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Pre–Civil WarAMERICAN BASEBALL Reference,
withIllustrations of Many Games
Babcock, Sidney.  Juvenile pastimes; or girls' and boys' book of sports. New Haven: S. Babcock, 1849. 16mo (11 cm, 4.3"). 16 pp.; illus.
$1650.00
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Women's Lives . . .
Baird, Robert. Transplanted flowers, or memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff, daughter of John Jacob Astor, Esq. and the Duchess de Broglie, daughter of Madame de Stael. New York: John S. Taylor, 1847. 12mo. Frontis., 159, [1] pp.
$87.50


An “Interesting Female's” ReligionHer Life, Letters, & Example
Barfield, Mary (Samuel Summers, ed.).  Memoirs of the late Mrs. Mary Barfield, of Thatcham; (formerly Miss Summers, of Hammersmith;) with extracts from her correspondence. London: B.J. Holdsworth, 1821. 12mo (19.3 cm, 7.6"). iv, 139, [1] pp.
$450.00


SIGNED Binding by Amy Richards
Barr, Amelia E.  A daughter of Fife. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., (© 1886, but really ca. 1895–1905). 12mo. 335, [1] pp.
$30.00


Beard's Disease”: Nervous Exhaustion in the U.S.
Beard, George M.  American nervousness its causes and consequences. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. 12mo (19.3 cm, 7.55"). Frontis., xxii, 352, [8 (adv.)] pp.
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Decadence in the “Yellow Nineties”
Beardsley, Aubrey, & Henry Harland. The yellow book an illustrated quarterly.  London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane; Boston: Copeland & Day, 1894–97. 4to (21 cm, 8.25). 13 vols. I: 272 pp.; 14 plts. II: 360, [2] pp.; 22 plts. III: 279, [1] pp.; 15 plts. IV: 285, [1] pp.; 17 (1 double) plts. V: 317, [1] pp.; 14 plts. VI: 335, [1] pp.; 16 plts. VII: 318, [2] pp.; 20 plts. VIII: 406 pp.; 26 plts. IX: 256 pp.; 17 plts. X: 344 pp.; 13 plts. XI: 342 pp.; 12 plts. XII: 344 pp.; 14 plts. XIII: 316, [2] pp.; 17 plts.
$1500.00
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Gold & Silver Conversion Tables
  fromthe Press of a Woman Printer
Berdugo, Nicolás.  Reducciones de plata, y oro a las leyes de 11. diner. y 22. quilat. valores de una y otra especie por marcos, onzas, ochav. tomin. y gran. como S. Mag. (que Dios guarde) lo manda en sus novissimas reales ordenanzas, expedidas en 1. de agosto de 1750. Cuyas reducciones, y valores el Excmo. Sr. Conde. de Revilla Gigedo ... mandò imprimir. Mexico: Impr. de Doña Maria de Rivera, 1752. Small 8vo (14.8 cm; 5.875"). [15] ff., 324 pp.
$1450.00
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Poetic Pearls
Bethune, George W., ed. Pearls from the British female poets. New York: World Publishing House, 1876. 8vo (23.8 cm, 9.4"). Frontis., xv, [1], [13]–490 pp.
$250.00


On the Legitimacy ofDivorce
Bèze, Théodore de.  Tractatus de repudiis et divortiis, in quo pleraeque de causis matrimonialibus (quas vocant) incidentes controversiae ex Verbo Dei deciduntur. Additur Iuris Civilis Romanorum, & veterum his de rebus Canonum examen, ad ejusdem Verbi Dei, & aequitatis normam. Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Francisci Moyardi (colophon: Philippi de Croy), 1651. 12mo (12.3 cm, 4.9"). [8], 315, [13 (index)] pp.
$475.00



Sarah Jeaffreson’s Bible
(Bible – Womanly Provenance).   English. 1774. Authorized (i.e., “King James Version”). The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesty’s special command. Oxford: T. Wright & W. Gill, 1774. 12mo (17.5 cm, 6.9"). [840] pp.
$700.00


Saur Psalms 1777 Elizabeth Bernhardin's Copy
Bible.  O.T. Psalms. German. Luther. 1777.  Das kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions. Germantown: Gedruckt bey Christoph Saur, 1777. 8vo (16.7 cm, 6.5"). [6], 572, [22] pp.
$800.00
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First Published Complete Bible Translation by a WOMAN
The “Julia Smith” Bible
  
Bible.  English. 1876. Smith.  The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; translated literally from the original tongues. Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1876. 8vo (25.5 cm, 10"). [2], 892, 276 pp.
$6500.00
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In aSimple & Pleasing Binding
MISS BRACKET'S ETCHINGS
Bible.  English. 1833.  Authorized (i.e., “King James Version”).  The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments:  Translated out of the original tongues...with Canne’s marginal references. Together with the Apocrypha and index...by Hervey Wilbur. New York: N. & J. White, 1833. 4to (28 cm, 11"). [2], 527 (33 numbered as 38), [1], 78, [6 (blank)], 168, 10, [4], 13–30 pp. (lacking final leaf); 4 plts. (lacking frontis. to O.T.)
$475.00


