‎Women (the)‎

‎[African-Americana – Women – Entertainers] Unknown Photographer‎

‎1936 Press Photo of Josephine Baker in New York City‎

‎New York City 1936. Single photograph measuring 8 x 9 ½ inches with editorial overpainting. Verso with “Tribune Engraving Room†stamp dated November 1937 two articles featuring the photo with stamps dated March 1936 and December 1937 barcode sticker and manuscript reading “Josephine Bakerâ€. Marginal wear; excellent. A photograph of Josephine Baker seated with two women identified verso as Countess de Roissey de Sales and “Mme. Schneiderâ€. Baker 1906–1975 was an American-born French dancer singer actress. She was born in St. Louis Missouri and performed as a young teen in the chorus line for several Broadway musicals. In 1925 she moved to Paris later telling a journalist that “I just couldn’t stand Americaâ€1 where her dancing quickly made her a star. In the mid-1930s Baker briefly returned to the United States where this photograph was taken; she opened a short-lived nightclub in Manhattan and starred in The Ziegfeld Follies without commercial success. She returned to France in 1937 married Jean Lion and renounced her American citizenship. Alongside her performances Baker would go on to work with the French resistance during World War II and for the American civil rights cause.<br /> <br /> 1 Tim Murari “Josephine Baker†Arts Guardian August 26 1974 6. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List2924

‎[African-Americana – Fashion – Women] Bruno of Hollywood and Others‎

‎Photo Album of African American Models with Many from Ophelia DeVore’s Grace del Marco Modeling Agency‎

‎New York City: Bruno of Hollywood and other uncredited photographers 1960. Photo album measuring 9 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches containing forty-seven photographs mainly 4 x 5 inches and smaller with some 8 x 10. Most photos loosely affixed with some having detached. Overall excellent. An album of photographs of African American models from the 1950s and 1960s many with stamps verso from Ophelia DeVore’s Grace del Marco Modeling Agency. DeVore’s was among the first agencies for African American models and was highly influential with talent including the first Black supermodel Helen Williams Shaft actor Richard Roundtree and pioneering actresses Diahann Carroll and Cicely Tyson. Identified models in this album include Trudy Daniels Haynes and Lourdes “Lulu†Guerrero. Guerrero was a cover girl for Ebony and Jet magazines and had a role on The Jackie Gleason Show in 1958 making her one of the first Black women to have a role as a regular performer on national television. Trudy Haynes had a brief modeling career before becoming the first African American TV weather reporter working with WXYZ-TV in Detroit in 1963. There is also a photograph of radio DJ Pat Connell; though not a fashion model Connell was the first African American hired as a staff announcer by CBS. Of interest to historians of African American fashion and media. Bruno of Hollywood and other uncredited photographers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List3205

‎[African-Americana - Women - Georgia] Williams, Mable, Compiler‎

‎Photograph Album Belonging to Mabel Williams of Atlanta Georgia Documenting High-School Life at Booker T. Washington High School Friends and Family 1940s-1950s‎

‎Mostly Atlanta 1950. Leatherette album measuring 12 x 9 inches. With over 225 images most 4 ½ x 2 ¾ inches. Very well preserved and nearly complete with three empty slots about fine overall. Near Fine. A compelling visual record of the childhood of Mable Williams of Atlanta Georgia a high school student at Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta the first public high school for African-American students in the state. Williams graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1953 per a newspaper article included here and would attend Spelman College. Composed mostly of snapshot photographs of her friends and family as a group the album provides a visual record of a vibrant network of family and friends in Atlanta during the time period. <br /> <br /> The album begins with a picture showing her as a girl alongside a picture of a house perhaps hers and traces her life through early adulthood through snapshots and family photographs. We find records of Williams performing at the Greater Atlanta Music Festival in 1950 as a representative of her high school. A newspaper article laid in shows Williams in a newspaper showing her graduation picture and stating that she will attend Spelman College in Atlanta in September of 1953. Pictures show her in New York City visiting a friend at N.Y.U. She would later marry Billy Reid a local jazz musician from Atlanta and would remain active in the Spelman community after graduating in 1957. <br /> <br /> Overall a very well preserved document of the African-American community in Atlanta during the 1940s and 1950s. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List1810

‎[ALASKA & CANADA -- WOMEN]. [MUNN JOLIFFE, Helen Bryant (Compiler).]‎

‎Alaska: a delightful scrapbook photo album & travel journal of a young California woman with her friends dancing and drinking their way from San Francisco to Alaska and back during Prohibition -- Price List No. 1 Liquor Control Board of British Columbia; The story of Ben-My Chree; A lady in the wilderness by Frederick Niven. . . .‎

