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TLS,; 1 pp. Boston, March 30, 1940 to Mrs. Clara May Paine.
Deland writes to thank Mrs. Paine who had sent her photos of her relatives The Mitchells. "The little picture of "Mary Lu" in her garden, is very pleasant. When she was in Cambridge I didn't see her as frequently as I would have liked to, but there was something about..... More
ALS, 2pp. to Miss Gilder; March 17, 1909, written when she was 90.
Some fading from framing, marginal repairs with tape, good. Howe describes a photo for publication, explaining part of her family tree: "Henry Shaw, son of my grand daughter, Julia Ward Richards and Carlton Shaw, her husband ... I have no objection to giving his name to the magazine ..." Written..... More
ALS, 2pp.; on 12 x 6 in. paper with the letter of "The World's Industrial Centennial Exposition: Dept of Woman's Work, June 5th, 1885, My dear David
In very good condition. Included is a small broadside by Howe about the New Orleans Exposition (1884-1885), noting the need for the work of women to be represented at the exposition. (not in BAL). Typed transcription of the letter included. Howe writes to "David" about depositing of her semi annual..... More
HEAVEN MY HOME; "I'm going home"
Boston: Larrabee, 1893. Sheet music. 4to, pp. 5 including front. "Dedicated to the memory of the late Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks..." Words and music by Hunter, arranged by Ward. Cover printed in black, with portrait of the Rev. Brooks in center. Back and edges appear sun-browned, slightly chipped, o/w VG..... More
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES PAST EIGHT
NY: Dial, 1929. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 267. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Ex library. Dust jacket flaps pasted in at back. VG. More
MATINEE TOMORROW; Fifty years of our theater
NY: Whittlesey House, (1949). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 340. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Illustrated. VG in chipped and price-clipped dj. More
MISS QUIS; A play in three acts
NY: Random House, (1937). Special edn. 8vo, pp. 160. 1/150 copies, signed by Morehouse. VG in chipped and little soiled dj. A play. More
A SINGULAR LIFE
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. Seventh thousand. 8vo, pp. 426. Light green cloth, stamped in doark green and gilt. Owner's bookplate on pastedown, anme on flyleaf. Cover a little soiled, and somewhat worn at ends of spine and corners, o/w VG. A novel. More
THE GROCER'S HAND-BOOK; and directory for 1886,
Philadelphia: Phildelphia Grocer Publishing Co, [1882]. 8vo, pp. 305. Bound in black cloth, hinges tender, contemporary name on end paper, color of water spots, very good clean copy. With some color chromolithographic plates, 14 pages on tea, etc. First published in 1882. The text is an alphabetical listing items which..... More
THE LANDSCAPE OF MODERNITY; Essays on New York City, 1900-1940
NY: Russell Sage Foundation, (1992). First printing. 8vo, pp. xiv, 370. Notes, references, index. Illustrated with maps, photos, drawings and plans. Maroon cloth. A nice copy in dj. More
MEMORIAL. Lizzie Cheney Ward
Denver, CO: n.p., 1933. 12mo, pp. 31. Stiff wrappers, gilt lettering on front. Frontis portrait. Cover worn, o/w VG. Includes a biographical sketch, poems by the subject, and Dr. Ward's commitment words at the mausoleum. More
FEMALE POLICY DETECTED; or, the arts of a designing woman laid open by E. W.
London: for the booksellers, [1822?]. from the 100th edition. 12mo, pp.iv, [5]-106. Bound in little soiled printed boards with a reproduction of the frontispiece on the rear cover. Some soiled and little worn. To the apprentices of England and America, this is armour to defend you from the darts thrown..... More
RIVERLISP; Black memories
Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 1974. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 154. Flyleaf missing, o/w VG in dj. More
LESTER WARD AND THE WELFARE STATE
Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill, (1967). First printing. 8vo, pp. xli, 442. Bibliography, index. Edited by Henry Steele Commanger. Blue cloth. Owner's name on flyleaf, top edges little stained,a little light pencil marking in margins, o/w VG in chipped dj. Essays in which Ward concentrates on his social thought, his philosophy of..... More
ROBERT BROWNING AND HIS WORLD:; Two Robert Brownings? [1861-1889]
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 337. Notes, index. Frontis portrait. Picture of the author pasted on flyleaf, something removed from back pastedown. Cover little scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy; no dj. More
OLD COLONY DAYS.
Boston: Roberts, 1896. Ex lib, label on pastedown, embossing on title, label on spine, o/w VG. Essays about the colonial history of New England--Governor William Bradford, the early clergy in the colonies, the Salem witch trials, and Judge Sewall of Boston, who kept a journal of daily occurrences, much in..... More
THE STORY OF BESSIE COSTRELL
NY: Macmillan, 1895. Small 8vo, pp. 180. Tan cloth, stamped in green, white and gilt. Cover somewhat soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
BIRTH WEIGHT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; Women's living standards in the industrializing west
Chicago: University of Chicago, (1993). 8vo, pp. xv, 218. Appendices, notes, references, index. Illustrated with charts. Near fine in dj. More
ELEANOR; A novel
NY: Harper, 1900. Albert Sterner. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo, pp. 627. Illustrated by Albert Sterner. TEG. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. covers little worn, one hinge tender, one near, o/w VG. More