Sorosis 1897-1898, Articles Of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws, Standing Rules And Rolls Of Members -

Paris: A&W Galignani, 1835. First French Edition. Calf-backed marbled boards. Very Good. pp: vi, 326. Text block tight with occasional foxing. Recased and rebacked in calf, cream endpapers. 8" x 5.25" First published at London in 1835, this first French edition extended the title from "Journal" to "Journal of a Residence in America." [Howes, U.S.iana B1051 (Final Edition B1046). Robinson, Wayward Women.].

Chicago: Stockham Publishing Co., 1895 Early printing in hardcover. "Helen Van-Anderson was a high quality Teacher of New Thought. She was author of: The Right Knock, Carrol's Conversion, Journal of a Live Woman, Story of Teddy, Temple Teachings, and Heart Talks. " (From newthoughlibrary. com). "The New Thought movement--not to be confused with New Age--is a more than century-old, practically oriented spirituality that promotes fullness of all aspects of living, through constructive thinking, meditating, and other ways of realizing the presence of God. New Thought includes Unity, Religious Science (Science of Mind), Divine Science, and other groups and individuals. It was recognized as "The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness" by William James in The Varieties of Religious Experience. New Thought involves habitual God--good--aligned mental self-discipline. It has no one creed, but has affinities to idealistic philosophical traditions of all ages and places. It is mostly… Read More

Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, IL.1905. Condition: Very Good+ No dust jacket. 496 pp. Text slight yellowing typical of age. Text block has brown tinted top edge and marbled fore edge. Illustrated throughout with over 350 woodcut illustrations and numerous color plates, including frontispiece. Second printing of this scarce and comprehensive work on embroidery, crochet, knitting, needlework, beading, and much more for women and homemaking. Published during the Victorian era, this book served as a guide in providing new, beautiful and inexpensive items for the home. Book was first published in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and was dedicated to Mrs. Potter Palmer, its President Board of Lady Managers. Remarkable condition for its age.

Convent-raised Marguerite de Launay lived a comfortable life until her benefactress died and poverty compelled her to become a lady-in-waiting. Her clever literary gifts emerged at court, where she assisted the Duchess due Maine with her Mémoire des princes légitimes. She was involved in scandals and romances and eventually married to a more secure station. Her memoirs are compelling and humorous reading, and are very much of the time.
Handsome limited edition of the amusing and clear-sighted memoirs. Here with a preface by Mme La Baronne Double and 41 etchings par A.D. Lalauze. In French.
Paris: Edition Jouaust, Librarie des Bibliophiles, 1890. 204, 212 pages. Each volume 19 x 12 x 3cm. Three quarter leather binding with four bands to spine. Very pretty, though most pages cockled and stiff, and so overall condition good only.

Ann Arbor, Bywater Books, 2009, trade paperback, 320 pp, First Edition stated, Fine condition, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slightest touches to rear corners, in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The American lesbian activist, author, editor, and teacher presents the story of an idealistic, Berkeley-educated, Jewish lesbian high-school tutor who risks everything she has and discovers what is left behind when the last gamble is lost. ISBN 9781932859690

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).

Three Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by Wanda Ga'g, author of "Millions of Cats". 1943 Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, Stated Fifth Printing Thus. RARE in the original dust jacket. Exlib. Good+/Good- DJ protected in mylar wrap. Green decorated library binding. A solid, clean copy in a Rare/Scarce original unclipped $2.00 dust jacket. BRIGHT RED jacket is not sunned. The dj spine is missing 1 inch of the top of its spine, otherwise very nice. Back panel states: Books By Wanda Gag list from Millions of Cats through More Tales From Grimm. Coward-McCann, Inc.

THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.

New York: DC Comics, 1998. First Edition thus, First Printing. Hardcover. Textured red leatherette on board. As New/As New. All covers by H. G. Peter. Gold stamping. Quarto. 10.5 x 7 inches. 240 pp. First volume in the Wonder Woman Archives series of the hardcover DC Archive Editions. Reprints of classic Golden Age of Comics stories of Wonder Woman from issues of All-Star Comics, Sensation Comics, and Wonder Woman. Foreword by Judy Collins. Dust jacket now in protective archival cover.

Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."