Category: Women's Studies

Ladies' Home Manual of Physical Culture and Beauty

By: Allen, Monfort B., M.D., and Amelia C. McGregor, M.D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: : 1896

Seller ID: CL004788

Condition: Good

C. W. Stanton Company, Chicago, 1896, 511 pages, preface, index, blue floral endpapers, illustrated with a number of full-page sepia-tone anatomical plates as well as several b&w full-page plates (including frontis) and numerous b&w etchings (per title page: "…Many Superb Colored Plates, Phototype and Wood Engravings"), 6.5"x 8.25", hardcover, tan cloth with ornate titles and decorations in brown and gilt as well as blue and white, all edges of text-block marbled, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn, slight edge wear, very minor fading to spine decoration, covers very slightly scuff...
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Preparing for Womanhood

By: Lowry, Edith B., M.D.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Forbes & Co, Chicago, : 1919

Seller ID: CL004787

Binding: Hardcover in a dust jacket

Condition: Very Good-

Forbes & Company, Chicago, 1918, 1919, (VG-/G-), foreword, 175 pages plus publisher's note and adverts for author's other books, 5.25"x 7.5", hardcover, blue cloth with blue titles and decorations, corners and spine ends mildly worn, very faint shelf wear, spine ends slightly bumped, one tiny hole in cloth near top of rear spine joint, Good- dust jacket with chipping and loss along edges and corners, pieces missing from jacket's spine ends and corners and edges, front panel previously detached - now very neatly repaired with archival paper tape, jacket spine darkened, dust jacket protected new...
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Rainbow Party Book: For All Keen Teens Who Go Partying in Juniorette and Teenable Dresses

By: Pepper, Nancy, editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rainbow (a teen dress manufacturer) : Circa 1950s

Seller ID: CL005272

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good

Rainbow (a teen dress manufacturer), no place, no date but circa the early 1950s, (VG), unpaginated but 16 pages including the covers, black, white and blue illustrations every page, 5-1/4”x 7-7/8”, paperbound, covers are white paper with blue swashes and black type and black illustration on front, white type on back, some very light creasing on covers that carries through to all the pages, contents clean and tight, book very good {Advertising of just a few lines at the bottom of some pages for Rainbow dresses. “The Dreamiest Date Dresses for the Keenest Teens. *Juniorettes in Regular Teen siz...
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Trail of the Sourdough: Life in Alaska

By: Sullivan, May Kellogg, and C. A. McArthur illustrator

Price: $18.75

Publisher: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, Boston : 1910

Seller ID: CL005123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover, Good, (G/no dj), Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, Boston, 1910, 258 pages, 3 b&w plates illustrated by C. A. McArthur including the frontispiece, plus 13 unattributed b&w sketches, 5”x 7.5”, hardcover, green cloth with black, white and grey illustration and black title on front, black titles on spine, publisher’s logo blind embossed on back cover, corners bumped, corner and edge wear, covers soiled, spine darkened, spine ends worn, no dust jacket, blank free front endpaper removed, small light damp stain at the top of the first 18 or so pages, light soil in page margins, otherwi...
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Fat Chance: In Actual Case Histories Six Women Reveal the Hidden Reasons for Their Obesity and Explain How They Achieved Dramatic Weight Loss.

By: Walkenstein, Eileen.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pilgrim Press, NY : 1982

Seller ID: CL003670

ISBN: ISBN 10: 082980496X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pilgrim Press, NY, 1982, 1st edition, 243 pages, 6.25"x 9.5", hardcover, mustard boards & red cloth spine with gilt titles, corners lightly bumped, very good dust jacket with very mild edge & corner wear & protected in a new archival plastic cover, contents clean and tight, book very good (VG/VG) 3670 [SRpr74AMZ]
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My Desire

By: Warner, Susan. ("By the author of "The Wide, Wide World"). (Susan Bogart Warner)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Carter, NY : 1879

Seller ID: CL003382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Carter, NY, 1879, 1st edition, (G+/no dj), 629 pages, 5-1/4”x 7-5/8”, hardcover, grey cloth with embossed black illustration and titles on front with gilt titles and black decoration on spine, covers lightly scuffed, light edge wear, corners worn, spine ends frayed, rear cover lightly soiled, one tiny green spot on front cover, small tan spot on page fore-edges, hinges cracked but very neatly reglued and holding very well, a little light soil on rear endpapers, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good+ {"A purposely misinterpreted letter defers marital happiness for ten years during which...
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Tips for Teens

By: Williams, Elinor and Ruth Underhill, illustrator

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston Herald-Traveler Corp, Boston : 1945

Seller ID: CL005265

Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket

Condition: Very Good

Boston Herald-Traveler Corp, Boston, 1945, 2nd edition, (VG/VG), 126 pages, b&w illustrations at the top of every page by Ruth Underhill, four 1-5/8” square film negatives laid-in, also laid-in the penciled rough draft with corrections of a four sheet “letter” entitled “The Real You” which reads like a letter from a Mom to her daughter, 5-5/8”x 8-3/4”, hardcover, turquoise cloth with red titles on front, top outside corners lightly bumped, very good dust jacket with small chips missing at corners and a few short edge tears, 1.5” closed tear top front panel near spine, a little rubbing on fore-...
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Category: Women's Studies

Ladies' Home Manual of Physical Culture and Beauty

Preparing for Womanhood

Rainbow Party Book: For All Keen Teens Who Go Partying in Juniorette and Teenable Dresses

Trail of the Sourdough: Life in Alaska

Fat Chance: In Actual Case Histories Six Women Reveal the Hidden Reasons for Their Obesity and Explain How They Achieved Dramatic Weight Loss.

My Desire

Tips for Teens