‎San Francisco Portland Seattle Juneau Wrangell Skagway Victoria & Vancouver B.C.: Helen Munn 1931. 4to. 48 pp unpaginated. on thick toned paper stock with 42 original silver gelatin photos several w/ artistic scalloped torn fore-edges by compiler 17 pieces of ephemera postcards 1 laid-in 4 pp. ALS from friend Shirley Hunt on Golden North Hotel letterhead July 14 1931 and a typescript travel journal consisting of approximately 1650 words. Contemporary blue boards punch-sewn at gutter margin colour lozenge illust. mounted front cover gilt lettering occasional minor rubbing slight tears still a marvelous exemplar. This scrapbook/album opens with several photos of Helen Helen II Phyllis Phyl Ella and others clowning around on the SS Aleutian and the SS Prince Rupert on their way to Vancouver & Victoria B.C. Juneau and Skagway Alaska. Also depicted in the photos and with a shipboard printed broadside and ticket are fundraising shuffleboard wooden horse “Thoroughbred†races with 10% of takings deducted for the Seamens Welfare Institute. The party apparently started a little early on the train leaving San Francisco as by the time they made Klamath Falls the next morning to attend Church one of the girls fainted and they had to head back to make sure they arrived in Seattle that night to board the ship for Victoria B.C. The group “saw ourselves off on the Prince Rupert with the orchestra playing everyone singing and throwing serpentine Conga line dances.†They braved the paper mills at Ocean Falls B.C. where she comments that “it was just like Hades. Never dreamed a place could be so smelly and noisy.†They came back on board ship and “danced ‘til 12:00 and then had midnight supper to celebrate Lt Murphy’s birthday.â€A favorite stop was Skagway Alaska and “The Days of ‘98†dance under the auspices of the Skagway and Curling Club with broadside mounted within a printed money “20†with Soapy Smith on the front which was part of the $ 50.00 in gambling money they were given to be used in the “Roulette Black Jack Poker Faro Craps Honest John†and other games intermixed with the prospectors miners and girls. She writes that “It was great fun. . . two fellows who are now living in Skagway asked to see us to the boat so we invited them to midnight supper. . . we went up to the smoker and brought along the phonograph until the Steward came up to see what was going on. We said goodnight about 3:15 AM.†After dinner moving pictures and dancing in Wrangell they spent the morning in the beer parlors “but Val sent most of us home in a taxi because he thought we were getting too friendly with the orchestra.†Vancouver B.C. was her favorite city besides the Butchart Gardens on Victoria with her visits to Stanley Park the O’Shaunessy Heights residential area and shopping. With Tom they hit “the beer parlors in the basement of the hotel†and then after that closed up hit still others and finally went to “K’s hotel room and finished up the last bottle of Scotch for we would soon be back in the states.†The souvenir brochures retained within also include the “Hand Book of Vacation Trips in Alaska and the Yukon on the White Pass & Yukon Route†with photo illustrations and maps and the two specifically mentioning the adventures of Kate Partridge and husband Otto who had relocated from England to British Columbia near Skagway where they mined homesteaded and set up the garden they christened “Ben-My-Chree.†A follow-up letter sent to her by Shirley Hunt from Skagway not only urges her to possibly move as stenographer to Seattle but also that they missed a great July 4 in Skagway writing “boy it was certainly different from anything I have ever seen in my life. The whole towns out. I didn’t know there were so many people. . . at a big free dance that nite at which everyone was drunk it sure was a rough house.†Helen would marry Charles H. Joliffe 1912-1997 in 1935 who worked as a clothing salesman for Sears Roebuck and later for a San Francisco hardware store after World War II. According to census records she ceased employment as stenographer and secretary after marriage. Helen Munn, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63586

‎[ALASKA -- WOMEN]. FORREST, Elizabeth Chabot.‎

‎Daylight moon.‎

‎New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1937. 8vo. x 2 340 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth pictorial maps on endpapers purple lettering on spine w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of dogsled team across the Arctic landscape minor chipping & edgewear to upper & lower fore-edges head & foot of spine still NF/G copy. Third printing of this insightful memoir by Forrest b. 1892 written during her three years working as a teacher with her then husband Earle Forrest amongst the Inuit community of Wainwright Alaska. The work is still cited as an accurate depiction of life in Alaska during the opening decades of the 20th Century and her artifact collection of Inuit Scrimshaw and Traditional tools were donated to the Museum of Man in San Diego while her notebooks which focused on Inuit culture cooking and foodways were donated to Bowling Green. This dustjacket cover art differs from the first printing. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60206

‎[ALASKA -- WOMEN]. DAVIS, Mary Lee.‎

‎Uncle Sam’s attic: the intimate story of Alaska. Illustrated by author’s photographs.‎

‎Boston: W.A. Wilde Co. 1930. 8vo. xv 1 402 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Blue cloth gilt lettering map endpapers w/ d.j. chipping & tear head of spine upper corner front cover affecting a few letters minor scuffing couple closed tears still NF/Fair copy from the library of Wilma Burmester Bishop 1887-1969 widow of Roy T. Bishop 1881-1950 former owner of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. First edition of this anthology of stories personal accounts and historical references to Klondike Gold Rush figures Native America Eskimos traveling the Yukon River and more by this famed Alaska pioneering woman. Mary Lee Davis arrived in Fairbanks in 1917 on the steamer Alaska because her husband John had been assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey to create a mine experiment station in Fairbanks. Mary Davis purchased the famed arts & crafts bungalow built by Lucille McCarthy now known as the Mary Lee Davis House. W.A. Wilde Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 58585

‎[ALBUM - WOMEN TRAVELLERS IN ASIA].‎

‎Photograph Album of a Trip Around the World Including Photographs of China.‎

‎Circa1934-1935. Approximately 330 black and white photographs including a handful of commercial images produced for the tourist market most approx 11 x 7 or 14 x 8.5 cms or landscape a few larger three coloured postcards of Japan tipped onto 46 black album leaves mounted in a brown textured leather laced album 26 x 34 cms in very good condition. A substantial and evocative album of photos and postcards mostly black-and-white and some of them captioned on the reverse from a world tour undertaken in 1934-1935 by an unnamed American socialite and her friend Ethel. The photos begin with shots of passengers enjoying an ocean voyage which takes them across the Pacific via Hawaii to Japan touring Kamakura and Kyoto and then on to China. The album includes a large number of photos of China including pictures of the Forbidden City in Beijing a Chinese funeral the Great Wall camel trains near the Great Wall and Suzhou. <br> <br>The album records their travel to the Philippines and then on the MS Tkisadane to Bali and Java. There are numerous photos of Borobudur and some taken in Bandung. The journey continues to Singapore arriving on 15 December 1934 and Penang by December 17th. The travellers continue to Calcutta where they stay in a flat at 63 Park Street and to Benares and Fatepur Sikri where they arrive in January 1935. The Indian photos include images of temples and of landmarks like the Taj Mahal as well as classic images of colonial life - bungalow gardens with the residents relaxing in deck chairs. The duo continues to Bombay where they board the M. S. Marnix van Sint Aldegonde for the voyage to Europe in the company of a dashing young man named 'Bims' Hembry. They stop in Cairo and visit the pyramids on camel-back before continuing to Paris and London where the journey seems to end additional photos of scenes from Southeast Asia possibly Thailand and one of Hermits Rest in the Grand Canyon are included on later pages. . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 214324

