Rockford, IL: Roper, 1927. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. Faint dampmark extends 2" up from bottom edge. 68pp; illus from photographs. Dedicated to "the mistress of the home, who appreciates the dignity of the fine art of cooking," this booklet presents "menus and recipes by directors of Home Service Departments of leading gas companies" (all are women and are shown with their photo-portraits). Covers formal dinners, Sunday night suppers, holiday dinners, etc. The last 10 pages comprise a Roper Oven trade catalog, with photographs and descriptions of five models. 8" x 5". (more information)

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NY: Dodge, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Henry S. Eddy. Pictorial binding. 120pp; vignettes in red. The decorative drawings on every page are real period pieces, reflecting Edwardian dress, etc. This is a collection of epigrams, mostly caustic, on husbands and other man-woman relationships. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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NY: Royal Baking Powder, 1929. Third Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. 100pp, index; illus from photographs, some color. Offers step-by-step directions so that "even the inexperienced housewife" can produce "works of art" from her oven. Includes many colored illustrations of finished baked goods as well as photographs of works in progress. [Culinary Americana #2947.] 9.25" x 6.75". (more information)

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NY: Brentano's, 1920. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 234; portrait. This is the author's fifth book, a classic. [Krichmar, Women's Rights Movement, #976. Moore, Margaret Sanger Bibliography, #402.] "Women are determined to decide for themselves whether they shall become mothers, under what conditions and when. This is the fundamental revolt.the key to the temple of liberty." Sanger sees birth control as a means of bettering society, advancing the working classes, ending war, and freeing women sexually and physically. Chapters include: Contraceptives or Abortion?; Why Not Birth Control Clinics in America?; Progress We Have Made; Woman's Struggle for Freedom; etc. 7.5" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY: Eaton & Mains, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial cloth binding. pp: ix, 319; 8 plates. Has chapters on raising children, thrift, music at home, home anniversaries, beauty, prayer, young women and self-support, &c. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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NY: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: xx, 569. Dedicated "to the promising future of the New Woman." The realization that "woman.has been the victim of a vast myth.which made her into a being fashioned in keeping with man's will instead of in her own right" prompted the gathering of these essays by 28 authors. Contributors include: Margaret Mead, Charlotte Gilman Perkins, Robert Briffault, Havelock Ellis, Rebecca West, and others. Signed on the endpaper by anthropologist Ashley Montagu 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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Perkasie, PA: Published by the author, 1989. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: xv, 154; illus from photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author who wrote this book "to give the descendants of Karl Frederick Schoeller and Mary Moyer Schoeller an awareness of their roots, with names and dates as far back as is known." Contains much on daily life in Perkasie, PA, their 57-year marriage, family and friends. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Kingsport, TN: Daily News, printer, 1979. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. pp: vi, 102; several illus from photographs. This copy is signed on the title-page by Mrs. Robb W. Seward, with a two-line presentation inscription signed Ella Mae Seward. The Tennessee-born author finished nursing school at Rockwood in the mid-1920s, then completed her training at Atlanta and Knoxville where she became a private-duty nurse. Here she narrates those experiences as well as her nursing life in various hospitals, her marriage, etc. 8.5" x 5.25". (more information)

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Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1892. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp:xiii,248+8, index. The author was President of the Boston Political Class. "It is particularly important that women, who are now entering public life in large numbers, shall, in order to command respect, conduct their meetings with a certain regard to forms." 6" x 4.25". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 53pp; text illus from photographs. The theme of this issue is Songs of American Women, including Songs of Black Women, Women's Music Festival, etc. Has an article on Sweet Honey in the Rock by Bernice Reagon, and short pieces by Alice Gerrard, Suni Paz, Deborah Silverstein, Lily May Ledford, and Ethel Raim. Contains words and music to coal-mining songs, protest songs, and labor songs. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1971. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 44pp; text illus from photographs. The theme of this issue is women in folk music, with articles on: art in women's songs (traditional, protest, union, liberation); autobiography by Hedy West; interviews with Rosalie Sorrels, Malvina Reynolds, and others; words and music to "Had, Took, Misled," "Solidarity Forever," "The Whore's Lament," No Hole in My Head," and other songs; folk scene news; etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Quadrangle Books, 1972. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xi, 175, index. The feminists include Susan Glaspell, Crystal Eastman, Neith Boyce, Henrietta Rodman, and others. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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Metuchen, NJ Scarecrow Press 1976., 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents in fine condition. 8.75" x 5.5" pp: viii, 247 Has author and subject indices. Contains 726 annotated entries arranged by topic: trade unions, working conditions, strikes, &c. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1923. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Small blind-stamp on title-page. 214pp, index; 92 illus from photographs and drawings. Aimed at housekeepers in college dormitories, hospitals, orphanages, etc., this book has chapters on floor coverings, beds, linens, tableware, removing stains, household pests, etc. 8" x 5.25". (more information)

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Columbus, OH: Not published, 1908. Original. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes, leather spines and corners worn, contents in very good condition. pp: 200 + 295. All of the pages are filled with handwritten entries. The Auxiliary, who met at Memorial Hall in Columbus, had as their main purpose: "Loyalty to their beloved flag and the Spanish War Veterans." These books contain complete, formal minutes, handwritten by several secretaries over the years. Included are: elections of officers; reports of the officers as well as the chaplain, conductor, pianist, etc.; reports on parties, lectures, fundraisers, bazaars, services, card club, and many ritual ceremonies. An extensive record of this women's group. 10.5" x 8". (more information)

