San Francisco: Westgate Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Havelock Ellis; printed by the Grabhorn Press & published in Dec. 1929. [6], 30 p.; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title: Marriage To-day & To-morrow. Salmon paper over boards with gilt-stamped decoration on both boards. Title page... More about Marriage Today and Tomorrow
New Bedford, Mass. Mercury Publishing Co., 1916. Paperback. 24 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Stapled wrapper; wrapper title. Wrapper included in pagination. Reprinted from the Morning Mercury, Sept. 2, 1916. Wiliam M. Emery had been hired to find all of the descendants of Gideon Howland in order to settle a large... More about Gideon Howland's Kith and Kin by Wiliam M. Emery, Genealogist to the Trustees of the Sylvia Ann...
East Canterbury, N.H. Shakers, 1927. Paperback. 16 p.; 18 cm. Stapled pamphlet. Cover title. Although published anonymously, this pamphlet has been attributed to Sister Jessie Evans. Explains the history of the Shakers and provides a look at life in the Shaker community of East Canterbury, N.H., in the early 20th... More about The Story of Shakerism by One Who Knows
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 328 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-tooled armorial emblem of the Mill Hill School on the front board; both boards... More about Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay [Mill Hill School prize book
New Haven, Ct. Yale University Press, 1995. Hardcover. xxii, 442 p.: 16 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Blue paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliography and index. Yellow endpapers. No price listed. The "first attempt to provide a rounded portrait" of patriarchy "over... More about Gender, Sex and Subordination in England 1500-1800
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1882. Hardcover. xxviii, 378 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have bevelled edges. Black endpapers. Includes index. First American edition. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "S. S. Stafford Feb. 1882." Former owner's bookplate on front fixed... More about Memories of Old Friends: being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox, of...
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 64 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color illustration on front cover from an unfinished painting of Katharine Cornell by Henry Meloy. Contents include: I Wanted To Be an Actress as told to Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick by Katharine Cornell [part 1 of 6] -- Maggie... More about Stage: The Magazine of After-Dark Entertainment -- September 1938 vol. 15 no. 12 [Katharine...
London: Harding & Lepard, 1830. 1 leaf 28 x 19 cm. Image is 12 x 9.5 cm. "Engraved by S. Freeman." Stipple engraving of Catherine of Braganza as queen, with her hair in ringlets, wearing a loose gown and mantle fastened on her right shoulder. She is seated with her... More about Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles the Second ob. 1705; From the Original of Sir Peter Lely...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992. Hardcover. [10], 110 p.; 22 cm. Green cloth spine with green paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes 26 lyric poems as well as 3 longer poetic monologues that present American history through the eyes of 19th-century women: Sacagawea, Louisa May Alcott... More about Sure Shot and Other Poems
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1889. Hardcover. 448 p., frontispiece portrait of Charlotte Bronte; 17 cm. Dark green cloth spine with gilt-stamped title on black spine label; black-and-green marbled paper over boards. Top page edges green. Publisher's advertisements on two pages following text. Most pages are unopened. This is no... More about The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Mrs. Gaskell
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1989. Paperback. First American Edition. xxiv, 342 p., 24 unpaginated pages of illustrations, some in color; 23 cm. Paperback with cover design by Syndi Becker. Remainder mark on lower page edges. The English artist Dora Carrington (1893-1932) was associated with the Bloomsbury Group and... More about Carrington: A Life
Reading, Pa. George Getz, 1837. Hard Cover. Title continued: "Besides many other forms, useful to the farmer, mechanic, and trader." Second edition, enlarged and improved. xi, [1], 143, [1] p.: facsimiles, tables; 27 cm. Contemporary half calf with green paper over boards. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red... More about A General Collection of Forms and Precedents in Conveyancing: in Which the Most Abundant Examples...
