Lucy Boston; or, Woman's Rights and Spiritualism: Illustrating the Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century
by Folio, Fred
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- Hardcover
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- Fair
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About This Item
Toronto: Alexander Dick, 1855. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 406 p. 20 cm. Illustrated title page. Frontispiece. 8 b&w plates. Blind-stamped decorated brown cloth boards. Some mild stains and some spots to cloth, rubbing to edges, corners bumped, spine faded. Missing front free endpaper. Owner's signature on endpapers. Owner's stamp to title-page. Thumbprints, spots, and some minor stains.
Spirituality and the Women's Movement have related histories. Many women found that sèances and fortunetelling helped break them from the limitations of their marriages and social lives, if only briefly. Naturally, they turned to the confident and promising work of Women's Liberation.
Spirituality and the Women's Movement have related histories. Many women found that sèances and fortunetelling helped break them from the limitations of their marriages and social lives, if only briefly. Naturally, they turned to the confident and promising work of Women's Liberation.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100876
- Title
- Lucy Boston; or, Woman's Rights and Spiritualism: Illustrating the Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Folio, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Publisher
- Alexander Dick
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- American Literature, Spiritualism, Women's history, Satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Occult;
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