AB-SA-RA-KA, HOME OF THE CROWS
1868
First edition of this narrative of "an officer's wife on the plains," published in an effort to clear her husband's name in the wake of his defeat at Fetterman's Fight.
Woman Author
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"HOW CAN I HELP TO ABOLISH SLAVERY?"
[1855]
Introductory pamphlet published by the American Anti-Slavery Society welcoming new supporters while advising against naive solutions proposed by the "newly converted."
FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR
(1918)
First printing of this patriotic guide to home economizing for American women in the First World War.
HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA
1889
First edition of this Gilded-Age handbook for the aspiring Floridian, by a passionate lover of the land and its lizards.
THE CONFESSION OF REV. MARY BAKER G. EDDY: Given Through the Hand of Madame X, a Noted Psychic
1915 and 1917
Spiritualist-channeled wholesale revision of Mary Baker Eddy's philosophical and religious outlook, posthumously delivered from beyond the veil to the perceptions of one Madame X.
SHAKER HERBS: An Essay by Cynthia Elyce Rubin with 19th-Century Shaker Herb Labels
1984
Miniature book with tipped-in Shaker herb labels throughout, from an edition of 155 copies printed from Bulmer type on Rives paper.
OLD CONCORD HER HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
(1892)
Revised and enlarged edition of an illustrated travel guide to Concord, Massachusetts, with an extensive inscription by the author recommending the best way to see Concord is "with a superb indifference to time."
WOMEN AND ECONOMICS
1898
Startlingly rare first printing of Gilman's most important nonfiction work.
FRONT ROW AT THE WHITE HOUSE: My Life and Times
(1999)
Inscribed first printing of Thomas's fascinating memoir of a life in journalism.
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