San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company, 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Printed by the Tomoye Press under the direction of John Henry Nash in Feb. 1910. [4], 26, [2] p.; 19 cm. First edition. Original plain grey wrappers (stitched but never bound). Deckle-edged watermarked paper. Ornamentation on title page and first..... More
New York: Slow Motion Press, 1985. Paperback. Cover illustration from a painting by Teresa Ratel. [6], 18 cm. 22 cm. Stapled wrappers; front wrapper illustrated. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription by the author on title page. (The front wrapper looks rubbed in the center section of the illustration, but that..... More
New York: Baker and Taylor Company, 1898. Hardcover. vi, 313 p.; 19 cm. Publisher's light green cloth, with dark green pattern on spine and front board. Gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. Former owner's inscription at head of title page: Maria H. Eakin, April 1899. Possibly Maria..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1988. Paperback. First Midland Book Edition. ix, [3], 147, [1] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Part of the series Everywoman: Studies in History, Literature, and Culture. The author examines the history of attempts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the context of previous successful amendments..... More
Baltimore: F.D. Benteen, 1840. Sheet_music. [4] p.: music; 32 cm. Mrs. Price Blackwood was Irish poet Helen Selina Sheridan Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye (1807-1867). Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1835 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains melody..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. vii, [1], 176 p.: tables; 22 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket, as issued. First published in 1915 by the Public Education Association of the City of New York. Frances Helen Blascoer (1873-1938) was born into a a Sephardic..... More
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Philadelphia, Pa. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835. Hardcover. Vol. 1 of 2 volumes: 198 p.; 21 cm. Publisher's red cloth spine with plain paper over boards; printed paper spine label. Cord is stabbed through the pages and around the outside of the spine in two places. Pages are untrimmed. Former..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only: vii, [1], 348 p., frontispiece portrait of Nicholas I and 4 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Red cloth with bevelled edges and gilt-stamped spine title: Court and Diplomatic Life. Gilt-stamped emblem on front cover with motto "Fortes Fortuna Juvat." Light..... More
Hammondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1983. Paperback. 348, [2] p.: map; 18 cm. Paperback. Cover illustration by William Sloan. Ornithology and murder equals murder most fowl! In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; slight crease along front joint; pages are clean and tight. More
New York: Lorevan Publishing, 1987. Paperback. First Critics Choice edition 1986; third printing 1987. [8], 296 p.; 18 cm. Paperback. Murder off the coast of Maine. In Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; slightly cocked; 1/2-cm. tear from lower edge of front cover; pages are clean and tight... More
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2003. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 301 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket. Contents: "Written with a Hard and Ruthless Purpose:" Rose Wilder Lane, Edna Ferber, and Middlebrow Regional Fiction by Donna Campbell -- The Cosmopolitan Regionalism of Zona Gale's Friendship..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. Hardcover. xi, [1], 272, [3] p.; 21 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped author's initials on front cover. Top page edges red. Dust jacket with photograph of the author on the back section; in mylar cover. Stated First Edition. Former owner's..... More
Harmondsworth, Eng. Penguin Books, 1985. Paperback. 186, [7] p.; 18 cm. Paperback; cover illustration by Sharon Long. A collection of 15 short stories about human relationships by Irish author Clare Boylan (1948-2006). In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spine lightly creased; possible remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. Hardcover. xiv, 262, [4] p.; 21 cm. Pale yellow cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dust jacket designed by David Bullen. Brown endpapers. A collection of 25 articles, reviews, and memoirs. In Fine/Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
New York: Ace Books, 1963. 121, [2], 133 p.; 16 cm. Paperback printed in dos-a-dos style, containing two science fiction novels, each with its own front cover illustration and pagination, the pages starting at opposite ends of the book. Two pages of publisher's advertisements follows Alpha Centauri -- or Die!..... More
New York: Ace Books, 1964. 124, [1], 127, [4] p.; 16 cm. Paperback printed in dos-a-dos style, containing two science fiction novels, each with its own front cover illustration and pagination, the pages starting at opposite ends of the book. One page of publisher's advertisements on verso of first leaf..... More
New York: Minerva Publishing Co., 1892. Paperback. [2], 196, [2] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with brown cover printed in black. Romantic Series, no. 12. "July, 1892" -- on front cover. "by Mrs. Annie Bradshaw" -- on front cover. Advertisements on several pages and back cover for Scott's Emulsion, Van Houten's..... More
Argyle, N.Y. Spinsters, 1979. Paperback. 141, [3] p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Front cover photograph by Rita Hammond. The First Edition of the author's first novel. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed and lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight. More
Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1987. Paperback. [10], 117, [1] p.; 20 cm. Paperback; cover photography by Ron Wu. Part of The Crossing Press Feminist Series. Contains 12 short stories, some previously published and some semi-autobiographical. In Near Fine Condition: small ding in lower edge of front cover; otherwise, clean..... More
Seattle: Seal Press, 1985. Paperback. 269, [3] p.; 22 cm. Paperback; cover illustration and design by Deborah Brown. Originally published in Norway as Egalias Dotre in 1977. Part of the publisher's Women in Translation series. Publisher's advertisement for other titles in the series follows text. Although her works had been..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. x, 83, [1] p.: illustration; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title; author's initials blind-stamped on front cover. Top page edges red. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Conditon: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed;..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1931. Hardcover. "Eighty-sixth thousand." [2], 192 p., frontispiece portrait; 20 cm. Top page edges gilt. Polished black morocco over flexible boards with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration of spine and front cover. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Katinka Loeser. Written on the..... More
Port Townsend, Wash. Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Paperback. [2], 108, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Second printing. Olga Broumas (b. 1949) is a Greek-American poet who has received fellowships from the NEA, the Vermont Arts Council, and the Guggenheim Foundation, a Lambda Poetry Award, and has been poet-in-residence at Brandeis..... More
Rochester, N.Y. Stecher Lithographic Co., 1921. Paperback. [14] p.: color illustration; 35 cm. Illustrated card covers, stapled. "No. 28" -- at lower edge of front cover. Page count includes insides of covers. Each page contains an illustration and text telling the story of Jack the dog, who was a present..... More
Berkeley, CA: Ata Books, 1978. Paperback. [6], 160 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Near Fine Condition: corners rubbed; clean and tight. More