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1943167719Albany NY: State of New York Department of Labor 1943. 8p 8.5x11 inches stapled in left top corner wraps unevenly toned staple rusted else very good condition. Report on women's wages generally not just defense workers. Created to dispel the myth that female defense workers make enough to afford luxuries; also to promote the fact that women need equal wages merely to survive. State of New York, Department of Labor unknown books
1916171571916. Unidentified compiler photograph album 1916 to 1917 documenting women's education and teacher training at Kent State Normal College during a period of expanding access to professional instruction for women in the United States. The album provides primary visual and material evidence of student life within a Normal School environment including pedagogical training peer networks and extracurricular culture. It supports research into the feminization of the teaching profession collegiate social structures and the institutional development of teacher education in the early twentieth century particularly as the United States entered World War I.<br /> <br /> Photograph album containing 44 original silver gelatin prints and approximately 48 pieces of mounted ephemera with extensive handwritten captions identifying fellow students instructors such as "Miss Corbett" and "Miss Dunbar" and campus locations including Merrill Hall the Library Loury Hall and Moulton Hall. Images show groups of women students posed on campus grounds within academic buildings and in outdoor recreational settings alongside classroom scenes of elementary school instruction reflecting teacher training practices. Social activities are documented through photographs of outings to Brady Lake and a labeled Independence Day picnic in 1917. The ephemera includes ribbons commencement programs school-related printed materials theater tickets postcards sheet music and an astrological horoscope as well as items connected to organizations such as the YWCA and Portage County's War Fund indicating student participation in civic and wartime support activities.<br /> <br /> 44 photographs mounted across 50 pages accompanied by approximately 48 pieces of ephemera; images range from approximately 2 x 3 inches to 3 x 5 inches; album measuring 12 x 9.5 inches; original boards. Kent State Normal School established in 1910 and renamed Kent State Normal College in 1915 following the introduction of four-year degree programs formed part of a broader national system designed to professionalize teaching and expand women's access to higher education. By the early twentieth century women constituted a substantial majority of the American teaching workforce a demographic reality reflected in the album's predominance of female students and instructors. The inclusion of wartime-related materials situates the album within the transitional moment of U.S. mobilization in 1917 linking campus life to national developments. Minor handling wear to boards contents well-preserved with secure mounts and legible captions; overall very good condition. A cohesive and richly annotated record of women's collegiate and professional training culture in the early twentieth century. unknown
1919165861919. Photograph album women's college student life 1919 to 1922 documents the lived experience of a young woman pursuing higher education in the years immediately following World War I when increasing numbers of women entered academic institutions and participated in structured campus life. The album centers on dormitory living peer networks and extracurricular activities providing direct evidence of how female students documented identity independence and social belonging within early twentieth-century educational environments. The material supports research into women's education student culture and the social history of American colleges in the interwar period.<br /> <br /> Album consists of 85 vernacular black and white silver gelatin photographs mounted across 23 pages with three additional loose prints primarily taken in Washington State between 1919 and 1922. Photographs range in size from approximately 2.5" x 1.5" to 5.5" x 3.5" housed in a volume measuring approximately 7" x 10.5" in original black cloth boards. Inscribed on the front pastedown: "From Papa Merrie Christmas 1921." Images depict dormitory interiors classmates and organized activities including social dances and boating excursions. Captions identify specific rooms and relationships including "Taken in my room '77' 1922" "Lookout Mt taken from my window '77'" "My old roommate of 1919 Room 44" and "Miss Fiddler Roommate 'Room 28' Summer School 1920." Additional annotations record impressions of peers including "A Good Kid" and humorous commentary such as "W.L. asleep after the dance Ha! Ha!" and "Do you think I look natural" A Harvard pennant displayed within one dormitory scene suggests aspirational or collegiate affiliation. The album also includes a photograph of a Home Economics class family scenes and several images referencing recent wartime experience including soldiers in uniform dated 1919.<br /> <br /> Created during a transitional period in American higher education the album illustrates how women students navigated expanding academic opportunities alongside established social expectations including domestic training and structured leisure. The inclusion of humor nicknames and detailed room identifications reflects the importance of spatial and social memory within collegiate life while references to wartime imagery situate the album within a generation shaped by recent global conflict. Such albums provide granular insight into daily routines interpersonal dynamics and the formation of female student identity in the early twentieth century. Minor wear to boards; photographs well-preserved with clear detail; overall in very good condition. unknown
