WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS. A RECORD OF THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, HABITS, MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND INFLUENCE -

1808. HASTINGS, Sally. POEMS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. To Which is Added, A Descriptive Account of a Family Tour to the West; In the Year, 1800. In a Letter to a Lady. Lancaster, Pa.: William Dickson, 1808. Limited edition, "Printed and Sold ...for the Benefit of the Authoress" by subscription. 220 pp. 12mo., rebound in 3/4 green leather, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped title to spine, top-edge gilt. Bookplate to ffep. Spine is sunned to brown. Joints are rubbed and weak, and just starting, but the boards are still attached. Light foxing to one section of text, else clean. It is a very scarce book in a fragile binding. Hastings (1773 - 1812) was a poet of local celebrity in Lancaster, PA at the turn of the 19th century. Her work combines religious sentiment with odes to nature and to acquaintances among her literary circle; her travel diary includes interesting descriptions of what was then the western frontier. (Streeter Sale vol. 2, 834; Howes H-289).

[Olympia, WA], 1935. Silver gelatin composite photograph (250 x 200 mm) with small tear-off monthly calendar for 1936. Inscribed "Merry Christmas, The Bowmans". A few minor nicks and spots at the edges. Excellent, unused condition. A remarkable piece of early aviation ephemera, this calendar was produced as a Christmas greeting by the early female aviator Marguerite (Martie) Bowman (1901-1985) and her husband Leslie, also a pilot. It depicts Bowman flying in her WACO INF biplane, registration number NC625Y, in formation with two others, and includes portraits of Bowman, her husband, and their daughter Larnie Bowman Allen. We have learned from one of the Bowmans' grandchildren that Larnie joined the family profession, becoming a wing-walker at eight and soloing at twelve. The Bowmans established an aviation business together and, during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, Martie Bowman ferried planes from factories and regularly participated in air races. She competed in the 1930 Women's Dixie Air Derby from… Read More

Illustrated with 13 full-page Art Nouveau / Art Deco black-and-white wood engravings by Jo Daemen. Folio. Brown cloth, with decorative gilt vignette on cover. Rotterdam, W.L. & J. Brusse, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 700 copies, set in the Erasmus of S.H. de Roos, and printed on handmade Van Gelder paper by G.J. Thieme in Nijmegen. This copy # 98. Jo Daemen was a Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, draftsman, glass artist and poet. She began her training in 1907 at the School of Applied Arts in Haarlem. She became a book cover designer for Brusse publishers in Rotterdam in 1909, and went on to illustrate sheet music and short stories for the magazine De vrouw en haar huis. Daemen also wrote lyrics for the Bussum pianist and singer Jacoba Craamer. She worked for some time in the studio of the famous glass artist Willem Bogtman. In 1919 Daemen became a member of the Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.). The objective of the socialist-oriented association was to… Read More

New York: Philip Goodman, 1918. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 218 pages; VG; contemporary full navy cloth binding; spine with yellow lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; bookplate offset; publisher's name misspelled at title page 'Ppilip Goodman'; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346326. Special Collections.

NBM Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. Used- Near Fine Condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Binding is slightly bent toward the front cover. 4" light indentation in back cover. Appears unread. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Beautiful, bright, crisp copy!

[Olympia, WA], 1935. Silver gelatin composite photograph (250 x 200 mm) with small tear-off monthly calendar for 1936. Inscribed "Merry Christmas, The Bowmans". A few minor nicks and spots at the edges. Excellent, unused condition. A remarkable piece of early aviation ephemera, this calendar was produced as a Christmas greeting by the early female aviator Marguerite (Martie) Bowman (1901-1985) and her husband Leslie, also a pilot. It depicts Bowman flying in her WACO INF biplane, registration number NC625Y, in formation with two others, and includes portraits of Bowman, her husband, and their daughter Larnie Bowman Allen. We have learned from one of the Bowmans' grandchildren that Larnie joined the family profession, becoming a wing-walker at eight and soloing at twelve. The Bowmans established an aviation business together and, during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, Martie Bowman ferried planes from factories and regularly participated in air races. She competed in the 1930 Women's Dixie Air Derby from… Read More

Rare/Collectible hardcover first edition copy of Anita Allen's Uneasy Access. Ex-library book. The book is otherwise in very good condition. The text is clean and unmarked and the bright blue cover is in very good condition. No dust jacket. See pictures.

Illustrated with 13 full-page Art Nouveau / Art Deco black-and-white wood engravings by Jo Daemen. Folio. Brown cloth, with decorative gilt vignette on cover. Rotterdam, W.L. & J. Brusse, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 700 copies, set in the Erasmus of S.H. de Roos, and printed on handmade Van Gelder paper by G.J. Thieme in Nijmegen. This copy # 98. Jo Daemen was a Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, draftsman, glass artist and poet. She began her training in 1907 at the School of Applied Arts in Haarlem. She became a book cover designer for Brusse publishers in Rotterdam in 1909, and went on to illustrate sheet music and short stories for the magazine De vrouw en haar huis. Daemen also wrote lyrics for the Bussum pianist and singer Jacoba Craamer. She worked for some time in the studio of the famous glass artist Willem Bogtman. In 1919 Daemen became a member of the Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.). The objective of the socialist-oriented association was to… Read More

New York: Philip Goodman, 1918. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 218 pages; VG; contemporary full navy cloth binding; spine with yellow lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; bookplate offset; publisher's name misspelled at title page 'Ppilip Goodman'; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346326. Special Collections.

NBM Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. Used- Near Fine Condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Binding is slightly bent toward the front cover. 4" light indentation in back cover. Appears unread. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Beautiful, bright, crisp copy!