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20052-1413479294Xlibris Corp 2005. Paperback. New. 326 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. Xlibris Corp paperback
193663942Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1936. 8vo. 6 389 1 pp. Black publisher’s cloth dark red lettering minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Anton Otto Fischer minor creasing edgewear couple slight closed tears still VG/VG copy. First hardcover edition of this Alaskan novel first serialized as “The Captive Bride†in The American Magazine. Willoughby 1886-1959 noted Alaskan author of romantic fiction and nonfiction who was bestselling author through the 1920’s and 1930’s. Little, Brown, and Co., hardcover
193058585Boston: W.A. Wilde Co. 1930. 8vo. xv 1 402 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Blue cloth gilt lettering map endpapers w/ d.j. chipping & tear head of spine upper corner front cover affecting a few letters minor scuffing couple closed tears still NF/Fair copy from the library of Wilma Burmester Bishop 1887-1969 widow of Roy T. Bishop 1881-1950 former owner of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. First edition of this anthology of stories personal accounts and historical references to Klondike Gold Rush figures Native America Eskimos traveling the Yukon River and more by this famed Alaska pioneering woman. Mary Lee Davis arrived in Fairbanks in 1917 on the steamer Alaska because her husband John had been assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey to create a mine experiment station in Fairbanks. Mary Davis purchased the famed arts & crafts bungalow built by Lucille McCarthy now known as the Mary Lee Davis House. W.A. Wilde Co., hardcover
189233467San Francisco: California Publishing 1892. 8vo. 6 46 leaves. Photo frntsp. numerous photo plates. Illust. tan cloth mnr rubbng & bmpng to crnrs shlfwr sml clsd tear to title still a nice copy. First edition of this scarce work by the Los Angeles poet. A scarce San Francisco imprint of a charming book. California Publishing, hardcover
195540543New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1955. 8vo. x 309 1 pp. Numerous illustrations & photos. Half-red cloth over patterned boards w/ d.j. cover art portrait of Montez slght edgewear couple very small closed tears slight sunning to spine VG/VG-. First edition of this fascinating biography of Lola Montez 1821-1861 -- i.e. Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert courtesan dancer and also believed to have been the major inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Irene Adler and the “Scandal in Bohemia.†After nearly bringing down the government of Bavaria and King Ludwig I bigamously marrying Cornet George Heald in 1849 she began her very successful career as dancer during the California Gold Rush and married for 2 weeks Pat Hull California Newspaperman in Grass Valley California. Holdredge 1898-1986 studied at the University of Oregon debuted as an opera singer in 1919 touring until the 1920’s and spent much of her later career writing on noteworthy San Francisco women. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, hardcover
194556214New York: Funk & Wagnalls Feb. 1945. Tall 8vo. xiii 3 654 pp. Photo frntsp. photos illusts. Blue cloth gilt lettering minor shelfwear w/ d.j. chipping & tear to lower spine small tear lower fore-edge front cover old tape repairs still NF/G- copy. Revised and expanded 1945 edition first printing of this classic handbook on etiquette. The author has made a number of changes to account for wartime rationing as well as changing status for men and women with sections on where women should stay while their men are in training camp with wartime rationing men should definitely pay for a taxi in order to protect fragile and irreplaceable women’s clothing and even a chilling section on how to write your FBI office or local sheriff if local Junior Revolutionists are agitating. Funk & Wagnalls, hardcover
191168898New York: Duffield and Company 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good . 128pp. Duodecimo 19 cm Light brown paper over boards with printed paper title labels on the spine and front board. Ex-library with traces of library markings on the rear endpaper. Spine subtly darkened. Ex-libris Emma K. Willits with her bookplate on the front pastedown. Emma K. Willits 20 September 1869 – 9 April 1965 was a physician and surgeon who played a significant role in the development of Children's Hospital in San Francisco now the California campus Women and Children's Center of the California Pacific Medical Center serving as the head of the Department of General Surgery from 1921 to 1934. She is thought to be the third woman to specialize in surgery in the United States and the first to head a surgery department. A play set among the Paiute Indians. A nice association copy. Duffield and Company hardcover
194060958San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition 1940. 4to. 4 pp upaginated. printed on gold-coloured paper in red & black. Self-printed softcovers GGIE logo on banner minor shelfwear slight creasing at corner still VG copy. First edition of this scarce daily program printed on Treasure Island announcing the days’ events which in this case was Women’s Day. Dedicated to the Women of Western America the special events included Flower Arrangements Quilt Exhibit Art in Action Home Economics Hour Wine demonstration by Marjorie Glass as well as honoring with Tea & Reception many of the Bay Area Women’s organizations. Worldcat locates only 2 runs Cal State Fresno & City College of San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition, paperback