1918166281918. Unidentified compiler. Photograph album of young woman student 1911-1918 documents school life recreation and community activity in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest during the 1910s. The album centers on a female student's progression from school-age years through graduation capturing educational environments organized physical activities and civic participation. The material records the presence of young women in structured school settings alongside informal leisure and public events providing visual evidence of student life and gendered social experience in the years surrounding the First World War.<br /> <br /> Photograph album. Washington State and British Columbia 1911-1918. Oblong format 7 x 10.5 inches containing 209 gelatin silver print photographs mounted across 40 pages supplemented by 12 postcards depicting locations in Washington State and Victoria British Columbia. The images include a graduation portrait of a young woman in cap and gown holding a pennant reading "Haddon H.S. 1911" along with later images referencing "1918" suggesting continued documentation across her school years. Photographs depict female students engaged in organized activities including tennis bicycling and calisthenics with groups of girls in uniform marching in formation across open fields. Additional sequences show camping excursions with tents and forest settings indicating school-sponsored outdoor programs. The album also includes scenes of younger children in school environments at play and participating in staged productions some in historical or theatrical costume including colonial-era dress and one child in a Japanese kimono. Community scenes include parades with extensive displays of American flags and images of shipbuilders at work situating the album within a broader civic and labor context. Scattered captions in manuscript such as "cutie" and "happy" provide limited but personal commentary.<br /> <br /> The album spans a period of expanding public education and increasing visibility of organized physical training and extracurricular programming for girls reflecting broader educational reforms of the early twentieth century. The inclusion of civic events and industrial labor scenes connects student life to wider community structures during the wartime era. The Pacific Northwest setting including references to regional institutions such as the University of Washington situates the material within a developing regional identity shaped by education industry and cross-border movement. Black cloth boards with light handling wear; photographs generally well-preserved with occasional minor wear; album complete and fully populated; overall very good condition. A substantial visual record of female student experience and community life in the early twentieth-century Pacific Northwest. unknown
200032202000. Hardcover. Very Good. University of San Diego Master's Thesis. 8.5 x 11 inches bound in blue buckram vii 141 pp notes with maps illustrations bibliography. A few pencil annotations all else very good. Includes chapters on the Historiography of Women and Power in Alta California California Indian Women Pioneer Women Concepcion Arguello Josefa Carillo and Maria Amparo Ruiz. Per the Introduction this study "will analyze romanticized versions of these women's stories and correct misrepresentations of their roles in California history.and will show how prominent women's conflicts represented struggles with power faced by all women regardless of their socio-economic status." hardcover books
200032202000. Hardcover. Very Good. University of San Diego Master's Thesis. 8.5 x 11 inches bound in blue buckram vii 141 pp notes with maps illustrations bibliography. A few pencil annotations all else very good. Includes chapters on the Historiography of Women and Power in Alta California California Indian Women Pioneer Women Concepcion Arguello Josefa Carillo and Maria Amparo Ruiz. Per the Introduction this study "will analyze romanticized versions of these women's stories and correct misrepresentations of their roles in California history.and will show how prominent women's conflicts represented struggles with power faced by all women regardless of their socio-economic status." hardcover
1910006519New York: The Crowell Publishing Co. 1910. Very Good marginal stains the first few pages rubbing to rear cover at spine prior owner name in ink top edge rear cover. chip at bottom corner rear cover. Features "Dotty Darling and the Kewpies; The First of a Series of Delightsome Kewpie Stories with Verses and Pictures by Rose Cecil O'Neill". Rose Cecil O'Neill was the first published female cartoonist in the United States her Kewpie cartoons having made their debut appearance a year earlier in an issue of Ladies' Home Journal Also features a full-page color illustration of a charming Jessie Willcox Smith painting titled " Little drops of water". . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. The Crowell Publishing Co. Paperback books
