Cahiers O.R.S.T.O.M. -- Serie Sciences Humaines Vol. VIII, No. 2 (1971)
Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., 1971. Paperback. [3], [132]-231p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. French text. "Du Mariage en Afrique Occidentale." More
Women's Studies
Callaloo: A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, No. 5, Vol. 2, (February, 1979)
1979. Paperback. 174p. Wrapper. 22cm. This copy is INSCRIBED by *Yvonne, one of the contributors, on the page containing her poem "Eva." Women Poets: A Special Issue. More
Club Women of New York 1905-1906: Directory of Members of Women's Clubs, Societies and Associations of New York City and Vicinity Descriptive Sketches Showing Purpose and Government of the New York City Organizations also Registry of Clubs Belonging to the General Federation of Women's Clubs of the United States
New York: Club Women of New York Company, (c. 1905). Hardcover. 400p. Original Violet cloth. 24 cm. Call number inked in white on backstrip (but we see no other library markings). Minor cover soil. No Jacket. More
Cooking Seventh & Eighth Grade: Courses Planned and Material Collected by Teachers of Cooking 1915-1916. Under the Direction of Lile G. Deeter, Supervisor
New Haven: Domestic Science Deparatment New Haven City School District, n.d. [1916?]. Paperback. 8p. Softcover in original wrappers. 21 cm. Cover and contents basically sound but rather chipped, soiled, stained (here and there) and worn. Prior to coming to New Haven, Ms. Deeter appears to have been one of the..... More
Edna Manley Sculptor: A Restrospective: The National Gallery of Jamaica and the Edna Manley Foundation at the National Gallery May 30th - October 27th 1990
Kingston: National Gallery of Jamaica, 1990. Paperback. photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29cm. More
Five Autograph Letters sent to a grown daughter in Massachusetts by an Unidentified American Woman during her visit to Japan in 1896
1896. The Letters are either unsigned or signed "Your loving old mammy." Includes: (1) Dated Tokyo, Jan. 17/96. 8p. on 2 sheets (each folded to make 4p.). 22cm. Contains descriptions of an exhibition of Japanese flower arranging, a visit to a Temple grounds, and a visit to the Japanese House..... More
Framed Fabric Handwork with Image of Two Unidentified African American Women stitched in the center of a red fabric heart which is stitched in the center of other patterned material with appropriately placed words adding sentiment.
(ca 1896). Yellow patterned fabric background, possibly cotton from a flour or feed sack, large piece of red possibly upholstery cloth in the shape of a heart with a soft focus reproduction (on cloth?) of a photographic image of two young African American Women in the center. Tan (paper?) banner..... More
The Greatest Blessing of Life; or, the Adventures of Catherine Sinclair, a Domestic, in Search of a Good Mistress. By a Servant of Servant.
Pawtucket: Bliss, Potter & Co., 1850. Presumed 1st ed. Hardcover. added second title-page dated 1851, 167p. Original dark cloth. Gilt decorations on backstrip and a gilt image of a dove flying above a vine-covered cross in the center of the front cover. 12cm. (a small book). Spine sloped. Joints and..... More
Hints on Home Education: An Annual for 1853
New York: B. Ela, n.d. [1853]. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 384p. 22cm. Extremities chipped & frayed. Illustrations browned. Substantial foxing throughout. An uncommon annual, much of which appears to have been reprinted from "The Mother's Magazine." More
The International Review of African American Art. Volume 9, Number 2, 1990.
Los Angeles: Multicultural Arts, Inc.; Hollywood, Fl.: The International Review of African American Art, (c. 1990). Paperback. illustrated ( color and black & white), 61, [3]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Issue on women artists who matured during and after the 1960s ("African American Women Artsists: Another Generation") --..... More
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LIP [1980]: A Feminist Journal of Women in the Visual and Performing Arts
Parkville, Victoria (Australia): n.p., 1980. Paperback. black & white photos & illustrations of various sizes, 141p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29 cm. Fifth (of eight) annual(?) issues published between 1976 and 1984. More
The Moscow Children's Theatre: The Negro Boy and the Monkey. [caption title].
