Philadelphia: Dr. D. Jayne & Son, 1916. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. (32)pp. Directions for canning and preserving many different fruits and vegetables are interleaved with ads for Dr. D. Jayne's Family Medicines. At the end are five pages of small labels to cut out and paste on your preserve jars. 6.25" x 3.25". (more information)

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NY: Lorenzo Dow, 1950. Later printing. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: iv, 39. This reprint was first published as Part Two of THE COMPANION: "An Address to the Newly Married Lady," giving advice on pregnancy. 5.5" x 3.5". (more information)

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Cincinnati: Andrew Jergens Co., 1911. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Good. Henry Hutt. Pictorial white covers soiled as usual. 67pp; complete with 11 plates. Chapters include: scientific facts about the skin; descriptions and directions for use of Jergens products, with prices; hair care; beauty treatments for different seasons; problem complexions; baths; etc. The plates are from artwork, evocative of the period. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Howard Pyle and others. Decorative cloth binding. pp: vii, 403; 8 b&w plates. This is the most popular novel by the Virginia-born author (1870-1936), an historical romance of the women of Jamestown. It is one of Merle Johnson's "High Spots of American Literature." 7.75" x 5". (more information)

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Hanover, PA: U.S. Navy, 1943. Original. not bound. Very Good. Broadside; few nicks at edges. Printed in red-white-blue on card stock, in part: ". Join the Navy with other girls from your home town. 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M., Thursday, August 17 . WAVES." 13.5" x 10.5". (more information)

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Baltimore: J.W. Bond, 1872. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt-decorative cloth. 235pp; portrait. Kane was affiliated with the Maryland Institute for the Blind, and her autobiography occupies 145 pages. Also present are: "Discouse on the Life and Character of Joseph Brown Smith, Late Professor of Music in the Kentucky Institution for the Blind," by John Heywood; and "Songs in the Night, or the Triumphs of Genius over Blindness," by William Henry Milburn. 7" x 4.5". (more information)

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NY: Plaza Book, 1953. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 64pp. "Dedicated to the young men and women of today. establishing a democratic tradition of manners for the millions." Has chapters on: Dating and Courtship; Manners for Motorists; Correct Attire for Women; A Guide to "Problem Foods"; Dining Out; Ten Rules for the Dance Floor; Weddings; Funerals; Tipping; Techniques for the Telephone; &c. 8.25" x 5.25". (more information)

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Philadelphia, 1890. not bound. Very Good. Full-length portrait, mounted on photographer's card. On the verso is printed: "H.B. Hansbury, Artist in Photography, Successor to O.B. DeMorat, 914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia." Written at top in pencil: "Mrs. Kenney-Evangelist". She wears a long, dark dress with leg o' mutton sleeves and a large bow in her upswept hair, holding an open book. [Provenance: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]. 6.5" x 4.5". (more information)

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NY: Frye Publishing, 1929. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. Spine gilt rubbed. 140pp; 10 plates from photographs. This is a presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Kilmer. 8" x 4.75". (more information)

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: x, 294, index; full-page map. Evaluates the relative power and autonomy of women in 12 "culture areas" of the United States. Included are the Inuit, Tlingit, Chipewyan, Seneca, Blackfeet, Paiute, Navajo, Cherokee, etc. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Deadwood, South Dakota: Dakota Graphics, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Nancy Bowman. 32pp; illus from photographs. Small sticker scar at top corner. The author means to show the two faces of Calamity Jane--as a buckskinned character and as a lady. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Signs of light use. 30pp, index. Contains recipes for "stretching" meat, using butter frugally, cooking for invalids, and making desserts with Knox gelatine. Includes a chapter on "household suggestions," most of which feature money-saving ideas. 9" x 5.25". (more information)

