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1909166906Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1909. 19.3x13.2 cm octavo pp. i-iv v-ix x 11-344 inserted leaf of errata illustrations mostly on inserted plates others in the text original pictorial green cloth front panel stamped in lavender blue black and gold spine panel stamped in gold the binding is signed with the musical monogram of the author comprised of a staff with the notes "E-B-C". First edition. The emphasis of the work is travel in eastern Canada. Includes a chapter "Across the Plains" pp. 301-344. A Philadelphia author the daughter of American physicist Pliny Earle Chase whose most notable travelogues were OVER THE BORDER: ACADIA THE HOME OF "EVANGELINE" 1885 and IN QUEST OF THE QUAINT 1902. Touch of rubbing to cloth at upper spine end a fine copy. A lovely copy of this attractive book. #166906 The John C. Winston Company unknown books
169937916Amsterdam: By Jan ten Hoorn boekverkooper 1699. First Edition. In four parts each with half-title and separate pagination and signatures. Engraved pictorial title and eleven plates by J. Luyken. 16 192 4 128 4 159 1 blank 4 198 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum. Minor soiling to covers engraved title with contemporary repair to lower margin one gathering loosened lower corner of one page torn with loss of one letter in marginal gloss else a fresh fine copy. Luyken J. First Edition. In four parts each with half-title and separate pagination and signatures. Engraved pictorial title and eleven plates by J. Luyken. 16 192 4 128 4 159 1 blank 4 198 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Compendium of short biographies illustrating the rise and fall of princesses women martyrs of the church and other notable women from history. With eleven "curious" plates by Luykens depicting murders executions and other violent deaths. By Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkooper unknown books
195457549Beirut 1954. Hardcover. Good. photos including portraits 53p. Flexible cloth. 30cm. Upper right corner creased. A few red ink marks. No Jacket. A college yearbook. <br/><br/> hardcover books
199019255NY: Feminist Press 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. 179pp. Very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth with black lettering and issued without a jacket. <br/><br/> Feminist Press hardcover books
608189not signed from the 1930 film "A Devil with Women." 1. Full length shot of Victor McLaglen wearing a military uniform with a youthful Humphrey Bogart. 2. 3/4 length shot of Mona Maris giving loving comfort to Victor McLaglen. Photographs are on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling; 1930. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
14438Wahlen Auguste. 'Moeurs Usages Et Costumes De Tous Les Peuples Du Monde .' Published in Brussels 1843. 6.7 x 10.4 inches & 8.9 x 5.9 inches. Plates are lithographs on a vellum type paper with original hand coloring heightened with gum Arabic. <br/><br/>Two original antique prints from 'Moeurs Usages Et Costumes De Tous Les Peuples Du Monde' by Auguste Wahlen. The plate illustrations are brightly colored and intricately detailed characterization of the traditional costumes of a Persian Nobleman and woman of Iran Persia. The Persian nobleman's costume entails a vibrant red fur-lined coat which covers a gold-colored ensemble topped off with a matching fur hat. The text accompanying the illustration is in Dutch roughly translating to "Persian noble from the state". The Persian Woman is depicted in tradition costume as imagined by Europeans in the 1800's. The woman is shown reclining on a bed of patterned cushions holding a hookah in her right hand. She is captured in a rich red-colored pant a green and white striped top with gold-colored embroidery and an embellished royal blue hat to compliment the coat of the same color. The text below reads: "Dama Persa - Asia" Persian Lady - Asia. Both prints are in good condition and very decorative. unknown books
1972706441972. A small archive of photographic negatives with contact sheets showing a protest in New York of the headquarters of the Olivetti typewriter headquarters in 1972. The protest was a response to an unfortunate advertising campaign promoting "brainy" typewriters that were supposed to eliminate the typing errors made by incompetent secretaries. A TV commercial showed a secretary as a vacuous pin-up girl who found that she could attract men by becoming an "Olivetti girl". This infuriated a group of New York City secretaries backed by members of the National Organization of Women which picketed Olivetti's headquarters at 500 Park Avenue "Rebel Secretaries" Time 20 March 1972. The photographs shot in black and white by an unknown photographer show women with protest signs outside the headquarters. Additional photos show a man setting up the "Olivetti Weary Protestors Relief Bar" where "the liberator" was being served: "one part orange juice one part Cointreau one part champagne." The Italian typewriter company founded in 1909 is credited with manufacturing the first programmable desktop computer the Programma 101 launched at the 1964 World's Fair. unknown books
1994130799Washington DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts 1994. Softcover. NF. Pale color-illustrated stapled wraps. Approx. 32 pp. 28 color photos of ikebana works and numerous b/w portraits. In Japanese and English. Catalogue for an exhibition held Sept. 28-Oct. 1 1994. National Museum of Women in the Arts unknown books
