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PANKHURST, E. Sylvia.
The Suffragette. 1911
£6,000
First edition, second impression (June 1911; first impression, May 1911). Signed on the front flyleaf by Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughters Christabel and E. Sylvia, the book's...
Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in white and blocked in gilt with a portcullis design with a superimposed triangular device... Read more
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1792
£3,750
Second edition of the first great feminist treatise. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) argued in her groundbreaking manifesto, with its deliberate echo of Tom Paine, that the...
Octavo. Original buff backed blue boards, remnants of ink title to backstrip, uncut. Housed in blue, leather entry slipcase and chemise. Deckle edges a little rough,... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando. A Biography. 1928
£1,750
First edition, first impression. A lovely copy in a superb example of the dust jacket.
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper. Spotting to edges, endpapers toned, three... Read more
WISTER, Mrs. O.J. [Sarah Butler Wister] & Miss Agnes Irwin. [eds.]
Worthy women of our first century. 1877
£650
First edition. This copy with the bookplate of Butler Place to the front pastedown, and the publisher's presentation inscription; "Mrs. Owen J. Wister with respects of the...
Octavo. Original maroon sand-grained cloth, title gilt to the spine, decoration in black to the boards, brown surface-paper endpapers. A little rubbed, short split... Read more
MORE, Hannah.
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. 1799
£650
First edition of Hannah More's definitive work on women's education. The leading bluestocking of her generation, Hannah and her four sisters were educated so as to earn a living for...
2 volumes, octavo (193 × 120 mm). Contemporary half calf, smooth spine with wide gilt bands, three compartments with geometric design in blind, double red morocco... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
A Room of One's Own. 1929
£525
First US edition, first printing. Originally published in the UK in the same year.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Spine a little faded and rubbed at the extremities, spine titles dulled, contents lightly... Read more
STRACHEY, [Rachel] Ray.
"The Cause." 1928
£300
First edition. Born Rachel Costelloe, Strachey was educated at Newnham and Bryn Mawr, before attending lectures in electrical engineering at Oxford. "In 1909 Ray Costelloe had met...
Octavo. Original brown cloth, title gilt to spine, in dust jacket. Frontispiece and 15 other plates. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper,... Read more
DIXIE, Florence, Lady.
Aniwee; or, The Warrior Queen. 1890
£300
First edition. Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905) was a travel writer, war correspondent, and feminist. She became famous in 1780 with the publication of Across Patagonia, based on...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, floral pattern to spine and upper board in black, maroon endpapers. Frontispiece. Prize bookplate... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Three Guineas. 1938
£250
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Recent full blue morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, marble endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 5... Read more
WILDE, [Jane] Lady.
Social Studies. 1893
£250
First edition, first impression of a book of essays by Lady Jane Wilde, feminist, Irish nationalist, and mother of Oscar Wilde.
Octavo. Original maroon cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, ruling to boards blind stamped, floral printed endpapers. Partially uncut. Boards lightly rubbed,... Read more
CLARK, Alice.
Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century. 1919
£45
First edition.
Octavo. Original blue ribbed cloth, top and bottom edge of sides ruled in blind, spine lettered in green. Ex Boots Library copy with ghost of shield to front side,... Read more
