‎Women (the)‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. DREW Bernard‎

‎HARD-BOILED DAMES.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. DREW Bernard A. HARD-BOILED DAMES. Stories Featuring Women Detectives Reporters Adventurers and Criminals from Pulp Fiction Magazines of the 1930's. Edited and with an Introduction by Bernard A. Drew. Preface by Marcia Muller. New York:: St. Martin's Press 1986. First edition advance review copy. . A fine copy in fine dust jacket; publisher's promotional sheet laid into book. . Octavo paper-covered boards pp xix 331 illustrated reproducing in facsimile original artwork from some pulp fiction magazines. The collection includes: Carrie Cashin in "Riddled Silk" by Theodore Tinsley Sarah Watson in "Cash or Credit" by D. B. McCandless Trixie Meehan in "The Deadly Orchid" by T. T. Flynn etc. St. Martin's Press, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 57444

‎WOMEN: FICTION. DUFFY Maureen‎

‎INHERIT THE EARTH:‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. DUFFY Maureen. INHERIT THE EARTH: A Social History. London:: Hamish Hamilton 1980. First edition. . A fine copy in fine dust jacket. . Inscribed by Maureen Duffy on the title page: "Signed for Michael Curtis Maureen Duffy. Octavo paper-covered boards pp. viii 159 illustrated with drawings by Gavin Rowe. Hamish Hamilton, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 59985

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BLUEJAY Jana‎

‎IT'S TIME.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: UTOPIAN FANTASY. BLUEJAY Jana. IT'S TIME. A Nuclear Novel by Jana Bluejay. Little River CA:: Tough Dove Books 1985. First edition. . Covers are lightly rubbed else a very good copy. . Octavo pictorial wrappers pp. xiv 190. Tough Dove Books, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 58029

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BROWN Alice‎

‎JOHN WINTERBOURNE'S FAMILY‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BROWN Alice. JOHN WINTERBOURNE'S FAMILY A Novel. Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company 1910. First edition. . Tips of spine and corners are lightly rubbed else a near fine copy. . Octavo olive cloth stamped in gilt pp. viii 454. Houghton Mifflin Company, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60374

‎WOMEN: FICTION. ABBOTT Eleanor Hallowell. CROSBY R. M..‎

‎LITTLE EVE EDGARTON‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. ABBOTT Eleanor Hallowell. LITTLE EVE EDGARTON A Novel. With Illustrations by R. M. Crosby. New York:: The Century Co. 1914. First edition. . Front and rear flyleaves are lightly tanned title page and few pages of text are moderately foxed small bumped tear at fore-edge margin of one page else a very good bright copy in very good dust jacket; jacket is moderately foxed with few small nicks at tips of spine else quite fresh and bright. . Twelvemo decorative blue cloth pp. iv 210 followed by ads illustrated by R. M. Crosby. The Century Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 62580

‎WOMEN: FICTION. RICHARDS Anna Mattock‎

‎MEMORIES OF A GRANDMOTHER‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. RICHARDS Anna Mattock. MEMORIES OF A GRANDMOTHER by A Lady of Massachusetts by Mrs. Anna Mattock Richards. Boston: Gould and Lincoln/ New York:: Sheldon Lamport & Blakeman 1854. First edition . Extremities of covers are lightly faded moderate wear and browning on spine thin chip at spine tips endpapers and few pages of text are moderately foxed else a good to very good copy. . Wright II 2025. Twelvemo brown cloth 141 pages followed by 2 pages of advertisements. Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 56443

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BARGATE Verity‎

‎NO MAMA NO‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BARGATE Verity. NO MAMA NO A Novel. London:: Jonathan Cape 1978. First edition of author's first novel. . A fine copy in fine dust jacket. . Inscribed by Verity Bargate on the front flyleaf in year of publication: "Dear Sir this morning I heard the first word of spring: Is this a record Yours etc. For Bill love Verity. November 1978. Octavo black paper-covered boards 136 pages. Jonathan Cape, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 59991

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BROWN Alice‎

‎OLD CROW‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BROWN Alice. OLD CROW A Novel. New York:: The Macmillan Company 1922. First edition. . Owner's contemporary ink name on front flyleaf. Tips of spine and corners are lightly rubbed else a very good copy with the binding bright text has very faint discoloration at inner margin of a few pages else quite fresh and clean. . Octavo dark green cloth stamped in gilt pp. iv 534. The Macmillan Company, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60375

‎WOMEN: FICTION. KENNEDY A. L‎

‎PARADISE‎

‎FICTION: WOMEN: SCOTTISH. KENNEDY A. L. PARADISE A Novel. New York:: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. Uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition. . A fine copy. . Large octavo pale green printed wrappers 286 pages. Alfred A. Knopf, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 65709

‎WOMEN: FICTION. RICE Alice Hegan‎

‎QUIN‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. RICE Alice Hegan. QUIN A Novel. New York:: The Century Co. 1921. First edition. . Owner's contemporary ink name on front flyleaf and typed bookplate tipped onto rear flyleaf listing the names of ten women as members of "N.E.S. Bookclub". Spine is lightly faded top and fore-edges lightly soiled else a very good copy in dust jacket. The pictorial jacket has thin chipping at crown of spine few short nicked tears to extremities of front panel else very good. . Octavo green cloth pp. viii 393 illustrated with a frontispiece. The Century Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63769

