Catalog 221 contains an assortment of 92 items focusing on Women, and includes modern first editions, signed and inscribed books, periodicals, broadsides, handwritten letters, original art, photo albums, and more.
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[Naples, Italy?]: 6670 WAC Hq. Co., 1944. Softcover. Small quarto. 28pp. Mimeographed leaves in silk cord-tied illustrated wrappers. Crudely illustrationed with images of some of the women in the Unit, a list of all members, and a brief chronology of the Unit's service and travels. Extremely ephemeral unit history and..... More
Philadelphia: H.F. Anners, 1847. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo. 95pp. Printed papercovered boards. Boards a bit warped, some erosion to the fragile paper spine, else an about very good copy of a very uncommon cookbook. *OCLC* locates five copies. More
![Item #393950 [Broadsheet]: Bordentown Female College [with pamphlet]: Bordentown Female College...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/393950.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1457633080)
Bordentown, New Jersey: Bordentown Female College, 1879. Unbound. Illustrated broadsheet on blue paper. Measuring 7.75" x 10". Several old folds, small tears, and a chip in bottom right corner not affecting any text. The broadsheet is an advertisement for the school which had recently completed a large addition, listing faculty..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Barrington & Haswell, 1843. Softcover. Octavo. 28pp. Illustrated buff wrappers. Small creases at the corners of some pages, very good or better. An organization of various denominations of Protestant women who apparently worked to convert seamen, espoused temperance principles, and ran a Sailor's Temperance Home to lodge..... More
![Item #417281 [Loose Photographs]: Women's Golf Advertisement](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/417281.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1512397313)
New York: Leigh Charell Studios, [circa late 1940s]. Unbound. A small archive of 34 black and white silver gelatin photographs most measuring around 5" x 8". All photos near fine with slight edgewear and some slight curling. A collection of professional photographs taken by Leigh Charell Studios in New York..... More
Alderson, West Virginia: [Federal Prison Camp, Alderson], 1968. Softcover. Four issues. Quarto sheets printed rectos only stapled at one corner. 7pp., 6pp., 6pp., and 8pp. Light wear and one with small stain, overall near fine. Four nonconsecutive issues of this newsletter published for the staff at the Federal Prison Camp..... More
Albany: Albany City Arts Office, (1978). Softcover. First edition. Edited by Cynde Gregory and Jeanne Finley. Octavo. 47, [1]pp. Stapled decorated yellow wrappers. Fine. Poetry by female prisoners. More
Barcelona: [no publisher], 1906-1907. Hardcover. Complete run of 21 issues: Year I, No. 1 - No. 21 (October 6, 1906 - Feb 28, 1907, all published). Small quarto. Most are 16pp., and profusely illustrated in black and white; no. 13 printed in three colors. Bound in modern green quarter-calf and..... More
![Item #412154 [Photo Album]: Camp Kokatosi](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/412154.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1600809214)
Raymond, Maine: 1946-1952. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11" x 7.5". String-tied black cloth over stiff paper boards with "Photographs" stamped on the front board. Contains 145 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 3.5" x 2.5" and 8" x 10", with captions and other scrap elements. Near..... More
![Item #415755 [Photo Album]: Girl Guides](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/415755.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1498501013)
Scotland and England: 1928-1946. Softcover. Quarto. Measuring 9.5" x 11". String-tied photo pages. Contains 167 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2" x 3.5" and 4.5" x 6", some with captions on the verso. Very good pages lacking boards, with near fine photographs. A photo album..... More
![Item #414674 [Photo Album]: Women in the San Antonio, Texas area](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/414674.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1510938057)
San Antonio, Texas: [circa 1916]. Softcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11.5" x 7.5". Cord-tied black cloth over flexible card with "Photographs" in gilt. Considerable scuffing on the boards, cord has been replaced, a few leaves detached, a couple of images removed or otherwise lacking, near very good, images with modest silvering..... More
![Item #415636 [Photo Album]: Young Texas Nurse's Photo Album of her Adventures with her Family and...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/415636.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1497281136)
Waco, Texas: 1912-1913. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 10.5" x 7.5". Black leather over stiff paper boards. Contains 387 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 1” x .75” and 8.5” x 6.5”, some with captions. Rubbing, edgewear, several pages detached but present thus very good, with..... More
![Item #416225 [Photo Postcards]: British World War I Female Firefighters ("Fire-Women"](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/416225.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1498501170)
