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    • (HAWAII.) Bennett, Chauncy C. Honolulu Directory, and Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands.
      Apr. 27, 2017

      (HAWAII.) Bennett, Chauncy C. Honolulu Directory, and Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands.

      Est: $7,000 - $10,000

      (HAWAII.) Bennett, Chauncy C. Honolulu Directory, and Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands. xii, 88, xiii-xxviii pages. 8vo, publisher''s 1/4 calf over printed boards with alternate title "Sketches of Hawaiian History and Honolulu Directory," moderate wear; front hinge split, lacking front free endpaper, flyleaf partially torn, very faint dampstaining to inner margin; bookplates on front endpapers, library stickers on backstrip, and small embossed library stamp on title page. Honolulu: C.C. Bennett, 1869

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LOUIE BENNETT, trade unionist and feminist.George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss, Blackwood n.d., with a fine inscription on f.f.e.p., ‘To Christabel Susan Manning, at her christening, from Louie Bennett. ‘Maggie Tulliver is the first discontented h
      Apr. 26, 2017

      LOUIE BENNETT, trade unionist and feminist.George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss, Blackwood n.d., with a fine inscription on f.f.e.p., ‘To Christabel Susan Manning, at her christening, from Louie Bennett. ‘Maggie Tulliver is the first discontented h

      Est: €300 - €400

      LOUIE BENNETT, trade unionist and feminist.George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss, Blackwood n.d., with a fine inscription on f.f.e.p., ‘To Christabel Susan Manning, at her christening, from Louie Bennett. ‘Maggie Tulliver is the first discontented heroine in fiction. She was a herald of the woman of the 20th century. ‘A “divine discontent” is at the root of every reform. ‘A “divine discontent” keeps the soul alive.‘Therefore a “divine discontent” is a desirable possession.’Louie Bennett [1870-1956] was herself ‘a herald of the woman of the 20th century’. A friend of James Connolly, though a pacifist, she was founder and first secretary of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Federation in 1911. She was general secretary of the Irish Women Workers Union for many years, and was the first woman President of the Irish Trade Union Congress.Christabel Manning was a daughter of Dr. James Fitzmaurice Manning of Dublin. She married Robert Alden Childers, third son of Erskine Childers (executed 1922) and brother of the politician Erskine Childers, fourth President of Ireland (1973-4). In March 1934 she was awarded a short story prize by Motley magazine. The judge was Sean O Faolain.

      Adam's
    • H Bennett. Two 19th century school oil on board
      May. 07, 2014

      H Bennett. Two 19th century school oil on board

      Est: -

      H Bennett. Two 19th century school oil on board drawings a tree lined path and cottage on a summer's day and another of boats drying sails with a spire in the distance each signed and framed 39 cm x 32.5 cm (2)

      Golding Young & Mawer
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