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Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1924. 8vo (9.6 in, 24.3 cm). [5] 6-210 pp.; ill., 2 pl. Table of contents at end. French. First edition: Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. She became the first female professor at the Sorbonne..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 3 vols. Sm 8vo (7.7 in, 19.5 cm). Vol. I: [vii] viii, [1] 2-315 [1]. Vol. II: [iv], [1] 2-324 Vol. III: [ii], [1] 2-326. Vol. III has no half-title as issued. C. & p. Third edition: same year as first. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), a brilliant..... More
London: Richard Barrett for Charles Gilpin, 1846. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.2 cm). [iii] iv [v] vi-viii, [1] 2-493 [blank] pp. Edited by her husband Samuel Fox. First edition and inscribed by the editor. Maria Fox (1793-1844) dedicates twenty chronological chapters to her childhood, her travels in Europe, extensive travels in..... More
London: C. Cooke, (1795). 12mo (5.6 in, 14.3 cm). x, 11-172 pp.; ill. Title page indicates "Two volumes in one," "Cooke's edition," and "Embellished with superb engravings." First illustrated edition: Madame de Grafigny (1695-1758) went from battered wife to "captivating" widow, yet struggled with poverty and political persecution. Ultimately, Grafigny wrote..... More
Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1920. Sm 8vo (7.5 in, 19 cm). vi, 96 pp. First edition: Angelina W. Grimke (1880-1958) was an African American and lesbian poet, playwright, and the first African American woman to write a play and to present it on-stage. The play, Rachel, was produced by the Drama..... More
London: Ballantyne Press for Wm. Ibister, 1889. 2 vols. 8vo (9.3 in, 23.6 cm). [v] vi-xvii [xviiii] [blank], [1] 2-326; [v] vi-xii, [1] 2-370; front. ports.; ill. Index. Edited by Howitt's daughter Margaret Howitt. First edition: Mary Howitt (1799-1888) was a writer, poet, translator, and editor of over one hundred..... More
Bristol and London: J. W. Arrowsmith and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Company, 1898. 12mo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). [i-vii] viii, 9-412 [4 ad] pp. First edition presentation copy: Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947) was a distinguished scholar, book collector, poet, and essayist. An intimate friend of Oscar Wilde, he and..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 2 vols. Sm 4to. (9.3 in, 23.5 cm). [i-iii] iv-viii, [1] 2-430; [i-iii] iv-vii [blank], [1] 2-406 pp.; frontis. port. Printed in London by S. and B. Bentley. First edition: Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven, later Elizabeth Margravine of Brandenburg-Anspach and Bayreuth (1750-1828) was an author of..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1876. Sm 8vo (7.6 in, 19.3 cm). vi, 7-168 pp.; frontis., 5 port., 8pl. First edition inscribed presentation copy: Winema Riddle (1848-1920), who married outside of her Nation, lead dangerous mediations between her Modoc people and the US government to avoid war and was awarded..... More