Hobbes, John Oliver [Pearl Craigie or Pearl May Teresa Richards].
A Study in Temptations.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893.

FIRST EDITION, very uncommon. American author, Pearl Craigie (1867 - 1906), published several novels including this one in Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym Library series. She was a popular socialite, kept company with Aubrey Beardsley and was the lover of author, George Moore. Near fine in original beige cloth with green title to spine and front board. Minor foxing to end pages, else the interior is clean. Top edge in gilt. Nice condition. 249 pages plus 8 pages of ads. (#21365)

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Jones, Charlotte Rosalys.
The Hypnotic Experiment of Dr. Reeves and Other Stories.
London and New York: Bliss, Sands and Foster; Brentano's, 1894.

First Edition. Presentation Copy, inscribed on free front endpaper "To the 'Star Barker' of our house, whose sunny nature excuses a dozen faults, and whose tiny, rippling laugh makes serious work impossible - but whom we would not do without - With the fondest love of his mother - The Author," and further inscribed "To Karl Martin, Buffalo, June 20 1901." The recipient of this extravagant inscription was the author's son. Jones was an American writer and this is the uncommon English issue of this book. These five stories are of a science fiction / fantasy nature. Bound in brown cloth with delicate cream and green design of cupids and title and author in gilt. Edges are worn and chipped. Interior pages have some browning along margins. There is some splitting of the signatures but the text block remains solid. In very good condition. 95 pages. (#26512)

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Kinsolving, Sally Bruce.
Depths and Shallows.
Baltimore: The Norman Remington Co., 1921.

First Edition. VERY SCARCE. First Edition. Sally Bruce Kinsolving (1876-1962) was born in Richmond, Virginia. She married the Reverend Arthur Kinsolving, and the couple moved to Baltimore in 1906, when Rev. Kinsolving became rector at Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Kinsolving published her first volume of poetry, Depths and Shallows, in 1921. Other volumes by her included David and Bathsheba, Grey Heather, and Many Waters. Her poems were described by one critic as “beautiful expressions of mental beauty.” Kinsolving was a member of the Poetry Society of America, and she founded the Poetry Society of Maryland in 1923 and served as its president from 1929-38. 12mo. Green paper covered boards with light green title label with green title to front board and to spine. Minor browning to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down. Else is clean and bright. 67 pages. Poetry. Very Good +. (#24625)

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Kinsolving, Sally Bruce.
Many Waters.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1942).

Sally Bruce Kinsolving (1876-1962) was born in Richmond, Virginia. She married the Reverend Arthur Kinsolving, and the couple moved to Baltimore in 1906, when Rev. Kinsolving became rector at Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Kinsolving published her first volume of poetry, Depths and Shallows, in 1921. Many Waters. was published in 1942. Her poems were described by one critic as “beautiful expressions of mental beauty.” Kinsolving was a member of the Poetry Society of America, and she founded the Poetry Society of Maryland in 1923 and served as its president from 1929-38. Very good in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor browning and foxing to end pages. Interior is clean and bright. Very good price clipped green and grey illustrated dust jacket with white title to front ad spine panels. Minor fading to spine panel and minor chipping and creasing to edges of dust jacket. 203 pages. Poetry. Very Good. (#28083)

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McSeveney, Angela.
Slaughtering Beetroot.

Mariscat Press, 2008.

Paperback. Signed by the author. In side-stapled cream paper wrappers with purple title to front cover. Minor wear / light soiling to covers. Clean interior. 31 pages. Very Good. (#34997)

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Morgan, Mrs. Lyttleton F.
Poems.
Baltimore: D.H. Carroll, 1888.

EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE. Susan Rigby Dallam Morgan was the wife of Reverend Lyttleton F. Morgan, who was a long-time board member of what was originally the Centenary Biblical Institute (founded 1867), and was renamed to Morgan College in 1890 in his honor after he gave a large endowment to the institution. Susan Morgan died in 1887. The volume is a memorial tribute produced by her husband, with a memoir written by Reverend Morgan. It was printed for private circulation. The poems are predominantly religions in nature. There are two handwritten inscriptions on the front free flyleaf. The first states "Received this book from Dr. Morgan at whose house I was very often the guest of himself and his estimable wife." It is undated and unsigned. The second is a note of transfer of the book in 1930. Octavo. Top edge of pages in gilt. Minor rubbing to exterior and bumping to corners and spine ends especially to the foot of spine. Gift inscription, and the following comment: Received this book from Dr. Morgan at whose home I was very often the guest of himself and his estimable wife. Else is clean and bright. 336 pages. Poetry. POE2/9010. Very Good. (#7326)

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Nesbit, E [Edith].
The Literary Sense.
London: Methuen and Co., 1903.

