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London, UK: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Subtitle: ""A selection of Books, Manuscripts and Bindings."" Catalogue No. 1393, published in 2006 and for sale by Maggs Bros. Ltd, in London. Soft cover in very good condition. Wraps crisp and bright with a ghost of shelf and edge wear. One-half inch at bottom of front spine shows rubbing, almost through to bottom of paper wraps, but not an actual tear. Glossy papers with color and black and photographs of titles for sale. 221 numbered pages. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Almost every item has photograph and at least one page, many more than one page, of detail text about the book. Majority of volumes published in the 1600s, though several are from the 1500s and 1700s. Compiled by Maggs Bros. Ltd., who, as noted on the title page, is ""By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, Purveyors of Rare Books & Manuscripts: Maggs Bros. Ltd., London.""

NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1975. Soft cover. Good. An unabridged republication of the work originally published under the title 'Illustrators of the Sixties' by Faber & Gwyer Limited, London, in 1928. Soft cover in good condition. Text block clean and tight, no writing, no markings noted; has additional clippings inserted. Contains black and white illustrations throughout; 91 full page plates. Wraps, showing shelf wear, have been re-enforced with attached plasticized cover and side edges and spine with heavy duty tape; not sure if published that way or if done by former owner. * From the book, ""With remarkable thoroughness, the author supplies information that is invaluable for collectors and enthusiasts, with very complete listings of original publications, especially the magazines. But the book is also a readable one, centering as it does on a formative era, and will be of interest to students of art, illustrators, and others who enjoy works of beauty.""

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: May 2011. Complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf wear; vertical crease down edge of front flap. Not price clipped. * From the book, ""In her debut work, Alice poignantly celebrates the unbreakable parent-child bond, the books she and her father treasured, and the life lessons learned along the way.""

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… Read More