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	The Workers Look at the Stars. Np, Vineyard Shore Workers Schoo. 1927, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition - large chips rear wrap, edgewear else vg in attractive silkscreened wraps. Very Good/Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 1194 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DE BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE Old Age. London, Andre Deutsch / Weidenfeld &. 1972, First Edition. Original Wraps. 1st edition. Proofs. Author's name mis-spelled on cover. Translated by sea-fictioneer, Patrick O'Brien. Two inch thick proof; little tanned at the spine but otherwise about fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 518 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DAFOE, ALLAN ROY Dr. Dafoe's Guidebook for Mothers NY, Julian Messner. 1936, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - a mother's guide book for raising infants and young children by the Doctor who delivered the Dionne quintuplets and cared for them for many years - pink pictorial cloth ( Doctor Defoe and the Quints ) in the rare photographic dj, price clipped, tiny tears, faint wear - a beautiful copy of the scarce first American edition. Fine/Very Good. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 11060 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GOODMAN, CLAVIA Bitter Harvest - Laura Clay's Suffrage Work Lexington, Kentucky, Bur Press. 1946, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 72 pages, with bibliography & index - one of only 275 numbered copies, illustrated & nicely bound in 1/4 cloth & marbled paper boards - paper spine label nicked at one corner else about fine - kentucky biographical history, women's suffrage, abolition, temperance . Fine. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.5 \| £UK 51.5 \| JP¥ 7310] Book number: 9353 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	HEKMAT, ANWAR Women and the Koran - the Status of Women in Islam NY, Prometheus Books. 1997, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - critical Islamic study of the confined role of women in Muslum countries & the role of the Koran in their suppression, by an Islamic scholar who urges education as a solution. Fine/Fine. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1032] Book number: 10363 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	HOUSMAN, LAURENCE Lysistrata. A Modern Paraphrase from the Greek of Aristophanes. London, The Woman's Press. 1911, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition. A play about the organization of a women's peace movement during the 21st year of the Peloponnesian war. Bookplate of legendary Canadian book collector, W. MacDonald MacKay else very good in cloth. Very Good. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 4553 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	MATTHEWS, MARY ANDERSON Love Vs Law NY, Broadway Publishing Company. 1905, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Hartman. - a feminist novel, told from the point of view of a Women's Suffarage advocate, & founding member of The Daughters of the American Republic [ Georgia ] - The novel centers on a woman who lobbies for Women's Suffarage, in the course of which she is robbed while travelling on horseback, violently assaulted, a firefight ensues in which she wounds the robber - It goes to trial & the Judge exonerates her, citing the positive effects of Women's Sufferage in possibly voting out of office, Blackguards & Gamblers & that the Woman's right to vote would tend to " purify " elections - generally didactic & dogmatic, but of some historical importance - Wright # 1534 - inscribed & signed to a family member - a vg copy with mild silver fish discolouration to the cloth - very scarce. Very Good. Signed by Author. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 9929 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	PRUITT, IDA A Daughter of Han - the Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman New Haven, Yale University Press. 1946. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - Nineteenth Century Chinese Autobiography 19th Century Chinese Autobiography Chinese History Chinese Oral History Chinese Peasant History Opium - memoirs of a 19th century peasant woman, an oral history - 2 old library stamps else agood used copy in dj, 2nd printing. Good/Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 10999 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	VERDI, TULLIO SUZZARA Mothers & Daughters: Practical Studies for the Conservation of the Health of Girls. New York, J. B. Ford & Co.. 1877. Homeopathic advice from a mother. Lacking rear blank fly else a very good bright copy. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 7105 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	WILLARD, FRANCES E. Nineteen Beautiful Years London, England, White Ribbon Publishing Company. 1893, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. the rare first English editionof this important Temperance biography, portrait frontis, tissue guarded - the poet John Greenleaf Whittier prefatory note and an introduction to the English edition by Lady Henry Somerset - 5 inserted plates, 1 in-text - 188 pages, 2 pages of ads black coated endpapers - blue denim textured gilt stamped original cloth - minor tan at the spine, contemporary signature else a fine tight copy - rare . Fine. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 8251 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).

