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WOMEN IV

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The Mother at Home. ABBOTT, John Stevens Cabot. The Mother at Home. 16mo.
Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. 1858
Front. with short marginal tear. Orig. blue bead-grained cloth, gilt spine. Inscribed 'Mrs Gow, Cambs, July 1860', on leading f.e.p. v.g.
Stock #60932 full description >>
£30


ABBOTT, John Stevens Cabot. The Mother at Home; or, The principles of maternal duty familiarly illustrated. Revised.
RTS. [c.1855]
Orig. plain brown publisher's cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. marked. Contemp. signature of V.A. Ross Farquarson on leading pastedown. v.g.
Stock #63966 full description >>
£35


MATERNAL DUTY

ABBOTT, John Stevens Cabot. The Mother at Home; or, The principles of maternal duty familiarly illustrated. Revised and corrected by Daniel Walton. 2nd edn.
John Mason. 1835
Engr. title (1834), printed title, 12pp cata.; text a little spotted. Orig. green patterned cloth, sl. browned paper label; a little rubbed. Labels removed from e.ps.
Stock #40603 full description >>
£45


ADAMS, William H. Davenport. Child-Life and Girlhood of Remarkable Women: a series of chapters from female biography. 6th edn.
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. [c.1887]
Half title, front., plates; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. dark green cloth, dec. in black, lettered & with vignette of Mrs Mitford in gilt; v. sl. rubbing. Partially removed booklabel on leading pastedown. a.e.g. A v.g copy.
Stock #40803 full description >>
£35


POVERTY IN CHICAGO'

ADDAMS, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull-House; with autobiographical notes. Edited by Eva Warner Case.
New York: Macmillan & Co. 1923
Half title, 2pp ads preceding front. port.; e.ps sl. browned. Orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. dulled. Stamps of Co-operative Union, Manchester. v.g.
Stock #38957 full description >>
£25


(ANDERSON, Bessie) (METHUEN, Mary M.C.) The Morning of Life: a memoir of Miss A--n, who was educated for a nun; with many interesting particulars and original letters of Dr. Doyle, late Roman Catholic Bishop of Carlow. By her friend M.M.C.M. 4th thousand.
Bath: Binns & Goodwin. [1851]
Front. port., 16pp cata. Orig. red cloth, front board & spine blocked & lettered in gilt. Gift inscription to Emily Greenwood on leading f.e.p., 1853; Renier booklabel. A v.g. bright copy.
Stock #39210 full description >>
£45


ANONYMOUS. The Secret of Health, and guide to home nursing. Revised and enlarged edition. By a diplomée of a London hospital.
Port Sunlight, Cheshire: Lever Brothers Ltd. [c.1900]
3pp commercial ads. Ads on e.ps. Orig. blue cloth, gilt lettering largely rubbed away; unevenly faded. 93pp.
Stock #80782 full description >>
£30


HOME NURSING

The Secret of Health. ANONYMOUS. The Secret of Health. With the story of "The Missing Bag". By a diplomée of a London hospital.
(Port Sunlight, Cheshire: Lever Brothers.) [c.1895]
Illus. throughout. Orig. maroon cloth, bevelled boards, front board lettered in gilt; front board a little creased, small superficial cloth tear on back board. 98pp.
Stock #78565 full description >>
£40


Anna Lee; ARTHUR, Timothy Shay. Anna Lee; or, The Maiden, the Wife, and the Mother. Stories for my young countrywomen.
W. Nicholson & Sons. [c.1890]
Half title, 24pp cata. Orig. red cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; a little darkened.
Stock #45163 full description >>
£20


ARTHUR, Timothy Shay. The Mother: a story for my young countrywomen. 16mo.
Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. 1855
Initial ad. leaf, half title, front. Orig. red cloth, blocked in blind & gilt; sl. rubbed. a.e.g. v.g.
Stock #60592 full description >>
£35


ASQUITH, Margot. The Autobiography. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols.
Thornton Butterworth. 1920-22
Half titles, fronts, plates; a couple of gatherings sl. proud vol. I. Plain maroon binder's cloth, spines lettered in gilt.
Stock #40873 full description >>
£60


