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16111Mary Gray Peck. The Woman Citizen's Library: A Systematic Course of Reading in Preparation for the Larger Citizenship. Chicago 1914. 31 pages. Volume 7 Part II: "Woman Suffrage." <br/>Rare typescript of historic book edited by progressive Christian theologian Shailer Mathews. This typescript consists of Part II of Volume 7 written by Mary Gray Peck American journalist and leading suffragist. Peck details women's roles in the history of the United States starting from when colonists first set foot on the continent. 8.5"x8.5". Typescript with annotations. 31 pages. <br/><br/>Peck was a University Professor but gave up her teaching post to focus on suffrage work and journalism full-time. In 1909 she became Headquarters secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. An exquisite writer she was notably the biographer for Carrie Chapman Catt one of the United States' most important suffrage leaders. In this typescript from 1914 Peck beautifully presents women's important roles throughout United States history and calls on women in 1914 to fight for their right to vote. "Every step of the way will have to be fought now in the day of victory as of old in the day of defeat." Very good condition cover page has some stains and a mark from paper clip all other pages are in near fine condition. OCLC reports a limited number of surviving sets in libraries and institutions and no typescripts are reported making this piece unique and extremely rare. unknown books
0278Nd/np 1933. Quarto. Original typescript of the short story "The Man Who Looked Like Himself" - 8pp. signed "C" with a number of corrections by the author together with a first edition of the book in a very good dust jacket.First published in book form in Caldwell's book of short stories "Kneel To The Rising Sun" The Viking Press New York 1935. An excellent short story examining the trials of a man who can't hold a job because his appearance isn't appropriate to his occupational choices. The Man "finds himself" and contentment when he becomes a butcher. Manuscript with a first edition of the book in dust jacket housed in a custom morocco backed clamshell specifically made to house both items together. <br/><br/> Nd/np [1933] unknown books
41406About 200 pages typed on recto only. b/w photographic prints tipped into text. <br /><br />English-born Phillips narrates his family's voyage to America his life ashore and at sea and his adventures in the Union Navy during the Civil War. In the manner of a true yarn spinner Phillips can't resist a good story as for example when he breaks off his account of his gunboat in the James River being shot at by a sniper to narrate anew the story of the "Alabama" and the "Kearsarge." After the Civil War Phillips worked on several vessels traveling between Boston South America and Europe and recounts many episodes from his time in South America in great detail. Unpublished and of historical value. This is an original typescript with the author's corrections prepared for his daughter Josephine who lived in Harvard Mass. Typescript contains a photographic portrait of Phillips and several copy photographs. Bound in limp suede and housed in a fine clamshell box with leather cover and spine labels. hardcover books
D11717England Russia India 19th century. Hardcover. Very Good. Half morocco and green cloth gilt-stamped ornament and lettering "Memories / E.C.B. / E.A.T.B." in spine compartments; small 4to 200x245mm; two sections of typed textpp. 95 109 divided by illustrations see below mounted to heavy cardstock leaves. The first section is dictated by Edward Clive Bayley to his wife Lady Emily and deals with his childhood years in Russia then moves on to India. It is accompanied by seven 100x145mm and eight 63x88mm view of Russia. The second section is dictated by Lady Emily beginning her story when she is 17 and moves to India and also including her time spent in England. It is accompanied by 4 sepia photographs 150x205mm showing interior and exterior views of a sprawling Delhi home. <br/><br/>Sir Edward Clive Bayley was an antiquary and administrator in India employed at East India College Haileybury in Bengal civil service in Meerut in Gujarat and in Punjab. He arrived in India in 1842 where he met and married Emily Metcalf in 1850; they had 13 children to whom this volume is dedicated. The couple returned to England so that Edward could study law then returned to India on the outbreak of the uprising -- in September Edward was ordered to Allhabad to assist John Peter Grant in his provisional goverment of the Central Provinces. Thereafter Edward served in a judicial capacity in Benares Azamargh Allahabad and Agra. He was a respected antiquarian and the foremost authority on India numismatics. Lady Emily returned to England with her husband upon his retirement in 1878 where she worked on their memoirs a portion of them published as "The Golden Calm" in 1980 and SOLD WITH a copy cloth in dust jacket. hardcover books