Boston, April 3, 1830. 2 pages on 1 leaf, 10.13 x 8 inches, approx. 530 words. A fair copy of one of the American editor’s three great American legacies—Hale was not only the author of “Mary’s Lamb,” and the motive force behind the Thanksgiving holiday (as well as the longtime..... More about “To the Women of New England.” Autograph ink circular, signed by 11 members of the Committee...

(Hollywood: Wonder Books Co.), [ca. 1962?]. First edition? Original pictorial wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, [48] pages. Illus. A canned biography of the ex-vaudeville conjoined twins, this account itself fastened inextricably as published to a detailed novelization of the 1951 exploitation film Chained For Life—a potboiler starring the twins that... More about The Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters [caption title; wrapper title:] Intimate Loves and...

New York: [n. p], 1858. A new printing from the same plates as the 1847 first edition, with a reset title page. 12mo, original discreet blind-stamped unlettered black cloth, xiii, [1], 238 pages. With a printed notice mounted to the front paste-down, “Ladies or Gentlemen writing to Dr. A. M.... More about The Married Woman’s Private Medical Companion, Embracing the Treatment of Menstruation, or...

Allendale, Mich. WIB, 1979. 3 numbers (plus a duplicate of no. 8), newsprint, small broadsheet format, 8 pp. each issue. Illus. Feminist newspaper for this West Michigan university campus, with news of area events of interest to women (including lesbians), articles on current issues (pornography, sexual harassment) and historic feminism... More about Grand Valley State Colleges Women’s Information Bureau Newsletter. February 19, 1979. Vol. 2,...

Detroit: Moving Out, 1972. Original pictorial red wrappers, wire stitched, 10.88 x 8.5 inches, 107 pages. Illus. Vol. 2, issue no. 1. Feminist cooperative literary magazine published at Wayne State University. More about Moving Out

Detroit: Moving Out, 1972. Original pictorial wrappers, perfect bound, 10.88 x 8.5 inches, 119, [1] pages. Illus. Vol. 2, issue no. 2. Feminist cooperative literary magazine published at Wayne State. More about Moving Out

Detroit: Moving Out, 1974. Original pictorial wrappers, wire stitched, 10.88 x 8.5 inches, 70, [2] pages. Illus. Vol. 4, issue no. 1. Includes poetry from Marge Piercy, illustration from Ann Mikolowski. More about Moving Out

[Philadelphia: n. p.], Sep. 1808. First edition. Removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 8.88 x 5.5 inches, 28 pages. An early instance of opposition research in politics, an attack on the important early Pennsylvania Federalist (and Western Pennsylvania land speculator) James Ross (1762-1847); the publication of this former Pittsburgh resident’s allegations that... More about The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct of James Ross, to a...

Hartford: S. M. Betts & Co. [etc.], 1868. First edition. Large 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 628, [2] pages. Double frontis, 12 steel engraved plates. A fine subscription doorstop of a book, with biographies of women ranging from Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale, to Lydia Sigourney and Fanny Fern... More about Eminent Women of the Age; Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the Most Prominent Women of...

Chicago: April 18 to April 26, [1936]. Original photo portrait of Mrs. Lawton mounted to printed card stock, the ticket measuring approx. 2.5 x 4.25 inches. Per contemporary newspaper reports, sponsored by 70+ women’s clubs and organizations, with exhibitions, Good Government lectures, talks on women’s issues, etc. More about Exhibit Pass Women’s Pageant of Progress