The Charming Woman by Fraser, Helen, editor - 1957

ANZIA YEZIERSKA: 1932, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, First Edition, 1932. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. by Chas. H. Bohn & Co. . USED. Good/ No DJ Included. About the author: "Yezierska's fiction focuses on Jewish immigrant life at the turn of the century, and she sees herself as giving voice to her people".

MAUDE HUMPHREY: Treasury of Stories, Jingles, and Rhymes. Frederick A. Stokes, undated. Circa 1894. FIRST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY MAUDE HUMPHREY. Written by Mary Rice Miller and Elisabeth S. Tucker. SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY. 242 pages. Maroon boards with gold titling and ornamentation. Good condition front paper paste-down label of a little girl wearing a red feather in her blue hat. Please see our photos. Used. Good/ No DJ. A solid copy with intact gutters. "Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being film star HUMPHREY BOGART'S mother (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures)." QUITE RARE. A NICE FIND.

The Shagganappi by E. Pauline Johnson [aka Tekahionwake] (1862-1913). Toronto: First Canadian edition, The Ryerson Press, 1913. USED. Good+ CONDITION / FAIR CONDITION ORIGINAL SILVER AND ORANGE DUST JACKET. QUITE RARE THUS. Please see our photos. A clean, solid copy that shows minor foxing. 5 5/8 X 8 ½. By Tekahionwake, important tribal historian and member of the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket.. Blue-green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 8.5 inches tall; 151 pages with an index. B/W photo illustrations. The Dust Jacket has handling wear with age-toning and loss on the spine tips and minor loss on the corners. First Edition, First Printing.. Signed by 11 nurses each with their hometown noted. Owner's name also on front pastedown. Several of the names are also included in the index and have biographies in the text. [Henderson, L. Eugenia; Pickard, Emily J., Ross; Clara, Heinzerling, Edna L.; Lofton, Mary; and Dunn, Birdie.] Background Information: The author Mary Lewis Wyche was born on February 26, 1858 near Henderson in Vance County. As a young woman, she wanted to become a nurse but was thwarted by both family obligations and the absence… Read More

Hayward, Rachel The Hippodrome , 1913 George H. Doran Company, New York. American First Edition. Red boards with gilt titling and ornamentation. Gilt still fairly bright. EXLIB Good condition. / No DJ Included. Early noir detective novel set in Paris in the 1860's- 70's, and the Story of Arithelli, the beautiful English equestrienne. 295 PAGES. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. 295 pages. QUITE RARE. We are pleased to consider offers.

ANZIA YEZIERSKA: 1932, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, First Edition, 1932. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. by Chas. H. Bohn & Co. . USED. Good/ No DJ Included. About the author: "Yezierska's fiction focuses on Jewish immigrant life at the turn of the century, and she sees herself as giving voice to her people".

MAUDE HUMPHREY: Treasury of Stories, Jingles, and Rhymes. Frederick A. Stokes, undated. Circa 1894. FIRST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY MAUDE HUMPHREY. Written by Mary Rice Miller and Elisabeth S. Tucker. SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY. 242 pages. Maroon boards with gold titling and ornamentation. Good condition front paper paste-down label of a little girl wearing a red feather in her blue hat. Please see our photos. Used. Good/ No DJ. A solid copy with intact gutters. "Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being film star HUMPHREY BOGART'S mother (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures)." QUITE RARE. A NICE FIND.

The Shagganappi by E. Pauline Johnson [aka Tekahionwake] (1862-1913). Toronto: First Canadian edition, The Ryerson Press, 1913. USED. Good+ CONDITION / FAIR CONDITION ORIGINAL SILVER AND ORANGE DUST JACKET. QUITE RARE THUS. Please see our photos. A clean, solid copy that shows minor foxing. 5 5/8 X 8 ½. By Tekahionwake, important tribal historian and member of the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket.. Blue-green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 8.5 inches tall; 151 pages with an index. B/W photo illustrations. The Dust Jacket has handling wear with age-toning and loss on the spine tips and minor loss on the corners. First Edition, First Printing.. Signed by 11 nurses each with their hometown noted. Owner's name also on front pastedown. Several of the names are also included in the index and have biographies in the text. [Henderson, L. Eugenia; Pickard, Emily J., Ross; Clara, Heinzerling, Edna L.; Lofton, Mary; and Dunn, Birdie.] Background Information: The author Mary Lewis Wyche was born on February 26, 1858 near Henderson in Vance County. As a young woman, she wanted to become a nurse but was thwarted by both family obligations and the absence… Read More

Hayward, Rachel The Hippodrome , 1913 George H. Doran Company, New York. American First Edition. Red boards with gilt titling and ornamentation. Gilt still fairly bright. EXLIB Good condition. / No DJ Included. Early noir detective novel set in Paris in the 1860's- 70's, and the Story of Arithelli, the beautiful English equestrienne. 295 PAGES. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. 295 pages. QUITE RARE. We are pleased to consider offers.