1992219631San Francisco: BACW 1992. Magazine. 24p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches articles news events services and resources ads photos very good newsletter on glossy stock stapled wraps. BACW unknown books
19963406V.p. 1996. A collection of 410 titles concerning Women in the West. Condition Statement: Overall most of the books in the collection are in "good" or "good" condition which typically describes a book that is sufficiently worn the binding soiled scuffed stained or spotted and may have loose joints hinges pages etc. To a lesser extent there are books in "fair" condition namely a well-worn book that has complete text pages including those with maps or plates but may lack endpapers half-title etc. The binding and/or jacket may also be worn. Women in the American West: Books and Ephemera from the Collection of Dorothy Sloan. SEE DETAILED FINDING AID on our website. <br/><br/>Dorothy Sloan b. 1943 is justly considered to be one of great scholar-booksellers of Western Americana Texana and Latin Americana. Dorothy Sloan Rare Books auction catalogues are recognized as models of their kind and feature an unusually broad array of printed books maps manuscripts and ephemera and are particularly strong in 19th-century materials. In many instances Sloan's bibliographic descriptions have become the description of record.<br/>She began her career at John Howell in San Francisco and thence to Jenkins Company in Austin. She issued her first rare book catalogue in 1984 and her first auction catalogue in 1994. Suffice it to say that as a woman she was literally a pioneer in such an endeavor. <br/><br/>Over the years she built a collection of Women in the West which is described in the 29-page Inventory below. Here is a collection of both women authors and women as the subject of historical and literary narrative. Most of the collection was kept in storage for the last twenty-eight years awaiting cataloguing and eventual sale. As we all know "Life" often interferes with our plans particularly as we grow older. <br/><br/>When Dorothy retired last year we acquired the collection of Women in the West. We are pleased to offer it en bloc for the price of $8200 which includes free shipping in the Continental United States. <br/><br/>Of the 410 titles in the collection nearly 25% are more than a century old. The earliest book in the collection is Sally Hastings' Poems on different subjects. To which is added a descriptive account of a family tour to the West. Lancaster 1808. The author describes her travels from Lancaster County to Washington PA. through the Alleghenies and gives an account of the Ohio River at Pittsburgh.<br/><br/>Only a handful of titles in the collection were published in the last 30 years the "newest" one dated 1996 namely: Anne Butler and Ona Siporin Uncommon common women. which contains culturally and ethnically diverse accounts of women who lived in the American West.<br/><br/>The physical size of the collection is considerable. Without any packing material it would encompass 15 large boxes. There are photographs gum cards engravings various inscribed books plays of the California Gold Rush memoirs and captivity narratives travelogues captivity narratives autobiographies Western novels pamphlets private press material a few 'zines journals catalogues and magazines. It is the culmination of decades of labor spanning all genres in the Western Americana tradition. The collection represents women's voices of a myriad of ethnicities including various Native American tribes African and African-American women Hispanic women prostitutes madams cowgirls ranchers pioneers and their struggles in the face of physical social and cultural adversity. <br/><br/>We are reluctant to mention "highlights" as it would suggest that "lowlights" do not merit attention from scholars and bibliophiles alike. We invite readers to peruse the Inventory of the collection capably prepared by Hunter Corb to allow readers to make that determination for themselves. <br/><br/>Included is the first edition of Miriam Colt's autobiography which describes her ill-fated expedition to Kansas Went to Kansas 1862 in which she traveled more than 1300 miles to establish a communal vegetarian colony. Colt provides vivid and frightening details of a family's ordeals on the frontier landscape including severe illness and encounters with lawless gangs. Defrauded of their investment in the Vegetarian Settlement Company the Colts left Kansas in the fall of 1856. Colt's husband and son died en route leaving only mother and daughter to return to New York. <br/><br/>Another work of interest is Sarah Hopkins's Life Among the Piutes an autobiography written at the encouragement of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This is considered to be the first book written and published in English by a Native American woman. It provides "extensive information about pre-White northern Paiute culture the types of foods marriage and other social practices as well as political leadership" Paher while simultaneously increasing awareness and sympathy for the plight of Native Americans. <br/><br/>Melinda Rankin's Twenty Years Among the Mexicans describes her missionary labor in south Texas and Mexico. Herein are depicted the experiences of the first Protestant woman missionary in Latin America. Although laws in Mexico at the time forbade the introduction of any form of Protestantism into the country Rankin traveled there in 1852 and established the first Protestant mission in Northern Mexico continuing her work there for a few decades before returning to the United States due to health problems. This narrative describes not just Rankin's missionary labors but also many dramatic events in Texas and Mexico including revolutionary turmoil the American Civil War and her capture by the notorious military leader rancher and outlaw Juan Cortina.