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1987. Paperback. 166 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. First paperback edition. ISBN: 0316313173. Gift inscription from Phyllis Belk to Mary [Purcell], dated 1989, inside front cover. Many of these pieces first appeared on National Public Radio. In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; scraped at... More about Falling Through Space: the Journals of Ellen Gilchrist
New York: Columbia University Press, 1962. Hardcover. [10], 117, [1] p., frontispiece portrait of the author; 21 cm. Light blue paper over boards with white spine title and emblem of Barnard College on front cover. White dust jacket printed in purple. With, loose, a letter to the alumnae of Barnard... More about A Hoard for Winter
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Hardcover. First American edition. xvii, [1], 300 p.: 16 p. of unpaginated illustrations; 24 cm. White cloth with blue spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Gun Larson. Book is in Near Fine Condition: red remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise clean and... More about Rebecca West: A Life
Amherst, Mass. University of Massachusetts Press, 1997. Paperback. [12], 214, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Gift inscription on half title page from Bettye Collier-Thomas, one of the contributors. In Near Fine Condition: upper page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. More about African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965; Edited by Ann D. Gordon with Bettye...
New York: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. x, 253 p.; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with copper stamped spine title and beige paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. First edition. Remainder mark on lower page edges. In the title essay, Gordon examines novels by Dreiser, Faulkners, and Updike, where she finds... More about Good Boys and Dead Girls and Other Essays
South Brunswick, N.J. A.S. Barnes, 1977. Hardcover. 59 p.; 21 cm. Black cloth with silver-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half title page: "To Margaret M. Reilly, loyal colleague and friend, Affectionately, Rose Basile Green, April 12, 1978." The author's fifth volume of poetry... More about Woman: The Second Coming
Chicago: Stein Co., 1902. Hardcover. 510 p., frontispiece portrait of the author, 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations: many in-text drawings; 22 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown stamped spine and cover titles and front cover illustration. Includes index. The author, Joseph H. Greer (1851-1928), argues against wearing corsets and... More about Woman Know Thyself: Female Diseases Their Prevention and Cure; A Home Book of Tokology, Hygiene...
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Anglais, 1793. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. [24], 264 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. 19th-century repair of joints with dark brown linen; later repair of front joint with white linen. Small bookplate of the Lynn Public Library on front fixed endpaper; "Rules and... More about Legs d'un Pere a ses Filles par feu le Docteur Gregory = A Father's Legacy to his Daughters by...
New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2001. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C., February 9-April 8, 2001. 48 p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. Interior black metal comb binding with illustrated paper over boards. Black spine title; front cover illustration is embossed. Black faux calf fixed endpapers. Introductory... More about Nancy Grossman: Loud Whispers, Four Decades of Assemblage, Collage and Sculpture
Washington, D.C. American Historical Association, 1991. Paperback. viii, 108 p.; 22 cm. Paperback. Published by the Committee on Women Hiistorians and the American Historical Association. In Near Fine Condition: cover is slightly rubbed; clean and tight. More about Becoming a Historian: A Survival Manual for Women and Men
Worcester, Mass. Isaiah Thomas, 1793. Hardcover. "Sold by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester; by Thomas and Andrews, Boston; and by Thomas and Carlisle, in Walpole, Newhampshire." vi, 7-351, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: A-X8 (8vo). Full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: Female Family Physician. Woodcut head- and tailpieces... More about The Family Female Physician: or, A Treatise on the Management of Female Complaints, and of...
Garden City, N.Y. John Martin's House, 1917. Paperback. [60] p.: illustrations, music; 25 cm. Stapled paperback with illustrated cover. Printed in orange and black. Includes the song Hymn to Our Flag with lyrics by John Martin and music by Louise Ayres Garnett. Contains stories, poems, and illustrations, including Margaret Knight... More about John Martin's Book: A Child's Magazine Sept. 1917, vol. 16, no. 3
Trevoux, France: L'Imprimerie de S.A.S., 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. "Et se vend à Paris. Chez Jacques Etienne Libraire." 94, 145, [7] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "L'Inec aux Hommes." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining... More about De l'Indecence aux Hommes d'Accoucher les Femmes, et de l'Obligation aux Femmes de Nourrir leurs...