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BROUGHTON Rhoda‎

‎SCYLLA OR CHARYBDIS‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. BROUGHTON Rhoda. SCYLLA OR CHARYBDIS A Novel. New York:: D. Appleton and Company 1895. First American edition . A fine copy. . issued as Appletons' Town and Country Library No. 177; published in London in the same year by Richard Bentley and Son. Twelvemo olive cloth spine and front cover stamped in gold green and rose pp. vi 272 followed by 12 pages of ads. D. Appleton and Company, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 58178

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. HUGHES Dorothy B‎

‎THE BLACKBIRDER‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. HUGHES Dorothy B. THE BLACKBIRDER A Bloodhound Mystery. New York:: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1943. First edition . Tips of spine are lightly rubbed small faint soil mark on top edge else a near fine copy in very good dust jacket; pictorial jacket is lightly rubbed thin chipping at tips of spine small chip on lower spine front panel has short nicked tear at lower corner else a bright copy. . Hubin. Crime Fiction p. 209. Octavo blue cloth pp. viii 211. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 57456

‎WOMEN: FICTION: RUSSIAN THEME. BENSON Stella‎

‎THE FAR-AWAY BRIDE‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: RUSSIAN THEME. BENSON Stella. THE FAR-AWAY BRIDE A Novel. New York:: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1930. First American edition. . Extremities slightly rubbed else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has tiny nicked tears on spine else bright and crisp. . Octavo black cloth spine paper-covered boards pp. xviii 445. Harper & Brothers Publishers, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 62634

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MEDICINE. WHITTEN Dr. Kathryn M‎

‎THE HORSES OF THE SUN‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MEDICINE. WHITTEN Kathryn M. THE HORSES OF THE SUN A Novel by Dr. Kathryn M. Whitten. Boston:: Meador Publishing Company 1917. First edition. . Lettering on spine and front cover is dull bit of faint dust soiling on rear cover else a very good copy in worn dust jacket; jacket has several creased tears and considerable chipping on spine and both panels with large chip at crown of spine and early tape mend on verso else just a good copy of a scarce dust jacket. . Octavo green cloth 314 pages. A medical novel written by a pioneering female surgeon detailing the struggles of a fictional female doctor "resisting a savage dictatorship. Meador Publishing Company, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63820

‎WOMEN: FICTION: 1875. POLLARD Eliza F‎

‎THE LADY SUPERIOR.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: 1875. POLLARD Eliza F. THE LADY SUPERIOR. A Novel. New York:: Harper & Brothers 1875. First American edition and first one-volume edition . Moderate wear on spine with short tear and nick at crown shallow chip at base front and rear covers have neat archival mend at hinges with 1-1/2 inch chip at lower fore-corner of front cover few leaves of text have thin chipping at lower fore-corner margin else a good to very good copy with the text fresh and clean. . issued as No. 443 'Library of Select Novels'published the same year in London as a triple-decker. Octavo printed wrappers pp. 1-4 ads 5-131 followed by 12 pages of publisher's ads pp. 4 & 8. Harper & Brothers, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 63197

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. NICHOLS Jan‎

‎THE LONER.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. NICHOLS Jan pseudonym of Frances Nichols Hanna. THE LONER. New York:: Simon and Schuster 1956. First edition . A near fine copy in near fine dust jacket; pictorial jacket has two short tears and light wear at crown of spine tape mended on verso verso is very lightly foxed with the front panel quite bright. . Hubin p. 298; published as an Inner Sanctum Mystery. Octavo blue cloth pp. iv 279. Simon and Schuster, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 51547

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. BARTHOLOMEW Nancy‎

‎THE MIRACLE STRIP.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MYSTERY. BARTHOLOMEW Nancy. THE MIRACLE STRIP. New York:: St. Martin's Press 1998. First edition of author's first book. . A fine copy in bright crisp dust jacket. . Octavo paper-covered boards pp. x 228. St. Martin's Press, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 57313

‎WOMEN: FICTION: FILM. LAUGHLIN Clara E‎

‎THE PENNY PHILANTHROPIST. A Story that Could be True.‎

‎FICTION: WOMEN: FILM. LAUGHLIN Clara E. THE PENNY PHILANTHROPIST. A Story that Could be True. New York:: Fleming H. Revell Co. 1912. First edition. . Owner's contemporary ink name on front pastedown. A near fine copy in very good moderately chipped dust jacket. The attractive pictorial dust jacket has a number of short tears and few small chips with two half-inch chips at top edge of rear panel else quite fresh and bright. . Octavo pictorial cloth 217 pages illustrated with a frontispiece by Victor Perard. "This story of Peggy the proprietor of the Halsted Street News 'Imporium' will quicken the beat of sympathetic hearts." from the dust jacket. Fleming H. Revell Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 65107