‎[Americana] [Manuscript] [Women]‎

‎The Song of Songs. Original Manuscript.‎

‎America 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth-covered boards backed in brown morocco; oblong 4to 340x265mm; approx. pp. 120 interleaved tissue and laid paper with untrimmed edges; composed of pen and ink drawings woodblock cuts and calligraphic text translating "The Songs of Songs" from Hebrew into English. A unique artist's book by an American woman impressively carried out. Some scuffing along spine else fine. <br/><br/>With colophon statement "This book was transcribed illustrated and bound by Beverly Wechsler September 1955-May 1956; bound in half leather and ornamental brocade cloth-covered boards gray endpapers edges uncut losses to leather backing corners bumped; two pressed botanical specimens tucked inside back board; 10 3/8 x 13 ¼ in. <br />The Cooper Union alumni records make mention of her graduating in 1956. One wonders whether this book created during the period of an average school term September to May was a senior thesis project. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : D14082

‎[ARCHITECTURE -- WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS]. [RICHARDS, Annie Louise].‎

‎Souvenir presentation album of unidentified mansion and nicely appointed gardens in the popular summer resort village Magnolia Massachusetts featuring nine well-composed mounted silver print photographs.‎

‎Boston MA: Annie Louise Richards 394 Beacon Street August 1895. Oblong folio. 15 x 12 in. 9 leaves on thick card stock w/ mounted silver print photographs sized 6.5 x 8 in all carefully annotated on verso in manuscript w/ negative numbers identification and Richards’ address. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco over pebbled red cloth gilt borders raised bands on spine chipping wear front hinge split endpapers removed still good exemplar w/ all photos in excellent condition. The album includes a series of images of a stately Queen Anne Victorian summer home in Magnolia Massachusetts featuring a wide well-shaded veranda & wraparound porch climbing vines and plantings growing up the porch pillars well-appointed surrounding gardens beautiful balcony with curved canvas shade as well as an extra cottage nearby. Following the Civil War Magnolia MA grew into a popular summer village for well-to-do Boston families attracting celebrities as well and families often situated their homes with views of Kettle Cove. Annie Richards b. 1853 was the daughter of Calvin Richards 1828-1892 noted Boston merchant and later director of the Metropolitan Street Railroad. He retired in 1887 to become a real estate developer and landlord of the “Richards†office building at No. 114 State St. Annie worked as a photographer and artist as well as served as companion to her mother Ann Babcock Richards 1832-1923. The 1900 & 1910 census records list Annie Richards working on her “own account†out of 394 Beacon St. and although she is listed in several street directories along with her mother we could find no death record for her. Annie Louise Richards, 394 Beacon Street, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 59263

‎[Association for the Defence of Personal Rights; Committee for amending the law in points wherein it is injurious to women] Alex‎

‎Printed pamphlet. Report of the Committee for amending the Law in Points wherein it is Injurious to Women. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Defence of Personal Rights Held in Liverpool November 14th 1871.‎

‎Association for the Defence of Personal Rights. Manchester: A. Ireland & Co. Pall Mall. 1871. 24pp. 8vo. In good condition lightly-aged no wraps disbound. Four copies on COPAC and two copies on OCLC WorldCat. No other copy currently on the market. [Association for the Defence of Personal Rights.] Manchester: A. Ireland & Co., Pall Mall. 1871. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 16216

