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WOMEN IV
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WOMEN IV

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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


BLASPHEMY LAWS

BONNER, Hypatia Bradlaugh. Penalties upon Opinion: or Some records of the laws of heresy and blasphemy, brought together by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner. FIRST EDITION.
Watts & Co. 1912
Half title, 6pp ads. Orig. red cloth. v.g.
Stock #8313 full description >>
£40


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


BOSANQUET, Helen, Mrs Bernard. Rich and Poor. FIRST EDITION.
Macmillan. 1896
Half title. Uncut in orig. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; front board sl. marked, spine a little creased and with remains of small library label. Library stamps of the Co-operative Union. A good-plus copy.
Stock #38833 full description >>
£45


(BRAIN, Daniel L. 'Da Libra') Women Types of To-day: the Venus, the Juno, the Minerva, or modern casts from ancient moulds. FIRST EDITION.
Elliot Stock. 1907
A little spotting & minor signs of careless opening. Partially unopened in orig. blue cloth, lettered in red, silver & gilt; sl. rubbed & dulled with sm. tear from leading f.e.p. at inner hinge.
Stock #8314 full description >>
£50


PLENTY TO DO

BREWSTER, Margaret Maria. Work; or Plenty to do and how to do it. 11th thousand.
Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co. 1853
2pp following ads. Recent pale blue cloth, paper label. a.e.g. v.g.
Stock #38822 full description >>
£45


BROWNLOW, Emma Sophia Cust, Countess. Slight Reminiscences of a Septuagenarian from 1802 to 1815. FIRST EDITION.
John Murray. 1867
Title in red & black, erratum slip. Contemp. half calf, maroon morocco label; sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy.
Stock #40769 full description >>
£65


HIGH SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS

BURSTALL, Sara Annie. English High Schools for Girls. Their aims, organisation, and management. FIRST EDITION.
Longmans. 1907
Half title, folding plate. Orig. green cloth; marked & rubbed.
Stock #61171
£15


FEMALE EDUCATION

BURTON, John. Lectures on Female Education and Manners. The third edition.
Dublin: printed for J. Milliken. 1794
xii, 430, [4]pp blank. 12mo. pp xi-xii with sl. tear with loss to margin, not affecting text. Marginal tear to following f.e.p. repaired with archival tape. Contemp. full calf, sl. rubbed black morocco label; wear to head & tail of spine, extremities rubbed. Gilt-stamped 'Miss. Hodder.' on front board. A good sound copy.
Stock #61771 full description >>
£180


(BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth) FAWCETT, Millicent Garrett & TURNER, Ethel Mary. Josephine Butler; her work and principles, and their meaning for the twentieth century. Specially written for the Josephine Butler centenary, 1828-1928.
Association for Moral and Social Hygiene. 1927[1928]
1 plate. Orig. marbled boards, light brown cloth spine; sl. dulled. Remains of small label on front board, library label on following pastedown. A good sound copy.
Stock #40847 full description >>
£40


BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth, (and others) Legislative Restrictions on the Industry of Women, considered from the woman's point of view.
Matthews & Sons, printers. [1875]
Disbound pamphlet. 18pp.
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£50


BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth. Josephine E. Butler: an autobiographical memoir; edited by George W. and Lucy A. Johnson, with introduction by James Stuart. 2nd impression.
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith. 1909
Half title, front. port. with sl. damp mark, plates; a little spotted. Uncut in orig. blue cloth; a little rubbed, sl. marked. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p., dated 1909.
Stock #40845 full description >>
£55


BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth. Josephine E. Butler: an autobiographical memoir; edited by George W. and Lucy A. Johnson, with introduction by James Stuart. 2nd impression.
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith. 1909
Half title, front. port. & plates causing sl. browning, bibliog. Uncut in orig. blue cloth; spine faded & sl. rubbed.
Stock #8383
£55


A GREAT CRUSADE

BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. New edn.
Horace Marshall & Son. 1898
Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded. A good-plus copy.
Stock #40846 full description >>
£40


BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. New edn.
Horace Marshall & Son. 1911
Half title. Orig. white cloth, rounded corners, portrait onlay on front board, lettered in gilt; sl. knocked at tail of spine. v.g.
Stock #40567 full description >>
£45


BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. New edn.
Horace Marshall & Son. 1911
Half title. Orig. mustard-brown cloth, rounded corners, portrait onlay on front board; sl. rubbing. a.e.g.
Stock #8384 full description >>
£35


'FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES

BUTLER, William. Miscellaneous Questions Relating to English History and Biography: designed for the use of young ladies. 4th edn, enlarged by his son-in-law, T. Bourn. 12mo.
Sold by Harris, St. Paul's Churchyard ... 1835
12pp cata. Lacking following f.e.p. Contemp. tree sheep; a little worn. Contemp. signature on leading f.e.p.
Stock #62269
£30


CADBURY, Edward, MATHESON, M. Cécile & SHANN, George. Women's Work and Wages: a phase of life in an industrial city. Illustrated. 2nd impression.
T, Fisher Unwin. 1907
Half title, front., illus. with photographs. Orig. green flecked cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled.
Stock #82463 full description >>
£40


WOMEN & WAGES

CADBURY, Edward, MATHESON, M. Cécile & SHANN, George. Women's Work and Wages: a phase of life in an industrial city. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION.
T, Fisher Unwin. 1907
Half title, front., illus. with photographs. Orig. green flecked cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded.
Stock #82465 full description >>
£40


CAIRD, Alice Mona. The Morality of Marriage; and other essays on the status and destiny of women. FIRST EDITION.
George Redway. 1897
Half title, slip preceding Introduction. Uncut in orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt; small mark, possibly from a removed label, at head of spine.
Stock #84046 full description >>
£225


CALVERT, William. The Wife's Manual, or Prayers, Thoughts, and Songs, on several occasions of a matron's life. 2nd edn.
Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1856
Half title, front., illus., text within engr. borders; some light staining to margins. Contemp. faux antique binding, brown cloth on heavy bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in gilt & blind; dulled & a little rubbed. Gift inscription on leading f.e.p., April 1856. a.e.g.
Stock #84041 full description >>
£50


'NEW MORALITY'

The Bankruptcy of Marriage. CALVERTON, Victor Francis. The Bankruptcy of Marriage. Introduction by Robert Briffault. (Reprinted.)
John Hamilton. [1931]
Half title. Orig. orange cloth, spine lettered in black; spine sl. dulled. A nice copy in worn & repaired d.w.
Stock #78151 full description >>
£60


FIELDING'S 'CLEAR CASE'

(CANNING, Elizabeth) FIELDING, Henry. A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning, who hath sworn that she was robbed and almost starved to death by a gang of gipsies and other villains in January last, for which one Mary Squires now lies under sentence of death.
Printed for A. Millar in the Strand. 1753
[2], 62pp. 8vo. Final leaf dusted & torn without loss of text, with early partial repair. Original stab holes, some sl. marginal tears, several leaves loose. Contemporary ink number '44' at head of titlepage. Disbound.
Stock #49056 full description >>
£280


Advice from a Lady of Quality, (CARACCIOLI, Louis Antoine) Advice from a Lady of Quality, to her children; in the last stage of a lingering illness. Translated from the French, by S. Glasse. The fourth edition.
Glocester: printed by R. Raikes: and sold by J.F. & C. Rivington. 1786
[ii], blank, [ii], xvi, 245, [1]pp. 8vo. Full contemp. green crushed morocco, boards elaborately blocked in gilt, raised bands, compartments in gilt; spine sl. faded & rubbed, two sm. nicks to front board. Presentation inscription on leading blank: 'Penelope Phipps, given by the Revd. James Esqr. August 18th 1805. With an additional inscription beneath, dated 1851. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy.
Stock #56927 full description >>
£420


CAREW, Julia Mary, Baroness Carew. Portrait, from photograph by Barraud.
W. & S. Ltd. [c.1890]
Printed in sepia. Laid down, with 4pp printed biography. 25 x 18cm.
Stock #42231 full description >>
£20