8vo. First Edition. A collection of short stories. Nesbit is best known for her children's books; however, she was also an accomplished poet. She has been cited as the creator of children's fantasy and influenced many writers such as P.L. Travers (Mary Poppins). A political activist, she co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organization.

Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Spine has faded to pink; there are also stripes of fading to front board. Attractive bookplate to front pastedown of Max L. Smyth. Foxing to end pages, else very clean and bright. 299 pages plus 40 pages of ads. Very Good. (#19738)

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Orczy, Baroness Emmuska.
The Emperor's Candlesticks.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1899.

First edition. This is the second book (and first novel) by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, which first appeared as a play in 1903 and was later released as a novel. This book is a tale of jewels, intrigue, and high Russian society. It is scarce in this condition. The author, Baroness Orczy (1865 - 1947), was born in Hungary and grew up in London. Very good plus in original tan cloth boards with brown title to spine and front board. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Light rubbing to boards. A few spots of foxing to the interior, else very clean. Bookplate of book collector, Mark Samuels Lasner, is tipped in on the front pastedown. 288 pages. Very Good. (#21603)

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Pfeiffer, Emily.
Quarterman's Grace and Other Poems.
London: C. Kegan Paul and Co., 1879.

Scarce first edition. Presentation copy to Lewis Campbell: "Professor Lewis Campbell from his friend the author, January 17th 1879." Campbell (1830 - 1908) was a professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. English author, poet, and philanthropist Emily Pfeiffer (1827 - 1890) was self educated as her family did not have enough money to send her to school. Upon her death, she left most of her acquired property and assets to establish an orphanage for girls and to be used to promote women's education. This volume includes Pfeiffer's original poetry and her translations of work by the German poet, Heinrich Heine. She also reprints her poem 'Madonna Dunya,' which first appeared in 'Contemporary Review' and she defends it against the accusation that it was not an original piece, but rather a translation from a Russian saga. Very good in original green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Black decorative border to boards and spine. Cloth along top of both hinges is split about an inch and interior hinges are cracked. Wear and rubbing to edges, corners, and boards. The interior is clean overall with a few small spots of foxing and corrections in pen to pages 45, 47, and 113, which appear to be in the author's hand. 144 pages plus 40 pages of advertisements. Very Good. (#28982)

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Riley, Denise.
Stair Spirit.
Cambridge: Equipage, 1992.

Paperback. VERY SCARCE. Denise Riley (1948-) is a British poet and writer educated at Cambridge and Oxford. Her works blend philosophy and feminism with lyric. Her first published poetry collection was Marxism for Infants (1977). Her latest collection Say Something Back (2016) was nominated for a Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection. Riley’s nonfiction works include War in the Nursery: Theories of the Child and Mother (1983) and Feminism and the Category of Women in History (1988). She has been A. D. White professor-at-large at Cornell University and writer-in-residence at the Tate Gallery and is currently professor of poetry and history of ideas at the University of East Anglia. Stair Spirit is a collection of poems from the middle of her writing career. Blue side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Sunning to edges of wrappers, spot of soiling to front wrappers, and minor rubbing. Clean, bright interior. Unpaginated [16 pages]. Very Good. (#33117)

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Sangster, Margaret E., Jr.
Friends O' Mine. A Book of Poems and Stories.
New York: The Christian Herald, 1914.

SCARCE. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Margaret E. Sangster, Jr., (approx. 1890-1981) was a writer of verse, novels and radio scripts for more than half a century. She wrote many popular dramatic and soap-opera scripts, especiallyfor the ABC radio network, including ''My True Story,'' ''Light of the World,'' and ''Whispering Streets''. Sangster, Jr. began writing as a teen-ager, contributing poetry to the magazine Christian Herald, and she was a war correspondent for the magazine during World War I. She wrote a monthly column for the Christian Herald for nearly 50 years. After leaving the Christian Herald, she became managing editor of Photoplay magazine and also contributed to Cosmopolitan, Redbook and McCalls. Sangster was the granddaughter of Margaret E. Sangster (1838-1912), also an American poet, author, and editor, whose works frequently focused on Christian themes. This volume of prose and poetry by Sangster, Jr. was issued in 1914, when she was in her early 20s, and just 2 years after her grandmother's death. According to the preface, some of the material was previously published in the Christian Herald and the New York Times. 8vo. Olive green cloth boards with black title to spine and front board. Wear/minor fraying to spine ends and minor rubbing to front board. Minor wear to edges and corners. Minor fading to spine. Interior is very clean with tight binding. 236 pages. Very Good. (#16521)

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Taylor, U. Ashworth.
Knight Asrael and Other Stories.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1889.

