Boston: Published for the Author [by Thayer & Eldridge], 1861. First edition. 306 pp. Bound in recent three-quarters leather over marbled boards. Very Good, page 96/97 lacking and provided in facsimile, several leaves either remargined or repaired at the gutter. Soiling, staining, creases and wear to contents throughout, contemporary former..... More
[np]: Guerilla Girls, [1989?]. Signed by a member of The Guerilla Girls "XOXOX Guerrilla Girls 2001," in lower right corner. Long narrow lithographic poster printed in black and magenta on a yellow background, depicting Ingres's "Grande Odalisque" wearing a gorilla mask. 28" x 11". Near Fine with light wear, slight..... More
Seneca Falls, NY: The Lily, 1853. May 1, 1853 issue. Vol. 5. No. 9. 18" x 12" newspaper consisting of four pages printed on a single bifolium. Very Good, with toning, old folds, tears, edges crumpled. Rare. The Lily was the first American newspaper edited and published by a...... More
Springfield, OH: [No Publisher], 1879. A rare piece of ephemera documenting women's baseball in the 19th century. Bifolium inscribed on four sides, covering guests who stayed at the hotel in the first week of September, including the eight members of the Red Stockings of New York, and the same number..... More
London: W. Tweedie, 1862. First British edition, first printing of the scarce feminist narrative of escape from slavery, and the first published slave narrative by a woman. 306 pp. In a recent half faux-leather over marbled boards, new endpapers. Very Good+. Former owner bookplate and penciled "[Linda M. Brent]" to..... More
Milwaukie: Published by the Author, 1911. First edition. Signed by Olympia Brown with an extensive inscription in her hand on front free endpaper describing the circumstances that lead to the publication of the current work: "In 1911 the legislature of Wis[consin] submitted the Woman's Suffrage Amendment to the voters. I...... More