Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings, and Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Knight, Brenda
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1573240249
- ISBN 13
- 9781573240246
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Conari Press, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Softcover in good condition. Text block clean and tight. Wraps show gentle shelf wear and top front cover has plasticized coating rippling a little but still intact. Includes many black & white photographs of the women authors discussed along with many illustrations. * From the back of the book, ""Read about a range of women, from mystics for whom religious writing was the only form of expression allowed to the bravehearted dissidents who found themselves banned and blacklisted into obscurity. First novelists, pioneer poets, fearless booksellers, and many more - this collection of profiles offers a look at the women who would not be held back from being creative, being political, and breaking new ground."" Concludes with Appendices: Book Groups - Chatting it Up (a discussion of book clubs and a list of resources,) A Resource Guide of Books, Magazines, Organizations, Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Index of Names Cited, Index of Words and Periodicals Cited, General Index.
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- Seller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- M000419
- Title
- Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings, and Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- Author
- Knight, Brenda
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1573240249
- ISBN 13
- 9781573240246
- Publisher
- Conari Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Biography, Women book collectors - Biography, Women authors - Biography, Women -Books and reading
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women & Women's Studies; Books & Reading;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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