Scarce. First edition of her first book for children, with 14 fantasy stories. A Presentation Copy, inscribed "Florence O'Gorman from Una Taylor" with the recipient's attractive bookplate on front pastedown. Una Taylor (1857-1922) was one of three daughters of the poet and dramatist Henry Taylor. The three daughters were also all writers. They had many illustrious family friends, including Carlyle, Steveson, and Tennyson. Una never married and lived with her sister Ida until her death. This book was written for children, but a contemporary critic at The Spectator wrote that her stories were "of a kind to be appreciated by the elders rather than the younger folk, although some are more appropriate than others. " The book is in the publisher's original bright blue cloth with gilt title, author, and illustration to front cover. Light bumping to corners. Large (but light) dampstain to rear board and minor bubbling to rear pastedown. No interior dampstaining. Interior pages are clean, with handsome initial letter and ornament at the beginning of each story. a.e.g. A nice copy in very good condition. 240 pages. Very Good. (#27811)

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Unknown.
Working Women's Health Concerns: A Gender at Risk? A BNA Special Report.
Washington DC: The Bureau of National Affairs, 1989.

Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Published 1989, this book includes fascinating data on women in the workplace in including womens rights, safety issues in the workplace specific to women, stress factors affecting women, PMS in the workplace, relevant court cases, and clinical case studies. At the time of publication the top female-dominated occupations by percentage of total workforce (based on data from 1987) were: secretaries, Pre-K and K teachers, dental assistants, receptionists, dental hygenists, licensed practical nurses, child care workers, teachers aides, dressmakers, typists, book keepers, and telephone operators.

According to the introduction: "More women face increasing dangers from workplace health hazards than ever before. That's the basic conclusion of this BNA special report. According to exclusive BNA interview with leaders of national women's organizations, stress is the most serious hazard faced by working women, followed by Video Display Terminal (VDT) related aliments and chemical reproductive hazards. Several women's organizations cite the rigors of balancing work and family demands as teh major stress culprit. A number of women's representatives predict that the Bush Administration will devote the same amount of attention to the issue of working women's health as the Reagan Administration - not very much ... No one can say as a sweeping generalization that working women are 'a gender at risk.' But, there is, as they say in the law, a 'clear and present danger.' As we head into the 1990s, the issue will be of paramount concern to both men and women."

White and yellow illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor creasing and rubbing to wrappers. 267 pages + about 150 pages of appendix.Very Good+. (#31067)

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Ward, Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Arnold).
Sir George Tressady.
London: Smith, Elder, 1896.

Mary Augusta Ward, née Arnold, (1851-1920) was a preeminent Victorian and Edwardian novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. Her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold. Ward's novels contained strong religious subject matter relevant to Victorian values. She was popular in the United States as well as Britain. Her book Lady Rose's Daughter was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1903, as was The Marriage of William Ashe in 1905. Ward's most popular novel was the religious "novel with a purpose" Robert Elsmere. Sir George Tressady was her 7th novel. It was originally published as a serial from 1895 to 1896. This is the FIRST TRADE EDITION and is a PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to the author's younger sister "E.M. Arnold with the writer's love." Ethel Margaret Arnold planned a stage career and had literary ambitions, later becoming known as a "New Woman Journalist." Her relationship with Ward was difficult, but she served as the model for Alice, the heroine's mentally unstable 'manic sister', in Eleanor (1900). This novel is somewhat of a sequel to Marcella as its heroine is a central character in this novel as the married Lady Maxwell. Tressady, the title character is a married baronet who falls in love with Marcella. Octasvo. Original green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and black title to front board. Joints are tender, spine is rubbed and worn, and corners are bumped. There are a few small dark spots to the rear board. There is minor browning to the endpapers, else the interior is clean. 571 pages plus ads. Very Good. (#17406)

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