Cincinnati: Chase & Hall, 1875. Second edition. 8vo. 214 pp. Bound in original brown publisher's cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Corners slightly bumped, shelf-wear. Textblock slightly tanned; front endleaf excised; cloth turn-in on lower cover slightly lifting. Bookplate of Dorothy and Clinton Josey. ¶ SECOND, MOST..... More
![Item #3917 [AMERICAN FOLK MEDINE, 1867]. Dr Chase's Recipes; or, Information For Everybody: An...](/pictures/thumb/3917.jpg?v=1672887594)
Ann Arbor: Published by the author, 1867. 'Forty-Fifth Edition" / "Three Hundred and Fourth Thousand" 8vo. [2], xxix, [2], 34-384 pp. Illustrated with a portrait of the author and numerous in-text woodcuts and diagrams throughout. Original publisher's morocco binding gilt extra, at the corners of both covers are medicine bottles..... More
Madrid: Francisco Laso, 1714-1715. Together 3 vols., small 4to (208 x 146 mm). A few small closed repairs, even toning throughout, in some instances foxed or quite browned as is true in all copies of this edition on account of the paper stock, but the paper is strong; erased inscriptions..... More
![Item #3857 [WOMEN AUTHORS]. [MANUSCRIPT BEREAVEMENT COMMONPLACE BOOK, 1856 AND 1874]. Anonymous...](/pictures/thumb/3857.jpg?v=1666718243)
England: 1856 and 1874. 8vo. Bound notebook, with writing on 98 pp., the remaining leaves blank (first leaf torn out). Original blue roan (worn and shaken, boards almost detached, spine defective, depredation to bottom edge of front cover), marbled endpapers and edges, double gilt lines to boards and spine. Text..... More
![Item #3853 [SINGLE MOTHERS AND CHILD NEGLECT, England 1871]. Arrest Warrant For Elizabeth...](/pictures/thumb/3853.jpg?v=1666718229)
Leek, Stafford County, England: 1871. Single sheet (340 x 210 mm), printed on pale blue paper, completed in MS, folded 3 times and docketed in MS, signed by. PUBLIC "SANITATION," CHILD NEGLECT, AND IMPOVERISHED SINGLE MOTHERS IN 1871. Striking Arrest Warrant for Elizabeth Ainsworth for child neglect, executed in October..... More
![Item #3841 [STRANGE FLICKER BOOK]. Sex Efficiency Through Exercises. Special Physical Culture for...](/pictures/thumb/3841.jpg?v=1666718187)
London (and New York): Ad 1: William Heinemann (Medical Books); Ad 2: Covici-Friede, 1933 and 1931. First English edition. Together 2 vols. Ad 1: 8vo. xviii, 164 pp. With 58 full-page illustrations and 480 flicker cards bound in to produce 12 "cinematographic films." Two flip cards with short tears (not..... More
![Item #3828 [FEMINIST LITERATURE / EUGENICS 1928]. [Dear Enemy]. Sevgili Düşman. [سه...](/pictures/thumb/3828.jpg?v=1666718140)
Istanbul: Selamet Matbaas, 1928. First Edition in Turkish. 8vo. [2], v, [1], 395 pp. illustrated with line drawings by the author herself. Original wrappers with illustrated cover by JEAN HEE (text evenly browned on account of the paper stock, marginal water staining in last half of the text, most pronounced..... More
Los Angeles: Universal Pictures, 1974. First Edition. Pressbook (8 1/2" x 11" stapled as issued). 9 ff. printed in b/w on glossy paper (rectos only). Preserved in mylar sleeve. Uncommon promo materials for one of the earliest Janis Joplin documentaries. "Janis: A Film" is justly considered to be a major..... More
![Item #3776 [SAMMELBAND OF THREE 16TH-CENTURY ITALIAN PLAYS]. 1) Cresci: Tirena Favola; 2) Della...](/pictures/thumb/3776.jpg?v=1673876529)
Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1584-1585. First Edition. 8vo. Together 3 works in one volume. 1) [9], 2-31, [1] ff., signed A-E8, COMPLETE; 2) [40 ff.], signed A-E8, COMPLETE; 3) 31 ff., signed A-C8, D7 (lacking 9 leaves at end: D8, E1-8). Old Italian limp vellum, spine title lettered in ink (now..... More
![Item #3868 [FOLK ART - WOMAN CALLIGRAPHER]. [Spencerian Calligraphic Pen and Ink Drawing of a...](/pictures/thumb/3868.jpg?v=1665083011)
s.l. 20th century. On paper (585 x 460 mm), mounted to what is no doubt acidic board, formerly matted and framed (drawing paper browned along matte lines). Preserved in a mylar sleeve. LARGE, ACCOMPLISHED AMERICAN FOLK ART CALLIGRAPHY BY AN OBSCURE (NORTH TEXAS?) WOMAN CALLIGRAPHER. The artist incorporated the initials..... More
![Item #3671 [COLLECTION OF 8 JEANNE D'ARC / JOAN OF ARC PAMPHLETS, IN FRENCH, 1886-1956]. Joan of...](/pictures/thumb/3671.jpg?v=1642864044)
1886-1956. All in original wrappers, conditions vary from fair to very good (some wrappers chipped and worn; some textblocks browned and brittle on account of the WWI paper supply). One pamphlet is ex-Harvard (duplicate) with associated markings, another is a presentation copy. Small collection of 8 French pamphlets celebrating the..... More
![Item #3660 [HENRY JAMES]. The Tender Recollections of Irene Macgillicuddy. Laurence Oliphant](/pictures/thumb/3660.jpg?v=1642554474)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First Edition. 32mo. 94 pp. (including integral 4-page advertisements for Harper's Half-Hour Series) + 2 pp. at end (advertisements for Wilkie Collins and Thackeray). Contemporary brown linen cloth, leather spine label (defective); paper stock toned; browning on first page of advertisements from offsetting of..... More