CHILDBIRTH

ASTRUC, Jean. L'Art d'Accoucher réduit a ses principes, où L'on expose les pratiques les plus súres & les plus usitées dans les différentes espéces d'accouchemens. Avec l'histoire sommaire de l'art d'accoucher; & une letter sur la conduite qu'Adam & Eve durent tenir à la naissance de leurs premiers enfans.
Paris: chez P. Guillaume Cavelier. 1771
lxxii, 308pp, half title. 12mo. Full contemp. French mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with floral motifs, red morocco label, carmine edges. v.g.
Stock #42788 full description >>
£150


'USEFUL IN CORRECTING FOLLY'

(B., F.W.) Woman's Whim; or, The broken heart. A true tale. 16mo.
Webb, Millington & Co. [1854]
Col. front. & plate. Pink e.ps. Orig. blue dec. cloth; sl. rubbed. a.e.g. 30, [2]pp.
Stock #64553 full description >>
£75


BAILWARD, Margaret E. Mothers and their Responsibilities. With a preface by the Rev. L.R. Henslow. FIRST EDITION.
Longmans, Green & Co. 1904
Ad. leaf preceding half title. Partially unopened in orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; front board spotted by ink. 18 line pencil ms. facing title. Cloth sl. marked but a good sound copy.
Stock #41010 full description >>
£25


WOMANHOOD

BAIRD, Mona. Womanhood. With a preface by Mrs Mary Scharlieb. FIRST EDITION.
Health Promotion, Ltd. (Life and Race Books.) [1919]
Half title, 9pp ads for Health & Efficiency Magazine, 'Plain Volumes on vital subjects', 'The Origin & Nature of Sex' by Lady Blount, etc. Untrimmed in orig. grey printed wrappers. v.g.
Stock #42049 full description >>
£85


WOMAN, A POEM

BARRETT, Eaton Stannard. Woman, a poem. Occasional poems. 3rd edn.
Henry Colburn. 1819
Contemp. half calf, gilt spine; splits at tail of leading hinge. Renier booklabel.
Stock #8253 full description >>
£55


BEALE, Anne. A Home of Health for Children. (Reprinted from "The Quiver" by permission of Messrs. Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co.)
Southport: G.W. Crompton, printer. [1881]
Half title with front. on verso. Sewn as issued in orig. pale brown printed wrappers; Small ink mark on front wrapper. v.g. 24pp.
Stock #84224 full description >>
£30


(BEALE, Dorothea) STEADMAN, F. Cecily. In the Days of Miss Beale; a study of her work and influence.
Ed. J. Burrow & Co. 1930
Half title, front. port., plates & illus. Uncut in orig. pale blue cloth, lettered in dark blue. Small library stamp on leading f.e.p. A v.g. clean copy.
Stock #40550 full description >>
£65


(BEALE, Dorothea) STEADMAN, F. Cecily. In the Days of Miss Beale; a study of her work and influence.
Ed. J. Burrow & Co. 1930
Half title, front. port., plates and illus; some light foxing. Uncut in orig. pale blue cloth, lettered in dark blue; spine a little sunned. A good sound copy.
Stock #40549 full description >>
£65


PRESENTATION COPY

(BEALE, Dorothea) STEADMAN, F. Cecily. In the Days of Miss Beale; a study of her work and influence.
Ed. J. Burrow & Co. 1930
Half title, front. port., plates & illus. Uncut in orig. pale blue cloth, lettered in dark blue; spine sl. faded. A good-plus copy in sl. torn and creased d.w.
Stock #40892 full description >>
£85


BEBEL, August. Women in the Past, Present and Future. Translated from the German by H.B. Adams Walther.
William Reeves. (Bellamy Library, no. 15.) [1915]
Orig. light blue printed wrappers; spine sunned, sl. chipped.
Stock #8396 full description >>
£25


BEBEL, August. Women in the Past, Present and Future. Translated from the German by H.B. Adams Walther.
William Reeves. (Bellamy Library. no. 15.) [1915]
Orig. drab printed back wrapper; front. wrapper missing.
Stock #38814 full description >>
£20


IRISH SOCIETY

BEDDINGTON, Frances Ethel, Mrs Claude. All That I Have Met. FIRST EDITION.
Cassell. 1929
Half title, front. & plates. Orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; boards sl. spotted, a little rubbed. Bookplate of C. Davies.
Stock #40563 full description >>
£40


