Women's History
Periodical, Harpers, Women's History, Penfield
New York, NY: Harper & Bros. 1895. 13.5" by 9.5" on light stock depicting Penfield illustration of a modern woman walking through the woods reading Harper's Monthly Magazine. Printed in blue, green and orange. It is promoting the Harper's September 1895 issue. It lists six (6) of issues articles including.....
Price: $250.00
note cards, illustration, ink drawing, landscapes,
Sweden: 1909. A collection of 23 small format cards featuring landscapes. The subject matter reflects nature in a particular locale throughout the year. It includes three (3) seasons of a sparsely treed country lane, an array of water scenes through the trees, just trees and just water. While contemplating the.....
Price: $1,100.00
Women in Librarianship,History of Hats and Bonnets,History of Women and Fashion
Danvers, Massachusetts: 1930s. A charming promotional leaflet for talks given by Eleanor Coray Forman on the history of women and bonnets: "In this unusual and inspirational talk Mrs. Forman uses fascinating bonnets to illustrate worthwhile qualities in life; old fashioned bonnets for a sense of humor, an aviatrix helmet for.....
Price: $125.00
Paper Doll, Royalty, Pretend Play, Fashion and Costume, Social History
New York, NY: Frederick A.Stokes Co., 1895. This pressed board box with applied litho cover depicting all 7 of famous queens, along with Martha Washington. With applied label promoting G. A. Schwarz Toys, Phila. Each of the cut paper dolls is approx. 7 1/2" tall, single sided and identified on.....
Price: $925.00
Elizabeth S. Tucker, Paper Dolls, Queen Victoria
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1895. A single paper doll set with the same character and costumes as included in "Famous Queens and Martha Washington" a larger boxed set. Illustrated by Elizabeth S. Tucker. It includes Queen Victoria and three period costumes. The doll is wearing a white petticoat.....
Price: $500.00
Arts and Culture, Scrapbooking, Connecticut College, Performing Arts, Concerts and Plays
New London, Connecticut: c.1925-1937. An expansive scrapbook of over 200 individual pieces of ephemera collected by Ethel Cook (c.1908-2006) while she was a student in New London, Connecticut, in the late 1920s. Types of ephemera include periodical clippings, hotel stationary, printed programs and playbills, club meeting ephemera, song sheets, correspondence.....
Price: $550.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Social History, Women's History
1908-1913. Color newspaper paper dolls series of a good little girl who is always very careful about her dress. Printed on newspring. Each segment includes at least one paper dolls with costumes and accessories and a narrative promoting good behavior, caring and living in a perfect world. A segment captioned.....
Price: $375.00
Military Families,1950s Cocktail Parties
Germany: 1955. A decorating guide for service wives, offering tips and tricks for making the most of their next baby shower, cocktail party, or holiday shindig. First printing, published in Germany, presumably for families stationed abroad. Includes directions for making party favors, place cards, and decorations, featuring lots of crepe.....
Price: $175.00
Women, Methuselah, Biblical figure, Maxims
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1907. 108 pp. with applied litho covers. Illustrations, decorations and cover design by Louis D. Fancher. The book is a humorous rendition, in scriptural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women. There are four charming color illustrations, along with red.....
Price: $40.00
Women's History] [trade unions leagues] [dissertations
New York: Columbia University Press, 1942. 283 pp. light green soft printed cover, 8 chapters, 6 appendices, bibliography and citations. "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the Faculty of Political Science Columbia University" The book discusses trade union leagues created to.....
Price: $30.00
address book, commonplace book, rowley, business history
Massachusetts: [1919-1930]. A one of a kind commonplace address book, that belonged to Harriet Sophia Rowley (1853-1943), which includes not only the addresses of her family and friends, but also that of local businesses she likes. Sometimes these notes are by the business name or type, but other times it.....
Price: $225.00
paper dolls, woman's history, fashion, school girl
Racine , WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1943. Two punch out dolls, Peg and Dot, with six (6) uncut color costume pages. Each outfit on the pages is label the correct corresponding doll. The outfits are designed around the appropriate attire for teens to wear at different times of the day.....
