Women
ENTERTAINING STORY OF KING BRONDE
1868. DIAZ, Anna M. [actually Abby Morton] THE ENTERTAINING STORY OF KING BRONDE, HIS LILY AND HIS ROSEBUD. With Illustrations by W. L. Sheppard. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, (1868). First edition of the author's first book - despite having contributed to many periodicals (The Atlantic Monthly, St. Nicholas, The Youth's..... More
DONALD AND DOROTHY
1883. DODGE, Mary Mapes. DONALD AND DOROTHY. With original illustrations. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1883. First edition. 8vo, brown cloth, spine in gilt; xii + 355pp. Slight rubbing at edges of cloth; overall, very good. (BAL 4776). More
FLOYD GRANDON'S HONOR
1884. DOUGLAS, Amanda M. FLOYD GRANDON'S HONOR. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1884. First edition. Olive cloth, scuffed, with noticeable wear at spine ends and corners. Text shows foxing, slight over-opening. Good. (Wright III 1605). More
GALLERY OF WOMEN
FE. DREISER, Theodore. GALLERY OF WOMEN. In Two Volumes. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition, second printing, same month (Novemeber) as first edition, so stated on copyright page. 2 volumes. This is a fine set of books in dust jackets that are somewhat darkened and faded with publisherd notation..... More
ABRIDGMENT OF MILNER'S CHURCH HISTORY
1817. EATON, Rebecca. AN ABRIDGMENT OF MILNER'S CHURCH HISTORY for the Use of Schools and Private Families. Andover, Ma.: Flagg & Gould, 1817. First edition. xii, 324 pp. Small 8vo., brown leather printed in gilt to black lettering piece on spine. Pencil to text and end pages; ink ownership to..... More
SEVEN MESSAGES TO THE MOTHER CHURCH
1935. EDDY, Mary Baker. SEVEN MESSAGES TO THE MOTHER CHURCH. Boston: Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy (1935). 118 pp. 12mo., brown cloth stamped in gilt. Fine, but for ink gift inscription on first blank recto. Cloth and gilt bright and clean, no shelfwear. Texts from 1898-..... More
NURSE AND SPY IN THE UNION ARMY
1865. EDMONDS, S. Emma E. NURSE AND SPY IN THE UNION ARMY: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields. Hartford, CT: W. S. Williams & Co./Philadelphia and Cincinatti: Jones Bros. & Co./Chicago: J. A. Stoddard & Co., 1865. 384 pp. 8vo., brown cloth with..... More
EHON CHIYOMI GUSA
1755. [EHON] Nishikawa SUKENOBU. EHON CHIYOMI GUSA. 3 vols. Original title labels [original? covers], Kyōto, Hishiya Jihei, Hōreki 5 [1755]. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, o^hon, 26.0 x 19.0 cm. Sukenobu's classic compendium of images of women in Kyōto. His lifelong interest in women and their costume is demonstrated in this work..... More
THREE GENERATIONS
FE. ELLIOT, Maud Howe. THREE GENERATIONS. With illustrations. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923. First edition. The lettering at the spine is a bit faded, else this is a near fine, clean copy in a dust jacket faintly sunned at the spine, with mild shelfwear... More
MEMOIRS OF LADY FANSHAWE, WIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE,
1829. FANSHAWE, Lady. MEMOIRS OF LADY FANSHAWE, WIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE, BART. ... TO WHICH ARE ADDED, EXTRACTS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. lxiii + 395 + 5 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., half art vellum over marbled paper covered boards..... More
PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES ET LE CONFIDENT REUNIS
1847. [FASHION - WOMEN'S - PERIODICAL] LE PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES ET LE CONFIDENT REUNIS: TOME VII, NOS. 1-17, 22-24; TOME IX, NOS. 1-13, 15-17. Paris: Imprim. Schneider et Langrand, 1847 and 1849. Thirty-six issues illustrated with 72 lovely hand-colored engraved plates, of which 33 are by Heloise Leloir and..... More
EDGEWATER PEOPLE
1919. FREEMAN, Mary E. Wilkins. EDGEWATER PEOPLE. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1918 (This is a later printing in 1919, code D-T). 315 pp. 8vo., quarter red cloth stamped in gilt, orange paper covered boards. Moderate shelfwear, corners bumped. Spine slightly rolled. Samll chip to half title preceding text. Quite..... More
LIEBGARDE. EINE GESCHICHTE AUS DEM KRIEGE
1863. FREMONT, Jessie Benton. DIE LIEBGARDE. EINE GESCHICHTE AUS DEM KRIEGE. Boston: Ticknor und Fields, 1863. First German-language edition of The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the [American Civil] War, issued in the same year and by the same publisher as the first edition. 187 pp. 18mo., publisher's..... More
DIE FRAU IN DER KARIKATUR
1907. FUCHS, Eduard. DIE FRAU IN DER KARIKATUR. Munich: Albert Langen, 1907. Later printing. The first printing was 1906. Profusely illustrated with 446 text illustrations and 60 tipped in plates, of which many are double-page or folded and color. x, 487 pp. Thick 4to., tan brushed cotton, lettered in gilt..... More
LOVES OF PELLEAS AND ETARRE
FE. GALE, Zona. THE LOVES OF PELLEAS AND ETARRE. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. First edition. Ex-library copy, with library stamp on the front pastedown and pocket removed from rear. Owner's name on flyleaf, the boards fairly shelfworn. A good reading copy. More
BIRTHDAYS FROM THE OCEAN
FE. GARDNER, Isabella. BIRTHDAYS FROM THE OCEAN. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First edition of the author's first book. Pictorial paper boards. A particularly nice copy, in a dust jacket mildly sunned on the spine. More
SIR CHRISTOPHER
1901. GOODWIN, Maud Wilder. SIR CHRISTOPHER. A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, and other artists. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. First edition. 8vo., green cloth, decorated in gilt; x + 411pp. + ads.. Rubbing at spine ends, else near fine... More
MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY
1809. GRANT, [Anne] Mrs.. MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY: with sketches of manners and scenery in America, as they existed previous to the revolution. New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell, by D. & G. Bruce, 1809. Same year as the two-volume first American edition published at Boston. viii,344 pp. 12mo...... More
REPUBLICAN COURT
1856. GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot. THE REPUBLICAN COURT, or American Society in the Days of Washington. With Twenty-one Original Portraits of Distinguished Women, Engraved from Orginal Pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Gainsborough, Stuart, Trumbull, Pine, Malbone, and Other Contemporary Painters. New and Revised Edition. New York; D. Appleton and Co., 1856. Small..... More
CACTUS AND PINE
1911. HALL, Sharlot M. CACTUS AND PINE, SONGS OF THE SOUTHWEST. Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1911. First edition of the author's first book. [xii], 204 pp. Octavo, publisher's green cloth binding, decorated in dark green with gilt lettering on upper board and spine, top edge trimmed and gilt, other..... More