‎[Autographs], [Women in Rock], [Sixties], [Archives]‎

‎British Invasion Rock and Roll Autograph Collection‎

‎1964. Ephemera. Autographed ephemera obtained in person by a British teenager circa 1964 at various concerts and personal appearances. This collection contains many now obscure groups that at the time were important influences on the Liverpool London and British music scene in general. Over eighty signatures many full signatures some first name only. Some highlights include: Chuck Berry The Hollies The Kinks Memphis Slim Keith Richards Ian Stewart and Carl Wilson. In addition the following pioneering women of 1960s rock & roll are represented in this massive collection: Honey Lantree Lulu Julie Grant Kiki Dee Millie Small Tammy St. John and American blues singer Mae Mercer.<br /> <br /> An archive which includes the following:<br /> <br /> Signed Loose Album Leaves generally 4 x 6":<br /> <br /> Applejacks. Signed by four Applejacks. A minor British Invasion group. The reverse is signed by several members of Tommy Quickly and the Remo 4.<br /> <br /> The Barron Knights with Duke D'Mond. Pop parodists. Signed by Barron Anthony Duke D'Mond Butch Baker David Ballinger and "P'nut Salted". Signed on the reverse by Michael Haslam. Haslam had the same manager as The Beatles Brian Epstein. He toured with the Beatles in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania. Eventually Epstein let Haslam go extinguishing his moment in the spotlight.<br /> <br /> Beat Merchants. Signatures of 4 group members. On the verso is Johnny Kidd & the Pirates with 3 signatures.<br /> <br /> Cliff Bennett & Rebel Rousers. Signatures of 7 group members on 2 leaves. Bennett and Rebel Rousers was an Epstein group. 3 of the group Zephyrs have signed on the verso of one sheet.<br /> <br /> Russ Conway. English popular music pianist and composer. He was often on the charts in the late '50s and early '60s.<br /> <br /> The Crescendoes. From Dorset. With signatures of 3 group members. Daryl Quist has signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> The Cresters. The Cresters were active all the way up to the 80s. Two leaves with 6 signatures in full. On the verso of one leaf is 3 signatures one in full of Kevin Scott & the Kinsmen.<br /> <br /> The Daly's. Signed by John and Paddy.<br /> <br /> Dominoes. Signature of Bobby Thomson on a piece of paper that was once mounted to a leaf tape stained at edges. He later joined Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers.<br /> <br /> Downliner's Sect. British R & B group from West London. Frontman Don Craine who has signed here wore a deerstalker cap to mock the aristocracy. Signed by 4 group members. The reverse is inscribed "To John Best wishes Jimmy Powell." From Five Dimensions. Signature of one other member of Downliner's Sect included on a separate sheet.<br /> <br /> Eric Easton. The first manager of the Rolling Stones.<br /> <br /> Echoes. Signatures of all 6. Signatures of 2 members of Four Pennies on verso. Four Pennies hit with "Juliet" in April 1964.<br /> <br /> John Ferris. Inscribed "To My Good Friend John Sincerely John Ferris."<br /> <br /> Honey Lantree. A woman and the drummer of the Honeycombs. This was rare for a 1960s beat group and Honey strongly disliked being dismissed as a "gimmick" according to her obituary in The Guardian. The Honeycombs had the number 1 hit "Have I the Right" in 1964.<br /> <br /> Lulu. One of the most well known Scottish singers. She rose to prominence with her cover of 'Shout' in 1964. H. J. Hinten Manager of Nick Troy has signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> Kenny Lynch. One of the few people of Caribbean origin popular in the British world of pop. Cliff Bennett has signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> Kiki Dee Pauline Matthews. She was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. In addition she is known for her 1976 duet with Elton John "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" which was Elton John's first UK number one single. She is also an actress. She had a role in "The Lion King" 1994. On the reverse is the signature of American songwriter Glen Campbell.<br /> <br /> Cathy McGowan & Michael Aldred. McGowan is a British broadcaster and journalist most known as presenter of the 1960s pop music television show "Ready Steady Go!" Aldred was a co-presenter on the same show. Signatures of both in full. 6 members of Ken Colyer's Jazzmen have signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> Tony Marsh /Tony Hall. British DJs. Signatures of both on opposite sides of the leaf. Tony Hall very visible in the London scene was viewed as a mentor for a number of the emerging industry figures of the 1960s including the Rolling Stones co-mananger Andrew Loog Oldham. Tony Hall Enterprises later went on to promote acts such as Jimi Hendrix and Black Sabbath.<br /> <br /> Art School / Brit Garage / Freak Beat musicians Meddy-Evils from Southampton signed by Roy Roberts John Roberts Tony Benson Roger Salomons and Martin "Cuddles" Smith the drummer.<br /> <br /> Memphis Slim. In the early 1960s Memphis Slim was one of the first artists to sign on when German promoters along with Willie Dixon proposed the European blues concert that would eventually become known as the American Folk Blues Festival. This festival was highly influential to the young musicians who would soon after make up the British Invasion. Dave Berry has signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> Mae Mercer & Keith Smith Band. Signed by Mercer and the group. Keith Smith included on separate sheet. Mae Mercer was an American blues singer and actress who spent much of the 1960s performing at the Blues Bar in Paris. She also performed and recorded in the UK. By 1965 Mae Mercer was such a prominent figure in Europe that she was profiled in "Ebony" magazine. On verso is signature of Adrienne Posta.<br /> <br /> Matt Monro. Band leader often compared to Frank Sinatra. He was chosen to sing Britain's entry in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. He came in second which heightened his career.<br /> <br /> The Monsters with Rory Blackwell. 4 members Rory Blackwell included have signed in full. Rory Blackwell was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest drummer in the world. One member of Rebel Rousers has signed on the verso.<br /> <br /> Don Moss. UK Radio personality. Associated with "Pick Of The Pops".<br /> <br /> Nashville Teens. Legendary "Tobacco Road" group. 3 signatures on paper. Tape stains at edges.<br /> <br /> Andrew Loog Oldham. Manager of the Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967. He was 19 years old when he signed the band to a management deal. He is known for producing such hits as "Paint It Black" "Get Off My Cloud" and "Can't Get No Satisfaction." Eric Easton has also initialed this leaf. Oldham and Easton catapulted the Rolling Stones to fame.<br /> <br /> The Other Two.<br /> <br /> Jimmy Powell and the 5 Dimensions signed by Jimmy Powell Louis Cennamo Pete Hogman Martin Shaw Brian "Chick" Kattenhorn and Kenny Vandell.<br /> The verso of this slip is signed by Millie Small of "My Boy Lollipop" fame as "Millie". "My Boy Lollipop" was one of the biggest-selling ska songs of all time.