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| Glendinning, Victori: Jonathan Swift
Book Number: 44512
London Random House Uk 1998 8vo hardcover 324pp index, b/w illus. very good, small remainder mark on bottom edge. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Biographies Memoirs authors Jonathan Swift Glendinning Victori
Price: $22.00 |
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| Salinger, Margaret A.: Dream Catcher: A Memoir
Book Number: 44491
Washington Square Press 2000 8vo hardcover 436pp. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Keywords: memoir Dream Catcher A Memoir Salinger Margaret A
Price: $18.00 |
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| West, Anthony: H. G. Wells: Aspects of His Life
Book Number: 44536
New American Library 1985 8vo softcover 405pp index, b/w illus. very good, pages browned, whiteout mark on fep.
Keywords: H G Wells biography authord
Price: $15.00 |
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| Downer, Lesley: Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Seduced the West
Book Number: 44569
Review January 2003 8vo softcover 336pp very good. The first Japanese actress of modern times, Sadayakko (1871-1946) shared the stage with Isadora Duncan and influenced Puccini's writing of Madame Butterfly. Sold by her family to become a geisha at age five. Pieced together from newspaper clippings and writings by contemporaries. Like many geisha, who were considered social outcasts, Sadayakko married into the theater at age 19 by choosing a husband, Otojiro, from among the "riverbed beggars," as actors were then known. She joined him on stage during his troupe's first American tour, but soon she became a bigger star than he. Otojiro founded New Wave drama, or shimpa, which was much less stylized than traditional kabuki, yet Downer makes a strong case that Sadayakko was every bit as important as Otojiro to the development of Japanese theater. But Sadayakko, who was eager to support her husband, left no record to indicate the exact nature of her role, if any, in the development of his plays. After Otojiro's death, Sadayakko continued to act and to train other young actresses.
Keywords: Madame Sadayakko The Geisha Who Seduced the West Downer Lesley
Price: $14.00 |
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| Fields, Danny: Linda McCartney : The Biography
Book Number: 44557
Little, Brown & Co, 2000 8vo hardcover 280pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Keywords: Linda McCartney paul beatles music bands biography
Price: $16.50 |
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| Ellis, Vivienne Rae: Louisa Anne Meredith - A Tigress in Exile
Book Number: 44600
Blubber Head Press 1979 8vo. Hardcover in d/w near fine. 275pp. Illustrated with line drawings and colour works by Meredith and photographs of her house and family members. A Member of the English Literary Scene before what was to be a brief interlude in Tasmania, Louisa was described as A poet in feeling, an artist by instinct, a naturalist by circumstance, a keen botanist and an ardent lover of landscape scenery. The importance of her contribution was to be recognised during her lifetime when she became the only literary figure ever to be voted a pension by the Government of Tasmania.
Keywords: English literary scene, Tasmania, Painter, Writer,
Price: $65.00 |
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| Crawford, Michael: Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied with String: My Autobiography
Book Number: 44612
Century, 1999 8vo hardcover 329pp. b/w illus. very good, outer page eges browned, owner's inscription inside front cover. / very good d/w. In his autobiography, Crawford recalls his childhood, his early years in showbusiness and the friendships it led to. Stage shows like
Keywords: Biography Music Stage Screen Parcel Arrived Safely Tied with String My Autobiography Crawford Michael
Price: $18.00 |
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| Graham, Katharine: Personal History
Book Number: 44630
Phoenix 1998 8vo softcover 656pp very good. Illustrated with b&w photo's. This is the personal history of Katherine Graham, the woman who was head of The Washington Post.
Keywords: Personal History Graham Katharine
Price: $18.00 |
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| Lewis, Julie: Mary Martin: A Double Life. India 1915-1973
Book Number: 44654
University of Queensland Pr 1997 8vo softcover 280pp very good. Signed by author with dedication on title page. Also bookplate with Julie Lewis on half-title. Mary Martin is best known for the bookshops that still bear her name. In postwar Adelaide, her bookshop became a gethering place for inellectuals and radicals attracted by her unconventional views, her warm manner and her freshly brewed coffee. In the 1960's Mary Martin began a new life in India, determined to encourage an intellectual and artistic awareness betwwn Eastern and Western cultures. She worked with Dr Narasimhan among the tribespeople of the Nilgiri Hills while supporting herself and her staff through her international booksilling operation.
Keywords: Mary Martin A Double Life India 1915 1973 Lewis Julie
Price: $12.00 |
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| Frame, Janet: The Envoy From Mirror City
Book Number: 44669
The Woman's Press 1985 8vo hardcover 176pp. very good+ / very good d/w with faded spine.
Keywords: new zealand authrs biography Frame Janet
Price: $18.00 |
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