199650600Minneapolis: James C. Hillegass 1996. First edition 8vo pp. 8 32 4; photographic endpapers photoreproductive illustrations throughout by John Ratzloff; original full grey cloth over boards front cover stamped in silver. This copy inscribed by the author to Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery: "For Greg and the binders thanks for making it happen. Jim Hillegass." Fine copy. <br/><br/> James C. Hillegass hardcover books
199650600Minneapolis: James C. Hillegass 1996. First edition 8vo pp. 8 32 4; photographic endpapers photo-reproductive illustrations throughout by John Ratzloff; original full grey cloth over boards front cover stamped in silver. This copy inscribed by the author to Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery: "For Greg and the binders thanks for making it happen. Jim Hillegass." Fine copy. James C. Hillegass unknown
1968056513Pasadena: San Rafael Scouts 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs Throughout. 72 Pp. Detailed History Two Columns With Many Photos Continuing And Expanding An Earlier Work Under The Supervision Of Glen Dawson. First Printing 1968. Light Usage No Marks. <br/> <br/> San Rafael Scouts paperback
1975049810Pasadena: Boy Scout Troop 35 / Donald W. Crocker 1975. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs Throughout. 72 Pp. Detailed History Two Columns With Many Photos Continuing And Expanding An Earlier Work Under The Supervision Of Glen Dawson. Stated Third Edition Actually Third Printing 1975. Near Fine. <br/> <br/> Boy Scout Troop 35 / Donald W. Crocker paperback
1941063454New York: Cupples and Leon Co. 1941. Book. Illus. by C. Richard Schaare. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan faux leather cloth lettered in black. Slightly rubbed extremities text block edges typically a bit tanned otherwise nearly as issued. Short gift and ownership inscriptions inked on front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Color illus. dust jacket shows a few small edge chips with mild sunning along spine panel now in mylar. 1st ed. vi249 pp. A well-preserved copy of a very scarce issue. Cupples and Leon Co. Hardcover
192511432Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1925. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Harold Brett. First Thus same date on title and copyright pages with Brett illustrated dj frontispiece and two other plates; 8vo navy cloth; vg- cocked; rear board worn; spine ends and top corners bumped and rubbed; stain on top edge; owner's name on ffep; cracked at p113 in a good dj price-clipped; edges heavily chipped torn worn and creased; small hole in spine; 253pp. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
190732025London: John Murray 1907. Hardcover. Edited by E.W. Williams. 8vo. Red cloth gilt white and black pictorial stamping. xviii 478pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear with spine slightly sunned but spine gilt bright; 1909 ownership signature on front flyleaf. First British edition a tight and nice copy of this account by an Englishman who in America became a Confederate partisan Texas Ranger rancher Indian fighter sailor and of course "Border Ruffian." Quite scarce. Wright Howes comments "After a lurid frontier apprenticeship in Kansas this young Englishman ranched in Western Texas and served with the Rangers." GRAFF 4686. HERD 2528. HOWES W473. NEVINS II 247. SIX GUNS 2411. John Murray hardcover
19955959Valparaiso IN: Saint George Marketing 1995 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 4to 76 pages cloth. O.P. <br/><br/>The first book to cover the involvement of 450 volunteer men from Gary Indiana's Serbian community. President Woodrow Wilson authorized the recruitment of Serbian-Americans to fight in the war. By 1916 They were actively involved in the conflict until December 1918 losing more than half of the volunteers in the process. Extensively illustrated. Saint George Marketing hardcover
1934A44383Tucson AZ: University of Arizona. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. This is a trade paperback sized university bulletin. The bulletin is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The bulletin covers have noticeable toning. There is a small tear to the top edge of the front cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The rear cover of the bulletin have penciled notations. The map at the rear of the book is in Very Good- condition with noticeable toning and one tear to the crease about 1/1/2 inches long . "Kino opposed the slavery and compulsory hard labor in the silver mines that the Spaniards forced on the native people. This also caused great controversy among his co-missionaries many of whom acted according to the laws imposed by Spain on their territory. Kino was also a writer authoring books on religion astronomy and cartography. He built missions extending from the present day states of Mexican Sonora northeast for 150 miles 240 km into present-day Arizona where the San Xavier del Bac mission near Tucson a popular National Historic Landmark is still a functioning Franciscan parish church. Kino constructed nineteen rancherías villages which supplied cattle to new settlements. " from Wikipedia; University of Arizona Bulletin; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations & Charts; 142p. pages; Pictured 11/11/22 . University of Arizona paperback
