New York: J. B. Ford, 1869. Hardcover. 8vo (8 in, 20.3 cm). [6] xii,13-500 [12 adv.] pp.; illus. Second printing: Catharine E. Beecher (1800-1878) was the eldest of nine siblings including Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the famous abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin. American educator, women's rights activist, and author..... More

"London: Hatchard & Son, 1853. 8vo. 12 pp. NSTC 2B32948. Removed from a nonce volume. Spine rebacked with tissue. A little shallow chipping, not touching impression. Lightly age-toned with some fine spotting and traces of soiling." - D. Szewczyk. More

New York: James Miller, 1870. Full calf. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). [2] [ii], [1-4] 5-139 [1]; [3-433 [1] [2] pp.; frontis, ports. N.d.; ©1870; circa 1870. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1801-61) authored works to challenge the female stereotype. "Political and didactic, these works emphasized the right..... More

London and Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, [1913]. Fine Binding. 12mo (7.6 in, 19.3 cm). [4] [viii], 190 [2 ad] [4] pp.; illus. First thus: First Foulis edition. Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was an accomplished Anglo-Irish artist and prolific, critically acclaimed and professional poet and author. Introduction and chapter about Persian ornament..... More

New York: Grossman, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.4 cm). [vi], 185 [1]; illus. First edition signed: Deming's first published book. Lesbian activist, Barbara Deming (1917-1984) practiced feminist nonviolence to support human and civil rights. As an author, Deming had a devoted following. "This is the very personal account of..... More

Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1554. 1/2 Vellum. 8vo (8.3", 21.5 cm); 46, [2] pp. First edition: "Original edition of this study on marriage in antiquity, dealing with its institution, ceremonies and nuptial costumes, and the rights and duties of married women. The book is dedicated to Virginia Fieschi, who married Jacopo..... More

"Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1811. 12mo (8.2"). 47, [1 (blank)] pp.Sabin 28818 (note). Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder. One signature loosening. Early ink writing (cropped out) in the top corner of title-page. A couple of faint stains and a very short tear to fore-edge of..... More

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press and T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo (8.9 in, 22.6 cm). 1424 pp. First edition: George Elliott Howard (1849-1928), educator, historian, and president of the American Sociological Society in 1917, firmly believed in "the supreme function of culture to lift humanity..... More

New York & Toronto: Random House, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [x], 458 [2] pp. C. & p. First edition: First printing stated. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an American-born Canadian community activist noted for her incisive observations of urban planning and design. In her landmark book, Jacobs passionately..... More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Hardcover. 12mo (7.1 in, 18.1 cm). [i-xii], [1]-232 [blank]; printer's imprint; blank leaf; leaf xi-xii excised (as issued). Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Laid paper. First edition: 3020 copies printed. Author and naturalist, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) belonged to a community of..... More

London: Spottiswoode for Smith, Elder and Co., 1877. Hardcover. 3 vols. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.8"). [v] vii [viii], [1] 441, [1 blank] pp.; frontis. (port.), ill; p. 235 as 225. [v] viii, [1] 510 pp.; frontis. (port.), ill. [iv], [1] 395 [1 blank] pp. Third edition stated: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)..... More

Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1870. Hardcover. 12mo (7 in, 17.8 cm). [viii], 482 [4] pp. Third or later printing, year of first edition: The famed abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) sets out her purpose, "I made it in defence [sic] of a beloved, revered friend, whose..... More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo (7.8", 19.7 cm). 223 pp.; plates, ports.First edition: Memoir/Autobiography. Graduate of M.I.T., instructor at Wellsley, professor and administrator at the University of Chicago, author, and co-founder of the American Association of University Women, Marion Talbot (1858-1948) dedicated herself for over thirty years..... More