WOMEN 
Design Manual, Used by a
Female Philadelphia Art Student? 
Peale, Rembrandt. Graphics, the art of accurate delineation; a system of school exercise, for the education of the eye and the training of the hand, as auxiliary to writing, geography, and drawing. Philadelphia: E.C. & J. Biddle, 1853. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). [6 (adv.)], xvii, [1], 22, [2], 27–132 pp.; 41 plts.
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41 plates depicting various aspects of line production and calligraphy. 
• Contemporary quarter black sheep with black ribbed cloth–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; spine much rubbed, corners and edges far less so. Front pastedown with inscription as above. Pages and plates clean. (27050)
Celebrating
the
Baptism
of a PRINCESSPellicer
de Touar [Tovar], José. Piramide baptismal, o inscripcion
cronologica, historica, genealogica, i panegirica ... Dedicada a las felicissimas
memorias del sacro, soberano, i real baptismo, de la serenissima Infante de Ambas
Españas Doña Maria Teresa Bibiana de Austria. Madrid: Por la viuda
de Alonso Martin, 1638. Folio (28.2 cm, 11.1"). [4], 6 ff. 
Click the image for an enlargement. • Palau 216717. Removed from a nonce volume. Light waterstaining, mostly to inner corners. Trimmed closely, with shouldernotes and first or last few letters shaved in some instances. One leaf with tear from upper margin extending into text, repaired some time ago, obscuring a few words.
A Woman for
EQUAL PAY, 1869 Penny, Virginia. Think and act. A series of articles pertaining to men and women, work and wages. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869. 8vo (20 cm; 7.87"). 372 pp.
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An early plea for equal pay, equal opportunity, and equal dignity.
• Publisher's green cloth, abrasion to top of spine. Ex–social club library with rubber-stamps, call number in ink on preliminary pages in a 19th-century hand. A rather nice copy. (26251)
Boarding
House Library Book
(Pension de Mme.
Dauverné.) Les découvertes les plus utiles
et les plus célèbres: Agriculture.... Lille: L. Lefort, Imprimeur-Libraire,
1854. 8vo. [3 (1 blank)], frontis., [2], 5–190 pp., [1 (blank)] f.
• Publisher's elaborately blind-embossed and gilt-stamped paper in imitation of leather. Spine chipped and worn at tips. Some loss of paper to covers, with a half-inch off on bottom front corner.
The
OnlyGIFT
of Its Kind
Percival, Walter, ed. Friendship's gift: A souvenir for
MDCCCXLVIII. Boston: John P. Hill, [1847]. 12mo (19.3 cm, 7.6"). Frontis., add. engr. t.-p.,
vi, [2], [13]–312 pp.; 8 plts.
Lady's
Gift, a Souvenir for All Seasons. The work includes one fictional piece
on Shakespeare's childhood, one poem in his honor, and one essay on his birthplace,
along with Mary Russell Mitford's “Talking Lady” and “The
China Jug,” Lydia Howard Sigourney's “Prayers at Sea,” and
Ismael Fitzadam's “Farewell”; it is illustrated with a total of
ten steel-engraved plates by various hands.
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Signed binding: Black sheep in imitation of morocco, covers framed in heavy gilt borders surrounding gilt-stamped arabesque designs, spine gilt extra; front free endpaper with bookbinder Bradley's small pressure-stamp. All edges gilt.
• Faxon 224. Not in Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators.
On binder's stamp, see: Spawn & Kinsella, American Signed Bindings,
55f. Binding as above, minor wear to corners, spine with tiny scuff
towards foot; binding clean and bright. Pages with varied degrees of foxing/staining
and age-toning. Very
spiffy. (26673)
Woman Traveller Woman Translator Woman Owner Pfeiffer, Ida. A journey to Iceland, and travels in Sweden and Norway. Translated from the German...by Charlotte Fenimore Cooper. New-York: George P. Putnam, 1852. 12mo (19.1 cm, 7.5"). 273, [1 (blank)] pp. (lacking map).
This first American printing followed a London edition of the same year and was part of Putnam's "Library for the People."
• Textured red cloth, covers stamped in blind with an attractive branch and leaf pattern, spine gilt-stamped; spine faded. Sewing starting to loosen. Lacking map. Front free endpaper with inscription “Rachel Wiston / 1887 / Aunt Sarah Hunt.” Scattered spots of foxing, mostly to first and last few pages.
ManufacturingVery
Various Articles
for Market
Phin, John. Trade
“secrets” and private recipes. A collection
of recipes, processes and formulae. New York: Industrial Publication Co., 1887.
8vo (18.6 cm, 7.4"). 96, [4] pp.
