Paris: Printemps, 1931. Hardcover. 516 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Green covers with a faux leather look; gilt spine title: Au Printemps 1932. Gilt decoration and an illustration of a bird on the front cover. All page edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers with a stylized bird and flower illustration in blue. For... More about Agenda des Grands Magasins du Printemps 1932
New York: Marion Press, 1900. Hardcover. 94 p.: tables; 18 cm. Light blue cloth with dark blue stamped cover title: The Packer Collegiate Institute 1899-1900. Some pages are unopened. The Packer Collegiate Institute is a college preparatory school founded in 1845 as the Brooklyn Female Academy. It has always been... More about Annual Catalogue of the Packer Collegiate Institute: Joralemon Street between Clinton and Court...
1915. 5 typescript leaves in blue folded cover stamped "May 17 1915." Charles Muehlhauser died intestate on Dec. 24, 1874, leaving his widow, Mary Muehlhauser, and seven children. Mary Muehlhauser died on 3 April 1915 and by this document her remaining heirs released the dower righst to four tracts of... More about Charles Muehlhauser Estate Release of Dower 1915 to Jacob B. Kline
Durham, N.C. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 1943. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Printed in black and white. An advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. Includes photographs of Waring and various performers with the Pennsylvanians, as well as advertisements for Chesterfields. Among the performers profiled... More about Chesterfield Presents Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians in Pleasure Time
Williamsburg, Va. College of William and Mary, 1931. Hardcover. [14], 19-291, [13] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Black faux leather with embossed gilt spine title and cover title; front board has embossed gilt illustration and blind-stamped decoration along fore-edge. Blue marbled endpapers. Ex Libris on first page is filled in by... More about The Colonial Echo 1931 published by the Student Body of the College of William and Mary...
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1917. Hardcover. "With extracts from other documents, annexed to the note, relating to German branches of international law during 1914, 1915, 1916." [2], 81 p.; 26 cm. Brown speckled paper over boards with title printed in black on spine and front cover. Bookplate of... More about The Deportation of Women and Girls from Lille; Translated textually from the Note addressed by...
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1849. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 22 cm. Yellow wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter, along with wood and coal. The... More about Eighteenth Annual Report of the Executive board, and of the Ladies' Board of Managers of the...
Lynn, Mass. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1930. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Stapled; wrappers printed in yellow and black with a front wrapper photograph of a girl in a nurse costume taking care of her patient collie, signed: Anne Shriber. No date of publication but there is a.... More about First Aid [Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound pamphlet
New York: Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 1955. [8], 278 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Grey cloth spine with grey and green paper over boards. Green spine and cover titles. Brown patterned endpapers. Former owner's name on half title page, covered by a small label bearing the name of another former... More about Girl Scout Leader's Guide: Intermediate Program
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1984. Paperback. 91, [5] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Homage to Jane Austen by Marianne Langner Zeitlin -- My Father Dying [poem] by Barbara Elovic -- Elizabeht "Grandma" Layton: A Drawer of Pictures by Lynn Bretz -- Six Poems by Doris... More about Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts & Letters: Number 10
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1984. Paperback. 93, [3] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: A Candle for Edna Millay by Robert Erwin -- Three Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Portrait [poem] by David Ray -- Three poems by Ruth Whiteman -- Alice Pole... More about Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts & Letters: Number 11
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1985. Paperback. 178, [6] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: The Black & White Legacy of Käthe Kollwitz by Carol Jacobsen -- Flying in Your Own Food by Padma Perera -- Dreams & Rhubarb by Katherine Mansfield -- An Interview with Maxine... More about Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts & Letters: Numbers 12 & 13 Special Peace Issue
