AITKEN, MARIA

A Girdle Round the Earth

London, Constable. 1987, 1st UK Edition. (ISBN: 0094669309) Hardcover. Book, ". about the urge in women to travel and explore and to risk their lives in foreign parts. I pursuit of their own goals they happily ignored convention; for all of them "abroard" was wher the existed most fully"206p. illus bibliography.index women. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 038570

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: 0094669309 Travel Women Travellers

ALLEN, ALEXANDRA

Travelling Ladies

London, Jupiter Books. 1980, 1st UK Ed. (ISBN: 0906379164) Hardcover. Book, Alexandra Allen traces the careers of eight remarkable ladies who flouted convention in search of knowledge, spiritual fulfillment or romance: May French Sheldon trekked across Africa, Kate Marsden visited isolated leper colonies in Siberia, Alexandra David-Neel spent fourteen years in Tibet, Daisy Bates spent most of her life in the study and care of the Australian aborigines . Jane Digby el Mesrab traveleld across Europe in search of love.before she found happiness as the wife of a Bedouin sheikhin Damascus" Mildred Cable and Evangeline and Francesca French went as missionaries across the Gobi Desert, Isabella Bishop travelled the world from the Rockies to Asia and Marianne North painted tropical flowers wherever she went (on display at Kew) 266p plates [Toronto, ON, Canada]. As New/As New.

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Book number: 038633

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: 0906379164 Women Explorers Travellers May French Sheldon, Kate Marsden,Alexandra David-Neel Daisy Bates, Jane Digby El Mesrab, Mildred Cable, Evangeline and Francesca French, Isabella Bird Bishop, Marianne North

APHRA

Aphra : The Feminist Literary Magazine Volume Four # 3 Summer 1973

New York, APHRA. 1973. Stapled Wraps. Book, Includes poems by ALEXANDRA GRILIKHES. Fine.

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Book number: 042821

Catalogue: Women

Keywords: Literature Women Writers Feminism Alexandra Grilikhes Women Writers Sold

BANFILL, B J

Pioneer Nurse

Toronto, Ryerson Press. 1967, 1st Can Ed. Hardcover. Book, Moving account of the challenging life of immigrant communities in the Prairie Provinces as seen by a nurse sent to establish a medical centre in Saskatchewan. 184p. Pencilled name on ffep, else fine (looks unread). Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 33776

Catalogue: Women

Keywords: Nursing Immigrants Canada Prairies Saskatchewan Canada Saskatchewan

BARR, PAT

A Curious Life for a Lady : The Story of Isabella Bird

London, Penguin. 1986, Reprint. (ISBN: 0140079211) Trade Paperback. Book, The travel biography of Isabella Bird.. who spent much of her first forty years of her life as a pious Victorian parson's daughter studying hymns. It was therefore surprising that she then burst out of such homely confinements to become a tireless international traveller, usually alone. Most of her travels were to parts of Asia where European influence was not well established. l347p plates bibliography index. Near Fine.

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Book number: 038384

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: 0140079211 Isabella Bird Travels Women

BIRD,ISABELLA

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

London, Century. 1983, Facsimile Reprint. (ISBN: 0860682668) Trade Paperback. Book, Reprinted edition ( introduced by Robin Hanbury-Tennison) of the adventures of an intrepid Victorian Lady in the Far East st in 1879. (First Published John Murray.1883) Trade Pbk 384p. maps.plates.index. Very Good.

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Book number: 038453

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: 0860682668 Malaysia Asia Malay States Malacca Singapore Selangor

BIRD,ISABELLA

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

University of Oklahoma Press. 1988, Reprint. (ISBN: 0806113286) Trade Paperback. Ill.: Map and index by Nancy G, Gambrill. Book, In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer settlement. The letters that make up this volume .. tell of magnificent, unspoiled landscapes and abundant wildlife, of encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves, pumas and grizzly bears, and her reactions to the volatile passions of the miners and pioneer settlers. A classic reprint of a account of a truly astounding journey with an introduction by Daniel J.Boorstin.Map and index by Nancy G, Gambrill.256p.illus. map. liu. As New.

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Book number: 046366

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: 0806113286 Map and Index By Nancy G, Gambrillamerica Description & Travel Colorado American West Rockies Women Travellers United States

BLANCH, LESLEY

Journey Into the Mind's Eye : Fragments of an Autobiography

New York, Fontana / Collins. 1971, 1st US Edition. Pbk. Book, "If you are interested in Russia - if you are interested in love - if indeed you are interested in humanity, then this haunting book is one to read and re-read." 416p. Near Fine.

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Book number: 039498

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: Russia Travel Women Biography Biographies - Women

BLANCH, LESLEY

Journey Into the Mind's Eye : Fragments of an Autobiography

New York, Atheneum. 1968, 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Book, "If you are interested in Russia - if you are interested in love - if indeed you are interested in humanity, then this haunting book is one to read and re-read." 376p. name on ffep else fine. Near Fine/Near Fine - Price Clipped.