194863234New York: A.S. Barnes & Co. 1948. 8vo. 125 1 pp. Photo frontisp. photo illustrations throughout. Light green publisher’s cloth green lettering front cover & spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art of Babe Didrikson golf swings minor chipping & small tear head of spine creasing & edgewear still VG/G- copy w/ former ownership markings of Pacific Northwest golfer Lena Hillsman on ffep. First edition of this compact and detailed work by the 1948 US Women’s Open champion in 1948 detailing the fundamentals of the game and her stroke-by-stroke techniques. Didrikson 1911-1956 was considered one of the best women athletes in the first half of the 20th-Century who excelled at a myriad of sports qualified for five Olympic events in Los Angeles even though women were allowed to compete in only three setting a world record and winning the first Olympic 80-meter hurdels broke the world record with Jean Smiley in the high jump and dominated Women’s golf during the 1940’s. A.S. Barnes & Co., hardcover
193554569Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1935. Tall 8vo. 6 338 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illust. Green cloth black lettering & cityscape illustration on spine illust. front cover minor soiling & sunning to spine as usual faint tidemark ring on lower front cover still VG- copy. Early printing of this amazing story of a woman who died leaving an estate of over $100000000. Doubleday, Doran & Co., hardcover
192832754Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1928. Tall 8vo. xii 209 1 pp. Frntsp photo. Blue cloth gilt lettrng w/ G.P. Judd Centenary Luau Kualoa July 4 1928 place marker laid-in w/ frmr ownrshp signature dated July 19 1928. First edition thus of this fascinating memoir. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, hardcover
196458532Portland OR: Jantzen Inc. 1964. 12mo. 4 x 7.5 in. 24 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black. With photo & text illustrations throughout. Self-printed photo-illustrated softcovers “Smile†button pinned to front cover w/ iconic Jantzen swimmer logo slight shelfwear NF copy w/ dittoed index card laid in supplying business finance statistics on the company. First edition of this promotional catalogue for the storied swimsuit manufacturer whose slogan “Just wear a smile and a Jantzen†featured prominently in magazines trade literature roadside billboards and more at the time. Excellent photos are included of the entire manufacturing and design process from the dye house to knitting & cutting machines as well as sewing and finishing. The majority of Jantzen workers were women at the time. Also included are photos of the design merchandising and testing of Jantzen suits. No copies in Worldcat. Jantzen, Inc., paperback
192661473New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1926. 8vo. 350 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Dark-blue publisher’s cloth red lettering & ruling embossed News Service ownership stamp at lower right corner title w/ d.j. vivid cover art of flapper “Joanna†in red by Charles Wrenn minor chip & closed tear to lower fore-edge minor chipping head of spine VG/VG- copy. First Grosset edition this novel was released along with the First National flapper silent film now lost and directed by Edwin Carewe co-wrote screenplay with Lois Zellner and starred Dorothy Mackaill Jack Muluall and Paul Nicholson. Grosset & Dunlap, hardcover
193746322New York: Macmillan Co. 1937. 8vo. 8 323 1 pp. Beige cloth black lettering blue ruling slight shelfwear w/ d.j. vivid cover art in black white & blue of man in fedora with leopard head superimposed on bars by Norman Guthrie Rudolph minor rubbing head & foot of spine minor shelfwear NF/VG copy. First edition of the author’s only suspense mystery set against the backdrop of the London Zoo. Ashton 1891-1958 was a World War I nurse and later house physician at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Macmillan Co., hardcover
192161071Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co. 1921. 12mo. 58 2 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Colour frontisp. colour plates througout. Quarter-red cloth over decorated lilac-coloured boards colour plate front cover minor shelfwear rubbing w/ d.j. cover art by J.L.G. minor soiling thumbing still VG/VG- copy w/ former ownership markings on endpapers. First edition of this installment in the Altemus’ Peter Rabbit Series which they were able to publish and release in the United States as Frederick Warne had failed to secure a copyright for Beatrix Potters’ beloved originals in 1904 and initially as part of the Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Henry Altemus Co., hardcover
195063555Minneapolis MN: The American Photographic Publishing Co. 1950. Tall 8vo. xiii 1 188 2 pp. Photo portrait frontisp. photos throughout. Blue cloth red lettering w/ d.j. slight shelfwear very silght sunning still NF/NF copy. First edition stated of this classic methods manual for all photographers including tips and pointers from the noted Santa Monica CA photographer including pin-ups nudes publicity fashion portraits and more. The American Photographic Publishing Co., hardcover
196261408New York: Avalon Books Thomas Bouregy & Co. Inc. 1962. 8vo. 224 pp. Red cloth black lettering on spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Ed Emshwiller minor dustsoiling slight rubbing still VG/VG copy. First edition of this scarce Avalon Science Fiction title of this post-apocalyptic alien invasion novel in which nearly all life on Earth is extinguished and resistance of a guerilla army. Holly 1932-1982 was a noted Lansing Michigan science fiction author who also published short stories and even a title in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series. Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy & Co., Inc., hardcover
