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NY: September 18, 1890. Folio, pp. [623]-626. Self wraps. A very good copy. On the occasion of the discussion about admitting women into the General Conference. This contains 16 signed articles on both sides of the question. Most of the articles are supportive of the women although the editorial position..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Divinity School, 1977. 4to, pp 20, 29, 16, 9, 10, 9. Copies of the different papers, in a binder with linen back and hinges. VG. Papers by Valerie Saiving, John Cobb, Marjorie Suchocki, Sheila Greeve Davaney, Penelope Washburn and JeanLlambert. More
1917. Narrow 12mo, pp. 16. A flyer printed for Bernhardt's last American tour. Consists of an outline of events in her career (she was 72 at the time of the tour, apparently), a few reviews and a list of the repertoir she was performing. The flyer was used at the..... More
Worcester, MA. quarto, pictorial wraps, 14pp. Some water staining, very good. 4 issues. This offers a wide range of political articles about Massachusetts and national politics aimed at and having to do with the interests of women. More
Brooklyn: L.E. Stearns, photographer, ND (1880's?). A clean image on a card-board mount (corners broken off the mount, not affecting the image). The image shows 28 women in nursing uniforms as was as a "Miss Camp" the superintendant posed in front of a building, probably a graduation photo, as the..... More
c. 1870. Photograph with curved top, about 8-1/2 inches wide by 5-5/8 inches at its tallest point, mounted on cardboard. No identifying marks. Lower right corner of backing missing, but photo intact. The women appear to be school teachers. In front of them is a low table with school bells..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1974. Supplement to the University of Michigan papers in women's studies. 8vo, pp. 165. Paper wraps. VG. Papers on women's studies subjects. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1891. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 406. Bound in blue cloth (hinges neatly repaired, closed tear to the final leaves), a very good copy. This includes a wide range of speeches and reports about the morality of temperance, the tactics to be used to enforce it, poitical..... More
London: William Pickering, 1846. First Edition. 8vo, pp. [iv], 412 + the November, 1846 Pickering catalogue. Bound, with new endpapers, in 3/4 crimson morocco (spine faded), a very nice untrimmed copy. The case whose facts William Roughead felt surpassed those of "Bardell v. Pickwick", with the plaintiff audaciously forging an..... More
Boston: Humphrey, 1913. Large 8vo, pages not numbered. Donor's presentation onflyleaf, cover little stained and worn, o/w VG. A short istory and description of Radcliffe, with drawings of various buildings associated with the college. More
Madison, Wisconsin. Printed wraps, 96pp. VG. A periodical, this issue devoted to women. Articles on the family, Women's Liberation, Women & the Socialist Party, From Feminism to Liberation: Bibliographic notes, etc. More
NY: Sorosis, 1968. 8vo, pages not numbered. Heavy paper, sewn, with a gold cord and tassell as decoration. Cover slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. A program for a celebratory breakfast held at the Empire Room of the Waldorf-Astoria. More
London: Gibbings, 1903. Small 8vo, pp. 211. Index, 8 illustrations. Related and collected by Peter Cunningham with the author's latest corrections and all the original illustrations. Cover somewhat soiled, spine sunned o/w VG. The English actress acted in Dryden's plays. More
8vo, pp. 365-380. Printed wraps, VG. Includes reviews of work by Edith and Grace Abbott, Eliza Burt Gamble, Elsie Clews Parsons, Mary E. Richmond, Vida Scudder, etc. More
Boston: Commercial Photo Co., (1896). Lacks parts of the mounting, little faded. More
London: Kelly, 1821. One of a number of editions issued the same year. 8vo, pp. xx, 664; viii,719. Bound in contemporary tree calf (rebacked in calf), with new end papers, half title in each volume. Double page engraved title-page in each volume. Illustrated with 24 (of 25) engraved portraits. A...... More
NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1977). First Edition. Wide 4to, pp. 95. Edited, with an introduction by Jane Douglass. Foreword by Julie Harris. Generously illustrated. Most of the photos never before published. A nice copy in little chipped dj. Diary of child star Elsie Leslie. She played both Prince and Pauper for..... More
Los Angeles: UCLA, 1990. 8vo, pp. 161. Paper wraps. Inscribed by Clare Spark to the poet Paul Metcalf and his wife. Includes an article, "Who's Crazy Now?": An essay dedicated to Christopher Hill, by Clare L. Spark. More
1888. May have been removed from a Harper's Weekly. 11-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch image in a cream matt. Fine. The image show 7 women in a crown voting and waiting in line. More
Boston MA: 9 To 5, 1974. Thirteen 8-1/2x11 inch sheets plus cover sheet, stapled at left. Printed one side. VG. More
St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan, 1928. First printing. Vol. I only. 8vo, pp. xiv, 305 plus index. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Ex library, with stamps and spine label. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. More
Paris: Le Clere, 1801. First Edition. Two volumes in one. 12mo, pp. xii, 332, (1); (3) 348. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Bound in little worn contemporary French calf, spine gilt. A very good clean copy. Querard I, p. 2. Rare, not in OCLC. OCLC does list another book by..... More
NY: Source Book Press, (1970). First printing of a reprint of the 1909 Appleton edition. 8vo, pp. xxii, 408. Bibliography, index. Red cloth. A nice copy. More
NY: Harper, (1851). 12mo, pp. 328 plus catalog. Illustrated with engravings and a colored title page. Red cloth, blind-stamped, with gilt lettering on spine. Some moisture stains on first few pages, a little foxing inside; cover somewhat worn and soiled, o/w VG. More
