New York: Basic Books, 1987. Hardcover. x, 275 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cloth with blue and gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author "examines prostitution during the major reform periods: the 1840s, with its surge of evangelical activism; the early twentieth century and the Progressive attack on prostitution;..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1984. Paperback. xix, [3], 266 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Foreword by Joseph P. Lash. Part of the publisher's series Everywoman: Studies in History, Literature, and Culture. Contributions by William H. Chafe, Elisabeth Israels Perry, Susan Ware, Winifred D. Wandersee, Joanna Schneider..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Hardcover. First U. S. Edition. [12], 452 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Off-white linen with gilt-stamped spine title. Dust jacket. The author drew on material not previously used -- "diaries, memoirs, letters, and newly discovered manuscript material kept by Austen descendants" --..... More
East Aurora, N.Y. Roycrofters, 1910. Hardcover. 143, [1] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 leaves of tissue-guarded plates; 20 cm. Leather spine with blind-tooled decoration; plain paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Brown endpapers. Woodcut decoration on title page and initial letters. Brown ribbon bookmark. Miriam Edition. Contents: George Eliot..... More
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 368 p.; 24 cm. Black paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Preface by Ela Gandhi, member of Parliament of South Afrida, member of the African National Congress, and originator of The World Conference on..... More
London / New York: J. M. Dent & Sons; E. P. Dutton & Co., 1927. Hardcover. xl, 393 p.; 18 cm. Maroon leatherette with gilt spine title, and gilt spine and front cover decoration (style 1). Top page edges gilt. Everyman's Library illustrated endpapers. No date of publication; former owner's..... More
London: Pandora / HarperCollins, 1994. Hardcover. ix, [1], 240 p., 16 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Blue textured paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author reexamines the life of Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956), wife of D.H. Lawrence, partially through Frieda Lawrence's own words. Book and..... More
Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. Paperback. xii, [2], 286 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the Bedford Series in History and Culture. After escaping from slavery in 1842, Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) wrote this account of her life, with the editorial assistance of author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Hardcover. viii, 383 p.: tables; 23 cm. Publisher's brick red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Rebound with original boards and original spine laid over matching cloth; new endpapers. Printed by Charles Dickens and Evans, Crystal Palace Press. Contents: Amusements of the People -- The Rationale..... More
New York: Oxfod University Press, 1978. Hardcover. xviii, 374 p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Light brown cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author "brings to light a wealth of material by and about domestic servants" from the Civil War to World War I. Book is in Fine..... More
Phoenix Mill, Eng. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996. Paperback. [2], xxii, 298 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. An "engrossing anthology, the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters" -- back cover. Includes index. Gift inscription on half title page. In Near Fine Condition: gift inscrption; otherwise, clean and tight..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Paperback. xi, [1], 3-374 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "In this brilliant account, Alice Kessler-Harris explores the transformation of some of the United States' most significant social policies. Tracing changing ideals of fairness from the 1920s to the 1970s, she shows how..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume in the series Women in the Political Economy, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg. [12], 247 p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with silver-printed spine title; color dust jacket. No price listed. First Edition. The author provides the first coherent picture..... More
Boston: Bedford Books, 1997. Paperback. xiii, [3], 252 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of The Bedford Series in History and Culture. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1971. Paperback. Policy Studies in Employment and Welfare, no. 11. x, 117 p.: tables; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author examined job place gender discrimination in the late 1960s and into 1970. She found that women were often overeducated for the jobs they held because..... More
Dresden: M. Wolf, 1900. Hardcover. Title continued: "Entwickelungsgeschichte, Schwangerschaft und Geburt, Krankheiten der Wöchnerinnen, Kinderkrankheiten und deren Behandlung, Geschlechtskrankheiten, deren Gefahren und Verhütung." "Fünfzehnte, vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage des Werkes Der Mensch. Mit 187 Text-Illustrationen, 31 anatomischen Farbendruck-Tafeln nebst einem zerlegbaren Modell des weiblichen Körpers." xvi, 1264 p., 32 leaves..... More
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London: J. Robinson; G. Woodfall; Lockyer Davis, 1753. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1: xi, [1], 263, [1] p.; v, [1], 125, [1] p.; 17 cm. (12mo). Contemporary full speckled calf; remains of black leather label in center of spine with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration on the rest of the spine..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. [2], xxv, [1], 386, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red and white cover with gilt spine title and author's initials on front cover. Dust jacket with jacket illustration by Mark D. Summers. Stated First Edition. "In this fresh and provocative approach to the..... More
Paris: A. Sautelet et Co., Éditeurs, 1829. Hardcover. Édition Revue et Préparée par l'Auteur. Tome Troisième. Brissot-Thivars, Libr., Alexandre Mesnier, Libraire. [4], 396, [2] p.; 22 cm. Volume 3 only. Polished calf spine and corners with marbled papers over boards. Gilt-tooled black morocco spine labels with author, title, and volume..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Hardcover. xvi, 445, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title. Black endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Women in Culture and Society, edited by Catharine R. Stimpson. "In this pathbreaking study, Micaela di Leonardo reveals the face of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1991. Hardcover. [6], 344 p., [16] p. of photographs; 24 cm. Purple and blue cover with silver spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Steve Snider. Includes a list of Colette's works and an index. Book is in Near..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. Hardcover. xi, [3], 226 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light orange-brown cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. No dust jacket. "Temple Univ." stamped on upper page edges. Includes bibliography and index. In Very Good+ Condition: "Temple Univ." stamped on upper..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Hardcover. ix, [3], 336 p.; 24 cm. grey cloth spine with pink spine title; pink paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. "Based on a vast arra of love letters, the book revelas the existence of a geniune openness -- even playfulness -- between..... More
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1938. Hofmeister, Adolf. Hardcover. 188, [4] p.: illustrations by Adolf Hofmeister; 21 cm. Orange cloth with black spine and cover titles; brown, black, and orange decoration of front cover to resemble a suitcase. Dust jacket with front section echoing front cover suitcase illustration. Publisher's advertisement for travel..... More
New York: Richard R. Smith, 1930. Hardcover. xvi, 417 p.; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with patterned blue cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title and cover title: Men and Books. No dust jacket. Title page printed in blue and black. Includes reflections on books by many authors including Ralph..... More