BEETON, Isabella Mary. Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery. With coloured plates and other illustrations. New edn.
Ward, Lock & Co. 1909
Half title, col. front. & 7 col. plates, numerous b&w plates, 8pp ads. Ads on e.ps. Orig. dark green cloth, dec. & lettered in gilt; one corner sl. rubbed. School prize label, July 1910. v.g.
Stock #84448 full description >>
£45


HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT

BEETON, Isabella Mary. Mrs. Beeton's Household Management: a complete cookery book. New edn.
Ward, Lock & Co. [c.1939]
Half title, col. front. & plates, 8pp ads; half title sl. creased. Orig. half red embossed cloth, sl. rubbed. v.g.
Stock #60900 full description >>
£125


HOME HEALTH

BELL, Robert. Woman in Health and Sickness; or, what she ought to know for the exigencies of daily life. 4th edn.
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son. [c.1910]
Illus. on e.ps. Orig. red cloth, printed in black. v.g.
Stock #82470 full description >>
£35


WOMEN IN GREEK POETRY

BENECKE, Edward Felix Mendelssohn. Antimachus of Colophon; and the position of women in Greek poetry. A fragment, printed for the use of scholars.
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1896
Half title; largely unopened. Orig. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A v.g. bright copy.
Stock #38853 full description >>
£40


BENNETT, Arnold. Our Women: chapters on the Sex-Discord. Cheap edn.
Cassell & Co. 1923
Half title. Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; the odd mark, spine sl. faded. A good sound copy.
Stock #38837 full description >>
£35


(BERESFORD, Louisa Anne, Marchioness of Waterford & CANNING, Charlotte, Countess Canning) HARE, Augustus John Cuthbert. The Story of Two Noble Lives, being memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford. 3 vols. 4to. FIRST EDITION.
George Allen. 1893
Half titles, fronts, plates & illus. Large paper: uncut in orig. olive green cloth, lettered in gilt; v. sl. damp marking to lower edges of boards, otherwise v.g.
Stock #40851 full description >>
£120


(BESANT, Annie) NETHERCOT, Arthur H. The First Five Lives of Annie Besant. FIRST EDITION.
Rupert Hart-Davis. 1961
Half title, plates index. Orig. red cloth, spine lettered in metallic blue. v.g. in d.w.
Stock #84045 full description >>
£20


(BESANT, Annie) WEST, Geoffrey. Mrs Annie Besant. FIRST EDITION.
Gerald Howe. 1927
Half title, front. Uncut in orig. pale blue cloth. A good-plus copy in sl. worn d.w.
Stock #40882 full description >>
£20


(BESANT, Annie) WEST, Geoffrey. Mrs Annie Besant. FIRST EDITION.
Gerald Howe. (Representative Women.) 1927
Half title, front. port. from a drawing by J. Gower Parks, 2pp following ads. Orig. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A v.g. copy in sl. torn d.w.
Stock #83923 full description >>
£20


(BESANT, Annie) WEST, Geoffrey. The Life of Annie Besant. FIRST EDITION.
Gerald Howe. 1929
Half title, photo. front. port. & three plates. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. marked, small nick at head & tail of spine. Contemp, signature of Dorothy Ackroyd on booklabel.
Stock #84047 full description >>
£25


BESANT, Annie. God's Views on Marriage as revealed in the Old Testament. FIRST EDITION.
Freethought Publishing Co. (Printed by Besant & Charles Bradlaugh.) 1881
Disbound, sl. dusted & stained at head. 16pp.
Stock #8398 full description >>
£40


BESANT, Annie. Initiation: the perfecting of man. (Reprinted.)
The Theosophical Publishing House. 1918
Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in black; spine faded & sl. chipped at head & tail.
Stock #83922 full description >>
£25


BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda Barbara. Friendly Faces of Three Nationalities. By Miss Betham-Edwards. FIRST EDITION.
Chapman & Hall. 1911
Half title, front. port. of the Second Baron Tauchnitz, plates, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. pale brown cloth; boards a little marked.
Stock #40889 full description >>
£45


BINNEY, Thomas. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. A study for young men. The Wife; or, A Mirror for Maidenhead. A sketch. 2nd edn.
James Nisbet & Co. 1853
Orig. brown cloth; spine sl. rubbed, inner hinges cracking. Renier booklabel.
Stock #3355 full description >>
£35


