WOMEN from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Netherlands: Lannoo Publishers, 2016. First edition thus. Hardcover. Overall fine condition. Maria Sibylla Merian [1647 - 1717] was a German entomologist and scientific illustrator. 'She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly.' (wikipedia dot com) Her lifelong study of insects and incorporation of the various stages of insect development into her illustrations… Read more about this item

1945. Ephemera. A collection of photographs and ephemera belonging to Lt. Lillian Scher, an Army nurse during W.W.II in the China Theater. The photographs are mostly vernacular (9) of Lillian posing either alone or with other nurses in front of buildings with Chinese signs on them, rickshaws, barracks, some at parties with officers and Chinese women and… Read more about this item

New York: Truth Company, 1896. Very good condition. Color image of a woman in red and white rowing costume, and a crew team at practice in the background. Caption reads, "Harvard and Yale, Beware! Ere long the Vassar and the Wellesley Crews May Win the Pennant from the "Reds" and "Blues". 9 5/8 x 13", verso has… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. Very good condition. Attractive color image of a woman in sailor type shirt at the oars of a narrow skull, waving off to her left. 11 1/4 x 16", verso has 4 ads for novels.

New York: Curtis Publishing, 1906. Very good condition. Attractive color image of a woman in sailor type shirt and a hat with insignia, holding two blue oars. 11 1/4 x 16", verso has 4 ads for novels.

London: Oxford University Press, 1943. Paperback. Otherwise very good condition. Full set of Series I and II, 4 issues each, in original slipcase. Topics include: War at Sea, Blitz, R.A.F., Army, Women, Production, Soldiers, Air Raids. "What did it look like? they will ask in 1981... Only the artist with his heightened powers of percetption can recognise which… Read more about this item

Clifton Forge, VA: Alleghany Highlands Arts and Craffs Center, Inc., 1988. Staplebound. Very good condition. Sally Mann is an American photographer. A catalogue of 15 of the 37 prints in the exhibition that took place at the Allegheny Highlands Arts and Crafts Center from September 6 through October 8, 1988. Square 8vo, 31pp, photographic covers white with… Read more about this item

1978. Fine. Official NASA photograph, signed by Ride. NASA text on verso. Sally Kristen Ride [1951 - 2012] was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. [Wikipedia] 8x 10", color photograph.

1835. Very good condition. A seven-page manuscript entitled "Colloquy "The Rights of Women". The structure is a discussion between two men, named "N" and "M". It's written in a competent hand by an educated person. It's not clear whether it is the work of a woman or a man, but it is certainly an early dialogue from a… Read more about this item

1870. Very good condition. An albumen photograph of two young women working a loom and spinning wheel in the silk industry. Hand color of detail on the women's kimono. 13 x 9 1/2", in a 14 x 12" mat.

Paris: Verdoux, Ducourtioux & Huillard, 1893. Poster. Very good overall. One of Grasset's iconic images, a poster for the Grafton Galleries first exhibition of French decorative art in late1893, the year the Grafton Gallery opened at 8 Grafton St., London. The lithographic poster depicts a woman in a field picking flowers. Grasset worked as a book illustrator and… Read more about this item

Namur, Belgium, 1733. Ephemera. Very good condition. An unusual survival of an 18th century swindle and subsequent execution. The manuscript letter is written by Mme de Douglas to an unknown "Monsieur" from Namur (Belgium) dated early January 1733. Mme Douglas was the widow of one of two brothers who inherited their fathers' rich estate from the East Indies.… Read more about this item

Paris: Delanchy, 1898. The poster beautifully illustrates an overworked Parisian seamstress, slumped in fatigue in front of her sewing machine. It advertises a tonic for anemia, supposedly the solution for her sweat shop existence. She has dropped her scissors. Willette (1857-1926) was a French caricaturist, painter, lithographer and architect of the Moulin Rouge, whose many works in… Read more about this item

Boston, 1890. Very good condition. Advertising mailer offering to 'read your stars' with enclosed photo of a man who 'closely resembles the one whom fate has chosen to share in your future...' 'In justice to your own interests you should obtain a more complete reading, by filling out the envelope herein and returning same, with twenty-five cents to… Read more about this item

Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2006. Paperback. Fine. Signed by Delilah Montoya, with studio signed portrait of Montoya tipped in, signed on the verso. Essays and b&w photography of women boxers, "Las Malcriadas," hardworking women boxers taking chances to expand the tradition of professional and amateur boxing. Oblong 4to, 96pp, b&w photographic card covers fine condition.… Read more about this item

The Hague, 1726. Print. Very good condition. Maria Sibylla Merian's careful drawing of the Emperor Moth, caterpillar and chrysalis. Published in her masterwork (The Insects of Surinam). Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 - 1717) was a pioneering entomologist and the first naturalist to record the process of metamorphosis. At the age of 13, she grew and closely… Read more about this item

1919. Dating from 1872 to 1919 from Punch, L'Illustration, Illustrated London News, and The Graphic exhibiting the sentiment of the times towards Votes for Women. 10 small images, one of a female skier holding a Votes for Women flag while skiing on skis that have "agitation" written on the bottom. An image of a comet as a woman… Read more about this item

London: London County Council, London Fire Brigade, 1938. Fine. The object of this leaflet is to give some idea of the part that women can play in the fire defence of London in the event of war." Women in prewar London asked to join Fire Departments,and could serve as Motor Drivers, Watchroom Staff, and Clerical Workers. … Read more about this item

Sydney: Kerry & Co., 1890. Very good condition. Black and white albumen photograph of a group of girls seated in front of a thatched hut with palm trees behind. Written on verso in pencil, "Girl's school Tonga". Blind stamped with photographer name and address, Kerry & Co., 308 Geo St. Sydney. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8",… Read more about this item

London: Joseph Hogarth, 1845. First printing. Print. Otherwise very good condition. Edward Steane [1798 - 1882], was a Baptist minister and abolitionist who attended the 1840 World Anti Slavery Convention. The exclusion of women from the convention gave great impetus to the women's suffrage movement in the United States. 13.5 x 18", damp stain visible at the… Read more about this item