The Politics of Housework
Boston: New England Free Press, n.d. but ca. 1970. Reprint. Quarto (28cm.); offset printed on newsprint; 4pp. Uniformly toned, else Near Fine. Oft-reprinted article which first appeared in Redstockings in 1970. More
Boston: New England Free Press, n.d. but ca. 1970. Reprint. Quarto (28cm.); offset printed on newsprint; 4pp. Uniformly toned, else Near Fine. Oft-reprinted article which first appeared in Redstockings in 1970. More
San Jose: J.J. Owen, 1876. First Edition. Octavo (17cm); green cloth, decoratively stamped in blind and gilt; iv, 126pp. Spine cocked; large abrasion to rear board, with extensive material rubbing, else milder rubbing and wear; minor scratches and spots of soil; leading edges bumped. Textblock shows dampstains throughout; bindings shaken;..... More
Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company Ltd, [1990]. First English Language Edition. Quarto (26.5cm.); original cloth in bluish-purple pictorial dust jacket; 167pp.; extensive photographic illus. Minor shelf wear, light dust-soil, gift inscription to half title, else Very Good or better. More
London and New York: Abelard-Schuman, [1956]. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cloth in brick pictorial dust jacket; [6],313pp. Jacket extremities rubbed, spine ends chipped, spine darkened; offsetting to front flap. A Fine copy in About Very Good jacket. More
London: Constable, 1930. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's light brown buckram, stamped in gilt; plain endpapers; [viii],[164]pp. Chapter decorative initials printed in red. Bookseller's ticket of The Holliday Bookshop at rear. Tight and sound, lightly rubbed, spine darkened, minor fading to edges of boards, foxing to endleaves, but generally..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1930]. Second (1934) Printing. Small quarto (24cm.); publisher's orange pictorial cloth in cream pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, brown topstain; [6],215pp.; illus. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, spine darkened and slightly cocked, textblock lightly foxed throughout, else Very Good and sound in the scarce jacket. Printed..... More
London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1923. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); greyish-green cloth, stamped in dark blue, in natural paper dustwrapper; xxiii,196pp. Boards slightly bowed, with mild soiling along extremities. Dustwrapper tanned, dampstained; small chips and tears along extremities. Textblock comprehensively foxed; bookseller's plate on rear pastedown; printer's error on page..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1976. First American Edition. Full account of the April, 1877 trial of Annie Besant, the estranged wife of a clergyman who accused of publishing "obscene libel" in the form of a pamphlet advocating family planning and describing current methods of contraception in detail. It also describes..... More
San Francisco: Nopal Press, 1995. First Edition. First full-length book of poetry by the Native American author, giving voice "to her experience as an indigenous woman in the native lands north and south of the Rio Grande. From North Dakota to Nicaragua, Canada to California, these poems unravel oppression, rejoice..... More
New York: David McKay Company, [1955]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original boards in red pictorial dust jacket; [10],304pp. Some rubbing, chips and short closed tears along jacket extremities, else Very Good and sound. Novel about a female lawyer "pioneering in a new profession," and facing the choice between a successful..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 312pp. Fine, unread copy. A "dispassionate" examination of the women's movement from a male perspective, by the San Francisco journalist and prolific author on social-movement themes. More
Seattle: Seattle Radical Women, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); blue and white staplebound self-wrappers; 4 typescript leaves. About Fine. Discussion draft for a talk delivered at the Radical Women Conference, February 23, 1970. OCLC locates 4 copies as of April, 2016, at Central Connecticut, Northwestern, U. Michigan, and Duke. More
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1920. First English Language Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original blue gilt-lettered cloth, vii,[1],228pp. Spine a bit cocked, light dampstaining to cloth, spine gilt dulled; upper hinge cracked but holding, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. About Very Good. French Communist's first novel, published in the original..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 206pp. Very Good copy in slightly worn jacket, scuffed on front panel with old paper reinforcements to verso; two contemporary ink ownership signatures to endpapers. A serviceable copy of this rather uncommon memoir by the legendary Virginia labor..... More
Dallas: Matanah / Cecil Neal, 1974. First Edition. The native Chicagoan's second book of poetry, following a 1973 volume titled Bits and Pieces. Uncommon; we note no copies in the trade, with OCLC showing fewer than two dozen holdings in member institutions. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black and hot pink..... More
Dallas: By the author / Knees Paperback Printing Company, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound, pictorial card wrappers; 54pp. Fine, unread copy, as new. Cover photo by Ted Williams; arranged and edited by Delores F. Ridge. A collection of inspirational aphorisms, brief prose pieces, and poems by the Chicago-born poet. Her..... More
London: Women's Research and Resources Centre Publications, 1978. Revised Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original blue staplebound wrappers; [2],ii,37pp. Fine. Explorations in Feminism no. 2. More
London: Women's Research and Resources Centre Publications, 1978. Revised Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original pale grey staplebound wrappers; [2],ii,37pp. Fine. Explorations in Feminism no. 2. More
New York: Viking Press, 1971. First Edition. Young adult novel centered around a nine-year-old name Lilly Etta, who plots and schemes to prevent her best friend's family from getting evicted from their inner city apartment. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Harlem, NY artist Leo Carty. A Council..... More
[London]: Matriarchy Study Group, [1977]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original red pictorial staplebound wrappers; 24pp.; illus. Fine. Includes the essay "Some Thoughts on Menstruation" by the Swedish artist and anarcho-eco-feminist Monica Sjöö. More
Boston: Bruce Humphries, [1942]. First Edition. Octavo (20.25cm.); publisher's cloth in yellow pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; 272pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Shallow chips to jacket spine ends, panels a hint soiled, cloth somewhat spotted, else Very Good or better. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper..... More
San Francisco: Union WAGE [Women's Alliance to Gain Equality], 1981. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 56pp; illus. Fine, unread copy. Brief biographies of women leaders in the radical labor movement, including Dolores Huerta, Ethel Rosenberg, Carmen Lucia, Frances Albrier, others. Illustrated with line portraits from various..... More
Amarillo, TX: Russell Stationery Co., 1937. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth; unpaged. Cloth rather soiled and gilt dulled, light wear to extremities, else Near Very Good and sound. Narrative poem of the Great Plains, warmly inscribed and signed on title page by the author. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. First Edition. The author's fourth novel, providing "glimpses into the lives of a few village characters around the 1950's" (COAN, p.63). 62832. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth, titled in gilt and black on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [x],241,[5]pp. Tight, Near Fine..... More
Westport: Greenwood Press, [2001]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); original cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; viii,[2],343pp. Tiny blemish to jacket gloss, minor edge wear, else Very Good to Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page in English and Greek. Contributions to the Study of Music and..... More