Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams
by AUSTIN, Alicia
West Kingston, R.I.: Donald M. Grant, 1978. First Trade Edition. First printing. Oblong quarto. Inscribed by Alicia Austin on title page, "To Elisabeth/with love," with small original drawing of a winged heart. Cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; unpaged; 40 color plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. A tight, Near Fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. The trade edition was limited... Read More
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Chironomia; or, A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery
by AUSTIN, Gilbert
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1966. First Thus. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xxix]; 583pp.; [1]; +[15]pp. Index to rear. Clean and bright with some very minor wear to corners and spine ends; internally cleam, light spotting to page edges; in a clean, bright dustjacket with some light toning and discoloration and... Read More
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Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness, and Happiness
by AUSTIN, John Mather
Auburn, NY: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. Later edition. Octavo (18.5cm); brown cloth, stamped in blind with gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; 243+[12]pp, frontispiece. Spine lolled, backstrip and upper margins sunned; soiling and surface wear; extremities bumped and rubbed. Textblock damped and foxed throughout, with some soiling and slight pulling at the signatures. Overall Good. John Mather Austin,... Read More
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A Voice to the Married
by AUSTIN, John Mather
New York: C.L. Stickney, 1846. Fourth Edition. Small octavo (15cm); dark brown publisher's cloth, decoratively stamped in blind and gilt; xxiv,402pp. Spine somewhat cocked; boards rubbed in spots, with chapping to extremities and some mild material loss; textblock comprehensively foxed, with some leaves partially sprung and strings visible at signatures. Just about Very Good, complete. John Mather Austin... Read More
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Isidro
by AUSTIN, Mary
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. First American. Octavo (19cm). Designer bookbinding in grey-green cloth, with pictorial design in red and blue on front and back boards, titled in gold on front and spine, with the monogram of Eric Pape; green and brick red patterned endpapers; [ii], [i]-[x], 1-[425], [iii]ppp; with 2pp of publisher's ads at rear for other... Read More
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Mary Austin: Woman of Genius
by [AUSTIN, Mary] DOYLE, Helen MacKnight
New York: Gotham House, 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green cloth-covered boards with paper title label on spine; dustjacket; fore-edge untrimmed; [xvi],302,[2]pp. Modest shelf-wear and -soil, with light sunning to crown; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00), lightly tanned, with shelf-wear and -soil, and tape mends along verso of front panel, front flap fold, and upper extremities;... Read More
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The Land of Little Rain
by AUSTIN, Mary [Hunter]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First Edition. First Printing. [October 1903] Illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. Octavo (22 cm); green decorated boards titled in bright gilt on cover and spine; top textblock in gilt; 281pp.; some foxing to the endpapers, light rubbing to corners and spine ends; rough erasure on ffep; Very Good+. The author's first book is... Read More
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The Land of Little Rain
by AUSTIN, Mary (text); Ansel Adams (photographs; note); Carl van Doren (introduction)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1950. Abridged version, with photographs by Ansel Adams (preceeds 1974 illustrated edition). Octavo (26cm); yellow cloth-covered boards, with titling and blocking stamped in orange on spine and front cover; illustrated map endpapers; 132pp; black-and-white photographic (halftones) illustrations. All plates present and complete. Lacking dustjacket. John L. Morrison's pictorial bookplate to front... Read More
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The Character and Legislation of The Rhodesian Front since UDI
by AUSTIN, Reg
London: Africa Bureau, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Printed paper wrappers; 15pp. Minor edge-creasing; Very Good. Examination of the developing character of the Rhodesian Front, with particular attention to the "racialist and authoritarian character of the Rhodesian Front's pattern of government.
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Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic
by [AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS] Various Authors
Winston-Salem: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1990. First Edition. Quarto (26cm x 29cm). Pictorial wrappers; 163pp; illus. Light wear to wrapper edges; faint creases to corners; Near Fine. Extensively illustrated in color. Catalog for the traveling exhibition originating at SECCA in 1990.
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Brooklyn Ethical Association Evolution Essays, no.I-XI [of 15]
by [EVOLUTIONARY THEORY] Various Authors
Boston: The New Ideal Publishing Company, 1889. Eleven pamphlets bound in a single volume, with spine title "Evolution Essays vol.I." 12mo (19cm); half-morocco over brown cloth; variously paginated. Marginal water-stain to first nine and final dozen leaves; externally rubbed and worn; complete and Good. Essays by prominent lecturers applying Darwinian concepts to a wide variety of subjects,... Read More
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Phantom Club Papers [with] Phantom Club Papers, Second Series
by [PHANTOM CLUB of MILWAUKEE] Various Authors
Milwaukee: Privately Published, 1906, 1910. First Edition. First printings. Two small octavo volumes (20cm); uniform green cloth with gilt titles and rules; 127+156pp. Minimally worn; first volume over-opened between frontispiece and title page (but holding strong); Very Good. From the library of Republican Party politician David Van Alstyne, with his printed bookplate to each volume. First volume with tipped-in... Read More
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Tributes to Ralph Hodgson. Sept. 9, 1871 - Nov. 3, 1962
by [Ralph Hodgson] Various Authors
Minerva, OH: Aurelia Hodgson, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Pale yellow wrappers with pictorial portrait device; [15]pp. Fine, apparently unread copy. The last of the Minerva Chapbooks, this issued by Hodgson's widow a decade after his death. Includes contributions by John Berryman, John Masefield, T.S. Eliot, James Wright, others.