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1982. Paperback. 95, [1] p.: illustrations, record; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Georgia O'Keeffe and the Feminine Experience by Katherine Hoffman -- Notes on a Morning Gory: Mary Lou Williams an appreciation by Terry Teachout -- The Architecture of Julia Morgan by Richard... More about Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts & Letters: Spring 1982, Number 6
Japan: 1910. Hardcover. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards, 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the... More about Japanese Postcard Album with Lacquered Cover and Hand-Colored Real Photo Postcards
Philadelphia: John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, 1850. 1 receipt (8 x 20 cm.), printed along the upper edge: "John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, S. W. corner Eighth and Locust streets." E. P. Fritz purchased 72 loaves of bread at 27 loaves for a dollar. John Buddy was a.... More about John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery receipt
Buffalo, N.Y. World's Dispensary Medical Association. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. White wrappers, stapled along top edge. Front wrapper photo-illustration of a smiling woman in a big hat. Copyright date on front wrapper. Back wrapper woodcut illustration of the World's Dispensary building in Buffalo, N.Y. Odd-numbered pages 1-15 contain... More about Ladies' Note Book and Calendar
Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster General Hospital, 1912. Hardcover. Printed by Conn & Slote, Lancaster, Pa. 224 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Plain black cloth. No date of publication; section about the Lancaster General Hospital is dated 1912. Contains advertisements for Lancaster County businesses. Recipes include: apple snow; meat cakes; apple omelet; walnut... More about The Lancaster, (Pa.) General Hospital "Benefit" Cook Book of Priceless "Tried and...
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1844. Hardcover. [3], 448-556 p., frontispiece engraved portrait of Morgan Lewis; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Bound... More about The Legal Wrongs of Women [in The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review Vol. 14 no. 71...
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1850. Paperback. 32 p.; 23 cm. Green wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter, along with wood and coal. The intention... More about Nineteenth Annual Report of the Executive board, and of the Ladies' Board of Managers of the...
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1857. Hardcover. 68 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates (included in page count); 18 cm. Publisher's gray-green cloth with gilt-stamped cover title and publisher's emblem on front cover. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark green endpapers. Bound in at the front a sheet with... More about Nothing to Wear: An Episode of City Life (from Harpers Weekly); Illustrated by Hoppin
Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1941. Paperback. 79, [1] p., 4 large folded tables to be kept inside back wrapper: tables; 20 cm. Brown wrappers with black cover title. Four-digit number written in black at top edge of front wrapper. Circular stamp of Hochschule für Lehrerbildung, Bayreuth, on blank p. [6]; each... More about Richtlinien für die Leibeserziehung der Mädchen in Schulen; herausgegeben vom Reichsministerium...
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 298-360 p.; 27 cm. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of first page. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Contents include: The Women of France by J.L.M. -- The Poet's Destiny by a Young Lady, a Native of Virginia -- The... More about Southern Literary Messenger May 1839 vol. 5, no. 5
Cambridge, Mass. The Standard Diary Co., 1919. Hardcover. [approx. 100] p.: illustrations; 10 cm. Brown-red cloth with gilt-stamped emblem with "Standard Diary No. 512" on front. All page edges gilt. Illustrated title page. First pages contain miscellaneous information (tides, interest, holidays, astrology, etc.) The remainder are ruled calendar pages for... More about The Standard Diary 1920 [of woman in western Philadelphia suburbs training to be kindergarten...
Cambridge, Mass. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1924. Hardcover. 525, [3] p.: 1 leaf of engraved portrait of William Emerson, 5 leaves of heavier stock with color illustrations precede sections, many black-and-white photographs; 28 cm. Suede binding with black-stamped spine title and front cover illustration. Grey endpapers with "Ex Libris" printed... More about Technique vol. 39: The Yearbook of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Burlington, Vt. Dy-O-La Dye Co., 1926. Paperback. 31, [1] p.: color illustrations; 19 cm. Stapled; wrappers included in pagination. Brightly illustrated instructions on using Dy-O-La Dyes to dye scarves, clothing, pillows, and lamp shades, as well as using the dye to paint clothing and accessories. Techniques include tie-dye and batik... More about Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-O-La Dyes