Search Results: Women's Studies from Bygone Books

New York: J. B. Ford, 1870. Hardcover. VG+. Printing of 1870, c1869. 8vo, green cloth beveled boards with gilt decorated spine and gilt author names on front cover, brown endpapers, all edges gilt, 500 pages, [8] pages publisher adverts, engraved frontis (Reuter-Stewart) and title page with tissue guard, text engravings throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD+ : light rubbing to extremities, small tears at spine head, tiny tear front cover, scratch to rear cover, a few faint foxing stains to tissue guard, clean and tight throughout. A lovely copy of this important book on the domestic lives of American women. Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-78), was an educator and women's rights activist who wrote a number of educational treatises and handbooks for housewives, this one with her more famous sister Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-96). The work is dedicated "To the Women of America, in whose hands rest the real destinies of the Republic.

NY: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/VG. 0517538431 1st edition, 8vo, tan / burgundy hardcover, 296pp, bibliography. VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has lt. spotting to top page edge; jacket has sl. edgewear, sunned spine.

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1888. Hardcover. VG+. ...written to those girls, who have not time or inclination to think and study about the many important things which make up life and living." Copyright date is 1887, this is the 1888 printing. 16mo, navy cloth with gilt titles on front cover, 139 pages. VERY GOOD+ with slight rubbing to the spine head and tail and corners, slightly "dusty" top page edge, internally clean and tight. The Tuesday evening gatherings spent together in "Practical Talk" - which later grew into the first Working Girls' Society. Dodge was a prolific writer; her papers are in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. A very nice copy of this rare book.

Madison, NJ, U.S.A.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1974. Hardcover. VG+/VG. 2nd printing. 234p. black cloth. Condiotion is VERY GOOD+ / VERY GOOD jacket: faint spotting to top page edge; jacket has sl. edgewear; price-clipped (in mylar). A study of Madame de Merteuil, Jane Eyre, Emma Bovary, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Tony Buddenbrook.

New York: Columbia University, 1990. Hardcover. VG/VG. 0-231-07176-0. 2nd printing, 8vo, 266 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: very minor wear. A collection that explores feminism in literary studies during the last three decades.

NY: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2 volumes [ ISBN for volume 2: 0060158999 ] 1st edition of both volumes [ stated, number line ], 8vo, blue cloth , 591, 572 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography and notes in each volume. Condition is VERY GOOD+ books / VERY GOOD+ jackets: both volumes are in very nice condition with some light spotting to the top page edge and slight edgewear to the jackets (spine head crease to vol. 2, slight edgewear to vol. 1...).

Boston: Higgins and Bradley, 1857. Hardcover. G+. Later printing (20th thousand), 16mo, red blind-stamped publisher's cloth / gilt titles and decoration on spine, 352 pp, b&w engravings. Condition is GOOD+ / no jacket (as issued): rubbing to board edges and sm. tears to spine head and tail, front hinge exposed but still tight, internally pages are very white and clean, excepting very lt.scattered foxing, owner name on 3rd blank page. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was the author of the Peter Parley books. This book is a collection of biographies about the following women: Lucretia and Margaret Davidson; Mrs. Adams; Mrs. Washington; Madame de Stael; Lady hester Stanhope; Hannah More; Mrs. Barbauld; Madame de Genlis; Josephine; Marie Antoinette; Madame Roland; Madame de Sevigne; Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth, Queen of England; Isabella of Spain; and Joan of Arc.

London / NY: Routledge, 1996. First paperback edition . Soft cover. VG+. 1st softbound edition, 8vo, 242 pages, b/w illustrations, extensive bibliography, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with little wear, a slightly sunned spine. "A lively and revealing historical exploration of the immensely popular ladies' magazines of the 19th and early 20th century; Beetham investigates how these magazines deployed visual images and a range of written forms to define the femininity of their readers and to address their desire.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. G/G. 1st editon. 8vo, 334 pages, index, bibliography. Condition is GOOD book / GOOD jacket:: general wear; some underlining and margin notes. DJ: soiling, edgewear, creasing.

New York: Routledge, 1992. First paperback edition . Soft cover. VG+. 0415055253 8vo, wraps, 196 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliographical notes, index. VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear.

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. Hardcover. VG. No additional printings. Book Two in a series which tells the story of The Mysteries of Life in simple, plain words. 24mo, tan cloth, decorated front cover, 113 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: light edgewear, tiny spot to fore edge, internally clean and tight.

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. Hardcover. VG. No additional printings. Book One in a series which tells the story of The Mysteries of Life in simple, plain words. 24mo, tan cloth, decorated front cover, 105 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: light edgewear, a slight darkening to a portion of the front board, internally clean and tight.

Williamstown, MA: Corner House, 1968. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1968 reprint edition of the original 1922 publication. 8vo, dark green boards, 319 pages, bibliography. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has an owner name on fep; jacket has light edgewear along top edge. An early (1922) attempt at trying to understand the role of women in the colonial period in America, women until then largely ignored. The author made extensive use of diaries, letters, and other contemporary sources available to create an absorbing portrayal of women in both the northern and southern colonies. There is of course much more known today, but an informative and eye-opening read nonetheless.

Boston: William J. Reynolds, c1843., 1843. Hardcover. Collectible; VG-. [Note that the engraved title page, which preceeds the 11th edition title page, states J. Dow, Boston as publisher.] 12mo, brown blind-stamped publisher's cloth / gilt cover illus and spine decoration, 323 pp, [12 ]pp of publisher advertisements, frontispiece engraving (Sisters of Bethany, by O. Pelton,), title page engraving. Condition is VERY GOOD- : typical rubbing and bumping to corners, rubbing along edges, spine head and tail have tears, lt. scuffing to covers, owner name on fep, internally very clean and tight, excepting the tissue guard for the forntispiece which has foxing. Includes a very helpful (and interesting...) appendix "A Course of Reading.

Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. William Boxall, W. Hamilton, George B. Ellis. Engraved frontispiece and title page from the first edition (Philadelphia: Key and Biddle / Edward C. Biddle, 1833). Frontispiece engraving "Meditation" by William Boxall / engraved by George B. Ellis ; title page engraving "Sunday Evening" by W. Hamilton / also engraved by George B. Ellis. Title page for this 1836 edition follows, published by Desilver, Thomas & Co. 24mo, ribbed leather, title in gilt on front board, ribbon bookmark present but detached, 320 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD: binding is tight, light rubbing to extremities, toning and light foxing to endpapers, foxing to engravings around edges, light scattered faint foxing throughout. A nice copy. Covers "the practical part of Christianity" while discussing topics such as poverty, self-deception, self-denial, fortitude, forgiveness gentleness,… Read More