Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. [vii], 46 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. First book of poems by the Afro-American and Japanese-American poet Florence Ai Ogawa [born Florence Anthony] (1947-2010). A near fine copy, with a bit of dustiness to edges, in a very good dust jacket with a small tear at..... More
London: Printed for William Owen, in Fleet-Street; and Joseph Gurney, at No. 39, in Bread-Street, 1768. 74 pp. Folio. Later cloth over paper covered boards, new endpapers. First edition. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, 4th Proprietor of Maryland (1731-1771) was an English nobleman who led a scandalous lifestyle. Though acquitted..... More
Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, (1988). 219 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Small notation to free endpaper else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Allamuchy, N.J. We Press, (2003). 305 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Paper wrappers. Second edition. Signed by the author. A fine copy. As new. More
Boston: Shepard, Clark and Brown, 1857. [1], 394 pp., [4]. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. "On the evils of gossip" (Wright). From the short preface: "To upraise the undeservedly fallen, and make the sitters upon stolen thrones to feel their false position, constitute a theme for inspiration." Used the phrase "Home..... More
Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, n.d. (ca. 1940's). 44 pp. Sm. 8vo. Half-red morocco over decorated paper-covered boards, raised bans, gilt rules and decorations, pink endpapers, top edge gilt. Reprint. Bound by Maurin with his stamp to the free end paper. Rubbing at extremities but still a very good+ tight..... More
(Cadiz): Imp. de Antonio de Murguía:, (1811). pp. 161-176. 4 x 6 inches (11.5 x 15 cm). Stitched self wrappers. First edition. First Spanish periodical edited by a woman, María del Carmen Silva, and an important document for freedom of the press in Spain. Maria del Carmen Silva (Lisbon, later..... More
London: Spottiswoode & Co., printers, 1866. ix, 261 pp. 12mo. Green cloth ruled and stamped in blind, gilt spine title. First edition. The first half are the "War Poems", nearly all with an author listed, the second half with a separate half title at p. 135 page for "Songs of..... More
Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press, (2007). xiv, 173 pp. Illus. with 26 b/w reproductions and photos. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. "Gertrudis Barcelo, New Mexico's celebrated gambler and demimonde of the 1830s and 1840s, was born at the turn of the ninteenth century in Mexico. Young Gertrudis who..... More
Lincoln: Univ. Nebraska Press, (1988). xv, 270 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Exhibition announcement of Ney's work showing a woodcut of Liendo, laid in loose with original sales receipt. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a few small..... More
Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1895. 32 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. A good copy. More
Boston: Moses A. Dow, 1881. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Folio. Self wrappers. First edition. "The Waverly Magazine and Literary Repository, was a weekly magazine for ladies containing music, novels, poetry, book reviews, etc. and ran from 1850 until 1909. Contents: Literary Repository; "Landingsford Grange" or "Whom Will He..... More
Boston: Moses A. Dow, 1881. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Folio. Self wrappers. First edition. "The Waverly Magazine and Literary Repository, was a weekly magazine for ladies containing music, novels, poetry, book reviews, etc. and ran from 1850 until 1909. Contents: Literary Repository: "Mattie" or "Tenants of Mulberry Cottage"..... More
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Cambridge: Estes and Lauriat, 1893. Illus. with etched plates and frontispieces from the works of Frederic Dielman, E, H. Garett, R. Swain Gifford, Frank Merrill, C. O. Murray, W. L. Taylor, and others. 8vo. Brown cloth with paper labels. Top edge gilt. Printed tissue guards. Rosehill Limited Edition, #986 of..... More
New York: Printed by J. Seymour, 1818. iv, [13-]170 pp. 16mo. Cloth. First edition. Practical advice to women for doing good in their communities. The "Thoughts" had formally been attributed to Richard Graves (1715-1804) but is currently thought to be the work of Rufus Nutting in Chapman, G. Sketches of..... More
Albany: Erastus H. Pease, 1845. 32 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. Samuel Ware Fisher ( 1814-1874) "graduated at Yale in 1835, and he entered Princeton theological seminary, but after two years went to the Union theological seminary, New York City, where ha was graduated in 1839. Before leaving the seminary..... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Sirirí, (1980). 20 pp., [2]. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Illustrated paper wrappers. Wilson, Tona [illustrator]. A rare publication from Ediciones Sirirí. Number 37 of 100 copies. "Impreso en Alan Centro Gráfico." 17 Poems. Diana Bellessi's copy, who the author thanks for the creation of this work..... More
New Delhi: R&K Publshing, (1973). 69 pp. + plates. Illus. with 67 b/w plates with tissue guards. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. An examination of the iconography of feminine beauty in India. A very good copy in a very good soiled dust jacket (with a 2nd and different jacket). More
Madrid: Imprenta de M.P. Montoya, 1890. frontis, 108 pp. 12mo. Paper wrappers. Second edition. Each page is bordered uniquely. María de la Concepción Jimeno de Flaquer was an important early woman writer who moved to Mexico. Scarce. Lacking the spine, front wrapper and preliminaries detached, leaves browned, still a good..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1872. [4], 1, 356 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles. First edition. Jeanie Thomas Gould Lincoln (1853- 1921), born in Troy, New York, American woman author of romances and children's books who also published under the pen name..... More
Boston / Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Co./ Jewett, Proctor and Worthington, 1854. 104 pp. Illus. with 14 half-page wood engravings. 16mo. Blind stamped blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board. First edition. Billings is possibly Hammatt Billings (1818-1874). Some wood-engravings signed by William Jay Baker and..... More
Santiago: Imp. de la Gratitud Nacional, 1910. 128 pp. 16mo. Illustrated paper wrappers. Secunda edicion. Work about the women of the war for independence. Covers many women including Luisa Recabarren, Rosario Rosales, Mercedes Fuentecilla, Paula Jara Quemada, Manuela Rozas, Maria Cornelia Olivares, Candelaria Soto, Antonia Salas, and others.Uncommon. Wrappers damp..... More
Hong Kong: [privately printed], 1966. Unpaged. Narrow folio. 14 x 6 in. Blue sewn silk with paper label. First edition. Printed on rectos only of double fold leaves, Asian style. 22 new poems. One of 100 copies signed and printed for friends. Two handwritten corrections. Inscribed by the author to..... More
Stroud: Ian Hodgkins & Co., Ltd., 1994. Unpaged [29 pp]. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Sale catalogue of 366 items. A few marginal marks else very good copy. More
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Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1985. 65 pp.; 65 pp. 12mo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Signed by both authors. Vol. III: of the Capra Back-to-Back series. Wrappers lightly soiled else near fine. More