Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition, signed by Simone de Beauvoir on page at front. xxxvii, [1], 715 pp. Black leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt. A Fine copy. A classic examination of women in history. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Early reprint of the first edition with copyright page dates 1894 but title page dated 1895. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in gilt. Good. Cloth grubby, spine-toned and worn. Former owner ex-libris bookplate to front paste down. Fraying to fore edge of..... More
London: Duckworth & Co., 1915. First edition, first printing. [iv], 458, [6, 16 ads] pp. The author's first book. Bound in what appears to be a publisher's trial binding: dark blue cloth triple ruled in blind on upper board, with spine lettered in gilt and decorated with floral device in..... More
Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1984. First edition, first printing. Signed by Sandra Cisneros on the title page. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Very Good+ with light rubbing to wraps with small crease at bottom corner of front cover and light sunning to spine. Previous owner name written inside..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1927. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with cloth soiled, rubbed at extremities, slightly darkened at the spine and with lettering dulled. Pages toned and with foxing throughout. Light ink spotting to..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1954. First English-language edition. 187, [3] pp. Original purple wraps over card covers. A Very Good copy with rubbing along edges, sunning to spine and along edges, wear at head and foot. An uncommon paperback original that presents well, often found in rough shape. A...... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. Signed limited first edition. The Autograph Edition, limited to 210 numbered copies signed by Jane Addams. Bound in publisher's brown paper-covered boards over parchment spine with titles lettered in gilt. Very Good. Covers scuffed and soiled, rubbed at edges. Front free endpaper has been..... More
New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Light toning to pages and fading to topstain, else Fine. In a Very Good heavily toned and lightly edge-worn dust jacket, unclipped. An empowering work by an inspiring figure, reminding us that our perceived designations between..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First edition, first printing. Original tan half cloth with paper-covered boards and mounted photo of actor Sidney Poitier. Several small, nearly imperceptible streaks to front cover, perhaps excess binder's glue, still Fine. In a Near Fine in correct unclipped dust jacket ($2.95) with slight toning..... More
Doubleday & Company, 1959. Bound in publisher's blue boards stamped in darker blue and pink. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends, foxing to textblock edge, toning to endsheets, and crease to several pages at rear. In a Very Good dust jacket, price clipped though with revised price on..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First edition, later issue with publisher's imprint on spine 1/8" type and textual changes to pages 325 and 327. Signed by Kate Douglas Wiggin and inscribed on the front free endpaper quoting the last three lines of text, "'God Bless Aunt Miranda; God bless..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1928. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in red; lacking the dust jacket. Cloth lightly rubbed at joints, spine lettering lightly rubbed. Small stain to fore edge. Front inner hinge slightly exposed; offsetting to front and rear free endpapers. A nice..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. First British edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt. Good. Cloth rubbed, lightly soiled, joints worn with repairs evident at inner hinges. Erased pencil marks from front endsheet and former name on verso of front free endpaper. Pages toned, with occasional soil. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American Edition. Bound in publisher's ribbed brown cloth decorated in blind with titles in gilt on the spine. Very Good. Lean to spine. Cloth rubbed, worn through at extremities, and with a large but light ring-stain on front cover. Previous owner name to..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to spine, foxing to cloth and textblock edge, cloth toned and with a short tear at..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1931. London: Hogarth Press, 1931. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with cloth faded at boards and strip along bottom edge, spine ends lightly worn and faded though gilt stamping remains sharp and bright. Foxing heaviest..... More
New York: Modern Age Books, 1940. First edition. [viii], 252 pp. Publisher's flecked tan cloth stamped in black and crimson. A Fine copy, lacking the original dust jacket. The first English-language book written by a Japanese woman, a memoir of her political awakening and immigration to the US. A classic..... More
[Santa Barbara]: Prevailing Winds Research, 1991. First edition. [iv], 119 pp. Yellow wraps bound with black tape. Near Fine with toning to back wrap, slight offsetting to terminals. The four best-known essays by the late alternative radio host, three of which first appeared in The Realist, including "Why Was Patricia..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First American edition, first printing, wrappered issue. 140, [2] pp. A Fair copy missing rear wrap, last page of ads, and two sections of spine; front wrap a little chipped and rubbed. Bumped corners, former owner's name written on front wrap, TOC, and..... More
Boston: James H. Earle, Publisher, 1892. Third edition. The third of three nineteenth century printings: the first was printed in Philadelphia and the second and third in Boston, all of which are scarce. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth decorated in black with titles in blind on spine. Very Good..... More
Battle Creek, Michigan: Published by James White, 1858. 219 pp. First edition, first printing. Bound in full straight-grain black morocco, with "Spiritual Gifts" stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good. Light lean to binding, which is also rubbed, and worn at the spine ends. Faint, blue smudge to textblock..... More
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London: George Allen, 1901. Reprint. Bound in full morocco by the Guild of Women Binders singed in gilt on the front turn-in and with their small label to verso of front free endpaper, with a beautiful Art Nouveau design repeated on front and rear covers of lilies in an S-shaped..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. First edition, first printing. Signed by Frances Hodgson Burnett on the half-title page, dated 1915. Bound in publisher's original green cloth decorated in gilt; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled, rubbed at extremities and with a small tear at bottom of the..... More