<br/><br/>From early settlers of the West during and shortly after the American Revolution; to ranchers and pioneering women in the early days of the Republic of Texas and the fight for independence; to overland travels in covered wagons on the famed Oregon Trail at the outset of the American Civil War; to excursions into Mexico and Latin America at the end of the 19th and into the 20th centuries. Over two hundred years of women's experiences can be found within this collection and as such there is something for every student and subject matter.<br/><br/>SEE DETAILED FINDING AID ON OUR WEBSITE which enumerates each and every one of the 410 titles:<br/><br/>https://www.michaellaird.com/cat.phpid=307. unknown books
17112Woman Microbiologist at Rutgers Tests for Antibiotic. Original silver gelatin print press photograph. 8 x 10 in. No date but 1940's-1950'. Typed press caption pasted on back: "Streptomycin-Life-Saving Drug: Testing for Streptomycin the antibiotic substance whose microorganism is obtained from soil. A member of the Research Staff in Microbiology adding solution being tested to steel cylinders on an agar medium." Streptomycin was discovered in 1943 at Rutgers University; it found extensive application in the treatment of numerous infectious diseases and was the first antibiotic cure for tuberculosis TB. In 1952 Waksman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis." It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. The World Health Organization classifies it as critically important for human medicine. Original press caption pasted to verso filing stamps and pencil annotations on verso. Light handling dents. In very good condition. unknown books
16188Original vintage photograph of a large group of women seamstresses and tailors at their sewing machines in a factory setting. Sepia. Approximately 5" x 8" with back matting. Rows and rows of women sitting in front of sewing machines gaze into the camera. While single women faced barriers to employment wives and mothers confronted prejudice that put their jobs at risk after marriage and childbirth. As women took advantage of expanded access to jobs with the advent of factory lines a new push was made for job security and upward mobility. The women's employment movement first picked up traction in the industrial revolution as women fought to secure fair hours and wages for female factory workers; In the late 1870s and 80s women's organizations lobbied for safe conditions and job protection for married women and mothers; and through the 20th century expansion of skilled female labor including civil service publishing and medicine. Some of the most radical labor organizing in the West happened thanks to women in the textiles industry as women fought to secure prosperity and safety under new work conditions. A beautiful photograph of the spirited women young and old at the front lines of the changing workplace. Baxandall "America's Working Women" p. 94-96 158. Papachristou "Documents of the Women's Movement" p. 126-39. Hunt Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004-2005. The Women's Library London School of Economics. Krichmar 2423 2610 2766 2839. unknown books
195424336Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press 1954 1954. First edition one of 300 copies printed. Slipcase slightly worn at the edges; fine copy. 8vo original black cloth spine marbled boards printed paper label. Wood engravings by Paul Landacre. ¶ A charming journal kept by Una Jeffers the wife of poet Robinson Jeffers recording her return trip - but the first time as an adult - to Ireland where both her parents were born. Handsomely printed by Ward Ritchie and illustrated by Paul Landacre. <br/><br/> Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1954 hardcover books
200222558NY:: Palgrave. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 031223760X . Edited by Mary Ann Caws. Black and white photographs. First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Palgrave, hardcover books
48670Washington DC. 4to pp. 192. Appendices. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed and creased o/w a VG tight copy. unknown books
17189Women Suffrage Anti-War and Women Suffrage Handbill. "Who Shares the Cost of War" No date 1915. "Who dares say that war is not their business In the name of Justice and Civilization give women a voice in Government and in the councils that make or prevent war." 1 page. 7 x 5 in. Women press for the vote in this handbill by expressing their unique perspective and concerns on the effects of War including the labor to maintain the US economy health care for war casualties and support for widows and orphans. The pamphlet lists 9 questions on who pays the social costs of men leaving for foreign wars; for each question the answer is Women. WWI began in 1914 and in these early years the United States was declared neutral in the conflict. "Vote for the Women Suffrage Amendment in November." While Pennsylvania voters rejected the 1915 referendum to grant women of the state the right to vote the state was the 7th to ratify the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote on the federal level. Paper is brittle. Chips and small losses to top and bottom edges and 2 closed tears along left edge. Still god to very good condition. Only 1 copy of this item in any institutional or library collection according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
