Women Authors from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York : Boni & Liveright, Inc., 1924. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author's first novel, one of the pioneering works of the Harlem Renaissance and the first novel to portray the Black middle class accurately and truly, written in response to white author T. S. Stribling's "Birthright" (1922). RARE in… Read more about this item

London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1843. Book. Very Good Plus. Quarter Pebbled Morocco. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in any edition, and particularly in collectible condition. Very Good Plus, bound in contemporary quarter pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, brown end papers, edges red, the bookplate of John James Gilchrist at front paste down, light… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 253, (1,advertisements) pp., with nine plans and sixty-four illustrations. Bright and Near Fine in original bluse cloth stamped in gilt at front cover and spine, light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners, frontis tissue corner crease, half-title… Read more about this item

Chicago: Third World Press, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -"To Jason, Peace & love, These things I wish for you. Keep on pushing forward. Carolyn M. Rodgers." Near Fine, crease at top edge rear wrapper.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1841. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Polished Calf. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes handsomely rebound in late 20th c. quarter polished calf over marbled boards. Both volumes with the ownership signatures of fellow author J. G. Lockhart (John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, Scottish biographer and author), Tipped at 2nd… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1857. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (1) preliminary leaf, [v]-vii, [9]-330 pages, (6) page publisher's catalogue. In publisher's original brown embossed cloth, Very Good, spine dulled, cloth a bit rubbed and soiled, scattered light toning. The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte under the… Read more about this item

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Small 8vo. Very Good, bound in original dark green cloth, back gilt, black end papers, prior owner name dated in year of publication at front blank end pages, light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. lxiii, 207 pages, engraved portraits of Mary Wollstonecraft… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at 2nd front end page -"Madame Mary Edwards, with the affectionate regards of the authoress. Christmas 1888". Philadelphia essayist and feminist Agnes Repplier's (1855-1950) first book and first collection of essays; she… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1945. Book. Good. Cloth. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition stated. Near Fine, prior owner name in ink front end page, shallow 1" chip at fore edge of final page, not affecting text. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/2" x 2" chip at top edge spine and front… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1949. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, prior owner name in ink front end page, in Very Good dust jacket, 1/1/2" x 1" triangular chip at top edge front cover, light rubbing at edges. x, 56 pages. The 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, which made Brooks… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated. Near Fine, faint toning front end papers and tidy prior owner name in ink front end page, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light wear st spine ends and corners. Susan Jordon at sweet 16. Indiana author..… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated. Near Fine, faint toning front end papers and one small white spot each at front and rear boards. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light wear st spine ends and corners. Susan Jordon at is now 18,… Read more about this item

London: John W. Parker, 1850. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, OCLC locates eight institutional holdings, no other copies in current commerce. The second of her three religious novels, the others were Brampton Rectory: or, The Lesson of Life, 1849, London and The Youth and Womanhood of Helen Tyrrel, 1854, London.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Vol. I, 311, 1-146, Vol. II, 147-312, 273 pages. Three volumes bound in two in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, marbled edges, tan end papers. Near Fine, rubs to calf at spine of Vol. I, light edge wear, contemporary gift inscriptions at… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, very faint small spots of toning at end pages, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small chip at head of spine and small triangular closed tear top edge at spine fold, small ink inventory number by prior owner… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing. with complete number row 1-10 at bottom rear end page. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, tiny top corner crease rear flap..The book feels unread, a truly lovely and gift quality copy..

Cleveland: Bits Press, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The much beloved Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning poet's SCARCE third book. Near Fine, sun fading along spine and top edges, tiny bump top edge front wrapper. Internally clean, bright, and unmarked..

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing stated at copyright page. SCARCE in current commerce. Near Fine, just a hint of browning at edges, else Fine. Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded American poets of the 20th century and the first Black… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: The Raintree Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Narrow 4to. RARE. Not found at WorldCAt, no copies in current commerce. Contains 16 poems by Judith Roman "For My Friends". Near Fine, faint browning to wrappers. One for the Raintree Press completist..

San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Second Edition. Square 8vo. Second Printing of the Stolen Paper editions, with the cover overprinted in blue. Her first book, the true first edition was self-published, then published by Jeff Berner of the Stolen Paper Review in various printings. Near Fine, slight browning to rear wrapper at spine edge.… Read more about this item