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Metuchen, NJ Scarecrow Press 1977., 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library stamps (deaccessioned), else in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.5" pp: xvi, 875 Has author and subject indices. Contains 8,637 annotated entries. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Metuchen, NJ Scarecrow Press 1972., 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents near fine condition. 8.75" x 5.5" pp: ix, 436 Has author and subject indices and manuscripts index. Contains 5,170 entries re printed works and 402 manuscript sources. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Leavenworth, Kansas: Ladies of the G.A.R., 1913. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 39pp; small piece chipped from corner of first few leaves, no text loss. This is the rulebook for the society of "mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, granddaughters, and blood kin nieces of soldiers, sailors and marines" who had fought on the Union side in the Civil War, and also for "ex-army nurses and all lineal descendants." 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1797. Third US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Old calf, gilt-ruled spine, red leather label. 308pp. Printed by Dover & Harper at Chambersburg, for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia. [contents cont'd] 3. Lady Pennington's Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Daughter; 4. Marchioness of Lambert's Advice of a Mother to Her Daughter; 5. Mrs. Chapone's Letter on the Government of the Temper; 6. Swift's Letter to a Young Lady Newly Married; 7. Moore's Fables for the Female Sex. Evans, American Imprints, #32345--may lack 4pp ads at end. 6.5"x 4". (more information)

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Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1794. Second US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Old polished calf binding, gilt rules, red leather label. pp: 293, 3, 4. The four pages of ads of Books for Sale by Mathew Carey are dated June 17, 1794. [contents cont'd] 3. Lady Pennington's Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Daughter; 4. Marchioness of Lambert's Advice of a Mother to Her Daughter; 5. Mrs. Chapone's Letter on the Government of the Temper; 6. Swift's Letter to a Young Lady Newly Married; 7. Moore's Fables for the Female Sex. Evans, American Imprints, #27192. 6.75" x 4". (more information)

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Various Places, 1954. Buckram. Very Good. Buckram binding with pencil. 96pp, handwritten. On the first leg of her trip, Mrs. Larson flies from Chicago to Shannon and on to Geneva, Lucerne, Innsbruck, Salzburg, etc. An avid photographer, she tours Geneva by bus and on foot, with boat trips to Montreux and Castle Chillon, taking pictures all the way. Then she goes by train to Interlaken and the top of the Jungfrau, then on to Lucerne. After a day there, she entrains for Zurich, then on to Innsbruck [details], then to Salzburg (Eagle's Nest and Heilbrun Castle), and on to Vienna. After several days in the city and a tour of the Vienna Woods, she's off to Paris and a buying spree as well as a sightseeing binge. Finally, she flies out of Orly to Shannon, buys liquor, and returns to Chicago. Mrs. Larson is not an educated sightseer, but her travel diary does contain a lot of particulars about how a woman travels alone on a budget, including many prices, tips re hotels and transportation, etc. Her accounts tend to be interesting. She meets a divorced film star, a US Army field nurse, a Sicilian from Washington, a Swedish couple who detail their travel plans, etc. Of special interest are her descriptions of the post-WWII US Army presence in European cities. She has problems with Russian soldiers in Vienna (take their picture and they take you prisoner, etc.). In Salzburg, which she notes is US Army Headquarters, she "saw only one negro with a white girl. They say there is an awful lot of it." Her driver in Salzburg tries to con her into getting their group into a movie theater for US forces. She and the Army nurse do shop at the PX in Vienna, etc., etc. 6.5" x 4". (more information)