‎WOMEN: FICTION: HIROSHIMA. MORRIS Edita. Inscribed to Alvah Bessie‎

‎THE SEEDS OF HIROSHIMA‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: HIROSHIMA. MORRIS Edita. THE SEEDS OF HIROSHIMA A Novel. New York:: George Braziller 1965. First edition. . Rear cover has very slight bump on top edge else a very good copy in dust jacket; jacket spine is lightly tanned with tiny nicked tear at crown else very good. . Inscribed by Edita Morris to novelist journalist and screenwriter one of the blacklisted "Hollywood Ten" Alvah Bessie: "For Alvah Bessie- in warm admiration- Edita Morris- 1966" on the front flyleaf. Octavo rose-colored cloth pp. vi 118. George Braziller, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60321

‎WOMEN: FICTION: RISQUE THEME. Anonymous‎

‎THE SPORT'S RARE BOOK.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: RISQUE THEME. Anonymous. THE SPORT'S RARE BOOK. Sawens N.Y.:: Curtiss The Printer 1890. First edition. . Fragile wrappers have considerable wear to extremities early sewing along spine horizontal crease on covers and text with few moderate tears and small chips to wrappers and few pages of text; just a good copy. . 24mo pinkish-red pictorial wrappers 8 pages sewn illustrated reproducing photographic portrait of woman on front flyleaf three-panel caricature sketch of woman ice-skating sketch of dancing woman on rear cover etc. The text prints risque sketches and poems such as "She Lost Her Garter: A Pretty Miss in a Store who Advertises for a Silk Elastic Band" "What Did She Mean" "Key-Hole in the Door" "The Maiden's Dream" a poem etc. (Curtiss, The Printer), unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 60367

‎WOMEN: FICTION. HOLME Constance. ART: WOOD ENGRAVINGS. LEIGHTON Clare‎

‎THE TRUMPET IN THE DUST‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. HOLME Constance. THE TRUMPET IN THE DUST A Novel by Constance Holme. With Six Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. London:: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1934. First illustrated edition with six woodcuts by Clare Leighton . Spine is slightly askew top and fore-edge are lightly foxed title page and few leaves of text are moderately foxed else a very good copy with woodcuts by Clare Leighton in clean bright condition in dust jacket. The scarce pictorial jacket reproducing a woodcut by Leighton has moderate wear with tanning to the spine with shallow chipping at crown light foxing and moderate dust soiling on front and rear panels with few short tears and nicks to extremities with small clear tape mend on verso else complete and quite bright. . originally published in 1921. Octavo brown cloth 256 pages illustrated with six full-page woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Ivor Nicholson & Watson, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 62699

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MOORE'S STOVES AND RANGES‎

‎THE WIFE AND THE WONDER-WORKER.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION: MOORE'S STOVES AND RANGES. THE WIFE AND THE WONDER-WORKER. A Novelette published anonymously. Joliet Illinois:: Joliet Stove Works/ Moore's Stoves and Ranges Printed by Street & Finney Colonial Advertising Company New York. 1905. First edition. . Staples are quite rusted with two short closed tears on spine at staples else a very good bright copy. . 16mo pictorial wrappers 30 pages stapled illustrated including half-tone vignettes of numerous stoves and ranges. The novelette incorporates Moore's stoves and ranges into the storyline with illustrations of various models of the stoves. (Joliet Stove Works)/ Moore's Stoves and Ranges (Printed by Street & Finney Colonial Advertising Company, New York)., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 56677

‎WOMEN: FICTION. MILLER Alice Duer‎

‎THINGS.‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. MILLER Alice Duer. THINGS. New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons 1914. First edition. . Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown "Oldgate Farmington". Few small soil marks to covers scattered foxing to endpapers else a very good copy. . Twelvemo cloth spine paper-covered boards pp. vi 48. Charles Scribner's Sons, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63743

‎WOMEN: FICTION. GLASS Julia‎

‎Two2 advance reading copies; variant issues of: THE WHOLE WORLD OVER‎

‎FICTION: WOMEN. GLASS Julia. Two2 advance reading copies; variant issues of: THE WHOLE WORLD OVER A Novel. New York:: Pantheon Books 2006. First edition advance reading copies consisting of two2 variant issues. . The first variant issue is lightly rubbed at tips of two corners else both copies are fine; publisher's promotional sheet laid into the second variant issue. . Two physical books variant issues as follows: <p><p>1. Large octavo pictorial wrappers pp. x 506 6 with sheets bulking to 1 5/8 inches.<p><p>2. Variant issue with different pagination and with different wording on first leaf of text substituting the words "this day" for the words "Leap Year Day" and printed on a lighter stock paper: Large octavo pictorial wrappers pp. x 509 6 with sheets bulking to 1 1/4 inches. Pantheon Books, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 65711

‎WOMEN: FICTION. CHERRY Kelly‎

‎WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS‎

‎WOMEN: FICTION. CHERRY Kelly. WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS A Novel. New York:: Soho Press 2003. First edition advance review copy. . A fine copy in fine dust jacket; publisher's promotional sheet laid into the book. . Octavo paper-covered boards pp. x 274. Soho Press, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60017