[WWI POSTER]

Red Cross Poster

[WWI POSTER]. RED CROSS POSTER. "THE GREATEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD. RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL." (n.p.),(n.d.). 42"x 48". Giant Red Cross Nurse holding wounded soldier. Fine. .

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Book number: 89260

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POWELL, Aaron M.

State Regulation of Vice: Regulation Efforts in America. The Geneva

1878. POWELL, Aaron M. STATE REGULATION OF VICE: REGULATION EFFORTS IN AMERICA. THE GENEVA CONGRESS. New York: Wood & Holbrook, 1878. 127 pp. 12mo. reddish brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Ex-library with label remnant, rubbing to spine. Usual library markings to interior. Text complete, paper in very good condition. Protesting the cruelty of the legal system concerning prostitution. Powell was an advocate of women's suffrage and abolition. An uncommon volume. .

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Book number: 80748

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RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS

Isn't That Just Like a Man

RINEHART, Mary Roberts. "Isn't That Just Like A Man!" New York: George H. Doran Company, (1920). First edition, published dos-a-dos with Irvin S. Cobb's OH! WELL! YOU KNOW HOW WOMEN ARE! This is a fine copy in a dust jacket with soiling and tears. Ill.: FE.

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Book number: 46750

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RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS

Isn't That Just Like a Man

RINEHART, Mary Roberts. "ISN'T THAT JUST LIKE A MAN!" New York: George H. Doran Company, (1920). First edition, published dos-a-dos with Irvin S. Cobb's "OH, WELL, YOU KNOW HOW WOMAN ARE!" This is a near fine copy in a dust jacket with light soiling and edgewear. Ill.: FE.

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Book number: 53216

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ROWSON, Susanna

Abridgement of Universal Geography; Together with Sketches of History

1806. ROWSON, Susanna. AN ABRIDGEMENT OF UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY; TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF HISTORY. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES IN THE UNITED STATES. Boston: Printed for John West, [1806]. First edition. 12mo. iv,13-302 pp. 'The Advertisement by the Author,' which doesn't appear in all copies, and then it is usually bound at the end, is laid-down to front pastedown in this copy; it is chipped at fore-edge and has a paper adhesion at the top right corner. Bound in worn, contemporary leather which is rubbed all over, has shallow loss (1/8") at heel and crown, and rounded fore-corners. Moderate foxing, occasional thumbing, and some ink corrections to text. Contemporary ownerships, in both ink and pencil, on first text page and on rear flyleaf, along with some juvenile practice of writing and sums in pencil on flyleaf and (chipped) rear pastedown. Front free endpaper is lacking; first recto being the title page. One leaf (U3) has a closed tear. A well-used copy of a rare, early academic text by Susanna Rowson (1762-1824), the British-born American author/actress. Rowson emigrated to America at an early age, and although she and her family left during the Revolution, she returned to act with a Philadelphia theater company. On her retirement from the stage in the last decade of the 18th century, she headed a Boston girls' school until the 1820s. Her best known work is "Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth" (1791). (BAL 17010; Sabin 73602; Vail 596 - with a pub. date of 1805). .

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Book number: 80287

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RUSKIN, JOHN

Story of Ida

1883. (RUSKIN, John). THE STORY OF IDA. By Francesca [Alexander]. Edited, with preface, by John Ruskin. Boston: Cupples, Upham and Co. 1883. First American edition. Small 8vo, with frontis; grey cloth. Soil spot on front board, shelfwear to extremes, inner hinge cracked. Very good only. .

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Book number: 81498

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SANGSTER, Margaret E.

Winsome Womanhood: Familiar Talks on Life and Conduct

1900. SANGSTER, Margaret E. WINSOME WOMANHOOD: FAMILIAR TALKS ON LIFE AND CONDUCT. Illustrated by Studies from Life by W. B. Dyer. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900. First edition. 260 pp. 12mo. red cloth stamped in white and gilt, decorative cover with cameo vignette. TEG. Slight rubbing to spine. B/w frontispiece photo reproduction and tissue guard fine. Advice to ladies young and old. In very good illustrated dust jacket, slight age-toning, a few nicks at joints, spine. .

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Book number: 80356

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SANGSTER, Margaret E.

Winsome Womanhood: Familiar Talks on Life and Conduct

1900. SANGSTER, Margaret E. WINSOME WOMANHOOD: FAMILIAR TALKS ON LIFE AND CONDUCT. Illustrated by Studies from Life by W. B. Dyer. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900. First edition. 260 pp. 12mo. green cloth stamped in white and gilt, decorative cover with cameo vignette. TEG. Slight rubbing to spine. B/w frontispiece photo reproduction and tissue guard near fine, faint pressure mark to plate, light foxing to guard. Advice to ladies young and old. In very good illustrated dust jacket, slight soil to spine, a few small chips at joints, spine. .

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Book number: 80357

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SARGENT, GEORGE H.

Amy Lowell: A Mosaic

1926. SARGENT, GEORGE H. AMY LOWELL: A Mosaic. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition, 1/450 copies. 8vo. black cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards. Small minor patched of dampstaining to boards; bookplate with offsetting to front endpapers. Unopened and uncut; uncommon. Very good overall. .

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Book number: 61590

Catalogue: Women

SARTON, May

As Does New Hampshire

1987. SARTON, May. AS DOES NEW HAMPSHIRE. Dublin, NH: William L. Bauhan, 1987. Inscribed by Sarton on title page. 61 pp. + [2]. 8vo. orange black and white wrappers. Slight crease to bottom rear corner of rear cover. Interior fine. Poems. .

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Book number: 85826

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SCHRIB, June

Wyoming Firsts

SCHRIB, June. WYOMING FIRSTS. Wyoming: Wyoming IWY Coordination Committee, [circa 1974]. Paamphlet, brown ink on white paper. Touch of soil. A very good copy. Women. .

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Book number: 56204

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SEELEY

In the Light: Brief Memorials of Elizabeth Phebe Seeley by Her Sister

1884. [SEELEY]. IN THE LIGHT: BRIEF MEMORIALS OF ELIZABETH PHEBE SEELEY BY HER SISTER. London: Published for the British Syrian Schools and Bible Mission by Seeley and Co. 1884. xii + [4] + 278 pp. 8vo. dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and red, spine sunned to grey. Ex-library with usual markings. Light soil, moderate foxing to preliminaries through frontispiece. 2 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. .

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Book number: 83488

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SERGEANT, ADELINE

Mistress of Quest

1895. SERGEANT, Adeline. THE MISTRESS OF QUEST. New York: D. Appleton, 1895. First American edition. 8vo, dark blue cloth. Ownership on endpaper and title p. slight shelfwear to extremes. Very good plus. .

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Book number: 81497

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SERGEANT, ADELINE

Out of Due Season

1895. SERGEANT, Adeline. OUT OF DUE SEASON. New York: D. Appleton, 1895. First American edition. 8vo, dark blue cloth. Ownership on pastedown and title p. else a near fine, crisp copy. .

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Book number: 81496

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O'SHAUGHNESSY, Edith

My Lorraine Journal

1918. O'SHAUGHNESSY, Edith. MY LORRAINE JOURNAL. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. First edition, inscribed presentation copy. Appears to be an early issue copy. 8vo. blue cloth stamped and ruled in gilt, 196 pp. Edgeworn, with a nick to the corwn; soiled, hinges tender, sun to spine, owner's label to paste-down. A good copy. .

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Book number: 56036

Catalogue: Women