Vera Brittain

The Women at Oxford: A Fragment of History

London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition which tells the story of women's struggle for equal opportunity at Oxford. The first edition, first impression.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This book covers a century of development of women's educational opportunities at Oxford, beginning with the liberal reforms after 1850 and ending with the altered status of the women's "societies" to that of full colleges in 1959. Written by Vera Brittain, a VAD nurse, writer, feminist and socialist who is best remembered for her memoir 'Testament of Youth' which recounts her experiences during the First World War. With eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear to the spine tail and warping to the bottom of the rear board caused by damp. Dust wrapper is very smart, with minor edge wear and handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. With minor damp stains to the rear free endpaper and pastedown, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 950Y16

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: The Women at Oxford: A Fragment of History Vera Brittain History Vera Brittain Not Stated

Mrs. Broadhurst

A Word in Favor of Female Schools

London, Not Stated, 1827. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet on the benefits of educating young women in schools, written by a Mrs. Broadhurst of Bath. Addressed to parents, guardians and the public.A fascinating and compelling pamphlet promoting women's education.Not seen at auction since 1979Written by a Mrs. Broadhurst, of Belverdere House, Bath. Mrs. Broadhurst was the wife of Rev. Thomas Broadhurst, and they kept a school in Bath; she penned pamphlets in favour of the education of women.A very scarce work, and a piece of feminist history. Unbound. Generally smart, with a little wear to the edges, which are a little age-toned. Binding is tight. Pages are generally clean, with age-toned edges. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 781R14

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: Female Schools Education Educational Reform A Word in Favour of Female Schools Education Schools of Bath Bath History None

Dorothy M. Brown

American Women in the 1920s: Setting a Course

Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1987 . First edition. Paperback. A personalised, signed first paperback edition of this exploration of the changes and struggles faced by women in 1920s America, written by Professor Dorothy M. Brown. First paperback edition. Signed by the author, with the inscription "To Kat and Joe - with appreciation of them and a woman of the 90s upcoming". Written by Professor Emeritus of History at Georgetown university, Dorothy M. Brown. An informative examination of the "new woman" of the 1920s. Brown explores the many different cultural institutions that have always shaped identity: school, family, church and work. In addition, the author compares the experiences of women in the 1920s to the popular images of womanhood illustrated in the media and literature of the time. Illustrated with photographs of women of the time to accompany the text. In the publisher's paperback wraps. Externally, lovely, with light shelf wear and a few spots to the fore edge. Authors inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 951Q13

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: Dorothy M. Brown setting a course american women in the 1920s setting a course None

Jung Chang

1991 Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China

London, Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Jung Chang's history of China following three female generations in her family. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. A map of China bound into the front of the volume. 16 plates of photographs. Collated complete. Jung Chang's best selling biographical account of life in China from three women; her grandmother, her mother, and herself, over the span of a century. This take on Chinese history tells the often untold experiences of women in the late 19th and 20th century. Wild Swans won the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year, and has been translated into 37 different languages. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original clipped dust wrapper. Externally cloth is in excellent condition, apart from a small tear to the cloth to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with just a little spotting to the top edge. Dust wrapper is in lovely condition, though sunned to the spine and slightly creased to the head of the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: Peter Simpkin. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 836M16

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: Jung Chang Chinese History Feminism Chinese History Peter Simpkin

Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

Norfolk, The Easton Press , 1996. Leather. A handsome collector's edition copy of this classic feminist book by Betty Friedan, widely recognised as having started the second-wave feminist movement. A scarce collector's edition. In the original full crushed morocco binding with decorative gilt detail, and a satin ribbon marker. Printed on archival quality paper, especially milled for this edition. 'The Feminine Mystique', is a classic feminist book, widely recognised as having started the second-wave feminist movement in the United States of America. First published in the early 1960s, the book analyses the assumption that American women should become housewives. Through interviews and psychological research, Friedan raises the voices of women who were often unheard. Betty Friedan was a prolific American writer and activist, who was chosen as the first president of the National Organisation for Women, and later organised the nationwide 'Women's Strike for Equality&apos. With a half title page. Bookplate for 'County of Hereford and Worcester', to the rear of the front free endpaper. In full crushed morocco binding. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear. Some marks to the gilt detail on the front and rear boards. A small amount of fading and a few marks to the lower spine. Bookplate to the rear of the free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 838G17

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: feminism second wave feminism housewife marriage second wave feminism None