195614012Woodland CA: The Record of Yolo County 1956. Spiral. Good. Half inch gage white plastic comb spiral binding has a single fracture midway; the wraps are scuffed stained and discolored; interior clean but age toned which is more even uniform and intentional looking than yellowing; POS on front cover. 284 pages of recipes with contributor's name and often affiliation and location as well. As is often the case with vintage mid-century cookbooks the instructions entail some culinary experience and the ingredients vary from industrial jello canned to farm-to-fork style and international fare from the immigrants. Americana. Rare collectible. <br/> <br/> The Record of Yolo County unknown
1990Q-0299108007Univ of Wisconsin Pr 1990-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Univ of Wisconsin Pr hardcover
1948v0593New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1948. Stated fourth printing of this volume in the 'American Guide Series' noted on the jacket as the Wisconsin Centennial Edition 1848 1948; first published in 1941. Begun as a project of the WPA during the depression to provide employment for idled writers the American Guide series eventually covered all 48 states plus Alaska & Puerto Rico as well as 40 cities. They continue to be regarded as important sources of cultural history & local pride. Hardcover in jacket as pictured full blue cloth gilt titling. Book shows light wear gilt bright corners lightly rubbed; jacket torn with a few large chips small holes $3.50 price intact. Text clean; 30 651 pages b/w photos maps rather than a large folding map this edition has the state sectioned one section to a page plus other maps; wood engravings by Frank Utpatel. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Frank Utpatel. Octavo. Duell, Sloan and Pearce Hardcover
1926Alibris.0034158Emadison: sate of wisconsin 1926. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF STATE HIGHWAY ACTIVITIES-PUBLISHED BY THE STATE DECEMBER 1926-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD-1926 REPORT-WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS-EQUIPMENT GRADER BRIDGES TRACTOR-USED GOOD. 223 p. WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF STATE HIGHWAY ACTIVITIES-PUBLISHED BY THE STATE DECEMBER 1926-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD-1926 REPORT-WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS-EQUIPMENT GRADER BRIDGES TRACTOR-USED GOOD-OZAUKEE COUNTY RACINE WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF STATE HIGHWAY ACTIVITIES-PUBLISHED BY THE STATE DECEMBER 1926-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD-1926 REPORT-WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS-EQUIPMENT GRADER BRIDGES TRACTOR-USED GOOD-OZAUKEE COUNTY RACINE POWER GRADERS WORK CAMPS CHIPPEWA COUNTY COLSAUK FERRY STEAM SHOVEL AND MUCH MUCH MORE. GREAT VINTAGE BOOK--223 PAGES. sate of wisconsin hardcover
1941TB33834New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1941. First Edition. Near fine in heavy green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with a small light brown stain on the fore edge of the text block. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact with slight fading of the spine area and a 1/4 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. The appendix include 1940 census figures for the state. 651 pages including an index 9 maps of sections of the state bibliography chronology and photographs in eight sections. A separate fold-out map at the rear was not produced for this title. Scharf/Schoyer 656; Powell 1744; Dykes 375; Brewer 821 Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover
193672603Genoa: Barabino & Graeve 1936. Small Square 4to. 56 pp. Pictorial softcover with silver-coloured covers and map endpapers. Rubbing and creasing to extremities resulting in loss of silver covering at these parts. Internally clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs which cover many different Italian Alpine resorts giving information on railway connections and accomodation and amenities. Cover design by Filippo Romoli who produced a lot of work for Barabino & Graeve themselves producers of travel posters for ENIT. The English edition. . Very Good. Softcover. 1936. Barabino & Graeve (1936) paperback
197350240Falmouth MA 1973. 8vo pp. v 71; fine in pictorial paper wrappers. Inscribed by Elliott to the poet Ron Gower and his wife Anne. <br/><br/> unknown books
196648558Minneapolis: James D. Thueson 1966. First edition limited to 250 signed copies this no. 164 pp. 78 2; illustrated frontispiece; brown cloth boards backed in black; a fine copy. Mulder and Timmerman A13a. <br/><br/> James D. Thueson hardcover books
198750883Minneapolis: James D. Thueson 1987. First edition limited to 300 signed and numbered copies this no. 10 8vo pp.56; fine in original quarter black morocco over maroon cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Inscribed by the author "Hello to Gregor Campbell from Frederick Manfred 1-8-1988." Mulder and Timmerman A13a. <br/><br/> James D. Thueson hardcover books