<br /> <br /> The Pretty Things. A British R & B band. Viewed almost like rivals to the Rolling Stones. Two members have signed in full. The AllMusic website states: "Their cult was drawn to either their vicious early records where they sometimes seemed like a meaner version of The Rolling Stones or to their 1968 psychedelic touchstone S.F. Sorrow. Taking their name from a Bo Diddley song the Pretty Things were intentionally ugly: their sound was brutish their hair longer than any of their contemporaries their look unkempt."<br /> <br /> Keith Richards. Signed in full. Four group members of Gerry and the Pacemakers have signed on the reverse. Like the Beatles they hailed from Liverpool and were managed by Brian Epstein.<br /> <br /> The Roulettes. 4 signatures.<br /> <br /> Jimmy Savile. The once highly revered DJ television Jim'll Fix It and radio personality who has since become highly controversial as well as the subject of a documentary. Hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse spanning six decades were made against him. A "DeeDee" has signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> Bobby Shafto. He was associated with the groups The Moontrekkers and The Playboys.<br /> <br /> Millie Small. Inscribed by Millie Small first name. Millie Small was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was best known for her 1964 hit "My Boy Lollipop." This song reached number two on both the U.S. and U.K. charts and went on to become one of the top-selling ska hits of all time. She also garnered some attention for her single "Enoch Power" a song which strongly criticized the anti-immigration stance of British right-wing politician Enoch Powell. AllMusic.com refers to her as "one of the very few female singers in the early ska era in Clarendon Jamaica."<br /> <br /> The Soul Agents. From Southampton. With 5 signatures. 6 signatures from Muleskinners on the verso. Muleskinners were classified as Freakbeat / Psychedelic / Garage.<br /> <br /> Ian Stewart. Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist and the cofounder of The Rolling Stones. Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham didn't think that he had the right look for the band so he asked him to stop performing with the band but kept him on as the road manager. Despite this Stewart played on many of the albums that the Rolling Stones released without being an actual member. Four signatures from The Worrying Kind are on the verso. <br /> <br /> Ian Stewart. Millie Small has signed with her first name on the reverse.<br /> <br /> Nick Troy and the Trojans. With signatures of 5 group members including female vocalist Esme Duval. Three members of The Transatlantics have signed the reverse.<br /> <br /> The Undertakers. A leading group in the Merseybeat music scene. The Beatles were fond of them. Soulful British singer Jackie Lomax was in this group. Unfortunately they sunk into oblivion in 1966. 6 signatures.<br /> <br /> Don Wardell. DJ. Chief announcer at Radio Luxembourg in the mid-60s. Inscribed.<br /> <br /> Mark Wynter. His most famous hit was "Venus in Blue Jeans."<br /> <br /> Muriel Young. British broadcaster.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Signed Publicity Photos:<br /> <br /> The Applejacks. Signed by all 6 group members. Lightly creased.<br /> <br /> The Barron Knights featuring Duke D'Mond. Signed by all.<br /> <br /> Dave Berry.<br /> <br /> The Crescendoes featuring Joe E. Martin. Signed by all 5.<br /> <br /> Dave Davani and the D-Men. Organ-dominated soul jazz. Signed by 5 of the 6 group members.<br /> <br /> J' Boes. Signed by all 5.<br /> <br /> Julie Grant. Inscribed and signed on the front. Julie Grant whose real name was Vivien Foreman was discovered at the age of 15. She recorded for Pye Records from 1962 to 1965. In 1967 she joined The Zaras a Spanish-based lounge act that toured Europe and the United States.<br /> <br /> The Federals. Signed by 4 of 6 members.<br /> <br /> Freddie and the Dreamers. A beat band most popular between 1963 to 1965. They also appeared in four British films. Signed by Derek Quinn Roy Crewdson Pete Birrell and Bernie Dwyer<br /> <br /> Mae Mercer.<br /> <br /> The Migil 5. Bluebeat/ska/jazz. The members were already in their late twenties at this point. Signed by all 5. 3 unidentified signatures on verso.<br /> <br /> The Naturals. A short-lived beat group out of Harlow Essex. All 6 members have signed.<br /> <br /> Tommy Quickly.<br /> <br /> The Remo 4. Signed by all 4 members.<br /> <br /> The Rustiks. Signed by Dave Gummer.<br /> <br /> Millie Small. <br /> <br /> The Soul Agents. Signed by all 5.<br /> <br /> Tammy St. John. Inscribed. From AllMusic.com- "Tammy St. John is one of those odd cult figures who has risen out of the obscurity that plagued her career in the 1960s." St. John characterized by her soulful and bluesy voice was a mere 14 years old when she was signed to Pye Records in 1964.<br /> <br /> Don Wardell. DJ of Radio Luxembourg.<br /> <br /> The Zephyrs. Signed by all 4.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Other:<br /> <br /> The Beat Merchants. Magazine photo signed by all five. "The Beat Merchants were a talented British band of the early '60s who were equally adept at generating mainstream British pop/rock in the manner of the Roulettes and the Searchers or hard-driving bluesy rock & roll in the manner of the Rolling Stones and the Small faces." - Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> Chuck Berry. This legendary performer has signed a small slip of paper. Although American Chuck Berry's popularity was influenced by the British Invasion. After Berry was released from prison in 1963 his return to recording and performing was facilitated by British Invasion bands- particularly The Beatles and The Rolling Stones- who had sustained interest in his music by releasing cover versions of his songs.<br /> <br /> Chick Grahame and the Coasters. Signed by 5 group members on lined paper.<br /> <br /> The Hollies. Graham Nash Tony Hicks and Don Rathbone have signed the reproduced photo of the band on the verso of the magazine cover of "Pop Weekly." <br /> <br /> The Kinks. Signed by Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avory. Signed early on in their career. They are viewed as one of the most influential bands of the '60s.<br /> <br /> The Mojos. Signatures of 3 on piece of paper with humorously odd typewritten message on verso. The Mojos from Liverpool had a hit with "Everything's Alright." Unsigned publicity photo with note from their fan club included.<br /> <br /> Paramounts. Unsigned publicity photo. 3 1/2 x 6". Some creasing. A period in the mid-sixties when British rock artists dominated the U.S. music charts.<br /> <br /> This truly large assemblage of autographs was collected by John Atherton of Southampton. A time capsule of famous British bands just prior to the Psychedelic Era. Almost more notable for the obscurity. The signatures were acquired when these artists were either just beginning or at the height of their careers.<br /> <br /> An archive which includes signatures from a handful of trailblazing women in 1960s rock & roll including England's best-known female drummer of the 1960s rock & roll scene Honey Lantree one of the few female drummers to come out of the British Invasion Lulu who performed the theme tune in the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun" the deep-voiced blues singer Mae Mercer and Millie Small of "My Boy Lollipop" fame. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 63535