Eduard Fuchs; Alfred Kind

Die Weiberherrschaft in Der Geschichte Der Menschheit: Zweiter Band

Munich, Verlag Albert Langen, 1913. First edition. Leather. Volume II of a three volume set of Fuchs and Kind's profusely illustrated history of female power throughout history. Volume II of a three volume set, in a half morocco binding with pictorial cloth boards. Illustrated with 13 black and white plates, 25 colour plates, 6 folding plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. The first edition, tenth thousand, of Volume II of the three volume set by Eduard Fuchs and Alfred Kind on female rule and dominance, through various legal and religious practices, throughout world history. Eduard Fuchs (1870-1940) was a German writer, Marxist political activist and art critic. Written in German, and illustrated with many fascinating illustrations throughout. In a half morocco binding. Externally, a little rubbed to the spine and extremities, with some faint marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 861M2

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: Female power Female rulers World history Female rulers Not Stated

Jane Gabin

American Women in Gilded Age London: Expatriates Rediscovered

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2006. First edition. Cloth. An interesting historical account of female American literary expatriates in London, the author's presentation copy. A bright first edition, first impression. The first edition, first impression of this work. A bright copy of this historical volume celebrating some American women expatriates to London during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Jane Gabin draws on correspondence, reviews, and articles to retrace the life and career of such group of American women living in London between 1870 and the end of the Second World War. A group that ranges from Jennie Jerome Churchill (Winston's mother), to Elizabeth Banks, and Genevieve Ward among others, each with their own individuality and unique talents. The author's presentation copy, inscribed 'To David Drummond, from whom I bought my first image of Mary Anderson, which I framed and placed on my desk to inspire me to preserve with this research subject! With warm memories of out first and subsequent meeting," dated 2009. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Author's presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author to the title page, dated 2009. The dust wrapper is unclipped and lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 806A22

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: jane s gabin feminism american literary women first editions feminism None

Germain Greer

The Female Eunuch

London, Paladin, 1972. Paperback. Celebrated publisher Carmen Callil's personal copy of her schoolmate Germain Greer's seminal feminist work, with annotations from Callil. An association copy of the tenth UK printing of Greer's important feminist text, in which she presents the thesis that the suburban, consumerist, nuclear family represses women sexually, rendering them eunuchs.From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago.Callil and Greer - both Australian - attended the Star of the Sea College convent school in Melbourne at the same. Callil had two half Siamese kittens, named John and William, that were given to her by Greer and named after two 'lovely men' Callil worked early in her career.With Callil's bookplate to the front pastedown, and her inscription to the front free endpaper.With frequent annotations from Callil to the start of the work through to page 19. She underlines in pencil such passages as 'if women liberate themselves, they will perforce liberate their oppressors' and 'the revolutionary woman must know her enemies, the doctors, psychiatrists, health visitors, priests, marriage counsellors&apos. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Back strip and rear wrap lightly age toned, with rubbing to front wrap perimeters. Bookplate to front pastedown, pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pencil annotations to first nineteen pages of text. Pages age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 966F54

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: Germaine Greer Virago feminism feminist philosophy Virago Not Stated

B. G. MacCarthy

Women Writers: Their Contribution to the English Novel 1621-1744 and the Later Women Novelists 1744-1818

Oxford , Cork University Press , 1944-47. First edition. Cloth. A study of women's contribution to English literature in history by B. G. MacCarthy, two first editions. The first edition of this work. Two volumes study of women's contribution to English literature from the early seventeenth century the early nineteenth by B. G. MacCarthy. Studies included are of Aphra Behn and satire, Restoration genres compared, the sentimentalised novella, novels of sentiment and sensibility, the didactic novel, Jane Austen, &c. A fascinating read. In the original publisher's half cloth bindings over paper covered boards. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, spine and extremities of the boards lightly bumped. Library stamp to the title page of 'The Later Women Novelists&apos. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 812A43

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: women feminism novelists english literature feminism None

Marilyn Strathern

Women in between Female Roles in a Male World: Mount Hagen, New Guinea.

New York , Seminar Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this informative work on female roles in New Guinea society by anthropologist Marilyn Strathern. An uncommon first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Includes two maps. This work is the second in the 'Seminar Studies in Anthropology' series and is written by British anthropologist Dr Marilyn Strathern. Strathern has worked extensively with the Mount Hagen people of Papua New Guinea and specialises in feminist anthropology. This work, which was Strathern's doctoral thesis, takes a look at traditional New Guinea societies and examines the women's status and relations between the sexes. Strathern spent a lot of time amongst the people of Papua New Guinea, giving her work an ethnographical approach and a better understanding of the culture. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only very light bumping to the tail of the spine resulting in slight discolouration to the cloth and very minor rubbing to the spine and boards. Remnants of a small book sellers sticker to the front paste down. The wrap is very smart with some minor chipping, spotting to the spine and very minor handling marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Scattered spotting to the fore edge, heavier to the top edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 874Z8

Catalogue: Feminism

Keywords: First edition Anthropology Feminism Marilyn Strathern Anthropology None Stated