The Tale of the Tub - A Survey of the Art of Bathing Through The Ages.
London, Newman Neame, 1950. Wide 8vo., blue cloth covered boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; light edgewear else a very good, clean, tight copy. More
Social History
Gossip In The First Decade of Victoria’s Reign
London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, 1903. First edition; 8vo.; green cloth covered boards with black lettering and decorations, hardcover; xvi, 315 pages; boards are soiled on back cover and edgeworn else very good. More
Social Life In THe Reign of Queen Anne
NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1925. 12mo., red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration; xix, 474 pages; black & white illustrations; fold out re-print of The Daily Courant for March 11th 1702; edgeworn binding else a very good clean tight copy. More
The Country Newspaper
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. Publishers, 1923. First Edition; 16mo; cloth covered boards with faded gilt lettering; hardcover;137 pages; The National Social Science Series; owner’s name on front pastedown endpaper; sunned and edgeworn covers with sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy in a sunned, soiled, and chipped..... More
Woman and the Demon The Life of A Victorian Myth
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. 1st edition; 8vo.; green cloth covered boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; topics include: the myth of womanhood: victims and Queens; marriage of heaven or hell; old maids; the rise of the fallen woman and Victorian womanhood and literary character; a fine, clean, tight copy... More
The Book of Fairs
NY: Harcourt Brace (1939). 8vo., cloth covered boards, hardcover; 308 pages; introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon; illustrated by James MacDonald; the story of fairs from 2000 B.C. to the present day; a very good clean tight copy in a sunned and chipped dustjacket. More
Little Known Facts About the Amish and the Mennonites a Study of the Social Customs and Habits of Pennsylvania's Plain People
Harrisburg, PA: The Aurand Press, 1938. small 8vo., stiff pictorial covers, softcover; 32 pages; sunned covers else a very good clean tight copy; all domestic orders are shipped with a delivery confirmation tracking number;. More
Principles of Education, Drawn From Nature and Revelation and Applied to Female Education in the Upper Classes Two Volumes In One
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1866. 8vo. cloth covered boards; 492 pages; dusty edges, some edgewear and faded spine else a very good clean tight copy. More
The International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders
NY: Checkmark Books ( 1997). 4to. stiff pictorial wraps, large softcover; 200 pages; a dictionary of secret societies; some yellow underlining on page 257 else a very good clean tight copy. More
The Do’s and Taboos of International Trade A Small Business Primer
NY: John Wiley & Sons (1989). small 4to; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine; hardcover; 305 pages; foreword by Tommy G. Thompson-Governor of Wisconsin; black and white illustrations; signed by the author; a very good clean tight copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Do’s and Taboos of Public Speaking How to Get Those Butterflies Flying in Formation
NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1992). First Edition; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine; hardcover; 201 pages; black and white illustrations; signed by author; lightly edgeworn covers else a very good clean tight copy in a very goodl dust jacket. More
Girls’ Make-At-Home Things
NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers (1912). Second Edition; small 8vo; pictorial cloth covered boards; hardcover; 211 pages; black and white illustrations; lightly edgeworn with lightly sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy in an edge chipped pictorial dust jacket with a faded spine. More
Mother's Practical Guide in the Physical, Intellectual, and Moral Training of Her Children With An Additional Chapter On The Claims and Responsiblities of Stepmothers
NY: Lane & Tippett, 1846. Third American Edition; 24mo.; cloth covered boards, small hardcover; 248 pages; very light edgewear; “Mrs Jane Holden Book October 1847” on front free endpaper else a very good, clean, tight, copy. More
Feminism and Family Planning in Victorian England
New York Books: Schockencken, 1964. 1st edition; small 8vo.; xi, 142 pages; cloth covered boards, hardcover; a very good clean, tight copy in a lightly edgeworn and soiled dust jacket. More
Evenings At Home; Or The Juvenile Budget Opened.
NY: Hurd & Houghton,1869. 12mo red and black blindstamped decorative cloth covered boards with faded gilt spine decoration, small hardcover; viii, 446 pages plus 16 pages of advertising; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy. Name and note to endpaper. More
A Guide for Notaries Public and Commissioners
Cleveland, OH: Ingham, Clarke & Co., 1888. Second Edition; small 8vo; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decorative endpapers; hardcover; 151 pages; former owner’s name and address on free front endpaper; rubbed and edgeworn covers with sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy. More
Lingerie A Celebration of Silks, Satins, Laces, Linens and Other Bare Essentials
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (2001). First edition with an a present in the letter line; small thin 4to; pictorial boards, hardcover; 192 pages; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws. More
The Illustrated Room: 20th Century Interior Design Rendering
NY: McGraw Hill Book Company (1997). 1st printing with 1 in the number line. small 4to., cloth covered boards, hardcover; 272 pages; color and black & white illustrations ; from the dustjacket:“showcases the illustrations of preeminent figures such as: Adolph Loos, Josef Hoffmann Jacque-Emile. Ruhlmann, Hugh Ferris, Elizabeth Hoopes, Walter... More
The Forties When We were Dreamers of Dreams
Boston: Branden Publ. Co. (1987). 1st edition; 8vo. orange cloth covered boards, hardcover; 132 pages plus pages of black and white illustrations and index; a fine clean, tight copy in a fine dustjacket. More
Jane and I
[Norwood, MA]: Privately Printed, 1922. Small 4to; decorative stiff wraps with deckle edged pages; softcover; 43 pages; sunned, soiled, and edgeworn covers with sunned pages else a very good tight copy. More
Aesthetics; or, The Science of Beauty
NY and Chicago: Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., 1872. 12mo. cloth covered boards, hardcover; vii, 268 pages; lectures on taste and beauty; edgeworn covers else a very good tight clean copy. More
Individual Character
The Economic Press, 1931. 16mo; stiff covers; softcover; 100 pages; errata slip pasted on page 1; date stamped on cover; stained and edgeworn covers else a very good clean tight copy. More
Work Art and Society Two
Boston: Boston Book and Art, publisher (1970). First Edition; small 4to; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine; hardcover; 96 pages; color and black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a rubbed and egeworn pictorial dust jacket. More
Victorian Parlor Games
Nashville and NY: Thomas Nelson (1974). 1st edition. 8vo. cloth covered boards, hardcover; 143 pages; black and white illustrations; a fine, clean, tight copy in a fine dustjacket. More
Common Things for Common People
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House (1923). 8vo; embossed cloth covered boards with gilt lettering; hardcover; 134 pages; black and white illustration; sunned, soiled, and edgeworn boards with sunned and lightly foxed pages throughout and page 76 repaired else a very good clean tight copy. More