England: 1916. Unbound. A small collection of six real photo postcards and two related newspaper clippings depicting British female firefighters who womanned a munitions factory during World War I. All photos are near fine or better. The clippings are very good with a chip in the middle of one. The..... More
New York: Aldene, [circa 1930]. Unbound. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photograph. Measuring 10.75" x 7.75". Photographers mark in the negative in the lower right corner. Staining on the verso, but overall the image is near fine. Ink note on verso: "Will send the others later. Taken Sat. before we left N.Y."..... More
Peoria, Illinois: 1948. Unbound. A collection consisting of 25 black and white double weight gelatin silver photographs. Of the 25 images, 22 of them are signed by the players while they were still in the league. Additionally there are 12 printed player biographies clipped from a yearbook, and an additional..... More
![Item #390569 [Poster]: "I Had My Baby Out of Wedlock": An enlightening authentic story for better...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/390569.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1457633003)
[No place]: Woman's Home Companion, [1952]. Unbound. Poster on thin card stock. Approximately 11" x 16". Mild bends and wear at the extremities, a nice, near fine example. The *Woman's Home Companion* was a prominent monthly mainstream magazine that existed from 1873-1957, which employed many important writers of both sexes..... More
![Item #417771 [Prospectus for the Ladies' Home Journal]: A Year of Pleasure for 1897](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/417771.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1512397316)
Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, (1896). Softcover. 12mo. [24]pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers printed in orange and green. Staples a little oxidized else just about fine. Prospectus for the *Ladies' Home Journal* for the upcoming year of 1897. Advertised are articles of both fiction and non-fiction, illustrators who will appear in..... More
![Item #393034 [Silk Banner]: Sociedad Española Benefica de Señoras. San Francisco. Fundada en...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/393034.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1603004122)
Unbound. Elaborately embroidered silk banner, bordered with silk ribbon, fringed, and suspended from wooden rod with gold-colored metal finials. Approximately 23" x 36". Bottom layer of reddish-pink silk, with an overlay of scalloped white silk, embroidered with silver and gold lettering, central images of a star and hands clasping, and..... More
[No place]: Weather Underground Organization / Red Dragon Print Collective, [1975]. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled wrappers. Touch of bumping at the corners, near fine. Collection of anonymous poetry from the Women of the Weather Underground, the radical organization founded in 1969. Laid in is a printed letter signed..... More
[No place]: Weather Underground Organization / Red Dragon Print Collective, [1975]. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled wrappers. Light bumping at the corners, stamp on front cover, stains on rear cover and several pages. Collection of anonymous poetry from the Women of the Weather Underground, the radical organization founded in..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Order of the Society, by John W. Allen, 1827. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 22, [2]pp. Stitched into later (although of early vintage) unprinted blue wrappers. Creases at top corner of front wrap and first few leaves, else near fine. Reports and accounts of various branches of the..... More
Tokyo: Tokyo Union Church Women's Society, 1978. Softcover. 24mo. Measuring 4.5" x 6.5". 53, [3]pp. Street maps. Stapled mimeographed leaves laid into hand-lettered orange folder with drawing of an origami crane. Pencil and ink notes in the text, smudging, good in worn folder. A guide to shopping in Tokyo for..... More
Austin: Statesman Steam Print, [circa 1885]. Softcover. First edition. Small octavo. 8pp. Printed buff wrappers. Tiny nick on front wrap, light dampstains on the margins of the leaves, sound and very good. Articles of incorporation, by-laws, lists of officers, and a letter of explanation for a name change: "Having found..... More
Rochester, New York: 1892. Hardcover. Octavo. Five page autograph letter signed on three leaves of National American Woman Suffrage Association stationary. Rochester, N.Y., November 22, 1892. Light horizontal folds as mailed, easily fine. A significant and long letter written to Elizabeth Wardall, who was an important ally in Anthony’s 1890..... More
![Item #410848 [Archive]: Camp Watitoh 1939. Barbara "Bobby" ARMON](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/410848.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1645566011)
Becket, Massachusetts: 1939. Unbound. Later blue plastic three-ring binder. Measuring 10" x 11.5". Contained in plastic sleeves are 36 loose pages of manuscript poems, 12 photographs measuring between 5" x 7" and 8" x 10", as well as five mimeographed camp publications, and one camp informational pamphlet. All items are..... More