‎[AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- WALES/WOMEN]. STAWELL, Mrs. Rodolph [Maud Margaret Key Stawell, Frances Rodoph Stawell].‎

‎Motor tours in Wales & the border counties. With photographs by R.De S. Stawell.‎

‎Boston: L.C. Page & Co. 1909. 8vo. x 2 280 pp. title in red & black. Double-page colour frontisp. map photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Pictorial dark green publisher’s cloth Arts & Crafts cover art illustration of road & cottages in white & black gilt lettering t.e.g. illustrated endpapers very slight shelfwear NF bright copy from the library of former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz. First edition of this informative Brass Era automobile travelogue through Shropshire North Wales South Wales Wye Valley and the heart of Wales. Stawell 1865-1949 was an Australian-born artist book illustrator and early motorist perhaps best remembered for her compilations including Fabre’s Book of Insects featuring illustrations by Detmold and Fairies I have Met with Edmund Dulac illustrations. L.C. Page & Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 61847

‎[AVIATION -- WHITEHEAD/WOMEN]. RANDOLPH, Stella.‎

‎Lost flights of Gustave Whitehead.‎

‎Washington DC: Places Inc. 1937. Tall 8vo. x 11-95 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illusts. maps. Black silk moire gilt lettering on front cover & spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art illustration of Whitehead’s machine in flight by Liebowitz still F/F copy. First edition first issue w/o reviews on back cover of this fascinating work which was the first to put forward the arguments that Gustave Whitehead 1874-1927 had achieved power flight 2 years before the Wright Brothers in 1901. This controversy has reemerged in the recent years because the editor of Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft chose to support the claim while most including the National Air & Space Museum Curator feel that the evidence is very sparse. In addition there have been recent teams in 1986 and 1998 constructing experimental reproductions of Whitehead 21B at the Experimental Association fly-in and in Germany but these have been disputed as well because they have used some modern materials such as fiberglass and modern engines. Randolph b. 1895 was initially drawn into researching the flights of Whitehead during the Great Depression as a free-lance writing assignment and would eventually accumulate a substantial collection of correspondence affidavits articles and interviews now held in the Special Collections History of Aviation Collection Univ. of Texas at Dallas ID # H001-71. Places, Inc., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 60496

‎[AVIATION - WOMEN]. GRAY, "Jack" [Edith Jacqueline] Stearns.‎

‎Up. A true story of aviation.‎

‎Strasburg VA: Shenandoah Publishing House 1931. Tall 8vo. xv 1 384 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates decorated initials. Blue ribbed publisher’s cloth silver metallic lettering & illustration on front cover w/ d.j. cover art photo of “Jack Stearns Gray by C.R. Wood illust. in metallic silver & black slight dustsoiling NF/NF copy signed by the author on ffep. First edition signed 1st issue w/ pictorial jacket of this unique and fascinating memoir of the first woman from Virginia to fly from Virginia soil. The author and her husband - George A. Gray -- were barnstormers all over Virginia and the East Coast in their Wright Model B. Gray 1890-1961 took her first flight in 1912 knew most of the aviation pioneers including Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh Glenn Curtis the Wright Brothers and many others. She details many of the women fliers from her flying days including Elinor Smith Ruth Nichols Ruth Elder Camp Opal Kunz and many others. Shenandoah Publishing House, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63160

‎[BALLET -- PETER PAN/WOMEN]. [HIGGINS, Susan (Artistic Director); PERRY, Anita (Composer); & ELSNER, Dan (Technical Director).]‎

‎Peter Pan -- a children’s ballet. . . children and young adult ballet students from the Cascade Athletic Club pre-professional dancers from the Oregon Concert Ballet Company. Artistic Director’s manuscript performance notebook with stage notes Perry’s musical score and updates along with choreography notes.‎

‎Portland & Gresham OR: Susan Higgins Ballet Instructor & Artistic Director Cascade Athletic Club; Oregon Concert Ballet Co. 1984. 4to. Approx. 250 pp sections separately paginated and unnumbered some numbered in ink several with duplicate numbering consisting of typescript musical score and illustrations many of the pages with extensive ink and/or pencil annotations some updates photocopies with additional revisions many pages with updates taped onto the musical score approx. 200 pp. preserved in archival mylar sleeves remainder 3-hole punched at gutter margin and inserted. Contemporary black vinyl 3-ring binder minor scuffing edgewear still VG exemplar. A wonderful original ballet director’s art direction notebook for the Peter Pan ballet staged in 1984 intended to offer young up-and-coming ballet students at the time to experience live performances and to unify Eastside/Westside Royal Academy of Dancing trained students. It would be 5 years before the Oregon Ballet and Pacific Ballet Theater would consolidate under the direction of James Canfield to form the Oregon Ballet Theatre. This ballet featured four acts divided into The Nursery Neverland Ship of the Pirates and Conclusion featuring solos by Wendy Tinker Bell Peter and Captain Hook over the length of the production. Dancers 4-5 years old were featured as the Neverland Fairies 5-7 years old with 2 years of training and pre-primary Royal Academy examinations behind them played Forest Fairies; Lost Children were 6-9 years old and had performed Barre and footwork; followed by the Pirates and soloists including Wendy Heather Miller Peter Pan Laura Spradlin Captain Hook Elizabeth Johnson and the mermaids drawn from the Lake Oswego School of Ballet under the directorship of Christine Donald. The original score by Anita Perry b. 1960 an up-and-coming Canadian composer out of British Columbia where she had studied piano with Lee Kum Sing and composition with Cortland Hultberg. In her early 20’s M. Perry had already won several composition awards was known for her original ballet works and wrote this score with orchestration for a variety of instruments “lending to the performance. . . a more closely approximated real environment experienced by professional dancers.†Peter Pan as a ballet required a fair amount of athleticism and as indicated here in Higgins’s artistic director’s notebook required extensive choreography changes scene adjustments and revisions by M. Perry. Higgins studied and danced at the British Royal Ballet later with Elvie DeMarko 1924-1989 of Ballet Russe and then with Robert Barnett of the Atlanta Ballet. No similar notebooks or programs survive for this 1984 ballet and there are no recordings or printed musical scores this cataloguer could uncover. Susan Higgins, Ballet Instructor & Artistic Director, Cascade Athletic Club; Oregon Concert Ballet Co., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 61448