WITH A MIRROR FOR MAIDENHOOD

BINNEY, Thomas. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton; a study for young men. The Wife; or, a mirror for maidenhood. A sketch. 2nd edn.
James Nisbet & Co. 1853
Orig. purple-brown pebble-grained cloth, boards blocked with floral designs in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. A good-plus copy.
Stock #38856 full description >>
£50


SWEATED LABOUR

BLACK, Clementina. Sweated Industry and the Minimum Wage; with an introduction by A.G. Gardiner, chairman of the executive committee of the National Anti-Sweating League.
Duckworth & Co. 1910
Half title, 20pp cata. Orig. black cloth, lettered in gilt & blind; sl. wear to head of spine, name erased on leading f.e.p. v.g.
Stock #38532 full description >>
£40


BLACK, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. With portraits.
Maclaren & Co. 1906
Half title, illus. with 30 plates; the odd spot. Orig. pale green cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt, blocked in dark green; a little dulled and rubbed, sl. splitting to leading inner hinge. A good sound copy.
Stock #40722 full description >>
£50


BLACKBURN, Helen. Women's Suffrage; a record of the women's suffrage movement in the British Isles with biographical sketches of Miss Becker.
Williams & Norgate. 1902
Half title, plates; e.ps a little browned. Uncut in orig. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine a little darkened, boards affected by damp to lower outer corners, back board sl. damaged as a result. Booklabel of Nathaniel L. Cowan. A good sound copy.
Stock #38752 full description >>
£75


EUGENICS

BLACKER, Charles Paton. Birth Control and the State: a plea and a forecast. FIRST EDITION.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. (Today & Tomorrow.) 1926
Half title, 10pp cata. Orig. purple boards, paper labels; hinges cracking, spine discoloured.
Stock #8399 full description >>
£25


BLANC, Charles. Art in Ornament and Dress. Translated from the French ...
Chapman & Hall. 1877
Half title, illus. with numerous woodcuts. Orig. olive green cloth, elaborate borders in black, spine blocked & lettered in gilt. v.g.
Stock #40682 full description >>
£65


EMANCIPATION

BLEASE, Walter Lyon. The Emancipation of English Women. FIRST EDITION.
Constable & Co. 1910
Half title; the odd spot. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. marked, sl. wear at head & tail of spine. Booklabel with name erased. A good sound copy.
Stock #38491 full description >>
£35


BLEASE, Walter Lyon. The Emancipation of English Women. FIRST EDITION.
Constable & Co. 1910
Half title. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. marked, sl. wear to head & tail of spine. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p. v.g.
Stock #38760 full description >>
£40


BLEASE, Walter Lyon. The Emancipation of English Women. FIRST EDITION.
Constable & Co. 1910
Half title. Uncut in orig. blue cloth; inner hinges cracking. W.H. Smith & Son Library label. A good sound copy.
Stock #38829 full description >>
£40


(BODICHON, Barbara) BURTON, Hester. Barbara Bodichon 1827-1891. FIRST EDITION.
John Murray. 1949
Half title, front. & 3 plates, illus. Orig. purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine faded. A good-plus copy.
Stock #40442 full description >>
£25


SALVATION ARMY

(BOOTH, Catherine) BOOTH-TUCKER, Frederick de Lantour. The Life of Catherine Booth, the Mother of the Salvation Army. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols.
International Headquarters. [1892]
Fronts, plates & illus.; some light foxing. Contemp. half black calf, dark blue cloth boards, maroon labels; dulled & rubbed, spines worn at heads & tails. Red tinted edges.
Stock #40898 full description >>
£70


(BOOTH, Evangeline) WILSON, P.W. The General; the story of Evangeline Booth.
Hodder and Stoughton. 1935
Half title. Orig. pale blue cloth, blocked & lettered in dark blue. v.g. in pictorial d.w.
Stock #40738 full description >>
£25


EAST LONDON POVERTY

BOSANQUET, Helen, Mrs Bernard. Rich and Poor. FIRST EDITION.
Macmillan & Co. 1896
Half title. Uncut in orig. maroon cloth. A good-plus copy.
Stock #38924 full description >>
£75


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