DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS —Denman, Lord (Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman) Reasons for Legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister. London: Hatchard and Son, 1852. [Ninth Thousand].RESEARCH SUMMARY This archive provides a comprehensive primary-source record of the judicial push for marriage reform. Authored by the former Lord Chief Justice of England, this pamphlet.....

New York: Warner Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Interweaving mythology, history, science, and mystical cultures, an archaeologist offers a feminine approach to the study of world history, examining an array of female warriors, leaders, and heroines who have been left out of.....

New York: Abbeville Press, 1995. Barnes, Richard [Photographer]. A definitive work on Julia Morgan's life and career. Boutelle's extensive research and the book's high-quality production make it an invaluable resource for those interested in architecture and the contributions of women in the field.The book examines Morgan's architectural journey, highlighting her.....

Philadelphia: Cary and Hart, 1847. Hardcovers. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Mrs. Forbes Bush was part of a movement of 19th-century women writers who carved out a professional niche by chronicling the lives of European royalty for a growing middle-class readership. Her 'Memoirs' were noted for their accessibility and their focus on the.....

Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. An insightful look into the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of the most prominent American poets of the early 20th century. Set against the bohemian backdrop of Greenwich Village, the book traces Millay’s rise.....

Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Charity cookbooks of the late 19th century were the primary engine for women’s local philanthropy. The 'Geneva Cook Book' is a standout example, as it funded the Medical and Surgical Hospital in a city already.....

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. An intimate portrait of the courageous wives of sailing ship captains in the last century, told for the first time in their own words, through journals and letters.Maritime historian Joan Druett explores the.....

New York: New York Wanderer Press in association with The Green-Wood Cemetery Historic Fund, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The murder of an upper-middle class professional in the sanctity of his own home, coupled with the accused murderess' unceasing efforts to wreak.....

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. The Maya Textile Tradition provides an in-depth look at the life and art of the Maya of southern Mexico and Central America. This book examines the history of the one art form.....

Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life. Her realistic depictions of life in her native Virginia.....

New Haven and London: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Reforming Sex reconstructs the complicated history of a movement that has been romanticized as the harbinger of 1960s sexual radicalism and deionized as a precursor to Nazi racial policy, but.....

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This collection presents Hokinson’s signature satirical cartoons, originally featured in The New Yorker, capturing the humor and social nuances of mid-20th-century American life. Bound in camel-colored cloth with red lettering, it includes the original dust jacket with.....

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. The story of that revolution through biographical portraits of four pioneering figures in the early institutions of psychoanalysis: Helene Deutsch, Karen Horney, Anna Freud, and Melanie Klein.