‎[BEAUHARNAIS (Fanny, comtesse de)].‎

‎Les Noeuds Enchantés, ou la Bisarrerie des destinées.‎

‎A Rome, de l'Imprimerie Papale, 1789. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 144-116 pp., basane marbrée, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert (reliure de l'époque).‎

‎Édition originale très rare de ce roman libertin attribué à la femme de lettres, romancière et poète Fanny de Beauharnais (1737-1813). « Il existe bien, en effet, quelques romans libertins écrits par des femmes, très rares si nous les considérons au sein d’un corpus libertin foisonnant, tous à la fin de la période, c’est-à-dire à partir de 1789 avec Les Noeuds enchantés de Fanny de Beauharnais, jusqu’à ceux de Madame de Choiseul-Meuse à l’aube du XIXe siècle. Mais elle ne serait pas pour autant la première à avoir pris la plume pour offrir une fiction libertine. Ainsi attribue-t-on – car le roman n’est pas signé - à Fanny de Beauharnais un roman paru en 1789 et intitulé Les Noeuds enchantés ou la Bizarrerie des destinées, construit lui aussi sur le modèle du conte oriental et de la féérie tout en exprimant le dessein satirique de critiquer les moeurs de la société c’est-à-dire de « montrer au doigt quelques ridicules ». Mais Les Noeuds enchantés relèvent bien plus du divertissement à tonalit libertine que d’une véritable satire politique, même s’il est à relever quelques pointes ici ou là contre certains de ses contemporains, notamment contre La Harpe avec lequel elle a entretenu une aversion mutuelle. Fanny de Beauharnais eut en effet à essuyer nombre d’attaques, parfois virulentes, à l’encontre de sa production littéraire. Elle a notamment été persiflée, donc, dans la correspondance de La Harpe. En outre, l’échec de la représentation de La Fausse Inconstance, victime d’une véritable cabale en 1787, a été une aubaine pour ses détracteurs, qui ont souvent attribué la paternité de ses oeuvres à Dorat ou à d’autres membres de sa société (Morgane Guillemet, De la représentation au mythe : l’ambiguïté féminine dans le roman libertin du XVIIIe siècle ; Université européenne de Bretagne, 2009).Quelques menus défauts et petits accidents à la reliure sinon bon exemplaire.Gay-Lemonnyer IV, 75 ; Barbier III, 421 ; Conlon, 89.7212.‎

Bookseller reference : 41510

‎[Bertin (Théodore-Pierre)] :‎

‎La Comiphonie, ou les femmes dans le délire. Ouvrage enrichi d'une gravure en taille-douce. Par F. L. Miséthos.‎

‎Paris, Debray, de l'imprimerie de Gille, An XI-1803 ; in-12, demi veau blond glacé, dos à nerfs décoré "à la grotesque", pièce de titre vert empire, non rogné (reliure un peu postérieure) ; (4), 146 pp. , frontispice gravé par Dien.‎

‎Edition originale (Quérard-Supercheries-II-1167 ; Gay-Lemonnyer-I-633, "traité curieux sur la chevelure des femmes"). Le frontispice gravé sur cuivre, représentant Cléopatre sur un sofa avec la légende "Cléopâtre connaissait trop le prix de sa chevelure pour livrer la sienne à des ciseaux sacrilèges". Né à Provins, Théodore Pierre Bertin (1751-1819) est connu pour l'invention d'un système sténographique original. Bel exemplaire grand de marges, bien relié.‎

Bookseller reference : 16925

‎[Boxe], Archipel de Tonga, scène de Pugilat entre deux femmes.‎

‎[Boxe], Archipel de Tonga, scène de Pugilat entre deux femmes.‎

‎[Boxe], Archipel de Tonga, scène de Pugilat entre deux femmes. Gravure vraisemblablement issue d'un livre, dessiné par Danvin (?) gravé par Massard. 125*205mm. [189-2] 15‎

Bookseller reference : 011070

‎[CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH -- WOMEN AUTHORS]. [HAVEN], Cousin Alice [Bradley].‎

‎All’s not gold that glitters;†or the young Californian.‎

‎New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. 12mo. 214 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Colour chromolithograph pictorial title of gold minder digging lithographed by Sinclair of Philadelphia 4 woodcut engraved plates. Embossed red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover amateur rebacking at some point w/ cloth tape label still G reference copy from the library of former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz. Later printing of “the adventures of Sam Gilman in the land of King Midas California†and the fourth title in Cousin Alice’s “Home Books†first published in 1853. This fictional account was intended as a morality cautionary tale intended to instruct that “the possession of gold is not happiness†and “all fair promises are not to be trusted.†See: Kurutz California Gold Rush 321a-g 1863 edition not noted. D. Appleton & Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 61758

