Catalog 233 contains 81 Women's Interest items, including signed or inscribed literary first editions, handwritten letters, original art, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, photo albums, and more!
Download PDF of Women![Item #426764 [Broadside Napkin]: Souvenir in Commemoration of the Canonization of Joan of Arc....](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/426764.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088028)
London: Printer S. Burgess, 1920. Unbound. Souvenir broadside napkin. Approximately 14" x 14". Printed in black with a central cross and leaf motif with a floral border in red, green, and brown. Mounted on salmon-colored cardstock at a later date. Small tears and faint bleed through from glue used in..... More
![Item #408959 [Broadside]: Repeated! The First Fire Maker. Camp Fire Girls' Festival. Thetford,...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/408959.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1463119803)
Thetford, Vermont: The Vermonter Press, [1912]. Unbound. Large broadside. Measuring 12" x 19". Printed in red on thin paper. Small chips and some dampstains mostly in the lower right-hand corner, good or better. A poster from the earliest days of the Campfire Girls. The group was started in Thetford, Vermont..... More
![Item #420443 [Broadside]: Women Vote Republican Early - Nov. 2](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/420443.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1512397337)
[No place - Scranton, Pennsylvania? no publisher, 1920]. Unbound. Broadside printed in red and blue on white paper. Measuring 10.75" x 14". Partially affixed, probably at a relatively early date, to a thin piece of dark paper. Horizontal crease, a couple of tears, and small chips on two corners affecting..... More
![Item #426599 [Cabinet card]: A Curious Tableau of Three Women](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/426599.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088026)
Troy, Ohio: Schnell, [circa 1880]. Unbound. Albumen cabinet card. Image size approximately 4" x 5.5" on a slightly larger card. A curious image of two demurely dressed and grim-faced young women holding a letter between them, while a third more masculine looking woman pours water from a watering can onto..... More
Unbound. Carbon portrait photograph of seven women. Approximately 5¾" x 7¾". Mounted on a larger decorative card. Small piece of tape on verso, some soiling on the mount, near fine. Identified with last names and dated in pencil on the verso. A formidable group of seven stern-looking women, most with..... More
New Milford, New Jersey: 1914. Softcover. Quarto. Measuring 9" x 12”. 94pp. Approximately 6000 words written in English with French translations. Handmade brown paper travel journal with “The Log of the Bungaloafers” written on the front wrapper. Some of the pages are detached but present with tiny tears and creasing..... More
![Item #417336 [Journal]: Woman's Typed Travel Journal to the Northeast and Florida from 1927-1930](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/417336.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1505141504)
Boston, Massachusetts / Florida / Rhode Island / New York / New Jersey/ Pennsylvania / Canada. Softcover. Typed diary of approximately 27,000 words. Octavo. 104pp. Ring-bound brown leather flexible boards. Includes 25 postcards. Leather is worn with tears else very good and internally near fine with clear typed entries. The..... More
![Item #425988 [Newspaper]: Seminary Advocate. Young Ladies' Seminary, Freehold, N.J. Vol. 1, No....](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/425988.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088021)
Freehold, New Jersey: Freehold Young Ladies' Seminary, 1850. Unbound. Two issues. Each issue is a single leaf folded to make 4pp., paginated p.[5]-12. Pencil signature of Carolyn Conover on first page of issue No. III, and old folds; Issue II is a bit age-toned, else near fine. Text mostly about..... More
![Item #424990 [Photo albums]: Camp Lake Hubert Prep for Girls 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/424990.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1535385484)
[Nisswa, Minnesota]: Camp Lake Hubert, 1952-56. Softcover. Five volumes. Small oblong octavos. P. 12; 12; 11; 22; 15 (three images are detached or laid in the 1956 volume). Each is 7.25" x 5". Spiral bound photographs with clear plastic overlay (except for 1956 which has a printed card cover). Gelatin..... More
![Item #424700 [Photo Album]: African-American WACs at Camp Forrest, Tennessee](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/424700-1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088016)
Camp Forrest, Tennessee: 1943. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Measuring 15" x 11.5". String-tied, paper-covered boards with “U.S. Army/[Image of Great Seal of the United States]/Camp Forrest, Tenn.” printed on the front cover. Contains 160 black and white or sepia toned silver gelatin photographs measuring between 3.5” x 2.5” and 8" x...... More
![Item #404180 [Photo Album]: California Girl's Snap Shots](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/404180.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1563978552)
California: 1914-1920. Hardcover. Oblong small octavo. Measuring 6.5" x 4.5". String-tied tan leather with handmade decorations. Contains 89 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1.25" and 2.5" x 3.5", with captions. Very good photo album with chips, tears, and loose pages with near fine..... More
![Item #404698 [Photo Album]: Early 1900s California Family](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/404698.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1603004122)
1900-1918. Hardcover. Oblong small quarto. Measuring 11.5" x 7". Blue cloth over flexible boards with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 37 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 3" x 3" and 5" x 7", without captions. Slightly bowed front board and worn..... More
