susan Sontag, Erich Heller, Howard Nemerov, Harold Bloom, Fredric Jameson, John Lukacs, et al

Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 316pp, printed wrappers. Thick 10th Anniversary Issue, includes an interview with Susan Sontag (20pp; Poague & Parsons F23). Also includes work from other prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, light outer toning and soil.
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SGD 34.14