17188Votes for Women". Handbill publicizing act that expanded voting rights for millions. 1918. "Every qualified woman should see that she gets the vote." The New Reform Act. Votes for Women. 8 x 5.5 in. 2 pages. Published by the Liberal Publication Department. Leaflet No. 2520. "By the Representation of the People Act of 1918 women are given the Parliamentary Vote for the first time. It is estimated that the number of women thus enfranchised will be six million." The Representation of the People Act of 1918 granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. The same Act gave the vote to all men over the age of 21. As a result of this act 8.5 million women joined the electorate and made up almost 40% of all voters in the United Kingdom. This was a great victory for the women's suffrage movement which had been calling for voting rights since the 1830s. Militant suffrage groups in the UK were even known for campaigns of destruction and mayhem in order to keep their issue in the forefront of everyone's minds. Horizontal fold line ¼" from top edge. Some light handling creases along bottom. In very good condition. unknown books
19141246Columbus 1914. Very good. 33pp. Original green printed wrappers stapled. Light wear and soiling heavier to spine. Internally clean. A report prepared following the enactment of an Ohio constitutional amendment requiring the state to set a minimum wage. This report summarizes responses to a state-wide survey about women's wages in department stores and other retail establishments providing statistics on wages by both city and age group. The most common wage was $6 per week and the most common number of hours worked was 52. An interesting tool in the historical investigation of women's work. unknown books
16993Photo Album Women Education Album from student at Wellesley College filled with 143 original silver gelatin print photographs. Chronicles a young woman's educational path from high school through college and onto her later work as a teacher. Dated 1911-1919. Photos of various sizes from 2 x 3" to 4 x 9.5". Original black cloth boards. 9 x 12". 100 pages. Many photographs of Wellesley College its campus and traditions. Photo of Lake Waban and the campus chapel. Image of a house labeled "Wellesley 1911-1912" placed in album next to photo with 3 young women with their arms full of books standing outside the same house labeled "Students". 6 women bundles in hats and coats on a snowy street: "Off for math exam". Others show young women reading books and studying outside eating meals together and enjoying campus life. Includes 5 photos of the "Senior Hoop Rolling" tradition on May Day 1912. Photos of friends lovingly labeled with nicknames such as Chub Selina Honey and Marion. Includes photos from many locations around upstate New York including the Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes regions: Frontenac Point Minnewaska Mohonk and Yankee Lake. Also photos from Digby a small town in Nova Scotia Canada. In addition to the images of Wellesley there are photos of several other academic institutions. Images of academic interiors labeled Drawing Room Mr. Wilson's Room Assembly Room Physics Lab Library and Hall at M.H.S. Group photo of a 16 boys wearing "M" shirts and 3 coaches posing with a trophy and banner reading: "OCIAA Relay Race 1912". Building labeled "Harmony Hall" next to a photo of 14 women with the caption "Inmates of H.H. 1913". 2 large group photos with women in white dresses and a banner "ETA Clionian" one labeled 1914. The ETA Clionian Sorority was active on the SUNY New Paltz campus then a state teachers' college. Later photos appear to be from when the album owner transitioned from being a student to working as a teacher. Young groups of children are photographed together with the handwritten captions "Primary" or "Intermediates". One photo shows a school production with many children on a decorated stage wearing Pilgrim costumes. Building labeled Quassaick Hall. I page detached. Very good condition. unknown books
192546542Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1925. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; navy blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; iv23-3053pp. Spine ends very gently nudged hint of dustiness to upper edge of textblock else a fresh Fine copy. In the dustjacket designed by Harold James Cue priced $2.00 on front flap; light shelfwear touch of dust-soil to spine rear panel and flap edges with a few short tears and attendant creases upper edge of front panel and upper rear joint shallow loss to spine ends none affecting lettering and a dozen small soil spots to panels; still a bright substantially complete and Very Good example unrestored. Attractive copy of Powell's first novel an autobiographical work recounting the story of an idealistic Midwestern girl who moves to New York aspiring to be a playwright. She settles into a boarding house for women surrounded by a cast of characters who are perpetually out of money deeply concerned with their wardrobes and trying to find a man. She finds fulfilling work as a copy writer navigates her way throughout a string of suitors