Stuart Little
by White, E.B.
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition (stated on copyright page with 10-5 and I-U). A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 202 x 134 mm.). viii, 131, [1 blank] pp. Five full-page line drawings (including frontispiece) and numerous line-drawings in the text. Publishers gray linen over boards, front cover and spine pictorially decorated in orange and green, pictorial endpapers printed in green. A... Read More
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Charlotte's Web
by White, E. B. [Elwyn Brooks]
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1952. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. A Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. Retaining the original (and required) price of $2.50 to front flap. Very clean throughout aside from some toning to endpapers at gutter. Bookseller's ticket to lower pastedown. Dust jacket with two nicks to back panel (not affecting text) and some toning to folds. White's charming story of Wilbur, the runt of the litter, who... Read More
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Charlotte's Web
by White, E. B. [Elwyn Brooks]
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1952. First edition. Fine/Fine. A beautiful, exceptionally Fine copy in like dust jacket. Retaining the original (and required) price of $2.50 to front flap. White's charming story of Wilbur, the runt of the litter, who unexpectedly becomes famous after his friend Charlotte spins words into her web advertising Wilbur's good qualities. Though initially Wilbur questions the basis of their friendship and her motives in promoting him, it becomes clear that... Read More
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The Sword in the Stone
by White, T. H.
London: Collins, 1938. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Black cloth printed in white on the spine. Book with slight foxing to the closed textblock and a previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Dust jacket entirely unrestored and is not price clipped. Minor chips and tears to the spine ends and corners, but a sharp copy overall. A beautiful copy of White's most famous book, his modern interpretation... Read More
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The Complete Writings (in 10 vols)
by Whitman, Walt
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. The Paumanok Edition. Limited to 300 numbered sets printed on Ruisdael hand-made paper (of which this is #92), signed by the publisher. Ten large octavo volumes (236 x 166 mm) occupying approximately 18 1/2 inches (47 cm.) of shelf space. Publisher's three-quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments in a floral design, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. Etched and... Read More
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![Drum Taps [bound with] Sequel to Drum-Taps. When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/471/744/1735744471.0.l.jpg)
Drum Taps [bound with] Sequel to Drum-Taps. When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd
by Whitman, Walt
New York and Washington: [Peter Eckler], 1866. First edition. Very Good. Twelvemo, original brown cloth, gilt and blindstamped medallions, speckled edges; pp. (iv), 5-72, (3), 4-24. Early bookplate of A. C. Burnell on the front paste-down. A Very Good copy, minor wear at the spine ends and corners, some loss at the foot of the spine, text block secured, inner hinges repaired, and a tear professionally closed on page 53. A few leaves slightly soiled, but generally clean... Read More
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![Leaves of Grass [with:] Two Rivulets (Signed author's edition)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/314/387/1770387314.0.l.jpg)
Leaves of Grass [with:] Two Rivulets (Signed author's edition)
by Whitman, Walt
Camden, New Jersey: [Walt Whitman], 1876. Author's Edition. Very Good. With both volumes signed by Whitman (Leaves on the title-page and Two Rivulets on the frontisportrait, as issued). This is the "Author's Edition," self-published by Whitman, comprising the fifth edition, third printing, second issue of Leaves of Grass and the first printing, first issue of Two Rivulets. Only between 750 and 800 copies of the set were produced (Walt Whitman Archive). A Very Good copy. Two volumes, octavo.... Read More
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![The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier [with] Life and Letters of... (Artist's Edition in 9 vols.)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/976/350/1501350976.0.l.jpg)
The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier [with] Life and Letters of... (Artist's Edition in 9 vols.)
