New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. First Edition. Quarto (26cm.); publisher's pictorial light greenish-grey cloth embossed in black, red, and gilt, top edge gilt; unpaginated; chiefly two-toned illus. Light shelf wear, boards very slightly bowed, rear cover unevenly toned, light soil, contemporary ownership bookplate to front pastedown, else Very Good, internally fine. Collection of humorous poems and illustrations about women through the ages.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 43877
Title: The Evolution of Woman
Author: McVICKAR, Harry Whitney
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1896
Bookseller catalogs: Women; Social History; Illustrators;

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