Alameda, Ca. 1896. Handbill, 8.5 x 5.25 inches. Old folds, minor wear. An apparently unrecorded resolution involving the first ballot measure calling for women's suffrage in California in the waning years of the 19th century. Here, the Alameda County Political Equality Society calls for two representatives to be present at..... More

[Various locations near Ontario, Canada]: 1907. [22] leaves, illustrated with 178 black-and-white photographs, most between 2.25 x 3.25 inches and 3.25 x 5.5 inches, with some slightly smaller images cut into ovals, but also including twenty-one panoramic images measuring 3.25 x 11.5 inches, plus a thirty-seven-page typed narrative of the..... More

[Mexico]: Luis G. Gonzalez, 1850. [8],254,[1]pp. plus four plates. 16mo. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light wear at edges and spine ends, a bit heavier to corners. Light dampstaining at outer corners of plates, otherwise light toning and an a occasion fox mark internally. Scarce 1850 issue..... More

Lima: Fotografia Central Courret Hermanos, [ca. 1880]. Carte-de-visite photo, 4.25 x 2.75 inches. Minor soiling, pencil notation at foot of card. Handsome image of a young Peruvian woman in traditional dress. Pictured in three-quarter length, she holds a wide straw hat, a printed skirt peeking out of the bottom of..... More

[N.p., likely Colorado: ca. 1950s]. Two panoramic photographs, each measuring approximately 6.25 x 15.25 inches. Minor surface staining to one photograph, light soiling and edge wear. A pair of small panoramic photographs capturing a large group of women during the day and then at night on a dude ranch in..... More

Detroit: 1927. 16pp. plus two return mail forms laid in. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Lengthy brochure advertising a course for women's beauty and improvement offered by Roy J. Horton of Detroit. Horton claims his course of six months can transform a woman into a vital..... More

[Philadelphia]: 1901. [52]pp. Quarto. Original tan printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Closed tear and slight loss in lower front corner, repaired with tape on verso. Light wear, toned, minor soiling. A charming small-press publication comprised of humorous poetry and drawings by Martha Tracy during her tenure as a medical student..... More

New York: [1952]. Eleven volumes. 32,320pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial wrappers. First volume with two sets of contents, loose. Light wear else. A ten part course -- plus the personal analysis guide -- on how to be a charming woman. The course contains daily lessons on beauty, charm, etiquette, hair..... More

Portland, Me. Geo. Stinson & Co., [ca. 1870]. Carte-de-visite, 3.75 x 2.5 inches. Minor soiling and foxing. A lovely and early image of Tennie C. Claflin -- suffragist, Spiritualist, and Wall Street Broker. Along with her notorious sister, Victoria Woodhull, Claflin opened a Wall Street brokerage firm in 1870, likely..... More

Veracruz; Puebla: [ca. 1870?]. [4],202pp. Original printed boards with brown cloth spine. Edges rubbed, minor soiling. Bookplate on front pastedown; ink stamp and pencil ownership inscription on title page. Internally clean. Originally published in 1824 by Ackermann in London, this was one of several texts produced for export to the..... More

[Oxford, Oh. 1913-1929]. 169pp. Contemporary notebook bound in limp black cloth, sewn. Covers chipped and creased, with a closed vertical tear, spine perished but well-sewn and holding strong. Occasional toning to text. An informative manuscript minutes book recording monthly meeting activities written by a series of recording secretaries for the..... More

Seattle: 1911. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Two old horizontal folds partially reinforced with cello tape. A stark and sobering illustrated leaflet calling to action the parents and citizens of Seattle to help close a house of prostitution in the city, and at the same time stop the construction..... More