WOMEN OF CRISIS; Lives of Struggle and Hope / Robert Coles / Jand Hallowell Coles / Illustrated by Chet Jezierski

Franklin Center, Pennslyvinia: The Franklin Library / First Edition Society, 1978. Limited First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Chet Jezierski. SIGNED by both Authors at the conclusion of the preliminary "Special Message to Members of the First Edition Society"; 8vo, (8 7/8" x 6" x 1 1/4"); full black leather with all edges gilded with .22k gold, 3 raised hubs, gilt tooling to the spine and leather boards + black silk-moiré end-papers & black ribbon page-marker; Foreword by Matina Horner; illustrated with 5 B&W plates by Chet Jezierski; Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; References; [xvi] + 296, [297] pages. "Notes from the Editors / Women of Crisis," 8-page folded 8vo pamphlet laid in. Weight: 1 lb. 10 oz. Expands on Robert Coles famed series: The Children of Crisis with poignant biographical sketches on women of different ethnicities (Black, Chicano, even Eskimo) who struggle to overcome poverty, illness, and discrimination.<br /> <br /> Robert Coles (born 1929) is a distinguished American author, child psychiatrist, and professor emeritus at Harvard University.<br /> <br /> Jane Erin Hallowell, a graduate of Radcliffe College and a high school teacher of English and history, is his wife and mother of their three sons. Coles and Hallowell Coles co-authored the 1978 book Women of Crisis: Lives of struggle and hope.