Women's Studies

London: Hutchinson 1899. (Hardcover) 736pp. Good to very good. Stamped red cloth with gilt spine decoration. The covers are worn at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine, and the binding is loose. Contributors include Gertrude Atherton (Ah Lon and Her Romance). Illustration by James Aylward, Florrie Barr, Tom Brown, W.G.R. Browne, W. Cubitt Cooke, Max Cowper, N.C. Bishop Culpeper, Paul Dare, L. Daviel, F. Dickson, Frank Feller, Eric Fitzgerald, Warwick Goble, A.J. Goodman, Gwenny Griffiths, C.T. Hobson, J. Jellicoe, Raphael Jones, Leonard Lindsdell, A. Ludovici, A.D. M'cormick, J. Merrin, M.H. Nisbet, Ernest Prater, Will B. Robinson, F.M. Rudland, E.J. Skinner, Murray Smith, C.H. Taffs, Adolph Thiede, J.H. Valda, S.H. Vedder, H.J. Walker, D. Whitaker & Cress Woollett. (Women's Magazines).

Des Moines: P.E.O. Sisterhood [1968], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 365pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Signed by the author. Gilt decorated brown leatherette. Photographs, bibliography, index. There is an indentation along the spine. (Fraternal Organizations, Fraternal Organizations, P.E.O. Sisterhood, Philanthropic Organizations, Women's Organizations).

New York IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION. 58pp, bound in original maroon paper over boards, floral endpapers, binding and hinges tight. "The object of Sorosis is to bring together women engaged in literary, artistic, scientific and philanthropic pursuits, with the view of rendering them helpful to each other and useful to society". NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Light edge wear to covers, with a slight bow.

London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1: [8], 368, [14] p.; [4], 344, [16] p.; 29 cm. Signatures: A-3C4 (-3C4) pi2 B-2Y4 (4to). Dark brown cloth spine and corners (20th-century?) with printed paper spine label; marbled paper (19th-century?) over boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Errata on terminal page of each volume, following index. Occasional notations in a 19th-century? hand in the margins, sometimes with corrections in the text; an extensive commentary written in the margin of the section on marriage ceremonies among the Romans. In Very Good Condition: boards are moderately rubbed with loss of marbled paper at edges; old archival repair of tear along gutter of final 3 leaves of vol. 1 and first leaf of vol. 2 (not touching text), and of tear from fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 51-52, without loss of text; upper margin of v. 2 pp. 119-142 darkened; similar at head of gutter on v. 2 pp. 221-243; old stain on v. 2 p. 317 (text remains legible);… Read More

Los Angeles: The Portcullis Family, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 24pp, stapled self-cover. A beautiful copy of the second (and seemingly final) issue of this rare pioneering lesbian magazine from 1972-73 Los Angeles. Includes an interview with and poems by Robin Morgan, plus other prose, poetry, and artwork by a diverse range of women. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1554. First edition. Very Good. Quarto (22 cm); 45, [3] pages (last leaf blank). Title within woodcut architectural border. Historiated woodcut initials throughout. In half vellum over 17th- or 18th-century woodblock printed paste paper, titled in manuscript on spine. Lower board ruptured near corner, subsequently rebuilt. Some leaves toned brown. Early ownership inscriptions and later bibliographical notes on front free endpaper and on rear pastedown. References: Adams F-182; Olschki, Choix de livres anciens, VI, 5817 This essay extolling marriage is an early artifact of modern ethnography, in that it poses as a survey of marriage customs through history and around the world. In true humanist fashion, Fausto mines the ancient historians for most of his material. So we find out that in Lacedaemonia (or, Atlantis), men who refused to marry were forced to run naked through the forum in the dead of winter, and that in Assyria, husbands were bound by law to obey… 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.

London: Thomas Hurst, 1837. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. xxxvi, 306pp. Maroon cloth, gilt decoration and gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all edges gilt, 36 plates. Front board very loose, binding is tight, chipping to head and tail of spine, light foxing to preliminary pages, very occasional foxing to text. small amount of dampstaining to several uppe rmargins. Thirty-six plates of in period dress exercising.