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	The Workers Look at the Stars. Np, Vineyard Shore Workers Schoo. 1927, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition - large chips rear wrap, edgewear else vg in attractive silkscreened wraps. Very Good/Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 1194 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DE BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE Old Age. London, Andre Deutsch / Weidenfeld &. 1972, First Edition. Original Wraps. 1st edition. Proofs. Author's name mis-spelled on cover. Translated by sea-fictioneer, Patrick O'Brien. Two inch thick proof; little tanned at the spine but otherwise about fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 518 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DAFOE, ALLAN ROY Dr. Dafoe's Guidebook for Mothers NY, Julian Messner. 1936, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - a mother's guide book for raising infants and young children by the Doctor who delivered the Dionne quintuplets and cared for them for many years - pink pictorial cloth ( Doctor Defoe and the Quints ) in the rare photographic dj, price clipped, tiny tears, faint wear - a beautiful copy of the scarce first American edition. Fine/Very Good. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 11060 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GOODMAN, CLAVIA Bitter Harvest - Laura Clay's Suffrage Work Lexington, Kentucky, Bur Press. 1946, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 72 pages, with bibliography & index - one of only 275 numbered copies, illustrated & nicely bound in 1/4 cloth & marbled paper boards - paper spine label nicked at one corner else about fine - kentucky biographical history, women's suffrage, abolition, temperance . Fine. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.5 \| £UK 51.5 \| JP¥ 7310] Book number: 9353 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	HEKMAT, ANWAR Women and the Koran - the Status of Women in Islam NY, Prometheus Books. 1997, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - critical Islamic study of the confined role of women in Muslum countries & the role of the Koran in their suppression, by an Islamic scholar who urges education as a solution. Fine/Fine. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1032] Book number: 10363 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	HOUSMAN, LAURENCE Lysistrata. A Modern Paraphrase from the Greek of Aristophanes. London, The Woman's Press. 1911, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition. A play about the organization of a women's peace movement during the 21st year of the Peloponnesian war. Bookplate of legendary Canadian book collector, W. MacDonald MacKay else very good in cloth. Very Good. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 4553 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	MATTHEWS, MARY ANDERSON Love Vs Law NY, Broadway Publishing Company. 1905, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Hartman. - a feminist novel, told from the point of view of a Women's Suffarage advocate, & founding member of The Daughters of the American Republic [ Georgia ] - The novel centers on a woman who lobbies for Women's Suffarage, in the course of which she is robbed while travelling on horseback, violently assaulted, a firefight ensues in which she wounds the robber - It goes to trial & the Judge exonerates her, citing the positive effects of Women's Sufferage in possibly voting out of office, Blackguards & Gamblers & that the Woman's right to vote would tend to " purify " elections - generally didactic & dogmatic, but of some historical importance - Wright # 1534 - inscribed & signed to a family member - a vg copy with mild silver fish discolouration to the cloth - very scarce. Very Good. Signed by Author. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 9929 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	PRUITT, IDA A Daughter of Han - the Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman New Haven, Yale University Press. 1946. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - Nineteenth Century Chinese Autobiography 19th Century Chinese Autobiography Chinese History Chinese Oral History Chinese Peasant History Opium - memoirs of a 19th century peasant woman, an oral history - 2 old library stamps else agood used copy in dj, 2nd printing. Good/Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 10999 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	VERDI, TULLIO SUZZARA Mothers & Daughters: Practical Studies for the Conservation of the Health of Girls. New York, J. B. Ford & Co.. 1877. Homeopathic advice from a mother. Lacking rear blank fly else a very good bright copy. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 7105 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	WILLARD, FRANCES E. Nineteen Beautiful Years London, England, White Ribbon Publishing Company. 1893, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. the rare first English editionof this important Temperance biography, portrait frontis, tissue guarded - the poet John Greenleaf Whittier prefatory note and an introduction to the English edition by Lady Henry Somerset - 5 inserted plates, 1 in-text - 188 pages, 2 pages of ads black coated endpapers - blue denim textured gilt stamped original cloth - minor tan at the spine, contemporary signature else a fine tight copy - rare . Fine. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 8251 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).