Biography: Women from The Owl at the Bridge

"Fifth Printing." xii, [1], 431 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. Detailed life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1122-1204. Bound in blue cloth (faded), three parts of original dust jacket pasted on blank leaves front & rear; endpaper maps; Good. Stock#ofc0911.

"...expands the boundaries of what is conventionally recognized as 17th-century English literature by uncovering, reintroducing and documenting the lives and works of more than 550 English women who wrote between 1580 and 1720... contains an informative introduction and helpful theoretical apparatus in the form of seven analytical appendices." xxvi, 298 pages; 23.5 cm. Fine in Fine dust jacket; As New.… Saber más sobre este artículo

"...despite repressive attitudes toward female assertiveness, women writers flourished in every stratum of eighteenth-century society-- aristocratic, working, and middle class-- through an extensive network of female, and occasionally male, patronage. During the years 1660 to 1800 "[w]riting became for the first time a respectable occupation rather than a sign of loose morals... many gifted women, while adapting to the constraints… Saber más sobre este artículo

See the Wikipedia entry for biographical information. This is the book, not the prospectus. "Edition Limited to 250 Copies." Contents include Practical Education, 1780; Books by Maria Edgeworth (including a few written in collaboration with her father) (28 titles); Contributions to Other Books; Collected Editions; Appendices (A Poem, Press Numbers, Works Concerning The Edgeworth Family. xxxii,… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Jacqueline du Pré... one of the world's great cellists... won the most prestigious cello award in Britain... was a fully established artist at twenty... a remarkable but often tormented human being." 224 pages, plates; dust jacket; Very Good+. Stock#ofc0189.

Raised in Fortezza della Brunella from 1916 (age five) until 1921 when she was sent to England for schooling. A wonderful Tuscan childhood. "Uncorrected Bound Galleys." 271 pages, illus., [24] pages of black-and-white photos; slight shelfwear; paper covers; Good+. Stock#ofc0123.