196361407New York: Avalon Books Thomas Bouregy & Co. Inc. 1963. 8vo. 192 pp. Beige-yellow cloth black lettering on spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Ed Emshwiller minor dustsoiling slight rubbing still VG/VG copy. First edition of this rare Avalon Science Fiction title of this menacing science fiction/horror novel with possible alien ghosts seances and truth of life beyond. Holly 1932-1982 was a noted Lansing Michigan science fiction author who also published short stories and even a title in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series. Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy & Co., Inc., hardcover
189560738London & New York: Whittaker & Co. George Bell & Sons Macmillan & Co. 1895. 12mo. xv 1 9-347 7 pp. plus 44 pp. publisher’s catalogue including endpapers. Frontisp. 287 text woodcut engravings & four folding plates. Blue-gray publisher’s cloth black lettering & ruling front cover & spine minor shelfwear dustsoiling still VG- copy. Second edition revised & enlarged of this informative Victorian handbook on telephones telephone exchanges battery systems and more. Poole has included extended comments on the development of operator switchboards multiple switchboards and the use of women operators for the equipment. Whittaker & Co., George Bell & Sons, Macmillan & Co., hardcover
190060009New York: The Macmillan Co. 1900. Thick 8vo. xvi 2 449 1 pp. Title in red & black. Frontisp. numerous plates text illustrations photos. Pictorial light gray cloth illustrated & lettered in green front cover & spine t.e.g. minor darkening & scuffing to spine shelfwear minor soiling to covers very slight bumping to couple corners still VG- copy w/ former ownership markings on endpapers. First edition of this well-illustrated work examining traveling by stage-coach and tavern life in Colonial America with examples drawn from Massachusetts Rhode Island Maryland Connecticut New York New Hampshire and other colonies. Ms. Earle addresses typical tavern food accommodations and their issues drinking Puritanism attitudes over taverns and also examines the development of packhorses Conestoga Wagon stage-coaches and other wagons in America. She concludes with fascinating chapter on Tavern ghosts. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
191346076New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1913. Two vols. Thick 8vo. xiii 1 354; x 324 pp. Red ribbed cloth gilt lettering on spines t.e.g. minor shelfwear still a NF set w/ bookplate on front pastdown of P.E. Bowles. First edition of this fascinating memoir of life and travel by Mary Crawford Fraser d. 1922 wife of the British Minister to Japan was well known for her missionary efforts in Asia. Of particular interest is the substantial portion of the second volume devoted to their life in Peking & China in the 1870s. Dodd, Mead & Co., hardcover
194060837New York: Carrick & Evans Inc. 1940. 8vo. 307 1 pp. Illust. title numerous text illustrations. Beige-coloured cloth red black & white colour plate mounted front cover red black & white spine label minor shelfwear minor bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art by the Hoffmans minor chipping to couple corners minor scuffing couple closed tears price-clipped VG/G copy. First edition of this often-amusing and occasionally shocking memoir of the twin sisters lives in Baghdad Iraq where Ruth Hoffman’s husband was an engineer building railroads. They mixed with the Prime Minister native princes Royal Air Forde officers and bedouin chieftains including the harem and assembled a menagerie of birds cats a wild boar gazelles storks rabbits and peacocks. Carrick & Evans, Inc., hardcover
196163398Toronto & Vancouver Canada: Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd. 1961. 8vo. 217 1 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Blue cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear slight lean w/ d.j. cover art by Alexander Russo minor shelfwear price-clipped still VG/VG copy. First Canadian edition stated of this remarkable account of Maud Watt and her husband Jim who worked to preserve the livelihood of the Cree Indians in Hudson Bay at Fort Chimo and eventually became warden for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Rupert House. Clarke, Irwin & Co., Ltd., hardcover
193157866Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1931. 8vo. 8 320 2 pp. Photo frontisp. plates. Black cloth white lettering front cover & spine w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of woman trekking into the Belgian Congo jungle minor chipping head of spine creasing & closed tear on back cover old tape repairs on verso still NF/G copy. First edition 2nd printing of this memoir detailing the efforts of this doctor to set up a bush hospital in the Belgian Congo in 1926 to research sleeping sickness at Minga Hospital near Wembo Nyama among the Batetela tribe remaining until 1931. Miller 1873-1958 had originally been placed by the Southern Methodist Church to Japan and then was the superintendent of the largest women’s hospital the Margaret Williamson Hospital in Shanghai China before being sent to Africa. Houghton Mifflin Co., hardcover
193453799New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1934. 8vo. xx 21-266 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates illustrations. Orange cloth silver lettering w/ d.j. photo cover art of images from World War I minor chipping head & foot of spine dustsoiling still NF/VG- copy. Second edition of this rousing sequel to “I was a spy†recounting the World War I espionage adventures of the six spies the author mostly closely interacted with while working as a nurse for the Germans and passing on information to British Intelligence during the war. Robert M. McBride & Co., hardcover