all the while soliciting advice from her housemates quits her job and briefly entertains the idea of taking up with a Greenwich Village bohemian and writing plays full-time; she abandons her dreams after accepting an eleventh hour proposal from a wealthy suitor embarks on a steamship to London with her man and sails off toward her new life with the words "Is the world really so gorgeous as this" <br/><br/>The earlier part of the novel at least somewhat mirrors Powell's own experiences. She led a somewhat unhappy childhood in Ohio where her stepmother took pleasure at burning her early attempts at poetry and fiction; after moving in with a supportive aunt and attending Lake Erie College she moved to Manhattan to pursue a career as a writer finding work as a publicist for several organizations before marrying her husband an advertising executive named Joseph Gousha and settling in Greenwich Village where she would live out the rest of her life. Her marriage allowed her to quit her job and focus on her writing full-time "using the Children's Reading Room of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue as the place to write. What became the classic elements of Dawn Powell's work were in evidence from the outset. Her first novel Whither.has the characteristic satiric tone mordant wit and unforgiving eye for the foibles of middle-class Americans whether they lived in the Middle West the setting for her early work or were newly arrived midwestern émigrés to the big city of New York desperately seeking sophistication" Carnes Mark C. "Dawn Powell." Invisible Giants: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation but Missed the History Books p.232. Powell disavowed her literary debut leaving it out of lists of her publications throughout her lifetime and referring to She Walks In Beauty 1928 as her first novel. An uncommon debut published in small numbers and rare in dustjacket; we find no copies for sale in the auction record and OCLC notes a scant 11 holdings in U.S. institutions. SMITH P-576. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
1916812321916. MASSACHUSETTS - WOMEN. THE WOLLASTON WOMAN'S CLUB MAGAZINE. Wollaston Quincy MA: Wollaston Woman's Club 1916. 208 pp. 8vo. printed grey wrappers with grey cloth spine. Near fine very minor wear to edges. With presentation in ink by the owner Frank Gurney who contributed a poem p. 47. Articles on domestic matters fiction poetry advertising. Halftone photo reproductions b/w illustrated ads. President: Mrs. William E. Rowe. The club founded in 1913 "is progressive and ambitious and stands for education philanthropy honesty and loyalty." Rare. unknown books
16668Women in Science Original photograph of a laboratory scene with one woman and three men. c. 1917. Four figures at work in a small laboratory. 3.5 x 5 in. Two wear white aprons the woman technician's apron is noticeably stained with dark liquid while another wears a work jumpsuit and the oldest gentleman wears a suit. Several pieces of glass laboratory equipment are also in frame with visible pressure or temperature gauges. The latter part of the 19th century saw a rise in educational opportunities for women and by the early 20th century women worked in many different fields related to science and medicine. Very good condition. unknown books
17145Women in Science Woman scientist in white laboratory uniform works at a table filled with laboratory equipment c. 1910. Original gelatin silver print photograph. 8 x 10 in. Many women in the early 20th century found impediments to advancing a career in the sciences but this photo demonstrates some of the important and lesser-known historical work done by women. While challenging gender stereotypes in the early 20th century women such as the lab worker pictured here fought discrimination to pursue their educational and professional ambitions. An important record of early women in STEM careers. In very good condition. unknown books
16509Woman suffrage arguments and results : a collection of eight popular booklets covering together practically the entire field of suffrage claims and evidence :New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association 1910 First edition this title became known as the famous "The Blue book" of Suffage. Scarce First edition. <br/><br/>A collection of eight popular first edition booklets broadly covering claims and evidence related to the women's suffrage movement published together as a resource for suffrage advocates. 4 x 6.5 Original blue cloth boards. Includes writings by Ida Huster Harper A brief history of the movement for woman suffrage in the United States Jane Addams Why women should vote Carrie Chapman Catt Do you know and Alice Stone Blackwell The sentiment for woman suffrage among others. Discoloration on cover s and some rubbing. Overall good to very good. unknown books
16510Woman Suffrage: History Arguments and Results. New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association 1913. Maule Bjorkman editor. Original blue cloth boards. 4 x 6.5 in.<br/><br/>Known amongst suffragists as the "blue book" this collection of seven essays on suffrage was published together to serve as a resource for suffrage speakers activists and writers. Includes writings by Ida Huster Harper A brief history of the movement for woman suffrage in the United States Jane Addams Why women should vote Carrie Chapman Catt Do you know and Alice Stone Blackwell The sentiment for woman:suffrage among others. Sunning to spine. Very good. unknown books