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Spool Cotton Co., 1942. Third Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 50pp; illus from photographs and drawings. Begins with the Consumer's Victory Pledge: "Buy carefully, take good care of the things I have, waste nothing." Offers "ways to teach an old wardrobe new tricks" by mending, patching, altering and restyling, including "how to convert a man's suit into a woman's suit" and "reclaiming" used wool, plus instructions for crocheting hats, etc. 10.5" x 7.5". (more information)

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Spool Cotton Co., 1942. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Red-white-blue paper covers. 50pp; illus throughout from photographs. Inside the cover is the "Consumer's Victory Pledge" to buy carefully, take care of things, and waste nothing. Topics include: what you need in your sewing basket; how to mend, patch, alter and restyle clothing; how to convert men's suits to women's suits; making children's clothes; creating hats; using odds and ends; etc. Has many photo-illustrations and patterns. 10.5" x 7.5". (more information)

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USA: Spool Cotton Co., 1938. Second Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 30pp; illus throughout, some color. Contains directions for making "decorative crochet ensembles for every room in your house" to fit various interior styles. 10.5" x 7.5". (more information)

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Albany, NY: Knickerbocker, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth. 138pp, index. Laid into this first edition is a leaflet announcing a limited- edition reprint of the book. This is the classic account of bundling, the custom of sharing a bed with your suitor as long as one item of clothing was worn while you bundled. It contains stories, personal narratives, broadside ballads, etc., most of which deal with embarrassing situations, daughters and boyfriends, sliding knots on petticoats, etc. 7.5" x 4.5". (more information)

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Santa Barbara & Oxford ABC-CLIO (1990)., 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents in fine condition. 9.25" x 6" pp: xi, 290 Has index. Contains 1,390 annotated entries in alphabetical order. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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NY: Oxford University Press, 1915. First Edition. Decorative cloth. Very Good. pp: (x), 232; frontispiece, 10 plates from photographs. The authors examine early colleges for women in America, providing a detailed history of Vassar College. 7.75" x 5". (more information)

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Hudson, WI: Star & Times Printing House, 1874. First Edition. Full leather. Good. Corners of first few leaves stained. 218pp; portrait. In the publisher's gift binding of full morocco, gilt cover illustration, blind-stamped decorations, all edges gilt. Taylor (1835-1873) was a Wisconsin journalist. This volume contains 58 of his pieces, leading off with a long, admiring edssay on women's-rights activist Margaret Fuller. Other titles include: Ventriloquism; What I Know about Stammering; Graves and Graveyards; Radicalism; etc. 7" x 4.5". (more information)

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Washington: USGPO, 1941. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. Cover bit chipped along edges. 28pp; illus from photographs. Asserts that "many a woman.can give the tailor-made touch to a coat for herself or the children once she understands some of the tricks of the trade." And, the author adds, she can sew two coats for the price of one ready-made. This booklet offers detailed instructions. 9.25" x 5.75". (more information)

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Dominican Republic, 1959. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 4pp; full-page portrait of the first lady. Text in Spanish. 10" x 8". (more information)

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Cincinnati: U.S. Playing Card Co., 1921. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: 43, (2)ads. Suggests card parties as the easiest way to entertain at home: Auction, Five Hundred, Euchre, etc. Covers rules, seating, prizes, invitations, decorations, menus, and themes such as Quaker, Japanese, Roses, Seashore, Automobile, and Lawn parties. 7.25" x 4.5". (more information)

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Cincinnati Procter & Gamble (1922)., 1922. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paper covers soiled, contents in very good condition. 7.25" x 5" 80pp Talks about soaps, stain removal, bluing, ironing, day-by-day plans of action for homemakers, home-laundry equipment, etc. Illustrated by full-page and text illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Scribner's, 1916. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xxix, 176. Mrs. Ward was a novelist and anti-suffragist who worked untiringly in the cause of women's education. Here are her letters to an American friend "which reflect the very soul of England since this wicked and cruel war began," and which prove that "England has done her best" in her effort to "rescue freedom and civilization.from this terrible contest." 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY: Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dust jacket worn at edges. 152pp; vignette drawings. This copy is inscribed and signed by Frances Warfield. A Wellesley graduate and journalist, the author here takes a light-hearted look at "tragi-comic predicaments" in her life, caused by hearing loss suffered when she was four years old. Included are experiences abroad, romantic problems, etc. She tried for two decades to keep her deafness secret. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Edgar S. Werner, 1900. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 186pp, index. Topics include: wit and humor of various races; wit of kings, queens, ambassadors; national humor styles; women's humor; etc. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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Winona, MN: J.R. Watkins, 1920. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 96pp; illus throughout text. Watkins liniment appeared at the close of the Civil War, followed by a long line of products shown and described here. This handbook has expansive sections on: Secrets of Beauty; Helps to the Housewife; Care of Livestock and Poultry; Home Doctor; Cooking Recipes; etc. 8.75" x 5.75". (more information)

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