Emily Born (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good. Light rubbing to cover. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, otherwise text very good.

VHS. Condition: Used Very Good. Trade paperback; corrected and modern translation from the German; photographs; 210 pages. Book is very good to near fine: only slight wear; text is clean and tight, no marks.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Third Printing. xxii, 298pp. Or card covers. Very light edge wear to covers. Born a princess on the African spice island of Zanzibar, Emily Ruete (1844-1924) was brought up in a harem in the Sultan's palace, naturalized as a German through marriage, and then manipulated by both Germans and British in their efforts to gain control over the island. Her memoirs, set against a vivid portrait of political intrigue in the great age of European colonialism, offer a vivd portrait of 19th century arabic life, not only in the palace but in the city and plantations as well. The book also explores relationships within her own family and to the Arab and black communities, children's education, and the role of women in a polygamous society. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some light rubbing and edgewear, gilt is faded. Text is tight in binding and clean save for a gift inscription: "Charles, Please accept this small token of my appreciation for your dedication and service. It has been a very enjoyable year working with you. Sincerely Robert G. Burroughs Jr. General Manager La Grange County REMC" dated Christmas 1985. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Indiana Statewide Association, 1985. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 210pp., b/w pls., Autobiography of the Princess Salme of Zanzibar and Oman, daughter of Sultan Said the Great. Originally published in German in 1886/88. 'Set against a backdrop of political intrigue in the great age of European colonialism, this engrossing memoir offers a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century Arab and African life, not only in the palace, but in the city and plantations as well. The author provides a comparison between a woman's life in Muslim society and the conditions within the 19th-C European bourgeoisie.'.…

No Binding. Condition: Good. English actress. [35 x 65 mm. / 1½ x 2½ ins.] Signature in ink on thin paper In very good condition. [Within the UK postage is not charged. Outside the UK, shipping is by airmail and at cost.]. Signed by Author(s).

2pp., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. The 'Gentlemen' are clearly the publishers of a book which they wish Bell to review. She writes that she is greatly obliged to them for offering her 'a copy of your beautiful book on Japan', and has written 'to 4 editors to ask for space for early notices of it'. The book is 'indeed a marvel of technical skill in reproduction & it would be a pleasure to me to speak as highly of it as it deserves'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 1969, EARLY ISSUE, NF+/VG+, 548 PGS + ADS ,LARGER FORMAT, RED CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, 548 PGS + ADS, back of dj says a Few of 500 authors, BLUE TOPSTAIN, TINY EXTREMITIES CHIP TO DJ, IN PICTORIAL B/W & YELLOW DUSTJACKET BY DODIE MASTERMAN OF FIGURE SILOHETTE IN WINDOW AT NITE , Plain blue Endpapers & X THRU INNER DJ FLAP AT BTM, INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET LANE ,TENANT IS STORY of a Young Girl who falls in Love, with & Marries a Young Man OF GREAT CHARM & BAD REPUTATION, who makes No effort to Correct His Propensity to VICE, & DRINKS HIMSELF TO DEATH IN THE END ,novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend about the events connected with his meeting a mysterious young widow, calling herself Helen Graham, who arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and a servan . AGNES GREY is a Love Story, Quiet Staement of Heart s Desire. story of a young woman who takes on a job as a governess in order to help her family, Believing that she will be a capable teacher, Agnes embraces the idea of her job, but soon learns the task is not as easy as she once thought.An additional theme is the fair treatment of.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 1969, EARLY ISSUE, NF+/VG+, 548 PGS + ADS ,LARGER FORMAT, RED CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, 548 PGS + ADS, back of dj says a Few of 500 authors, BLUE TOPSTAIN, TINY EXTREMITIES CHIP TO DJ, IN PICTORIAL B/W & YELLOW DUSTJACKET BY DODIE MASTERMAN OF FIGURE SILOHETTE IN WINDOW AT NITE , Plain blue Endpapers & X THRU INNER DJ FLAP AT BTM, INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET LANE ,TENANT IS STORY of a Young Girl who falls in Love, with & Marries a Young Man OF GREAT CHARM & BAD REPUTATION, who makes No effort to Correct His Propensity to VICE, & DRINKS HIMSELF TO DEATH IN THE END ,novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend about the events connected with his meeting a mysterious young widow, calling herself Helen Graham, who arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and a servan . AGNES GREY is a Love Story, Quiet Staement of Heart's Desire. story of a young woman who takes on a job as a governess in order to help her family, Believing that she will be a capable teacher, Agnes embraces the idea of her job, but soon learns the task is not as easy as she once thought.An additional theme is the fair treatment of.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1948, Stated 1st Modern Library edition on Copyright pg, 1st printing, NF+/GOOD+, AS-IS, Long Narrow Chip Base of DJ FRONT & small chip at top & Btm at spine DJ NOT affecting Titles except tiny bit on S in Selected, DJ Protected clear Mylar, Tiny chips Fox back DJ , 231 pgs ADS THRU G73 Subtreasury American, Interior nice tight clean light wear, Fox, Tiny chip along DJ spine. Grey cloth green Label on front cvr.…

Hardcover. pp. [1-6], 7-146. Duodecimo (12mo.)., measuring 7.5" x 5". Publisher's tan paper boards, spine lettered in silver. Trifling wear to the head and foot of the spine; otherwise, the extremities remain in excellent condition. Small trace of erased pencil to the upper-right corner of the front free endpaper; otherwise, the contents are clean and without blemish; near fine. Housed in its original dust jacket, designed by Keith Cunningham, featuring a striking black-and-white portrait of Kavan on the rear panel, accompanied by a brief biographical note. Dustjacket price-clipped, with an unobtrusive offset to the front panel; otherwise very good (now housed in a protective mylar sleeve). A lovely copy of the elusive Peter Owen imprint, first published by Jonathan Cape in 1945. Comprising fifteen short stories, this was Kavan's second collection of short stories under the name by which she became best known. Drawing upon her wartime work at the Mill Hill Emergency Hospital, where she interviewed servicemen suffering from what was then termed "effort syndrome" (war neurosis), the collection explores the enduring psychological wounds of war with Kavan's characteristically lucid and haunting prose. The title invokes the biblical Lazarus as a metaphor for those restored to life physically yet left emotionally and spiritually estranged by trauma, a theme that resonates throughout the stories.…

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. She begins with criticism of an article 'which has also appeared in the "World", which she is sure 'will vex Mr Whitmore'. She assures Mrs Lewis that no-one will suspect her of involvement, and thanks her for having 'secured the valuable services of Mrs Jay for Park Walk [.] Her playing has been invaluable to us [.] I want to ask her to come on our sub-committee'. She would like Mrs Lewis and her daughter to 'come down & dine & sleep on our island!', the Thames running under the house's verandah. She suggests the following Monday, when they are 'alone except for my brother-in-law Mr. Scott Boys a "Chelsea Conservative". On the Tuesday they are being visited by 'Revd. R. Bristowe from Lambeth, the Liberal Candidate from Clapham & a barrister a sound Tory!' A postscript concerns the 'Chamberlains'.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.