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1894. First edition. Fine. Number 440 of 750 sets. Bound by the Riverside Press in full crushed olive morocco, spines uniformly faded. Nine volumes (6 x 8 1/2 inches) occupying approximately 16 1/2 inches (42 cm.) of shelf space. Top edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt floral patterns in the spine compartments and corners. Full inner red morocco doublures (with gilt decorations) red silk end papers. Bound... Read More
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Lady Windermere's Fan
by Wilde, Oscar
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. One of 50 large-paper copies on hand-made paper. A Fine copy. Quarto (8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 220 x 169 mm.). [i, blank], [i], limitation], [iii-xvi], 132 pp. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1897 (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) and with their exhibition stamp in black on rear paste-down. Full dark green crushed levant morocco, covers bordered in gilt enclosing a six-line gilt border. Spine with five raised... Read More
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by [Wilde, Oscar] C. 3. 3
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First edition. Fine. One of thirty copies printed on Japanese vellum paper, this being copy twenty-four. Published under the pseudonym "C.3.3.," Wilde's cell number while he was at Reading Gaol, in an attempt to separate Wilde's then-notorious name from the publication. A lovely, Fine copy. Wilde's long poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," published just two years before his death, draws on the experience of being imprisoned at Reading after his conviction for... Read More
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Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA "Big Book")
by Wilson, Bill; and Dr. Bob Smith
New York: Works Publishing Company, 1939. First edition. Near Fine. A very Nearly Fine copy of the book. Spine gilt a trifle dulled and a small ding to one corner. Previous owner's name on the front end paper in pencil, "Wm M Jefferson," otherwise unmarked internally. One of approximately 5,000 first edition copies, and uncommon in this condition. Housed in a custom leather clamshell case. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than... Read More
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Alcoholics Anonymous (Inscribed by Bill Wilson)
by Wilson, Bill; and Dr. Bob Smith
New York: Works Publishing Company, 1955. Second edition. Very Good. Warmly inscribed by Bill Wilson on the upper free endpaper: "Dear Marylin, This in great affection and in [illegible] gratitude for your dedication to all that is AA. Always, Bill. 7/21/60." A Very Good copy. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth. Some sunning to spine, spot of fading to edge of lower board, and a couple blemishes to lower board. Endpapers lightly toned. Still, a solid copy with an exceptional... Read More
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Suffrage Argument Outline for Speech or Debate
by Wilson, Justina Leavitt
New York: National Woman Suffrage Association Publishing Company, 1917. First edition. Near Fine. Original self-wraps with adverts to rear. Measuring 160 x 90mm and complete in 19 pages. Some faint offsetting and soiling along spine and outer margins of wraps. Internally clean and unmarked. A scarce pocket-sized guide and part of the NWSA's "Efficiency Series," it is recorded at only one institution on OCLC and is the only copy on the market. As the fight for women's... Read More
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A History of the American People (in 5 vols.)
by Wilson, Woodrow
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1902. First edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine set. Five volumes, octavo (148 x 212 mm), together occupying 23 cm (9 in) of shelf space. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt. Top edge gilt. A bit of fading to spines and some toning to endpapers. Ink ownership signature, dated 1902, to the front free endpaper of each volume. A fresh and attractive set. A History of the American People is Woodrow... Read More
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
by Wollstonecraft, Mary
London: J. Johnson, 1792. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo (leaves 207 x 122mm), collating: xix, 452 pp. An excellent, Near Fine copy. Full contemporary polished calf. Expert leather repair to joints and edges. Small bookplate to upper pastedown (initials "DDa") and small contemporary woman's ink ownership signature ("Moira") to margin of p. 9. A bit of toning to endpapers and occasional light foxing. Overall, a very fresh and handsome copy of one of the most important founding documents... Read More
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Angelica's Ladies Library; or, Parents and Guardians Present
by [Women's Education] Kauffman, Angelica and Henry Bunbury
London: Printed for J. Hamilton, 1794. First edition. Finely bound in half morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. All edges brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Lower front corner skinned. Light offsetting to endpapers. Faint gift inscription to outer margin of title. Header of titlepage shaved close without any loss to text, with textblock wide margined and clean. Pages measure approximately 190 x 150mm. Collating [2], vi, 440: bound without half title, else complete including engraved title and eight plates... Read More
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Correspondence Regarding Publications Promoting Women's Suffrage
by [Women's Suffrage] Woolston, Florence, and Homer Boyle
New York, New York; Salem, Ohio, 1912. Typed Letter Signed by Florence Woolston, editor of The Woman Voter on letterhead; single page dated June 27, 1912, measuring 8.5 x 11 inches with writing to recto and with by the transmittal envelope. Accompanied by a one page Autograph Letter unsigned but composed by the recipient Homer Boyle in response to Woolston's TLS; dated June 29, 1912 on blank stationery measuring 5.25 x 8.5 inches with writing to recto. Together, these... Read More
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Lettres à Sophie, sur divers sujets du Physique et de Philosophie
by [Women's Education] [Physics] Aymery, F.T.A.