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Women and Psychology
by [WOMEN] VARIOUS AUTHORS
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge-Goddard Graduate School for Social Change, 1972. First Edition. Slim quarto (24.75cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 38pp; illus. Fine. "The annotated bibliography of the Psychology and Women seminar of the Cambridge-Goddard Graduate School is the product of the collective work of a small group of women who met together during the 1971-72 academic year" (from introduction). The work... Read More
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Mother Lode: A Feminist Paper Published by Women in the San Francisco Women's Liberation. Nos. 1-5
by [WOMEN] [LGBTQIA+] VARIOUS AUTHORS
San Francisco: Mother Lode, 1971-1972. First Edition. 5 issues, various formats. First three numbers issued as single broadsheet folded twice to measure 28.5x22.cm; nos. 4 & 5 issued in tabloid format (44-45cm.). No. 4 printed on newsprint with usual toning, else a Fine collection. All issues, save the first, themed, including "Women in Prison," "It's All in the Family,"... Read More
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Club Nation et Développement du Sénégal, 1972
by [Various authors]
Paris: Présence Africaine, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Glossy card wrappers; 323pp. Slight cover soil, else Near Fine. An apparently unread copy. Essays on class and economic development by Senegalese writers including Joseph Mathiam, Doudou Gueye, Babacar Ba, Amadou Samb, Gueye N'Diaye, others.
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The Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminist - Unbroken Run of 6 Issues
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
[Boston: Second Wave, 1971-1972]. First Edition. Six issues; quarto (28cm.); all bound in pictorial staplebound wrappers, with publication sequence running as follows: Vol. 1, nos. 1-4 (1971/2); Vol. 2, nos. 1-2 (1972). Fine. First issue published through funds donated by various Boston University organizations. Includes contributions by Jo Freeman (also known as Joreen, author of the "Bitch Manifesto"); Fania... Read More
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Pedestal: A Women's Liberation Newspaper - Vol.III, No.5 (May, 1971)
by Various Authors
Vancouver: Pedestal Collective / Vancouver Women's Caucus, 1971. Tabloid (40.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, offset printed in black on newsprint; 16pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center, else Fine. The May Day issue of this Vancouver-based feminist newspaper. Contents include May Day poems and cover photo of a Vancouver May Day rally, as well as coverage of the war in Indo-China, and... Read More
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Civil War Stories Retold From St. Nicholas
by [VARIOUS AUTHORS]
New York: The Century Company, 1911. First Edition. Small octavo. Pictorial cloth hardcover, viii,208pp; plates, text illus. Mild rubbing at board edges,clean, tight and unmarked within; solidly Very Good. No editor credited; includes stories by Harry M. Kieffer, Adam Badeau, Theodore Roosevelt, and others; illustrations by E.W. Kemble, W.N. Shelton, Harry Fenn, etc.
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Cenzontle: Chicano Short Stories and Poetry. Fifth Chicano Literary Prize, Irvine 1978-1979
by Various Authors
Irvine: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine, (1979). First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Pictorial glossy French-fold card wrappers; 131pp. Spine lettering faded; trivial external wear; still a tight, clean, VG or better copy. Contributions by Helen Maria-Labarda Viramontes, M.C. Peralta, Reymundo Gamboa, others. Cover design by Manuel Hernandez Trujillo.
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A Change Is Gonna Come, Vol. 1, nos. 4-5 (April & June, 1971)
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
[San Francisco: Change, 1971]. First Edition. 2 tabloid issues (44.5cm.); illus. Previous folds (as issued), light toning, else Near Fine. Short-lived San Francsico-based Women's Liberation news journal. Includes interviews with women suing Bank of America for sexual discrimination; a guide to natural beauty; a review of Doris Lessing's Children of Violence; and the column "Picking up the Wrench," which... Read More
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Up From Under, Vol. 1, nos. 2-5
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
[New York: Up From Under, 1970-1973]. First Edition. 4 issues; quarto (27.75cm.); original pictorial staplebound wrappers. A Fine, bright collection. Published under the banner "By, for, and about women." One of the dozens of second wave feminist journals to emerge in the early years of the decade. From the mission statement of Vol. 1, no. 1: "Women everywhere are... Read More
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Jewels in Painting
by AUTIN GRAZ, Marie-Christine
Milan: Skira, 1999. First Edition. Quarto (29cm x 25cm). Black cloth boards (hardcover) with white titling on spine; pictorial dustjacket; Fine copy; no markings or wear. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight shelf wear. 180pp; illus. Hundreds of color illustrations.
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Typed Letter, signed. 1pp, to "Mr. Simon", dated November 15, 1941
by [AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] [RADICAL AUTHORS] EASTMAN, Max
Croton-on-Hudson, 1941. Brief 1-pp TLS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson letterhead, addressed to a "Mr. Simon", dated November 14, 1941. Single holograph correction in Eastman's hand. Mailing folds; slightly toned at margins; Very Good. Regarding the recipient's letter to the Reader's Digest, of September 24 (Eastman had been hired as an editor for the conservative publication earlier in the same... Read More
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Typed Note, signed. 1pp, to "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938
by [AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] [RADICAL AUTHORS] EASTMAN, Max
Croton-on-Hudson, 1941. Brief 1-pp TNS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson notepaper, addressed to a "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938. Old folds; holograph additions in Eastman's hand; Very Good. "I shall be delighted to have you use some of my poems in your Verse Speaking Festival...perhaps the poem called "Battle Fields" in my volume "Kinds of Love" would be appropriate..."... Read More
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