Taylor & Hessey... and Josiah Conder. London. 1816. Sixth edition. 12mo. (6.6 x 4 inches). Engraved frontis, Title page, 160pp. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of full red straight grained morocco. Spine ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Both boards with a double blind ruled diamond around a gilt tooled centre design. Double ruled and elaborate decorative roll borders, gilt. Board edges and turn-ins with decorative gilt roll. Dark green endpapers. All edges gilt. A previous owner ex-libris has been removed from the front pastedown endpaper leaving a mark, and some minor bumping and rubbing to the extremities but overall a very good copy of the book in a highly attractive early 19th century binding. A very popular work, originally published in 1814, which was reprinted 14 times by 1830..

Unfortunately, not much is known about the photographer Diby Yao Christophe, but his photo book, Du twist à cocody, ou l'art de la natte, is an amazing document of hairstyles from the Ivory Coast of the 1970s.

This very scarce book was made between April 1970 and June 1972, in collaboration with the Institut d'Ethno-Sociologie
in Abidjan, which was at the time of publication the capital of the Ivory Coast. Interestingly, the book was published in French and English, by the French publisher Éditions Dalfoz, in 1972, translated by Timothy and Kathryn Weiskel.
Christophe ends his book with this very powerful statement:
"Why do some of our stylish women prefere [sic] bleached hair or wigs to genuine African creations? One's real hair, in my opinion, is worth more than faked hair, and an art evolved over time is always better than imported styles of others. I meet many of you who pretend to be European, trying to dress and act like white women.
Oh, my Black Sisters, why are you trying to forget… Read More

What Shall We Do with our Daughters? Superfluous Women and Other Lectures. by Mary A Livermore. Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers; New York: Charles T Dillingham, 1883. First Edition. Date on both Title Page and verso as shown. Also see photo of contents.Author Mary A Livermore (born Mary Ashton Rice; December 19, 1820 – May 23, 1905) was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate for women's rights. Her printed volumes included: Thirty Years Too Late, first published in 1847 as a prize temperance tale, and republished in 1878; Pen Pictures; or, Sketches from Domestic Life; What Shall We Do with Our Daughters? Superfluous Women, and Other Lectures; and My Story of the War. A Woman's Narrative of Four Years' Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps and at the Front during the War of the Rebellion.Presented here is a rare first edition of her 1883 publication noted above.
Condition: Outstanding condition for this first edition,… Read More

New York, Perennial, 2002, trade paperback, 208 pp, First Perennial Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed and inscribed by the Author "for Jim, hope you enjoy the read! yours, Rebecca" on the title page, Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, 1" tear to backstrip at heel of spine. A teen girl in search of something risky and real finds possible salvation in the willowy, mysterious outlaw girl in the torn skirt. But when her new friend goes missing she must embark upon a daring odyssey into an underworld of sex workers and johns, addicts and thieves, runaway girls and skater boys and, ultimately, into a violent tragedy. ISBN 9780060094850

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Signed on the title page by Hillary Rodham Clinton. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Ticket for book signing laid in. A memoir by the former First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, and the first Woman to be nominated by a major party for President of the United States (and Winner of the popular vote).

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. Former owner names on front free endpaper. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also a made into a play, a film, and a musical with the incomparable Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball. Rare/quite scarce in a nice dj. Please see our photos. 280 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8.

Artist book in the "International mail art event and simultaneous exhibitions in three cities--NYC, Denver, Seattle." Presented in 1990 with Women's Studio Workshop (NY) in an edition of 60, "distributed to 50 people around the world in the fields of politics, art, the media, science, education, and religion who held positions on both sides" (Sollod Studio, 2023).
A unique and provocative piece of American political history, art activism, third-wave feminism, and the continued struggle for human rights and reproductive freedom. Owned by a selection of world leaders and policy and public-opinion influencers* (see the complete distribution list below), this artifact is scarcely offered for purchase. As relevant now as ever, this exceptionally rare volume is an exhilarating addition to any collection.
This is the signed artist's proof. Twenty-four accordion-fold leaves bound in cloth cover boards. Lithography, relief, and hand-coloring printing methods with Bembo typeface on Rives heavyweight paper.
27 x… Read More