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Book number: 038461

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: Russia Women Travellers Biographies - Women

BLANCH, LESLEY

Under a Lilac-Bleeding Star : Travels & Travellers

London, John Murray. 1963, Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Four adventurous women who found love and romance in the Levant : Isabel Burton, Jane Digby (who amongst other romantic attachments married Count Spyridon Theotocky, and co-habited with Christdoulos Hadji-Petros in Othonian Greece c. 1840-1850) Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Isabelle Eberhardt. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 038470

Catalogue: Women Explorers & Travellers

Keywords: Travel Books Women Isabel Burton, Jane Digby, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Isabelle Eberhardt. Greece 1840-1900 Digby, Jane

DU BOULAY,JULIET

Portrait of a Greek Mountain Village

Limni,Evvia,Greece, Denise Harvey. 0, Reprint. (ISBN: 9607120051) Soft cover. Book, (New - will be sent to you direct from the publisher in Greece) fascinating for the student of Aegean history or of the contemporary, but now disappearing, Mediterranean way of life. The author distils her experiences as a traveller and knowledge as an anthropologist in this presentation of Greek village life, revealing the spiritual vision, social dexterity, intuitive symbolic perception and strength of character of these people. Eloquent. Survey of the changing lifestyle of a village in Evia Reprint of 1974 ed. OUP. 296p. illus.bibliography. New Book from Greece.

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Book number: 044203

Catalogue: Women in Greek Society

Keywords: 9607120051 Modern Creece Sociology Evia Euboia Evvia Women in Greece Greeks - Social Studies & Anthropology Greece - Social Life & Customs

CAPLAN, PAULA

Lifting a Ton of Feathers : A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World

Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1993. (ISBN: 0802074111) Soft cover. Book, "No young woman setting out on an academic career should be without this book. Paula Caplan has provided an invaluable road guide to all the pedagogical potholes she may encounter, from unwritten rules to current myths of academia" 273p, bibliography. As New.

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Book number: 041296

Catalogue: Women

Keywords: 0802074111 Women Education Social Sciences Studies Feminism Women in P. Bibliography Canada Aaedemia

SASKATOON WOMEN'S CALENDAR COLLECTIVE.

Herstory 1976 : a Canadian Women's Calendar

Edmonton AB, Hurtig Publishers. 1975, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 0888301014) Spiral Binding. Ephemera, Diary pages with quotations and significant events relating to women in Canada are interfiled with short biographies of Canadian women emphasizing their significant achievements together with sources and a useful bibliography.124p. illus. index. bibliography. UNUSED [WorldCat lists only 2 copies]. Fine.

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Book number: 042735

Catalogue: Women

Keywords: 0888301014 Women Canada Canadian Calendar Calendars Diaries Daybooks Journals Xcan002 Canadian Women Biographies - Canadian

DALBYOVA, LIZA [LIZA CRICHFIELD DALBY]

Gejsa

Prague, Ivo Zelezný. 2001, First Thgus. (ISBN: 8024020467) Hardcover. Book, Liza Dalby, an American anthropologist specializing in Japanese culture and an outstanding writer, became the first foreigner to become a true Geisha. At the age of twenty-eight, she entered the community of geishas in Kyoto, a mysterious closed world of women whose vocation is to entertain men, an exciting world of tradition, charm, beauty and eroticism, long tied to mystery and romance for Europeans. Translation into Czech by Zdenka Vasilieova. 273p.illus. [2 copies found in Worldcat]. New/New.

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Book number: 045994

Catalogue: Women

Keywords: 8024020467 Japan Geisha Women Books in Czech Xze 001 Japan Books in Czech

DALVEN, RAE (EDITOR)

Daughters of Sappho : Contemporary Greek Women Poets

Madison, NJ,, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 1994, 1st US Ed.. (ISBN: 0838634702) Hardcover. Book, Poems by Maria Polydhouri, Zoe Karelli, Rita Boumi Pappa, Dhialehti Zevgholi Ghlezou, Alexandra Plakotari, Melissanthi, Ioanna Tsatsou, Heleni Vakalo, Lina Kasdhaghli, Olga Votsi, Victoria Theodorou, Lydia Stephanou, Maria Servaki, Maria Kentrou-Agathopoulou, Kiki Dhimoula, Nana Issaia, Yolanda Penghli, Zephy Dharaki, Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, Pitsa Ghalazi, Ioanna Servou, Rea Ghalanaki, Pavlina Pampoudhi, Jenny Mastoraki, Veronica Dhalakoura.261p.bibliography. As New/As New.

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Book number: 041876

Catalogue: Greek Women Writers

Keywords: 0838634702 Greek Poetry Women Poems By Maria Polydhouri, Zoe Karelli, Rita Boumi Pappa, Dhialehti Zevgholi Ghlezou, Alexandra Plakotari, Melissanthi, Ioanna Tsatsou, Heleni Vakalo, Lina Kasdhaghli, Olga Votsi, Victoria Theodorou, Lydia Stephanou, Servaki,