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"The latest volume of Miss Richardson's series of novels describes Miriam's Swiss experiences. After a journey across France she feels that first sharp sense of Switzerland which few can miss, and soon she finds herself caught into the social life of a world which is described with remarkable insight. Dorothy Richardson knows the summons of unknown peaks and the enchanted promise of mountain heights. She can depict with equal success the keen young Englishman collecting members for the Ski Club, or the Italian business man on holiday from Milan. Her art brings the whole delight of Switzerland before the eyes"--From dust jacket.
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With envelope. Also enclosed: typewritten transcription and research notes (3 p.). Cataloger's Note: Miss Bishop was the niece of Dr. George Bird but there is no agreement as to her full name: "Miss E. H. Bishop" (Lovell); "Miss H. E./H. Ellen Bishop" (Kirkpatrick & Casari).
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Intense letter about gynecology and women's medical issues, possibly including abortion, from a Miss Dodge in New York City to a Mr. Maltbie. Dodge's letter concerns her friend (Maltbie's female cousin) who is "in a state of despondency & distress". It appears that this cousin, Miss Boynton, is the victim of an inept obstetrician. Miss Dodge appeals to Maltbie to get proper medical car for Boynton. In a post-postscript, the letter contains a reference to gynecologist Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919), co-founder of the Women's Hospital of New York.
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Image of boat designer William Burgess standing inside a boat he designed named the Miss Iona in a vacant lot in Santa Monica, California. The boat has "Burgess" "Santa Monica" "Universal Blue Jacket" and "Miss Iona" printed on the outside and a hooded falcon logo on the rudder.
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A rediscovered classic: Eve Babitz's wry, tender coming-of-age tale of 1970s LA. It is the 1970s in LA, and Jacaranda Leven - child of sun and surf - is swept into the dazzling cultural milieu of the beautiful people. Floating on a cloud of drink, drugs and men, she finds herself adrift, before her talent for writing, and a determined literary agent, set her on a course for New York and a new life. Sex & Rage is a recently rediscovered classic from author Eve Babitz, herself a muse to many an artist, writer and musician in the 1970s. A semi-autobiographical novel, it charts the highs and lows of a life lived at the limits, and transports the reader to a sunnier, dreamier, more reckless time and place.
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Image of an advertisement for Miss Träumerel by Albert Morris Bagby featuring a seated woman playing the piano, large flowers in foreground.
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