1740. THE LADIES DISPENSATORY: or, Every Woman her own Physician. Treating of the Natures, Causes, and various Symptoms of all the Diseases, Infirmities, and Disorders, natural or contracted, that most particularly affect the Fair Sex, in all their different Situations of Life, as Maids, Married Women, and Widows. London: James..... More
1904. (ANONYMOUS). THE HIGHROAD. Being the autobiography of an ambitious mother. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1904. First edition. 8vo., green pictorial cloth. Slight foxing at endpapers. Fine. (Kramer 305: "The authoress of this interesting work has not been revealed.") (Women's studies)... More
1877. (ANONYMOUS). THAT HUSBAND OF MINE. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1877. First edition. 12mo., green cloth lettered in black. Edges rubbed with light spotting to the cloth. Very good, overall. (Not in Wright). More
1899. ANTIN, Mary. FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON. With a Foreword by Israel ZANGWILL. Boston: W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. First edition. 80 pp. 8vo., light reddish brown wrappers printed in black. Extremities of wrappers chipped, darkened. An acceptable copy of a fragile item. Included in the Masterworks of Modern..... More
FT. ATHERTON, Gertrude. MRS. PENDLETON'S FOUR-IN-HAND. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. The first separate appearance of this story, reprinted from A QUESTION OF TIME. Illustrated, with a portrait of the author as the frontispiece. Small 8vo, bound in decorated cloth. This is a fine copy... More
1881. BATES, Margret Holmes. MANITOU. Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1881. First edition, author's first book. 222 pp. 8vo., brown cloth printed in gilt and stamped in blind, all edges red. Puckering to pastedowns and light soil to forward end pages. Boards are soiled, stained, scuffed and skewed. Scarce, good plus..... More
FE. BEATTIE, Ann. FALLING IN PLACE. New York: Random House, (1980). First edition. 8vo. Slight skewing, sun to boards, spotting to fore-edge. About very good, in a sunned dust jacket. More
1849. BEECHER, [Catharine]. MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK: DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HER TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Third edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Early printing of the third edition. Wood-engraved text illustrations. [2],xiii,306,[2],24 pp., + 8 pp. ads. 12mo., publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped title at spine, sides..... More
1872. BEECHER, Catharine E. WOMAN'S PROFESSION AS MOTHER AND EDUCATOR WITH VIEWS IN OPPOSITION TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Philadelphia and Boston: George Maclean, 1872. 223 pp. 12mo., terra cotta cloth. As is. Ex-library with usual markings. Fair exterior: cloth splitting along front joint; general faint soiling; spine and corners frayed. Bookblock..... More
1917. BJORKMAN, Frances & PORRITT, Annie, eds.. WOMAN SUFFRAGE: History, Arguments and Results. "The Blue Book." New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing, 1917. Revised edition. 244 pp. 16mo., blue cloth, lettered printed in black on top board. This is a near fine copy, having only light spotting to upper board..... More
FE. BOGAN, Louise. ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICAN POETRY 1900-1950. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Very good, with slight foxing to fore-edge, in remnants of a sunned, price-clipped dust jacket. More
FE. BOGAN, Louise. ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICAN POETRY 1900-1950. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Very good, with slight foxing to fore-edge, in an edgeworn, slightly soiled dust jacket with sun to spine. More
FE. BOWEN, Marjorie. THE MASTER OF STAIR. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1907. First edition of Marjorie Bowen's second book (dedicated to Mark Twain). Green cloth with gilt lettering and vaguely Scottish decoration in red. Front hinge cracked, prelim. pages have small tear at gutter. Very good overall... More
1920. BROWN, Alice. THE WIND BETWEEN THE WORLDS. New York: Macmillan, 1920. First edition. Cloth slightly darkened and nicked at spine. Very good. More
1855. BUNKLEY, Josephine M. MISS BUNKLEY'S BOOK. THE TESTIMONY OF AN ESCAPED NOVICE FROM THE SISTERHOOD OF ST. JOSEPH, EMMETTSBURG, MARYLAND, THE MOTHER-HOUSE OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY IN THE UNITED STATES. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First edition. xii + (13-) 338 pp. + 10 pp. publisher's catalogue..... More
1913. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson. T. TEMBAROM. New York: Century Co., 1913. First edition. Inscription. Shelfwear to extremes; slightly shaken. Just very good. More
1913. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson. T. TEMBAROM. New York: Century Co., 1913. First edition. 8vo, brown cloth. A clean, near fine copy. (BAL 2119). More
1962. CARROLL, Gladys Hasty. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AND PHOTO (FAMILY CHRISTMAS CARD). Folded letter written in green ink, dated 1962, both sides of a 10.25 x 7.25 inch sheet of cream colored paper; also a b/w photo postcard of the Carrolls in Maine, with Merry Christmas and some red graphics..... More
1871. [COMINS, Lizzie B.] CAXTON, Laura. THE HARTWELL FARM. Illustrated by the author. Boston: Loring, 1871. 200 pp. + 4 pp. publisher's advertising. 12mo., brick colored cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Backstrip split 2" at center, affecting author name; heel and crown, edges slightly frayed. Flyleaves glued down..... More
1904. [CLAY, Virginia]. Ed. Ada STERLING. A BELLE OF THE FIFTIES: MEMOIRS OF MRS. CLAY OF ALABAMA, COVERING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE IN WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH, 1853-66. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. First edition. Inscribed on first blank recto by the editor, with her note on title..... More
1895. COONLEY, Lydia Avery. UNDER THE PINES AND OTHER VERSES. Chicago: Way & Williams, 1895. First edition, signed presentation copy. vii, 104 pp. 12mo., green cloth printed and illustrated in green, untrimmed, teg. Good plus with soil to boards, rubbing to tail of spine and bumped corner to lower board..... More
1895. CORSON, Juliet, ed. THE "HOME QUEEN" WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR COOK BOOK, TWO THOUSAND VALUABLE RECIPES ON COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY, MENUS, TABLE ETIQUETTE, TOILET, ETC. CONTRIBUTED BY OVER TWO HUNDRED WORLD'S FAIR LADY MANAGERS, WIVES OF GOVERNORS AND OTHER LADIES OF POSITION AND INFLUENCE. Chicago: John F. Waite Publishing..... More
1999. CRAWFORD, Elizabeth. THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. A REFERENCE GUIDE 1866-1928. New York: Routledge, 1999. 4to. 785pp. Black cloth stamped in silver to front and spine. Light wear to cloth. No dustjacket. Very Good. More