TWELVE NOTABLE WOMEN

CAREY, Rosa Nouchette. Twelve Notable Good Women of the XIXth Century. FIRST EDITION.
Hutchinson & Co. 1901
Half title, front. & 11 portraits, 4pp ads. E.ps sl. browned, white paper laid on to leading pastedown disguising crude label removal. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt vignette of Queen Victoria on front board; spine sl. faded. v.g.
Stock #39137 full description >>
£35


MAXIMS FOR YOUNG LADIES

Thoughts in the Form of Maxims: CARLISLE, Isabella Howard, Countess of. Thoughts in the Form of Maxims: addressed to young ladies, on their first establishment in the world. The second edition.
Printed for T. Cornwell. 1790
167, [1]p. 8vo. Half title. Contemp. full tree calf; neat repairs to extremities, expertly rebacked, maroon morocco label. Contemp. inscription on leading pastedown: 'E D Parr, from F Evans'.
Stock #66854 full description >>
£280


(CARLYLE, Jane Welsh) Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle; prepared for publication by Thomas Carlyle, edited by James Anthony Froude. 3 vols. FIRST EDITION.
Longmans, Green, and Co. 1883
Half titles, 24pp cata. (Nov. 1882) vol. III; some light foxing in prelims. Orig. blue-green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing. Bolton Library labels on front boards (removed from vol. I). A good sound copy.
Stock #40441 full description >>
£85


(CARLYLE, Jane Welsh) IRELAND, Annie Elizabeth, Mrs. Alexander. Life of Jane Welsh Carlyle. 2nd edn.
Chatto & Windus. 1891
2pp ads preceding front., facsim. Orig. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A good-plus copy.
Stock #40556 full description >>
£45


(CARLYLE, Jane Welsh) IRELAND, Annie Elizabeth, Mrs. Alexander. Life of Jane Welsh Carlyle. FIRST EDITION.
Chatto & Windus. 1891
Front., half title removed, facsimile letter, 4pp ads & 32pp cata. (June 1891). Orig. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine faded.
Stock #6274 full description >>
£50


CARLYLE, Jane Welsh. Jane Welsh Carlyle: letters to her family, 1839-1863, edited by Leonard Huxley. 2nd edn.
John Murray. 1924
Half title, front. port. & 8 plates, 4pp ads; some light foxing. Lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. red cloth, spine dulled, small tear at head of following hinge. Signature of the Dickens scholar Humphry House on half title.
Stock #40452 full description >>
£25


CARLYLE, Jane Welsh. New Letters and Memorials; annotated by Thomas Carlyle and ed. by Alexander Carlyle, with an introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols.
John Lane. 1903
Half titles, fronts, titles in red & black, plates. E.ps a little browned. Orig. mauve cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p. vol. II. v.g.
Stock #42200 full description >>
£50


MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER

Marriage with a Deceased Wifes Sister. CHAMPNEYS, W. Weldon & others. Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister. Letter in favour of a Repeal of the Law ... to which is added the form of a Petititon signed by many hundreds of the parochial clergy.
Seeleys. [1849]
Disbound; sl. dusted. 16pp.
Stock #9868 full description >>
£35


PROSTITUTION

CHAPMAN, John, M.D. Prostitution: governmental experiments in controlling it. Reprinted from The Westminster Review, new series no. LXXIII, Jan. 1870.
Trübner & Co. 1870
2pp ads. Sl. spotted & dusted. Disbound. 62, (2)pp.
Stock #8386 full description >>
£120


CHAPONE, Hester, GREGORY, John & PENNINGTON, Sarah. Chapone on the Improvement of the Mind. Dr. Gregory's Legacy to His Daughters. Lady Pennington's Advice to Her Absent Daughters: with an additional letter on the management and education of infant children.
Scott, Webster, & Geary. 1842
Front. & additional engr. title. Orig. red cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; a little rubbed & dulled. Contemp. signature on leading f.e.p. a.e.g.
Stock #60964 full description >>
£20


