Beecher Life Thoughts

Hayes, Helen. A GIFT OF JOY. New York: M. Evans & Co.& Lippincott, (1965). 1965

Signed First Edition of this autobiographical portrait of the "First Lady of The American stage," as she was dubbed by the millions she captivated with her talent, grace, and charm. Revealing her thoughts, anecdotes on her career, reminiscences of t he famous and infamous she came to know through stage and film, Hayes' offers her legion of admirers a unique glimpse into her life. Best known for her roles as Queen Victoria, Mary, Queen of Scots, Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cl e opatra, Maggie Wylie in J.M. Barrie's, What Every Woman Knows, as Amanda Wingfield in, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams and opposite Gary Cooper in the film version of Hemingway's, A Farewell to Arms, Hayes' garnered numerous awards inc lu d ing three Tony awards, plus a coveted Tony for career achievement, two Oscars, an Emmy for her work in television and a Grammy for her unique recording of the Bill of Rights. New York's Fulton Theater was renamed in her honor on November 21, 19 55, "An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe that's good enough for one life." 8vo. 254 pp. Book design by Edward Gorey. Near Fine in original blue and purple boards (light sp otting at the top edge) in a near fine dustwrapper showing one closed tear on the front panel adjacent to the spine crown (two tiny closed tears on the back panel), a portrait of Helen Hayes, with some light offsetting at the spine fold on the i nsid e of the dustwrapper . Elegantly signed by Hayes on the ffe. A bright copy. Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Dust Jacket Included Hardcover

[SW: LITERATURE/NONFICTION/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/AMERICAN ACTRESSES/AMERICANTHEATER/AMERICANFILM/EDWARD GOREY/ACADEMY AWARD WINNER/MOVIE BOOKS/HARRIET BEECHER STOWE/TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/GLASS MENAGERIE/ERNEST HEMINGWAY/A FAREWELL TO ARMS/ ELECTRONIC LIST, WINTER]

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Beecher Henry Ward. Life thoughts, Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses. 14.9: Phillips, Sampson and Co., 01/01/1858.
HARDCOVER with NO dust jacket - Owner's name on endpaper. - some staining at edge of few pages - Light wear to covers.. 14693-ch-1st-smbk-.

HARDCOVER, B000K6MSP4. Used-Good.

[SW: Rare Used Books,]

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Beecher, Henry Ward [Elizabeth Sarah Garside Senter; C. Beach Bookseller & Stationer]: Life Thoughts, gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher by one of his congregation. Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, 1859

Good, cloth, no dj, spine ends frayed, some faint waterstaining to pages. This book was the property of Elizabeth Sarah Garside of Santa Clara and is signed and dated "Elizabeth Sarah Garside/ Santa Clara/ Oct. 1862" and has the bookseller stamp of "C. Beach, Bookseller & Stationer, 18 Montgomery St." 1862 is an early San Francisco appearance and also an early Santa Clara appearance. There is also a stamp on the book of "Eliz. S. Senter" so presumably one is her married name. There is a Senter Road in Santa Clara County and Garsides too.

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Vincent, John H. (foreword): Signal Lights; A Library of Guiding Thoughts By Leading Thinkers of Today, Detroit, Michigan F.B. Dickerson Company 1890
Very Good

An exceptional copy. Half leather with crisp gilt floral design and title to face board, plus equally crisp printing to spine which also boasts four raised bands. Attractive red and yellow marble page edges are clean as a whistle, as are pages which are untoned. Only faults are a small bit of wear to bottom corners and the removal of one blank page at front. Tightly bound with no cracking to hinges, either front or back. A compendium of thoughts on a variety of topics including intellectual and physical culture, the importance of home life, the home library, building character, music, making and keeping friends, manners, the practical education of women, business integrity and increasing brain power. A fascinating look at the mores and culture of the late Victorian era, from both a philsophical and religious viewpoint. Contributors include Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher on "Today and Fifty Years Ago;" John Clark Ridpath on "History and Historical Study; The Lessons of the Past Foretelling the Events of the Future; and Mrs. Kate Bearly Ford on "Practical Education of Our Daughters." 672 pages. . Reprint from 1888 No DJ Half-Leather

[SW: Philosophy. Religion. Education of Women. John Clark Ridpath. Philosophy]

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