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NY: Appleton, 1842. 16mo, pp. 191. Light blue cloth, stamped in gilt. AEG. With several illustrations. Cover soiled, interior foxed and little moisture-stained. VG. A collection of "uplifting" short stories, poems, etc.

[ ]: Lee/Lucas Press, 1979. First edn, No. 19 in an edition of 100, numbered and signed by the author. Author's presentation to the poet Paul Metcalf. 8vo, pp. 7. Paper wraps. VG. Poems.

NY: Scribner's, 1905. 8vo, pp. 324. Illustrated from drawings and photographs. Cover little worn, o/w VG. The author was the wife of William Henry Waddington, once Premier of France.

NY: Scribner's, 1917. Second printing. 8vo, pp. 373. Frontis picture. Cover little worn, o/w VG. A record of the experiences of a French family during WWI.

London: William Tegg, 1865. reprint? edn. 8vo, pp. 364. Bound in red cloth, aeg, a very good copy. Engraved frontispiece. Wade follows the changes in the status of women from Asia to Greece and Rome and on to Europe. Tracing the history of women through the 18th century, Wade then considers the equality of the sexes, love and passion, marriage, celibacy, divorce and the rights and priviledges of women.

NY: Pantheon, 1957. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 276. A fine copy in little worn dj. OP. Biography of a woman, born in Philadelphia in 1809, who married an Episcopal minister, bore 5 children, converted to Catholicism in the steps of her husband, and finally became a nun so that he could become a Catholic priest. At the time of the book's writing, Connelly was a candidate for beatification.

NY: Doran, 1923. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 256. Index. Blue cloth with paper spine label. Ex library with stamps. Cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w VG. Wadia was a barrister and professor at the University of Mysore. A general survey of the feminism of the west in a critical and constructive spirit. Includes chapters on the woman question, the passing away of old ideas, the effects of feminism, marriage and motherhood, etc.

NY: Doran, 1923. First US Edn. 8vo, pp. 256. Blue cloth, ex-library copy with stamps, a VG tight copy. Wadia was a barrister and professor at the University of Mysore. A general survey of the feminism of the west in a critical and constructive spirit. Includes chapters on the woman question, the passing away of old ideas, the effects of feminism, marriage and motherhood, etc.

Wellington: Wingfield Press, 1949. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 80. Stiff wraps. VG.

NY: Clarion, 2003. First printing. 4to, pp. xiii, 191. Chronology, further reading, index. Copiously illustrated with photographs and archival prints. Includes passages from the diaries of children. Paper over boards. About as new in dj. For young people, but it doesn't gloss over the severe hardships.

Amherst MA: University of Massachusetts, 1983. 8vo, pp. viii, 192. Bibliographies and notes, index. Illustrated with portraits.Top edge little spotted, o/w a nice copy in slightly chipped dj. The women are: Lillian Wald, Rebecca Gratz, Amy Levy, Henrietta Szold, Emma Lazarus, Emma Goldman.

Norman, OK: U. Of Oklahoma, 1964. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 234. Index. With 30 photos of Lind, Bernhardt, Terry, Marlowe, Duncan, Garden and Monroe and chapters on each. A nice copy in repaired dj.

NY: Boni, 1930. First Edition. Rockwell Kent. 8vo, pp.247 + adv. Bound in paper wraps with an illustration by Rockwell Kent for the cover. Private library stamp on the cover, a very good copy.

NY: Norton, 2001. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 312. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in dj.

Princeton NJ: Van Nostrand, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, pp. iv, 345. A nice copy in little slightly and faded dj. A study of the use of language, including commentary of its misuse in politics and commerce.

Rutherford: Farleigh Dickinson, 1974. 2nd edn. 8vo, Pp. 234. A study of five heroines including Jane Eyre, Emma Bovary and Hardy's Tess. Fine in dj.

NY: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 223. The illustrated book of the Broadway hit, starring Lily Tomlin. llustrated jacket. Corner of half-title clipped. A nice copy in little chipped and price clipped dj.

NY: Harper & Row, 1986. Second printing. 8vo, pp. 223. Afterword by Marilyn French. Illustrated with photographs from Lily Tomlin's performance of the play. Green cloth. Donor's presentation on back of flyleaf. Top edges little spotted, o/w a nice copy in slightly scuffed dj.

Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. Three volumes, large 8vo, pp. 44, 307,407. Owner's signature on title, some marking on the score, o/w VG. Ownership signature of Henri Gibeau on the title-pages. The orchestral score, with vocal parts in three languages.

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1911. First American edn. Two volumes. Large 8vo, pp. 911. Authorized translation from the German. Covers worn, hinges tender. Frontis portraits. Worn.