Price: $150.00
high society, daily life, weddings, new york, gender roles
New York: 1841-1848. A diary/common place book from New York in the 1840s. It belonged to a young woman named India Allen. Not much biographical information is known about India, beyond the fact that she lived at 6 Washington Square, New City. Based on her writing it is clear that.....
Price: $500.00
Overlay, Metamorphosis, Made by Hand, Social History, Women's History
1805. A 3.5" x 3" watercolor bust of a women gazing slightly to the right on 6" x 5 1/4" card stock. Finely detailed face. Inscribed on reverse "Miss Millett with J.P..W's love". This is accompanied by sixteen (16) different overlays of costumes for women of various stations, nationalities and.....
Price: $3,200.00
Calendar, American Revolution, Louis Prang, Designed by a Women
Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1896. Chromolithograph calendar lithographed by L. Prang & Co. for 1896. It was issued under the auspices of the New York City Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Designed at the New York School of Applied Design for Women Coated stock die-cut.....
Price: $300.00
Watercolor, Brothel, Social History
1930s-1940s. A 12 1/2" x 19" watercolor that at first appearance gives the impression of an elegant rooming house for young women. Well appointed with refined furnishing of the day, various wall papers and decorative area rugs. But wait, do salacious women lounge on the carpet in slinky streamline revealing.....
Price: $650.00
Sexual Health and Education, Public Health
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1939. Printed sex education pamphlet distributed by the New Jersey State Department of Health titled "Some Information for Mother". Penned by a man, the book presents itself in the form of a story in which a humble fisherman explains the birds and.....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Marriage,Sex Education and Women's Health,Marriage and Gender Roles
[Chicago, Illinois]: Laird & Lee, 1921. Scarce: a single part of a larger book in parts titled "The New Tokology" by Eli F. Brown and Joseph H. Greer, first published in 1903; this part is from a reissuing of the individual chapters by Laird & Lee in 1921. It covers.....
Price: $225.00
Morocco, Gold Tooling, Ladies' Fashion
Heidelberg, Germany: 1853. Fine gilt morocco glove box made for Louise Sommer by Joseph Sommer of Heidelberg. A beautiful example with cream silk and crushed red silk interior. Measures 9.5" by 6.25" by 2"; ticket of Joseph Sommer to interior.
Price: $550.00
Fairs & Expositions, Art Deco, Women
Vienna, Austria: J. Weiner, 1929. A 35" x 23 1/2" vividly colored poster for the Vienna Fair in 1929. A striking and bold allegorical depicting of what appears to be a powerful woman crusader wearing a crown and holding the key. Captioned Feria de Viena 1a8 de Septembre de 1929.....
Price: $375.00
Made by Hand, Original Artwork, Folk Art, Watercolor
1901. A particularly charming 1901 album of paper dolls, outfits, and accessories with original watercolor artwork by L.C. Ball. The album includes: (9) paper dolls (three of which are tiny paper dolls for the bigger paper dolls); over seventy (70) outfits; and over forty (40) accessories (including a charming bulldog.....
Price: $550.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Vassar College,Female Friendship,Women in Higher Education
Poughkeepsie, NY: 1912-1920. A small archive of material belonging to a spirited young woman by the name of Laura Beaumont Moseley (née Hadley, 1899-1989), giving insight into her time at Vassar College. Includes a couple of school assignments, photo negatives, and plenty of developed photos in an album. This archive.....
Price: $550.00
New York: World, 1969. Illustrated cloth boards, in text black and white illustrations, 7 color plates, 544 pp, size 9.5 x 6.5.
Price: $125.00
civil war, union soldier, president Lincoln, mourning dress, soldiers coming home
Waterloo, Iowa: May 2, 1865. Waterloo, Iowa. May 2, 1865. A heartfelt letter from a young woman reflecting the sentiment from the homefront at the end of the war; surviving emotionally on roamers and hearsay. It expresses the understanding of the need for the war but the ambivalence associated with.....
Price: $500.00