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Toronto, ON, Canada: Women's Press, 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215 pages. A global perspective on women and pharmaceuticals, with articles from India, the Philippines, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States. "This valuable anthology highlights the dangers women face from a powerful global drug industry that recognizes neither national boundaries nor ordinary ethics... gives us a glimpse of what a more caring, woman-oriented health system would look like... essential reading for health activists everywhere." - Barbara Ehrenreich. Occasional markings and highlighting to contents. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Solid copy..

Toronto, ON, Canada: The Women's Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163 pages. Copyright date 1988. Former owner's rubber stamp upon front flyleaf. Moderate wear. Light soiling. Combining twelve pieces developed since the mid-Seventies, this volume challenges feminist cultural experience and imagination. Brossard's reflections on writing and the emergence and survival of lesbian identity are hard-hitting and incisive. "...I too have read and loved these texts. Their extraordinary texture and the zany peregrinations of the words have brought me pleasure, insight and joy; they offered me warm complicity." - Louise H. Forsyth, Professor, University of Western Ontario..

Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, [1], 230 pages.Extensive footnotes and bibliography. Index. Two black and white illustrations. "Discusses the connection between the cultural resistance to speculative finance and hostility to the similarly 'feminized' professional writers that Alexander Pope depicts in the Dunciad. Shows how new financial and fictional models were important for women's social, sexual, and economic interaction." - from half-title page. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligibl wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy..

New York: Franklin Watts, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110 pages including index. Through interviews with women who have lived with violent men - husbands, fathers of their children, sweethearts - and through the women's own works, we learn about such relationships. They began as do many marriages and love affairs - in an atmosphere of romance. Only over time did the extreme violence surface. Intended for younger readers. Usual library markings. Light wear. Remains a nice clean copy..

Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. "Rosemary writes about the people and events she has known and witnessed - from her childhood in Jamaica and the family life that helped to shape her early views of life, to her rise within Canada's social fabric, as a politician and a concerned citizen... Filled with provocative statements about racism in Canada, the rights of women, education, the political process, abortion and a host of other issues at the heart of Canada's development as a free and democratic country." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy..

Toronto, ON, Canada: MacMillan, 1996. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages. Debunk's society's view of the ideal female form and offers all women a positive and effective way of relating to their bodies. Insightful and liberating. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy..

USA: Routledge & K. Paul, 1998. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 246 pages. Light wear. Some highlighting and markings to contents. A sound working copy..

UK: Pandora/HarperCollins, 1995. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Takes a wholly fresh look at these mythical figures and places them in there true historical and cultural contexts." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact..

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Raincoast Book Distribution, 1992. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 451 pages including selected bibliography. "Explores the rich and complex experiences of women from the eighteenth century to the present." - from back cover. Prior owner names upon half-title page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Solid clean copy..

Toronto, ON, Canada: Second Story Press, 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 189 pages. Index. Bibliography. Bit of highlighting upon copyright page else unmarked. Moderate wear. Bit of yellowing. Solid working copy..

Canada: Whitecap. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1552857174 . 256 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. "This cultural history describes how women triumphed over the tribulations of running a household in both turbulent and peaceful times... You may never look at your broom closet or stove in quite the same way again." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Lovely copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; HOME ECONOMICS HOUSEWIVES Canada History Housekeeping Wives Female .

Toronto: Consolidated Press Limited, 1940. Book. Illus. by Woods, Rex (cover art); Ball, Seymour; Davenport, Ernest; Nurick, Irving; Scott, F.; Moyer, S.G.. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 74 pages. Features: College fashion cover illustration; Bright red Canada brand Lobster ad inside front cover; Salute to a People, by Margaret Lawrence; Nice one-page photo ad for RCA Victor radios features the Model A-32; Come to the Fair (fiction); Two pages of black and white photos of college fashions for ladies; By Design - watch out when a pretty girl starts studying model trains!; Ugly Duckling - Jan worries about blonde Judith; Light Was Her Laughter (continued); "I'm glad we're friends with Canada", said FDR's mother to S.G. Moyer; Nice color ad for Campbell's Soups; Woodbury soap ad features photo of 'noted societal commentator' Cholly Knickerbocker; Women Face the Second Year of WWII; One-page ad for Fleischmann's… Read More

Victoria, B.C.: Government of British Columbia. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 0772643318 . "This historical overview provides an opportunity to chronicle the spirit and determination of a few of the many women who percieved the biases in their society's common assumptions about women, and either worked to correct them or succeeded in spite of them. Highlights some of the social issues in each decade and the challenges women faced as a result." - page 2. 109 pages. Bibliography. Footnotes. Prior owner's details inside front cover in marker, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative study.; 8vo .

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 362 pages. "The Northern Ontario we know has been changed and influenced in part by dynamic and vigorous women. This collection gives us the valuable historical account of those pioneering women and also provides a picture of the activities of contemporary women as they work for change." - Patrician Hennessy. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Some curling to covers. Nice copy in glossy covers..