Paris: Leger, 1797. First edition. Octavo. xxvi, [2], 96, [2] pp. Part one only - the planned part two was never published. Publisher's pink pastepaper wrappers with pink paper spine. Binding somewhat loose. Edges untrimmed. Very clean and fresh throughout. A Very Good+ copy of a rare work on physics for women, unrecorded in OCLC. This guide to physics and philosophy for women is one of the many works on women's education written during the Revolutionary period in... Read More
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A Bill Concerning the Rights and Liabilities of Married Women
by [Women's Property Rights] [Cutler, Hannah, Frances Gage and Elizabeth Jones] Mr. Key, from the Committee on Women's Rights
[Columbus, Ohio]: [Richard Nevins], 1861. First edition. Bifolium slip bill printing measuring 330 x195mm and complete in 3 pages. Lower blank portion of conjugate leaf trimmed; some splitting along fold lines. Early pencil annotations throughout. Slip bills such as this, with widely spaced, numbered lines, were designed for in-session discussion, debate and annotation; and they were printed exclusively for the use of delegates. Therefore few survive. Unrecorded in OCLC with no other known copies noted, the present is perhaps... Read More
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Memoirs of Mrs. Hetta L. Ward with Selections from her Writings (Presentation Copy)
by [Women's Education] [Companionate Marriage] Ward, Hetta L.; Reverend Ward; Susan Hayes
Berkeley: T.R. Marvin, 1843. First edition. Very Good +. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to front board. Minor loss of cloth to crown of spine. Faint residue of removed library label to spine and front board. Peach endpapers. Light scattered foxing as is typical of the period. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Ward's husband, the compiler: "Reverend Mr. Ellingwood with the respects of J.W. Ward." Bookplate on the front pastedown reveals that the recipient Rev. Ellingwood... Read More
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The Right of Women to Exercise the Elective Franchise Under the Fourteenth Article of the Constitution..
by [Women's Suffrage] Clephane, J. O.
Washington DC: Judd & Detweiler, 1871. First edition. Disbound and complete in 16 pages. Measuring 215 x 140mm. A pleasing example, with a touch of staining to the title page and light foxing and soiling to the verso of the terminal leaf, else internally clean. Currently the only copy on the market, it has appeared only once at auction, in 1973. On January 11, 1871 two historic speeches occurred: one, through which Victoria Woodhull became the first woman... Read More
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G.H.Q. American Expeditionary Forces. General Orders No. 73
by [Women in the Military] Pershing, John
France: AG Printing Department, 1919. First edition. Handbill measuring 195 x 127 mm with text to recto only. A Fine example of a scarce piece, which is not listed in OCLC. As the American Expeditionary Forces under General Pershing faced the violence of the European warfront, women also took on more official military positions than they had in the past. "At the time of the First World War, most women were barred from voting or serving in... Read More
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Behind the Scenes; or, Nine Years at the Four Courts of Saint Louis
by [Women's Employment] Harris, Louisa
St. Louis: A. R. Fleming & Co, 1893. First edition. Very Good. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and front board. Brown coated endpapers. Some wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Some staining to covers and corresponding dampstaining to corners of endpapers. A very good copy, internally clean and unmarked. Collating viii, 9-220: complete including frontis. The first book published by a policewoman in America. Despite assumptions to the contrary, "women have... Read More
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Geography notebooks of two young women pupil-teachers
by [Women's Education] Mary Barker, Pupil Teacher and Allison Jane Gillespy
[United Kingdom], 1870. Geography notebook of Mary Barker: Quarter black roan over marbled boards measuring 9 x 7 inches. Comprised of a calligraphic title and frontis plus 59 hand drawn-and-colored maps done by a young woman in her first three years of teacher training. Throughout, Mary annotates on the margins which year and term she is in and occasionally notes that the map was drawn "From Memory"; and each map has penciled corrections and assessments. [with] Geography... Read More
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Elsie Ainslie, A Victim of Social Wrong
by [Women and Race] [BIPOC] Mecracken, Sara L.
Springfield, Mass: Star Publishing Co, 1885. First edition. Near Fine. Two variants of the first edition, both in publisher's printed wraps lettered in red to front. Both exceptional survivors, one in untrimmed wraps with some offsetting to the rear and fore-edges a bit chipped. Preliminary and terminal leaves uniformly toned, else internally fresh. Collating [2], 108 with adverts to interior of wraps. Second copy in trimmed wraps, complete in 108 pages with dedication to verso of front wrap... Read More
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