Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 154-222 p.; 27 cm. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of first page. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Contents include: Fragments of a Journal by a Virginian Lady [Judith Page Walker Rives] -- Sur les Etats Unis d'Amerique by Mr..... More
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. [12], 274, [2] p., [8] p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Maroon cloth spine with gilt spine title; light blue paper over boards with author's initials in gilt on front board. Dust jacket with author's portrait on back flap. The author, Nan Robertson (1926-2009), won..... More
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London: William Heinemann, 1898. Hardcover. [8], 272 p., engraved frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stapled spine title. Top page edges green. No dust jacket. Small label on back fixed endpaper for The Times (Book Club), London. Pencilled notation on front fixed endpaper indicating..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1982. Hardcover. xxii, 490 p., 16 unpaginated pages of illustration; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; "H.D." gilt-stamped on front board. Illustrated dust jacket designed by G.G. Laurens. First edition. American poet Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), known as H.D., moved to London in 1911..... More
Philadelphia: Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Philadelphia, 1935. Pamphlet. 18, [2] p.; 20 cm. Pamphlet; stapled. Cover title. Final 2 unpaginated pages contain a list of pamphlets published by the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Philadelphia, available from Maria H. Lansdale, Philadelphia. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt (1879-1936) was Assistant Secretary of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. viii, [2], 323 p., frontispiece and 4-page facsimile letter; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Includes index. Lacking dust jacket. Illustrated bookplate of the Upper Darby township Free Public Library on the front fixed endpaper indicating that Mrs. Charles..... More
London, Eng. Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. [14], 218 p.: frontispiece, 4 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black textured paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Includes sources, bibliography, and index. First Edition. ISBN 0-333-23806-0. Former owner's name on half-title page: Craig Horle, a...... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Paperback. xviii, [2], 584 p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes bibliographic essay and index. Recipient of the 1997 Pfizer Award for Outstanding Book in the History of Science. In Near Fine Condition: cover is lightly rubbed; clean and tight... More
New York: Center for Inter-American Relations, 1981. Paperback. 151 p.: illustrations (some color), map; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, with the assistance of the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. In Near Fine Condition: cover is..... More
Hamden, Conn. Archon Books, 1975. Hardcover. 191 p.: frontispiece portrait of Amy Lowell; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Light blue dust jacket printed in red. Red endpapers. Archon is an imprint of the Shoe String Press. The author, Glenn Richard Ruihley (1924-2011), was also the editor..... More
Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2006. Paperback. xiv, [2], 308, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Part of the series Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives. The author presents a study of over 200 women and their transformations while studying under men at universities, using "the tropes of classical mythology and Jungian..... More
London: Oresko Books, 1979. Hardcover. 101, [3] p.: illustrations, some in color; 30 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver spine title. No dust jacket. Heavily illlustrated biography of English poet and critic Edith Sitwell (1887-1964). In Near Fine Condition: back cover slightly rubbed; clean and tight... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. Hardcover. 415 p.: 16 unpaginated pages of photographs; 24 cm. White cloth spine with dark green spine title; light green paper over boards with editor's initials in dark green. Illustrated dust jacket with jacket photograph of May Sarton from 1934. Stated First Edition..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. Paperback. x, 388 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author examines the innate conflict between the popular view of women as weak and helpless while whey were also considered the keepers of the new nation's moral compass. She compares specific experiences in..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. Hardcover. x, 388 p.; 24 cm. Brown and yellow cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper dated 3/19/03. The author examines the innate conflict between the popular view of women as weak and helpless..... More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 80 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Victor Moore. Contents include: I Wanted To Be an Actress as told to Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick by Katharine Cornell [part 2 of 6] -- There's No Place Like Broadway by Walter Huston..... More
New York: Heresies Collective, 1982. Paperback. 47, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback. First appearance of Ntozake Shange's Moon Journey. Other contributors: Sharon Niemczyk, Nancy Buchanan, Nancy Linn, Faith Ringgold, Kazuko, Candace Hill-Montogomery, Barbara Latham, Sandra Payne, Thulani Davis, Helen Oji, Nan Becker, Janet Olivia Henry, Jenny Holzer, Joan Lyons..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Paperback. ix, [1], 493, [9] p.; 20 cm. Paperback; illustrated cover. Publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. A biographical dictionary of British women writers from Eliza Acton to E. H. Young. In Near Fine Condition: small puncture marks in lower corner of..... More
London: Constable and Co., 1928. Hardcover. xxxvi, 494, [2] p.; 24 cm. Yellow-green cloth with dark green Celtic knot design on front cover and spine; gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Lacking dust jacket. Top page edges gilt. Green endpapers. First edition, first printing with "were" for "was" on p. 442..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1961. Hardcover. 287, [1] p., 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Blue cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Blue and white dust jacket. Ex-library: stamped on front free endpaper and title page verso: "Withdrawn, Public Library Brookline." Perforated stamp on lower title page and top..... More
New York: Viking Penguin, 1990. Hardcover. xii, [2], 242 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black and white cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: black remainder mark on lower page edges; top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University, 2010. 2 volumes with leaves numbered continuously: xlvi, 390 leaves: illustrations, charts, tables; 28 cm. Black comb binders with clear covers. This the draft for dissertation defense and consequently contains a few ink marginal marks. The author examines the women working in the silk hosiery industry in..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1854. Hardcover. iv, [3], 10-239 p.; 18 cm. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Front free endpaper inscribed: "Madam Noyes with the respects of LH Sigourney Christmas 1854." A delightful look at those, like the author, in the..... More
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 90-152 p.; 27 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of front wrapper. Lists of subscribers and agents on wrappers. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Former owner's inscription at head of front wrapper: "S. Van..... More
1852. 1 sheet of blue paper (19 x 20 cm.). Handwritten notice that Mahlon Sims of the Muskingum County Court of Probate, on 14 Dec. 1852, certified Sabella Cleaveland as administrator of the estate of Thomas Cleaveland. With very faint embossed stamp of the court seal. In Hopewell Township, Muskingum..... More