Canada: Chatelaine. Fair. 1963. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 104 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for All detergent features housewife giving thumbs-down to high suds; One-page colour-photo ad for Northern Electric shows a variety of their phones; Volunteers help the Teismaki family of Banff; Dorothy Stronach of London, Ontario helps boys with hockey; Nice two-page colour-illlustrated ad for Swift's Premium Ham shows lady with platter holding off two gents in suits; Sexy colour-photo ad for Tex-Made sheets; Are Old Maids a Vanishing Breed?; Prince Charles - The Loneliest Boy in the World - article with photos; Keep Supper Warm (story); The Best and Worst TV Shows for Children; Edge of the Circle (story); 70 Best Jobs for Homemakers Returning to Work; The New Approach to Entertaining; Spectacular Party Foods; Romantic At-Home Clothes; Get the best results from Home Perms (Permanents); Nice one-page two-colour ad for Cream of Wheat; Nice colour-photo ad on back cover for… Read More

Toronto: Maclean-Hunter, 1967. Book. Illus. by Beny, Roloff (photography). Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 112 pages. Features: How to Trace Your Family Tree; 50 Experts Predict Your Future; Image of Canada; Women on the Go - Past; Women on the Go - Present; 200 Years of Canadian Art. Fiction: Napika; Horses of the Night. Food/Homes: A Centennial Feast; The Way We Lived; The Way We Ate; Shopping with Chatelaine; Meals of the Month; Homemaker's Diary. Other Articles: The Way We Looked; Centennial Sampler to Cross-Stitch; When Your Baby is Premature. Nice colour-photo ads for: Avon, Miss Clairol, World Book Encyclopedia, Wabasso, Nivea, St. Moritz cigarettes, Kraft salad dressings, Miracle Whip, Dole Boutique Desserts, Tampax, Northern Electric phones, Red Rose tea, McVitie's Biscuits, Smirnov Vodka (feature Phil Silvers), Clover Leaf tinned fish, Chun King foods, E.D. Smith Ketchup, Canada Dry ginger ale, Modess. Unmarked with somewhat… Read More

Toronto: Maclean Publishing, 1936. Magazine. Illus. by McDermott, Mabel G. (cover art); Barnes, Archibald; Nussdorf, Joseph; Michael; Clymer, John F.; Keay, Jack La Salle, Charles. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 58 pages. Features: Nice Ipana photo ad inside front cover; To Girls Who Want to Get Married; - Lux ad; Candles Without Cake (fiction); Night Call (fiction); The Better Man (fictitious tale of a young pretty newspaper woman in Ethiopia - "From every side black men closed in, howling lustily, frothing themselves up..."; Shadowed Wedding (fiction); Look Your Best - tanning/makeup advice for the summer; Love Doesn't Last (fiction); 45 and Glad of It - middle age can make a woman a master or a slave; Nice full-page colour ad for Campbell's vegetable soup includes the Campbell kids; Full-page colour reproduction of a beautiful flower painting by Archibald Barnes, A.R.C.A.; Nice full-page Cream of Wheat ad features photo of cute little… Read More

Toronto: Maclean Hunter, 1971. Magazine. Illus. by Csakany, Gabriel; Kotulsky, Ivan; Maggs, Arnaud; Ike, Karol;. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: Gorgeous Revlon lipstick ad; Like Father, Like Daughter - Princess Anne; Could you live in Kitchener-Waterloo? - article with photos; The Girls Who Leave Home; Day of Storm (story); Former nun Leona A. Brady talks about leaving the convent, her marriage and motherhood; Communes - a new 'family' way of life - with photo of Jim and Pat Wilson and their baby in the Yellow Ford Truck on Toronto's Baldwin St.; Late Summer Fruits; Sew 18 Fashions for Half the Ready to Wear Cost. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy..

Canada: Chatelaine, 1960. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 154 pages. Features: Incredible two-page colour ad for Green Giant canned vegetables, featuring the bottom half of the Green Giant himself; Many great full-page ads for products such as Avon cosmetics, Pond's lipstick, Wabasso bedding, Carnation Milk Powder, Pond's ad featuring Elsa Martinelli, Pacific canned milk, Crane plumbing fixtures, Arborite, GE appliances, Heinz tomato products; The Quiet Revolution of Chinese Women - article with photos; How Close are We to Test-Tube Babies? - article by Christina McCall Newman; The Queen's Other Family - Recently Elizabeth added her husband's name to her own, and thereby raised a question - just who are her in-laws? - a scattered family the world hears so little about? - article with photos; House-Warming - story by Jean Loggie; How the Kesners Came to Canada - Jo and Fred Davis are involved in bringing a refugee family to Canada; - photos… Read More

Canada: Rogers, 2008. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This huge 352 page special issue is graced with a gorgeous 3-panel fold-out front cover photo montage of over 60 colour Chatelaine covers of the previous 80 years. Also included is a wonderful 32-page section which reviews covers, photos and contents of the prior eighty years - so nostalgic! Chipping to bottom of spine otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this outstanding Chatelaine memento..