‎[CALIFORNIA POETS - WOMEN]. WELLER, Ella Fraser.‎

‎Nestlings. A collection of poems. Illustrated by K.A. Fraser from pictures of children in the author's immediate circle of friends.‎

‎San Francisco: California Publishing 1892. 8vo. 6 46 leaves. Photo frntsp. numerous photo plates. Illust. tan cloth mnr rubbng & bmpng to crnrs shlfwr sml clsd tear to title still a nice copy. First edition of this scarce work by the Los Angeles poet. A scarce San Francisco imprint of a charming book. California Publishing, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 33467

‎[CALIFORNIA -- WOMEN & MUSIC]. ALVERSON, Margaret Blake.‎

‎Sixty years of California song. . . .‎

‎Oakland CA: Margaret Blake-Alverson Sunset Publishing House 1913. 8vo. 18 275 1 pp. Sepia-tinted photo frontisp. numerous sepia-tinted photo plates. Blue ribbed pictorial publisher’s cloth stylized Arts & Crafts cover art w/ California Poppies in shape of a harp gilt lettering very slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners still a NF copy from the libraries of Charles Atwood Kofoid 1865-1947 one of the founding members of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla w/ his large armorial bookplate on front pastedown and former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz. First edition of this well-illustrated memoir by the noted California opera singer religious performer who gave voice lessons to over 1000 students from 1851 through 1923. Alverson 1836-1923 was born in Illinois and came to Stockton CA in the early years of the California Gold Rush and is perhaps best remembered for teaching Chinese-American Lee Tung Foo to sing from 1896-1904 even though she believed that the “Japanese and Chinese are wholly unmusical.†He would later become better known for acting in the “Mr. Moto†movies in the 1930’s. She also designed and sewed the first California “Bear Flag†to be flown from a San Joaquin River boat in 1852 accepting a $ 50.00 gold slug in payment. Margaret Blake-Alverson, [Sunset Publishing House], hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63333

‎[CALIFORNIA WOMEN - MONTEZ, Lola]. HOLDREDGE, Helen [O'Donnell].‎

‎The woman in black. The life of Lola Montez.‎

‎New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1955. 8vo. x 309 1 pp. Numerous illustrations & photos. Half-red cloth over patterned boards w/ d.j. cover art portrait of Montez slght edgewear couple very small closed tears slight sunning to spine VG/VG-. First edition of this fascinating biography of Lola Montez 1821-1861 -- i.e. Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert courtesan dancer and also believed to have been the major inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Irene Adler and the “Scandal in Bohemia.†After nearly bringing down the government of Bavaria and King Ludwig I bigamously marrying Cornet George Heald in 1849 she began her very successful career as dancer during the California Gold Rush and married for 2 weeks Pat Hull California Newspaperman in Grass Valley California. Holdredge 1898-1986 studied at the University of Oregon debuted as an opera singer in 1919 touring until the 1920’s and spent much of her later career writing on noteworthy San Francisco women. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 40543

‎[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - WOMEN]. CLEARY, Beverly.‎

‎Jean and Johnny. Illustrated by Joe and Beth Krush.‎

‎New York: William Morrow & Co. 1959 1960. 8vo. 284 pp. Double-page illust. title text & full page illustrations. Pink pictorial cloth illust. & lettering in black minor shelfwear slight rubbing to corners w/ d.j. cover art by Krush minor sunning to spine couple minor closed tears price-clipped still VG/VG copy. Third printing of this third title in the author’s third title for young adults. Cleary 1916-2021 was a Newbery award-winning author beloved for a pantheon of characters including Beezus and Ramona Quimby Henry Huggins Ellen Tebbits Otis Spofford Runaway Ralph and others. William Morrow & Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 57987

‎[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - WOMEN]. BROWN, Margaret Wise.‎

‎Noisy book. With Pictures by Leonard Weisgard.‎

‎New York & Evanston: Harper & Row Publishers c. 1939 ca. 1962. 4to. 44 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated throughout a couple pages with double-page black & white plates. Black-cloth backed colour boards minor shelfwear & rubbing slight soiling front cover w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Weisgard minor edgewear dustsoiling still VG-/NF copy w/ Cokesbury price-label next to publisher’s price on front flap. Early printing of Brown’s first title in her “Noisy†series filled with the brash illustrations by Weisgard and relating the story of a temporarily blind young puppy named Muffin who had to rely on his hearing to make his way through the World. Against the backdrop of her involvement with the Bank Street Writers Lab and drawing upon the influences of Lucy Sprague Mitchell’s “Here and Now†movement to create a dynamic interactive work for children to encourage participation by supplying the appropriate noises while following the book. Brown’s most notable works included the classics Goodnight Moon The Runaway Bunny and Disney’s Little Pig’s Picnic. Weisgard was a Caldecott-Award-Winning artist perhaps best remembered for his many contributions to the Little Golden Books and other Wise Brown productions. See: Anna Holmes The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon†Margaret Wise Brown New Yorker Jan. 31 2022. Harper & Row, Publishers, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60310

‎[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - WOMEN AUTHORS]. LENSKI, Lois.‎

‎We live in the city: written and illustrated by. . . .‎

‎Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1954. 8vo. 128 pp. Double-page illust. title illustrations throughout. Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth white illustration & lettering front cover spine minor shelfwear minor wear to lower corner w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Lenski minor sunning to spine scuffing upper right corner front cover slight dustsoiling VG/VG copy w/ former embossed ownership stamp on ffep. & markings. First edition stated of this uncommon Lenski title in her Roundabout America series. Lenski includes three different stories of children in the big city including Newsboy Mike Penthouse Girl and Shoeshine Boy offering cross-sections of different social strata of young children. J.B. Lippincott Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 59594