Women from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1929. Fifth printing, in the same year as the first. Small octavo (20cm). Green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xx,[1]-210pp. Tight, straight and clean, free of markings or significant wear; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, chipped on front and rear panels (not affecting text); Very Good. An… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1936. First edition. First printing, trade issue. Octavo (20cm). Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; [viii],[1]-157 pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled, else tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Signature of Vermont poet Arthur Wentworth Hewitt to front free endpaper.

Taipei: Literature House, Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Brown cloth spine over pale blue linen-covered boards; 112pp; illus. Slight bowing to boards; still a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy. Lengthy presentation inscription to front endpaper from a Betty Spencer, who from context appears to have been acquainted with the author and an avid member of the… Read more about this item

New York: Published and for sale at 5 Beekman Street, 1860. First Edition. 12mo. 20th-c. binding of tan calf over paper-covered boards; marbled page edges; 95,[1]pp. About fine and complete; the pamphlet appears to have been offered without cover wrappers (in any case, not noted by Blanck). Uncommon first edition of this late tract by the important abolitionist… Read more about this item

Boston: Published for the Author, 1875. First Revised Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); dark blue-green cloth, with titling and portrait of the author stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; xii,[13]-324pp, with an engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, and the errata slip tipped onto the preface at gutter. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown ("L.G.… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-410,[6]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, with a touch of sunning to spine ends, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25/- net), gently spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear, a few tiny nicks and… Read more about this item

California: Dustbooks, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 163pp. Bright, clean, and attractive, in a slightly soiled predominantly white dustjacket with some light scuffing and wear, a couple of small closed tears to the upper edge and some discreet tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Herald Publishing Co, 1944. Pictorial staple-bound pamphlet; illus.; 23pp; illus. Small spot of darkening to front cover, else clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Sensational text linking Hitler to a variety of prominent women, including Leni Riefenstahl as well as Unity Freeman, the Viennese dancer "La Jana", and others. Includes a second section titled "Sexual Morality in… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Row, 1981. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 204pp. Miniscule spot of rubbing to cloth at base of spine, else a fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $13.95 on front flap), mildly toned at flap-edges but still very Near Fine. A very nice copy. Andrews' first… Read more about this item

Boston: James French, 1849. First Edition. First printing. 24mo (12cm). Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt decorations on spine and front cover; all edges gilt; lithographed extra-title; v,6-127pp. Mild rubbing at spine and board edges, rear cover spotted and with a bit of silverfishing; about Very Good. An uncommon American gift book; not to be confused with the 1831… Read more about this item

San Francisco: National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, [1972]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 16pp; illus. Trivial wear along the spine-fold, else Fine. The full text of Davis's opening defense statement of March 29, 1972, during the trial for her part in supporting the Soledad Brothers. The pamphlet bears the same title as FrameUp, the… Read more about this item

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1934. First, Limited Edition. Number 78 of 895 numbered copies. Second state, with corrected text on p.52, that leaf a cancel. Octavo. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on spine; t.e.g.; unprinted acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase; 81pp. A Near Fine copy, a shade sunned on spine as usual. In the original slipcase, slightly toned… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster / Golf Digest, 1977. First Edition. First printing. Warmly inscribed on front endpaper: "To Joyce / In appreciation for being one of my very special friends - if you'd only stay home once in a while!," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo; cloth hardcover, dustjacket, 158pp; illus. Fine copy in crisp, unclipped… Read more about this item

San Francisco: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1971. Second Printing (January, 1971). Slim octavo (21.25cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 8pp. A Fine copy. Biographical portrait of an incarcerated Davis, charting her life and activist accomplishments, asserting her innoncence, and concluding with an appeal for support. This pamphlet appeared under a variety of local imprints (New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia),… Read more about this item

Iowa City: Ain't I A Woman, [n.d. but ca.1974]. First Edition. 12mo. (17cm); stapled wrappers; 52pp. Original ink price at upper right corner of front wrapper, some trivial wear, else Fine. "This is a collection of poems by working-class dykes who have been going through changes and writing poems, among other things" (front wrapper, verso). All of the poems… Read more about this item

Weston, MA: M & S Press, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (23.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [vi],[640]pp; illus. A Fine, unread copy. A substantial compilation of works by Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), a noted suffragist and social reformer who in 1872, had been the first woman to run for President of the United States. The… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1948 & 1953. First Editions. First Printings. Two thick octavo volumes (23.5cm); maroon cloth, blocked in black and navy blue and titled in gilt on spines; xvi, 804; xxx, 842pp. Both volumes clean, tight and unmarked in the original bindings, free of internal markings or wear; Very Good to Near Fine. Attractive set of this… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards; dustjacket; red publisher's top-stain; 369pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper, top-stain subtly faded at bulked edge, else a tight, straight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $10.00 on front flap), fine but for a tiny nick at base of front panel.… Read more about this item

[N.p.; privately printed, 1888]. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 24pp. Mild cover soil, oxidation to staples, with some trivial external wear; Very Good+. Brief biography and memorial tribute to Dix, quoting extensively from letters written to her contemporaries. Caroline A. Kennard (1827-1907) was a pioneering American woman scientist and activist for women's rights, perhaps best remembered today for… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1867. First Edition. First impression. 12mo. Publisher's green linen, titled in gilt on spine with gilt decorations to front board; 296,(2)pp. Scattered mild foxing within, but still a crisp, handsome copy, minimally worn in the original binding. Neat ownership signature ("Lewis W. Frances"[?]) at head of title page.