Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1831. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orignal binding, brown linen spine with leather label over pasteboard, 8vo, x+ 169, sides untriimed. Covers stained along bottom 2 inches whihc traverses to internals, which are foxed here and there. Binding firm. An aged, unsophisticated copy. BAL 1309. DOMESTIC SKILLS HOUSEHOLD..... More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Memoir of the Italian-born priestess of fashion, Else Schiaperelli (1890- 1973) known chicly as "Schiap". All the swells entered her orbit - Lady Mendle, Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Picasso, Dali, et al. Schiap's inscription - in her broad, flowing almost indecipherable script in..... More
NY: The Hroswitha Club, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Authored by well-known biblophile and one of the founding members of the Hroswitha Club, dedicated to the study of women in the book arts. Unused copy, as new. Red cloth, issued without dustjacket. More
Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Press, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete set. Purple, faux-satin cloth stamped in gilt, cheaply produced set. Spines a wee soiled but sound all around. Women from the man's point of view. Anachronism, chauvinism, sexism rule. A real timepiece. More
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1803. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Volume 4 only of 6 volume set, with the bookplate of the library of the defunct Hroswitha Club (1944 -1999), which was founded by women bibliophiles and dedicated to the study of women in the history of the book and beyond..... More