Tribulà diari di donne ;
Milano: Rosellina Archinto, 1987. Octavo in off-white illus wraps ; 92 p. In Italian. Uncommon. Women in Italy, More
Women
Women's Ideal Liberation :; Islamic Versus Western Understanding
Saudi Arabia: Abul-Qasim Publishing House, 1998. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Orange octavo; 150 p. In English with a few phrases in Arabic. || Islam; Women; Laws. More
Amor-atados
Tlaxcala: Instituto Tlaxcalteca de Cultura ; Puebla, Puebla [Mexico] ; Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla, 2002. First edition (stated). Paperback. Octavo in purple, pink and white wraps; 61 p. ; 19 cm. Love poems by this Mexican woman poet. In Spanish. Uncommon. 1,000 copies printed of this first edition. Coleccion Los..... More
Ortulemeyen sorun basortusu :; temel boyutlari ile Turkiyede basortusu yasagi sorunu
Istanbul: Akder yayinlari, 2008. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black octavo; 238 p ; 21 cm. In Turkish. || Women -- Turkey -- Social conditions; Islamic cothing. More
I sweep the sun off rooftops ;; stories by Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham.
New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1998. First U.S. edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Octavo in multi-color blue and orange decorated wraps; 267 p. ; 21 cm. A paperback original. Short Stories by this Lebanese woman writer now living in London. Hana al-Shaykh also wrote: Women of Sand and..... More
Gabriela Mistral; por Alone [pseud.]
Santiago, Chile: Nascimento, 1946. Hardcover. Small quarto / large octavo custom bound in full red-brown calf with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers ; 111 p. illus. 23 cm. Uncommon thus, in full customer sewn leather binding. In Spanish. "La divina Gabriela, por Virgilio Figueroa": p. 43-52./..... More
Mujeres de conciencia = Women of conscience
Mountain View, CA: Floricanto Press, 2007. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Folio in grey DJ; xv, 181 p, b&w portraits ; 32 cm. Pamphlet included. || In Spanish & English. || Hispanic American women -- California -- Pictorial works. More
Frauen in altsumerischer Zeit
Malibu: Undena Pub. 1985. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Red quarto; xxii, 223 p, b&w illus, xxxii. In German. || Women; Ancient History; Sumerian period. More
Break the chains! :; unleash the fury of women as a mighty force for revolution
Chicago: RCP Publications, 1986. Second printing. Paperback. White octavo, 30 p, [1] b&w illus ; 22 cm. Women and socialism. || Sans DJ. More
Heavenly beauties
New York: Amphoto Books, 2005. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Quarto in b&w DJ (brownish-black spine); 190 p, b&w illus ; 28 cm. In English; Letters about the photographer's work in English and one in Spanish. || Photography; Women; Nude. More
Wings of gauze; women of color and the experience of health and illness
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993. Paperback. Paperback small quarto. 393 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: My guardian spirits / Ama R. Saran -- Cracking the skull, mending the soul : Sonia Sanchez's role as teacher/healer/poet / Frenzella Elaine De Lancey -- Madame Neau : the practice of ethno-psychiatry in..... More
The rose door
Chicago: C.H. Kerr, 1911. First ed., presumed. Hardcover. Octavo in dark green illus cloth; 202 p. incl. front., plates. 20 cm. Scarce thus. // Prostitution -- Fiction. More
Claretta. Profilo di Clara Patacci e dei suoi tempi
Milano: Sugar, N.D. Hardcover. Octavo in purple and white photo illus dust jacket, 190 p. : ill. In Italian. Uncommon. Biographies. Patacci (Clara) ; Claretta Petacci. Mistress of Mussolini. More
Ruth Bernhard :; the eternal body : a collection of fifty nudes
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994; 1986. Fourth Print. Paperback. Large silver octavo ; 24 p., 50 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 x 32 cm. Photography of the nude -- Art -- Women -- United States. More
Women and property in China : 960-1949
Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press, 1999. Paperback. Octavo in glossy pale orange and black wraps; viii, 236 p. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and index. Series: Law, society, and culture in China. || Women Studies; East Asian Studies; Inheritance and succession -- China -- History. Women -- Legal..... More
Anorexia : poems
San Francisco: Five Fingers Poetry, 1985. Paperback. Octavo in white printed wraps; 27 p. ; 23 cm. Inscribed by the poet. || "A collection of sixteen poems describing a young girl's struggle with the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. " || Anorexia nervosa -- Poetry. Eating disorders -- Poetry. American poetry..... More
Diccionario de actrices del cine argentino, 1933-1997
Buenos Aires: Corregidor, 2008. Second edition. Paperback. Octavo in offwhite illus coated paper wraps; 255 p. : b&w illus. ; bibliographical references (p. [13]-16).23 cm. In Spanish. Motion picture actors and actresses -- Argentina -- Biography -- Dictionaries -- Spanish. Actresses -- Biography -- Argentina -- Dictionaries -- Spanish. Filmschauspielerin..... More
Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Blue octavo; ix, 298 p ; 24 cm. Contents: Molestiae nuptiarum and the Yahwist creation --; Early Christianity and the estheticization of gender --; "Devil's gateway" and "Bride of Christ" -- Poetics of virginity --; Old..... More
Guarding the moon : a mother's first year
New York: HarperResource, 2003. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Small octavo in pale creme illus DJ with maroon spine; 182 p. ; 19 cm. Signed and inscribed by the author. Meditations on the anxieties and elations of the author's first year of motherhood. || Authors, American --..... More
Damned if we do; contradictions in women's health care
North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Paperback light blue octavo. xx, 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Author inscribed on title page. || Women's health services -- Australia. Women -- Health and hygiene -- Community Health Centers. Delivery of Health Care. More
Femophobia :; how women have become men ; on the fear of fat, fear of the feminie and the collapse of society
Kidron, Israel: Tovi Browning International Centre, 2005. First English language edition. Paperback. White octavo, 272 pages ; 22 cm. Femininity, Gender identity, Women -- Social conditions. || Very scarce. More
The Virgin of Chartres :; an intellectual and psychological history of the work of Henry Adams
Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Black-cloth octavo; 194 p, front b&w portrait; 22 cm. Women in literature; Historians -- United States -- Biography. More
Divorcio e separacao
Sao Paulo: Editora Revista dos Tribunais, 2002. 10a. ed. rev. e atualizada de acordo com o novo Código civil. Hardcover. Quarto in glossy illus paper boards; 1376 p. ; 24 cm ; bibliographical references (p. [1365]-1376). In Portuguese. || Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Brazil. Separation (Law) -- Brazil..... More
Mujeres en las Minas de Bolivia; Serie "Protagonistas de la Historia."
La Paz: Ministerio de Desarollo Humano, 1997. 1st edition. Oblong lg. Octavo, illus sw, 180p, photos, bibl. More
Camera obscura :; a journal of feminism and film theory : Volumes 3-4, 5, 6, and 7
Berkeley, California: Camera Obscura, 1979. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. White octavos, 247 pages, 118 p, 155 p, 152 p, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. 5 issues in 4 volumes. || Volume publication dates: 1979, 1980, 1980, and 1981. || Feminism and motion pictures -- Periodicals. ||..... More