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Many
entries are for beauty and household products that would be specially “pitched”
to women.
Publishers' advertisements at back offer other useful volumes, and tout this one as, “not by any means a clap-trap book, though it exposes many clap-traps.”
• Publisher's black pebbled cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with blind-stamped title; limited fading and rubbing, sewing starting to loosen. Front pastedown with inked inscription, front free endpaper with intriguing “Fraters Florere” rubber-stamp. Pages faintly age-toned, otherwise clean. (26631)
“Carry
Off theCry
& Clamour
THIS
TROUBLESOME WOMAN”(Pollock vs. the Thane of Cawdor). Answers for John Campbel of Calder Esq; and Mr. James Anderson writer to the signet his factor: To the petition of Ruth Pollock, who calls herself relict of Captain George Campbel, son to the deceast Sir Hugh Campbel. [Edinburgh], 1717. Folio (30.5 cm, 12"). 4 pp.
no holdings of this item.
• Not in ESTC. Once sewn, now in a Mylar folder. Last leaf with closed tear partially repaired some time ago, costing or or obscuring a few letters to each line of about two paragraphs on either side of leaf. Age-toned, dust-soiled, creased.
It
Says SHE
LIES . . .
(Pollock
vs. the Thane of Cawdor).
Broadside. Begins:
"Memorial for John Campbell of Calder Esq...." [Edinburgh], 1718. Folio (31.2
cm, 12.25"). [1] p.
This
is an uncommon legal item, with no holdings described by OCLC, RLIN, or ESTC.
• Not in ESTC. Creased and dust-soiled, with a small hole in lower margin not touching text and a few pinholes within text. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper, now in a Mylar folder.
In
Multiple Fonts —
OneBlack-Letter(Pollock
vs. the Thane
of Cawdor [Again]). Broadside.
Begins: “Memorial for John Campbell of Calder....”[Edinburgh], 1718.
Folio (31.5 cm, 12.4"). [2] p.
• Dated February 5th 1718, this broadside was part of a protracted
legal struggle between Ruth Pollock and John Campbell, grandson of Sir Hugh
Campbell, thane of Cawdor. Particularly in question here are the marriage
articles between Sir Alexander Campbell and Elizabeth Lort,
John Campbell’s parents; the definition of impeachment of waste is discussed.
No
holdings of this uncommon item are listed by ESTC, RLIN, OCLC.
• Creased and slightly dust-soiled but in overall good condition. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper; now in a Mylar folder.
A
“Collection Discount” will be applied should anyone take
PRICE'sHistory of Islam
Price, David. Chronological retrospect, or memoirs of the principal events of Mahommedan history, from the death of the Arabian legislator, to the accession of the Emperor Akbar, and the establishment of the Moghul Empire in Hindustaun. London: J. Booth; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown; and Black, Parry, & Kingsbury, 1811–20. Large 4to (29.8 cm). 3 vols. in 4. I: xvi, 606, [8] pp. II: xvi, 716 pp.; 1 oversized, fold. col. map. III: xv, [1], 483, [1] pp. IV: [2], [485]–998 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. The work was printed by several different hands, all in Wales, and one was a woman printer: Vol. I was done by George North of Brecknock, vol. II by Henry Hughes of Brecon, and vols. III and IV by Priscilla Hughes, also of Brecon and presumably heir to Henry. Vol. II opens with a hand-colored oversized, folding map.
Adelaide
— Introduced
by CharlesProcter, Adelaide A. The poems of Adelaide A. Procter. Complete edition. With an introduction by Charles Dickens. New York: Worthington Co., 1887. 8vo. Frontis., 442 pp.; 1 plt.
• Publisher's red cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black, spine with gilt-stamped title label (gilt just showing in our photograph); cloth very slightly rubbed over corners and spine extremities, with a small smudge to front cover near head of spine and spine stamping a bit dimmed. Reverse of frontispiece with inked gift inscription dated [18]87. One leaf with short tear from outer margin, not quite touching text. (14353)
Good Solid Early American Home Cooking Putnam, Elizabeth H. Mrs. Putnam's receipt book; and young housekeeper's assistant. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, & Fields, 1849. 12mo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). 4 (adv.), 11, [1], 131, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • Bitting 384; Cagle & Stafford 621; Lowenstein 460. Publisher's brown fine-grained cloth, covers framed in blind, spine with gilt-stamped title; worn, covers with areas of discoloration. Front pastedown with recent pencilled annotations; front free endpaper lacking; back fly-leaf with early pencilled home remedy for poison ivy. Light to moderate foxing. A well-used copy but not a “sad case”; a pleasure of a cookbook. (26760)
For
more COOKERY,
 TO Part
XII .
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