CHAPONE, Hester, GREGORY, John, PENNINGTON, Sarah. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a young lady. A father's legacy to his daughters by Dr. Gregory. A mother's advice to her absent daughters: with an additional letter on the management and education of infant children by Lady Pennington. 24mo.
Walker & Edwards; &c. 1816
Half title, front. & engr. title, printed title. Contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine; a little worn but sound. Contemp. signature crossed through & sl. later signature on leading blank.
Stock #64461 full description >>
£25


Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. CHAPONE, Hester. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a lady. A new edition.
Printed by C. Whittingham for Scatcherd and Letterman; H.D. Symonds ... 1806
xxiv, 212, [4]pp ads. 12mo. Contemp. tree calf; a little rubbed.
Stock #78231 full description >>
£35


CHAPONE, Hester. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a lady. With the life of the Author. New edn. 12mo.
Printed for Scatcherd & Letterman; &c. 1810
Contemp. full tree calf, gilt spine, black morocco label; spine rubbed. Ownership inscription of Maria Clarke, 28th Novr. 1810, on leading pastedown.
Stock #60766 full description >>
£50


CHAPONE, Hester. The Posthumous Works of Mrs. Chapone. Containing her correspondence with Mr. Richardson, a series of letters to Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, and some fugitive pieces, never before published, together with an account of her life and character, drawn up by her own family. 2nd edn. Corrected, with some additions. 2 vols.
John Murray. 1808
Half titles. Contemp. full calf, gilt spines & borders; spines cracking & chipped, leather label missing from vol. I.
Stock #40818 full description >>
£45


CHELTENHAM LADIES' COLLEGE. A Prospectus of the Cheltenham Ladies' College Teachers' Training Department, 1916.
(Cheltenham Ladies' College.) 1916
Stapled as issued in orig. grey printed wrappers. v.g. 11pp.
Stock #84090 full description >>
£20


FOLDING NAPKINS

Serviettes. CLARK, Georgiana C. Serviettes. Dinner napkins, and how to fold them. With above 100 illustrations.
Dean & Son, publishers and factors. [1875]
Illus, 8pp ads; binding cracking in places but remaining firm. Orig. dec. light brown limp cloth boards; sl. rubbing to head & tail of spine. A v.g. crisp copy.
Stock #60603 full description >>
£85


FEMALE EQUITATION

The Habit & the Horse; CLARKE, Mrs J. Stirling. The Habit & the Horse; a treatise on female equitation. 4to.
Day & Son. 1860
Front. & plates; front. heavily foxed with all other plates lightly foxed. Orig. dark blue dec. cloth; sl. rubbed & dulled. Contemp. inscription on verso of leading f.e.p. A good plus copy.
Stock #58472 full description >>
£420


GOOD & GREAT WOMEN

(COCHRANE, Robert) Lives of Good & Great Women.
W. & R. Chambers. [1888]
Front. & engr. title, illus. Contemp. half calf with stamps from Beechworth Public Library.
Stock #8264 full description >>
£35


COLMAN, Caroline. In Memoriam. By her daughter Laura E. Stuart. 2nd edn.
Norwich: Printed for private circulation by Fletcher & Son. 1896
Front., 4 plates, fold-out family tree. Orig. pale blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g.
Stock #41012 full description >>
£35


(COPLEY, Esther) Female Excellence; or, Hints to Daughters. Designed for their use from the time of leaving school, till their settlement in life. By a mother. 16mo.
R.T.S. [c.1840]
Half title, 6pp ads. Contemp. full maroon morocco, dec. in gilt; sl. rubbed. Bookseller's ticket: E. Noyes, Bath. Contemp. signature on leading f.e.p. a.e.g. v.g.
Stock #64574 full description >>
£60


(COPLEY, Esther) Female Excellence; or, Hints to daughters. Designed for their use from the time of leaving school, till their settlement in life. By a mother. 16mo.
R.T.S. [c.1850]
Half title, 6pp ads. Contemp. full dark blue morocco, profusely blocked in gilt; v. sl. rubbed. a.e.g. v.g.
Stock #82593 full description >>
£75


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