Sarah Leverett'sFrench Bible
 (Bible – Womanly Provenance)Bible.  French. 1839–40. Martin. La Sainte Bible...revue...par David Martin.... New York: Stéréotypé par Henry W. Rees, pour la Société Biblique Americaine, D. Fanshaw, Imprimeur, 1839–40. 8vo. 819 [1 (blank)] pp., 261, [1 (blank)] pp.
$525.00


A Family Bible in anORNATE BindingHarriet's!
(Bible – Womanly Provenance).  Bible.  English. 1850. Authorized (i.e., "King James Version").  The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. New York: American Bible Society, 1850. 4to (27.7 cm, 10.875"). [1] f., 928 pp., [2 (family records)] ff., pp. [929]–[930], 931–1213, [1214].
$550.00


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A Man Scorned? Or One Satirizing a Genre?
Boccaccio, Giovanni.  Laberinto d'amore. Con una epistola a messer Pino de Rossi confortatoria del medesimo autore e di nuovo corretto. [colophon: Vinegia: per Pietro di Nicolini da Sabio, 1536]. Small 8vo (15.5 cm; 6"). 72 ff.
$1600.00
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A Missionary's Melodrama
Boyce, John (a.k.a., Paul Peppergrass).  Mary Lee, or the Yankee in Ireland. Baltimore: Kelly & Piet; Boston: P. Donahoe, 1864. 8vo. Frontis., engr. title-page, 391pp.
$85.00
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Letters to aSister in StockholmA Swedish Feminist
ViewsAmerica
Bremer, Fredrika.  The homes of the New World; impressions of America. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. 12mo (20.2 cm, 7.9"). 2 vols. I: xii, 651, [1 (blank)] pp. II: 654,2 (adv.) pp.
$350.00

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Works of theBrontë Sisters
Brontë, Anne; Charlotte; & Emily.  The Shakespeare Head Brontë. Oxford: Basil Blackwell & Houghton Mifflin Co. (pr. at the Shakespeare Head Press), 1931. 11 vols. 8vo (24 cm, 9.45"). I [Charlotte]: Frontis., x, [2], 312 pp.; 2 plts. II: Frontis., [6], 284 pp.; 2 plts. III: Frontis., [8], 351 pp.; 2 plts. IV: Frontis., [6], 362 pp.; 2 plts. V: Frontis., [8], 319, [1] pp.; 2 plts. VI: Frontis., [6], 313, [1] pp.; 2 plts. VII: Frontis., [10], 283, [1] pp.; 1 plt. I [Anne]: Frontis., [8], 220 pp.; 2 plts. II: Frontis., xi, [1], 282 pp.; 2 plts. III: Frontis., [6], 278 pp.; 1 plt. I [Emily]: Frontis., xii, 385, [1], 9, [1] pp.; 1 plt.
$1500.00
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The lovely illustrations are of real places fictionally transfigured in the novels . . .
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Woman Author / Woman Printer London, 1775
Brook, Mary.  Reasons for the necessity of silent waiting, in order to the solemn worship of God...third edition. London: Mary Hinde, 1775. 8vo (20 cm, 7.9"). [2], 31, [1 (blank)] pp.
$325.00


Design, Beauty, Gout, Tobacco, Chickens”
Browne, Isaac Hawkins.  Poems upon various subjects, Latin and English. London: J. Nourse, 1768. 8vo (24 cm, 9.4"). [10], 160 pp. (frontis. lacking).
$150.00

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Complete Barrett BrowningMiller's “Blue-&-Gold Edition”
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.  Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning from the last London edition, corrected by the author [with] Essays on the Greek Christian poets and the English poets. New York: James Miller, 1866. 12mo (14.4 cm, 5.6"). 5 vols. I: Frontis., 384 pp. II: 408 pp. III: [8], 400 pp. IV: 242, [2 (adv.)] pp. V: 233, [3 (adv.)] pp.
[SOLD]
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Appeal to the House of Lords A Family, Torn
Buckingham & Chandos, Anna Elizabeth Grenville, Duchess of, Respondent. [drop-title] Appeal from the High Court of Chancery. ...Anna Eliza Dutchess of Chandos..., appellant, ...Anna Eliza Brydges [& others]..., respondents. The case of the respondents. [London, 1795]. Folio (45.1 cm, 17.75"). 13, [1] pp. [bound with] Chandos, Anna Eliza Brydges, Duchess of, Appellant. [drop-title] House of Lords. ...Case of the Appellant. [London, 1795]. Very tall folio (45.1 cm, 17.75"). 3, [1], 4 pp.
$200.00


Little Lord Fauntleroy
Burnett, Frances Hodgson.   Little lord Fauntleroy. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1890. 8vo., xi, [1 (blank)], 269, [1] pp.; 14 integral plts. (incl. frontis.), illus.
$150.00


Japan during theYears of Seclusion, for an American Audience
Busk, Mary Margaret, & Philipp Franz von Siebold.  Manners and customs of the Japanese, in the nineteenth century. From the accounts of recent Dutch residents in Japan, and from the German work of Dr. Ph. Fr. von Siebold. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841. 12mo (15.7 cm, 6.2"). Add. engr. t.-p., [2], 298 pp.
$150.00


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