![Item #415806 [Photo Album]: Pennsylvania Woman's School and Home Life](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/415806.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1512397308)
Royersford, Pennsylvania: 1917-1920. Hardcover. Oblong small octavo. Measuring 10" x 7". Black cloth over flexible paper boards with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 111 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 7", with captions. Some pages detached..... More
![Item #423360 [Photo Album]: Syrian Actress and Dancer in Hollywood](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/423360.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1526581266)
Los Angeles: 1930-1970. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Measuring 14" x 11". Screw bound album. Contains 347 sepia-toned, color, or black and white silver gelatin photographs measuring between ½" x ½" and 7" x 8" with captions. Good only album lacking the front cover with detached and chipped and torn pages and..... More
![Item #416978 [Photo Album]: Women at College in 1950s](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/416978.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1504103324)
New York: 1951-1955. Hardcover. Small quarto. Measuring 7" x 10". Brad-bound brown leatherette photo album with gilt decorations. Contains 53 black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring around 3" x 3.5", some with captions. Very good with slight mustiness and spotting with near fine photographs. A photo album kept by..... More
![Item #424835 [Photo Album]: Young Woman at Emma Willard School](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/424835.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1547054948)
New York: 1940s. Softcover. Oblong folio. Measuring 12.5" x 10". String-tied black cloth over stiff paper boards with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 229 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 8" x 10", with captions. Very good album..... More
![Item #423033 [Photo Album]: Young Woman in Prague Late 1940s](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/423033.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1523632665)
Prague: late 1940s - early 1950s. Hardcover. Oblong octavo. Measuring 10" x 6". Screw-bound brown leather album. Contains 122 black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 5" with captions in Czech. Very good album with rubbing and some tears with very good or..... More
![Item #420165 [Photographs]: Cabinet Cards of Nurses](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/420165.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1510768979)
Philadelphia: 1880-1890. Unbound. A collection of six mounted sepia-toned cabinet cards depicting nurses in Philadelphia between 1880 and 1890. Each photograph features the stamp or logo of a Philadelphia area photography studio including Phillips on Chestnut Street, P. Elehillman on Arch Street, The Gilbert Studios on Chestnut Street, and Kehrwider's..... More
![Item #403906 [Portrait Photograph]: B.H.S. Black Women's Basketball Team](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/403906.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088005)
[1914]. Unbound. Gelatin silver image on thick card. Approximately 4.5" x 3.25". A little rubbing along the edges, very good or better. A nice image of 13 young African-American women. In the center of the photo, one woman holds a basketball lettered "B.H.S. 1914." According to the website "The Brooklyn..... More
[McKenzie, Tennessee?]: The Union, 1908. Softcover. 12mo. One leaf folded to make four pages. Printed self-wrappers. Embossed stamp of the Easter Lilly Court, O.O.C. (Order of Clanthe), of Trezevant, Tennessee, an African-American women's organization, cheap paper a bit toned, pencil note on rear page, very good. The Program lists papers..... More
![Item #426224 [Small Collection]: 20 Membership Dues and Working Cards of the Amalgamated Clothing...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/426224.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088026)
[No place]: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America AFL-CIO, (1960-69). Unbound. 20 small folders, each a single bi-fold of printed card self-wrappers, each on colored paper and with small stamps affixed indicating the weeks worked, complete and consecutively covering 1960 - 1969. One with a horizontal crease, mostly very good or..... More
New York: Up From Under, 1970. Softcover. First edition. Small quarto. 50pp. Illustrated. Stain and small tear on front wrap, a little internal wear, very good. First issue of this second-wave feminist journal. Among the contributors are Denise Levertov, Robin Morgan ("To the Women of Vietnam: 2 Poems"), Janice Albert..... More
![Item #425986 [Cover title]: Hull-House: A Social Settlement at 335 South Halsted Street Chicago....](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/425986.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550088019)
Chicago: (Jane Addams and Gates Ellen Starr), 1894. Softcover. First edition. 12mo. 31pp., eight inserted plates from photographs. Stitched printed self-wrappers. Faint stain and a little wrinkling, all on the front wrap, else near fine. The first two sentences of the pamphlet attribute the text to Addams and Starr: "The..... More
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1914. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 198pp. Blue cloth gilt. Very faint tidemark on front board, else very near fine in very good dustwrapper with modest loss at the crown and rear panel. Non-sensational autobiography of a prostitute examining the evolution and lifestyle of the participants. Very..... More
Rochester, N.Y. J.H. Kent Photographer, 1890. Unbound. Gelatin silver cabinet card photograph. Measuring 4" x 5¾". The card has been trimmed to the margins of the image, old paper tape shadows or remnants on the verso apparently from previously having been mounted, near fine. Backmark of photographer John Howe Kent..... More