The Housewife's Reason Why: Affording to the Manager of Household Affairs Intelligible Reasons for the Various Duties She Has to Superintend or Perform by Anonymous - 1857

London: Hutchinson 1899. (Hardcover) 736pp. Good to very good. Stamped red cloth with gilt spine decoration. The covers are worn at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine, and the binding is loose. Contributors include Gertrude Atherton (Ah Lon and Her Romance). Illustration by James Aylward, Florrie Barr, Tom Brown, W.G.R. Browne, W. Cubitt Cooke, Max Cowper, N.C. Bishop Culpeper, Paul Dare, L. Daviel, F. Dickson, Frank Feller, Eric Fitzgerald, Warwick Goble, A.J. Goodman, Gwenny Griffiths, C.T. Hobson, J. Jellicoe, Raphael Jones, Leonard Lindsdell, A. Ludovici, A.D. M'cormick, J. Merrin, M.H. Nisbet, Ernest Prater, Will B. Robinson, F.M. Rudland, E.J. Skinner, Murray Smith, C.H. Taffs, Adolph Thiede, J.H. Valda, S.H. Vedder, H.J. Walker, D. Whitaker & Cress Woollett. (Women's Magazines).

Chicago, M.A. Donohue, 1922, hardcover, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Same date to title page and copyright page, Fair condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight and firmly bound, corner and spine-end wear, some small spots to blue cloth boards, gift inscription to front endpaper. The story of a modern woman of the 1920s.

Like New/tight binding. No wear to dj. but scratched. Inscribed on Front End page "To Jim, God Bless!! (with a smiley underneath) Deanna Favre.

Pt. Reyes CA & Kathmandu, Eidolon Editions, 1976, center-stapled trade paperback (10" x 7.25"), 16 pp. printed on one side only, First Edition, First Printing, limited to 550 copies, Very Good condition in illustrated wraps. Straight, tight and clean, light foxing to covers and text block edge, tiny nicks to top corner of front cover. Printed on handmade paper this small collection continues Di Prima's exploration of Loba, the she-wolf, as mythic mother of the world. Monochrome illustrations by Josie Grant.

Oxford: Westview Press, 1992. Trade softcover. Published Oxford: Westview Press, 1992. 4to. wrappers, 7 3/8" x 9 1/4", x+518pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Fine, as new. . Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

London: Hutchinson 1899. (Hardcover) 736pp. Good to very good. Stamped red cloth with gilt spine decoration. The covers are worn at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine, and the binding is loose. Contributors include Gertrude Atherton (Ah Lon and Her Romance). Illustration by James Aylward, Florrie Barr, Tom Brown, W.G.R. Browne, W. Cubitt Cooke, Max Cowper, N.C. Bishop Culpeper, Paul Dare, L. Daviel, F. Dickson, Frank Feller, Eric Fitzgerald, Warwick Goble, A.J. Goodman, Gwenny Griffiths, C.T. Hobson, J. Jellicoe, Raphael Jones, Leonard Lindsdell, A. Ludovici, A.D. M'cormick, J. Merrin, M.H. Nisbet, Ernest Prater, Will B. Robinson, F.M. Rudland, E.J. Skinner, Murray Smith, C.H. Taffs, Adolph Thiede, J.H. Valda, S.H. Vedder, H.J. Walker, D. Whitaker & Cress Woollett. (Women's Magazines).

Chicago, M.A. Donohue, 1922, hardcover, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Same date to title page and copyright page, Fair condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight and firmly bound, corner and spine-end wear, some small spots to blue cloth boards, gift inscription to front endpaper. The story of a modern woman of the 1920s.

Like New/tight binding. No wear to dj. but scratched. Inscribed on Front End page "To Jim, God Bless!! (with a smiley underneath) Deanna Favre.

Pt. Reyes CA & Kathmandu, Eidolon Editions, 1976, center-stapled trade paperback (10" x 7.25"), 16 pp. printed on one side only, First Edition, First Printing, limited to 550 copies, Very Good condition in illustrated wraps. Straight, tight and clean, light foxing to covers and text block edge, tiny nicks to top corner of front cover. Printed on handmade paper this small collection continues Di Prima's exploration of Loba, the she-wolf, as mythic mother of the world. Monochrome illustrations by Josie Grant.

London: George Routledge and Sons. Very Good+. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green decorated cloth with gilt titles. Floral decorated endpaper. Pictorial frontispiece & title page. Numerous engraved illustrations. (viii) , 504pp. Interior of text is tight & intact. Home Studies; Outdoor Occupations and Amusements; Indoor Occupations and Amusements. Light foxing first & last page only. Children, Games, Education, Women ; Engraved Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 504 pages .