Moscow: Printed [by] Vneshtorgisdat, n.d. [1930s or later]. Single sheet folded to make an 8-page leaflet (of which 2 1/2 pages are blank). 22 cm. Photo of Natalie Satz on front panel. As described in the leaflet, "The Negro Boy and the Monkey" was a popular play, that had been..... More
The Persian Flower: A Memoir of Judith Grant Perkins or Oroomiah, Persia
Boston: John P. Jewett; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London: Low and Company, 1853. Hardcover. 2 illustrations (including frontis), xv, 224p. Light green cloth. 18cm. Moderate cover soil and some spotting. "361" in heavy black marker at base of backstrip and on bottom edge of pages. Foxing throughout (heavy on..... More
Pictures and Paragraphs Concerning Mlle. Anna Pavlowa The Dancing Revelation of the Age with M. Nivikoff Imperial Russian Ballet and Complete Symphony Orchestra
n.p. n.d. [probably 1913]. Paperback. photos, (10)p. unnumbered. Softcover in original wrapper. 16cm. Small promotional booklet for an American Tour. Inside front cover is announcement of performances ar Boston Opera House for Sunday October 25 (matinee and evening) and Wednesday October 29 (evening) -- probably in 1913. More
Portfolio 1894. [Six Monographs bound in One Volume]
London: Seeley and Co., 1894. Hardcover. Contemporary red 1/2 leather. 27cm. Some cover scuffing. Minor foxing.Contains six monographs: William Sharp's Fair Women in Painting and Poetry (80p.); C. J. Cornish's The New Forest (80p.); Walter Armstrong's Thomas Gainsborough (88p.); W. Y. Fletcher's Bookbinding in France (80p.); Lionel Cust's The Engravings..... More
The Quarterly Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (September 1937)
Boston: 1937. Paperback. illustrations, 33p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Bottom edge of front wrapper worn. Large corner crease on back cover. More
Rural Development and Human Rights in South East Asia: Report of a Seminar in Penang, December 1981
Penang: International Commission of Jurists and Consumers' Association of Penang, (c. 1982). Hardcover. 254p.Blue boards. dj. 22cm. Jacket scuffed. More
Through Sisters' Eyes: Children's Books Illustrated by African American Women Artists
Newark: The Newark Musuem, (1993). Paperback. illustrations, 16p. Wrapper. 28cm. Catalog for the traveling exhibition held at the Newark Museum January 30 through February 28, 1993 on tour from the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Twenty-one works by seven illustrators were exhibited. More
Ukrainian Program Sponsored by the Ukrainian Women's Exposition Committee of New York and the Metropolitan Area, Inc.
[New York]: November 1956. Paperback. 6 black & white illustrations, [16]p. Original wrapper. 23cm. This 1956 exhibition/program included two concerts and an exhibition of 17 contemporary painting and sculpture. More
Women Artists News, Vol. 4, Nos. 1 & 2 (May and June 1978)
New York: Midmarch Associates, 12978. Paperback. photos, 12, 12o, Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Small stain on lower edge of June issue. Published ten times a year in 1978. Ceased publication in 1992. More
Women's Branch of the Philadelphia Society for Charitable Relief 28th Ward -- Minutes. [our title]
n.p. n.p., 1880. Paperback. One and one-half pages in an old notebook, most of which consists of the notes of Jacob T. Gest, a young man from Philadelphia, on the History of the English Language (Writings of Spenser) and on the History of the Public School System in Philadelphia --..... More
Womens Armed Defense Groups. Militant militia Women of the People's Republic of China. Political power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun. Comrade Mao Tse-Tung. Red Womens Detachment
[NY?]: Red Women's Detachment, n.d. [1970s?]. Broadside poster on plain paper. 28 x 46cm. Three or four later horizontal folds with modest splitting at some ends. An uncommon poster issued by this leftist, New York-based organization of working class and welfare women. About one-third of the poster reproduces a black..... More
What to Give the People to Read?
London: A. P. Marsden, 1893. Paperback. 62p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Some cover creasing, pinholes and wear. At Head of title: The Kharkov Sunday-School for Women. This Sunday-School in Kharkov (Ukraine) provided primary education for adult women. Translated by John Marshall. More
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Memoirs of Halide Edib. [and] The Turkish Ordeal; Being the Further Memoirs of Halide Edib.
New York and London: The Century Co., (1926 and 1928). 1st American editions. Hardcover. color frontis (in each volume), photos, folding map (in 2nd volume), vii, 472, [8], 407p. Original light green cloth. 23cm. Minor cover soiling and wear (including a scratch on back cover of earlietr volume). No jackets..... More
Virtue's Faults: Corespondences in Eighteenth-Century British and French Women's Fiction
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. 1st ed. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. More