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Various Places, 1958. leatherette. Very Good. 131pp, hand written. Mrs. Larson's accounts of meals, souvenirs, hotels and prices are detailed. She takes lots of photos on this trip and makes extensive tours on foot. After a one-week sail on the SS Saturnia, she arrives at Lisbon, tours the city, comments on the food, then goes by seaplane to Funchal, Madeira and spends 12 days there, taking snapshots, enjoying cocktails and dinners, and nightclubbing with new acquaintances (including one man whom she describes in her pre-diary notes as "homosexual mink"). Then it's on to Las Palmas, Canaries by seaplane, a car-tour to Tejedas, detals of banana plantations in Arucas, etc. After a brief stay at Tenerife, she bums a free ride back to Las Palmas on a German freighter. On March 26, she flies to Madrid, then back to Lisbon, and a "trip north" by car to Aljubarrata, Bussaco, Coimbra and Fatima, returning to Madrid. Then she's off on an "Andalusia trip" including Seville and Merida, a bus tour to Granada and Cordoba, and on to Alicante, Valencia and Barcelona (bullfight, dining with sailors, nightclubbing, &c.). After sightseeing in Segovia and Avila, she flies to Rome, entrains for Florence, on to Naples, an "Amalfi drive" to Sorrento and Pompeii, then off to Capri. Finally, she trains back to Rome, flies to Paris (Lido and Follies), then by train to Brussels and the Exposition, a Cook's tour of Bruges and Ghent, flight back to Paris, and home. As an unsophisticated but eager traveler, Mrs. Larson offers an interesting point-of-view. 6.75" x 4". (more information)

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Chicago: Stenotype Company, 1938. Third Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: (iv), 66. Comprises practical & inspirational readings for the aspiring stenographer, printed in "stenotypy" for her to transcribe. Laid in are two 7-1/2" x 5" cards which show the stenotype keyboard; on the backs are illustrated letter-finger associations and proper sitting position. 7.75" x 5". (more information)

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original cloth. Occasional food spots in text. pp: 18, 578 ads; 50 small illustrations. Has recipes for many different foods as well as chapters on cooking for invalids, miscellaneous hints, the dining-room, the care of kitchen utensils, etc. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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NY: Advanced Music, 1944. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Featured by "The Girl with the Horn," Billy Rogers and her orchestra. Music and lyric by Dick Robertson, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Darling, since you've been away I get sort of blue; Darling, I imagine you feel the same way too.." 12" x 9". (more information)

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Mansfield, PA, 1936. Original wraps. Very Good. (8)pp. This tiny dance card, meant to be worn on the young lady's wrist, includes the Y.M. Cabinet (all women), program, &c. The spaces for dances have no names filled in. Music by the Red and Black Orchestra. Bound in gilt-embossed green covers; gold tassel. 2.75" x 2". (more information)

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Mansfield, PA, 1933. Original wraps. Very Good. (8)pp. This tiny dance card, meant to be worn on the young lady's wrist, includes the class officers, committees and sponsors. The spaces for dances contain 14 names in ink: Fred, Carl, Steve, Cootie, et al. Music by the Melody Makers. Bound in dark-red paper covers; red and black tassel. 3.75" x 2.75". (more information)

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London: Macmillan, 1895. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: xiii, 295; 19 plates, 42 illus in text. Mason examines women's earliest roles as weaver, potter, food-bringer, skin dresser, artist, linguist, founder of society, etc. 7.75" x 5". (more information)

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Berkeley: Union WAGE Educational Comm., 1974. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp:(ii), 38. Has 13 illus from photographs (8 full-page). 8.5" x 5.25". (more information)

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Dansville, NY: F.A. Owen, 1912. First Edition. Original cloth. Good. Few smudges on cover and inside. 32pp; portrait. Here is a short biography of the English nursing pioneer of the Crimean War. 7.25" x 5". (more information)

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Kansas City, MO: Modern Handcraft, 1949. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 38pp; illus throughout, some color. This trade catalog offers threads, accessories and kits for embroidery, needlepoint & quilts, described in detail, with prices. 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY: Henry Holt, 1912. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (v), 311, (2)ads. Red cloth slightly mottled; gilt bright. Chapters include: I Decide to Begin My Career in a Big City; Why I Failed to Find Work; Caught in the Quarrel between the Partners; I Go into Business for Myself; The Only Woman's Advertising Company; Writing Copy for Twenty Clients; Promoting a Gold Mine; etc. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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Walnut Creek Altamira Press (1999)., 1999. Hardcover. Binding and contents in fine condition. 9.25" x 6" 335pp w/index Montagu uses physical anthropology to show how women are not only equal to, but superior to, men. Fifth Edition. Binding is glazed boards. (more information)

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