Woman's Collections
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- Baldur the beautiful [binding]
- Shiny deep red (C13) patterned sand grain cloth; lettering and rule within floral oval border, all within single oval frame, all in gilt; floret and lettering on spine in gilt; t.e.g. H: 17.3 cm.; W: 12.3 cm.; D: 1.3 cm.
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- Ballads of romance and history [binding]
- Moderate brown very fine diagonal rib cloth; central panel ruled in gilt with scroll lettered banner, knight's helmet and lined background, all in black, gilt and silver, dots all around in black; spine lettered in gilt; a.e.g. Patterned stick endpapers in white, gray and black. H: 27.9 cm.; W:21.9 cm.; D: 1.8 cm.
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- Beatrice : a tale founded on facts [binding]
- Light grayish-yellwosh brown paper over boards with faded red calico-texture spine; lettered and ruled paper panel pasted on spine, lettering and rule in black; untrimmed. H: 20.1 cm.; W:12.4 cm.; D: 2.3 cm.
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- Beautiful girlhood [binding]
- Pale blue vertical rib cloth; oval paper onlay portrait of girl surrounded by dark blue ornamental frame, rule under lettering at head, lettering at head and foot in dark blue; spine lettered and ruled in dark blue.
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- Bedouin tribes of the Euphrates [binding]
- Dark greenish blue (C175) diagonal fine rib cloth over bevelled boards; gilt central figure of mounted bedouin; spine lettered in gilt; blind stamped publisher's monogram on back cover; dark bluish gray coated endpapers.
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- Beechenbrook : a rhyme of the war [binding]
- Moderate reddish-brown (C43) patterned sand grain cloth with beveled edges; seated woman leaning on bag on table with standing child, pitcher, can and table in background, lettering with leaves above, all in gilt, all within single ruled blind stamped outer border with decorations blind stamped in corners; outer rule and ornamental designs in corners repeated on back cover, ornamental publisher's device blind stamped in center; decorations and lettering on spine in gilt and reserved moderate reddish-brown. Dark brown coated endpapers. Unsigned, possibly designed by John Feely. H: 18.7 cm.; W:12 cm.; D: 1.7 cm.
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- Before the dawn : a story of Russian life [binding]
- Moderate green cloth; gilt lettering and rule flanked by two flaming gilt torches; motif repeated on spine. H: 20.1 cm.; W: 13.2 cm.; D: 3.1 cm.
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- Before the mirror, or, Sex-laws revealed
- Deep red calico-texture cloth; stamped in black with large art nouveau triple-blossom floral ornament and lettering, all within single rule border; motif repeated on spine in black. H: 18.6 cm.; W: 13.2 cm.; D: 3.4 cm.
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- Bella's blue-book
- Bound in moderate greenish-blue (C173) fine diagonal rib cloth; band of black stylized leaf and flower ornaments stamped diagonally, bands of black dots and floral ornaments at head and foot with rules and inverted "v" borders; spine stamped with black flower and gilt lettering, rules and publisher's device. H: 19.1 cm.; W: 12.9 cm.; D: 2.8 cm.
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- Betty Leicester : a story for girls [binding]
- Moderate yellow-green fine vertical rib cloth; gilt stylized flower and lettering, signed "SW" within heart, i.e. Sarah Wyman Whitman; motif repeated on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed. H: 15.6 cm.; W:11.7 cm.; D: 2.3 cm.
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- Beulah [binding]
- Dark grayish-green calico texture cloth; white lettering and ornament in upper panel within black and yellow rules frame and outer black ornamental grillwork, lower panel with 3 black and yellow stylized flowers and ornamental grillwork, all within yellow and black rule border; spine with alternating black spear and ball tip pickets, black and yellow floral ornament, white and black lettering and yellow, black and white rules. H: 19.3 cm.; W: 12.7 cm.; D: 3.5 cm.
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- Beyond the gates [binding]
- Moderate yellow green (C120) very fine diagonal rib cloth; triple panel across front cover and spine, upper panel with 18 dark red wavy lines and gilt butterfly, center panel with dark red lettering, horizontal rules and upper border of dark red-bordered thick gilt rule, lower panel with dark red lettering and single rule borders; upper spine panel with dark red wavy lines, center panel lettered in gilt, lower panel in dark red; grayish-yellow green coated endpapers. H: 18.3 cm.; W: 12.2 cm.; D: 2.4 cm.
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- Biographies of good wives [binding]
- Deep green (C142) diagonal dot-and-ribbon grain cloth; front and rear covers stamped in blind with publisher's monogram in oval floral frame at center, thick and thin rules border with ornaments at inside corners; gilt lettering, swelled rule and floret on spine; pale yellow endpapers. H: 18.3 cm.; W: 12 cm.; D: 2.3 cm.
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- Bits of talk about home matters [binding]
- Moderate reddish-brown (C43) pebble grain cloth; lettering in center in gilt with decorative rules and borders blind stamped around; front cover repeated on back cover; motif repeated on spine, lettered in gilt; red edges. Dark brown coated endpapers. H: 15 cm.; W: 11.2 cm.; D: 2 cm.
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- Bits of travel at home [binding]
- Very dark green sand grain cloth; blind stamped decorations, flowers, and rules all over, lettered in center in gilt; front cover repeated on back cover without lettering; motif repeated on spine in blind and gilt; all edges red. Gray and blue endpapers with floral and leaf design in brown. H: 15 cm.; W: 11.2 cm.; D: 2.6 cm.
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- Bobbie : a story of the Confederacy [binding]
- Three quarter bound in white calico-texture cloth, other quarter in paper; color illustrated paper with saluting solder holding horse with tents and Confederate flag in background with floral designs around, lettering and floral and ribbon designs on cloth part in gilt. H: 21.1 cm.; W: 16 cm.; D: 1 cm.
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- Book of etiquette [binding]
- Dark blue (C183) dotted line cloth; cover stamped with overall gilt rose design with central diamond within rectangular panel, gilt lettering, signed with intersecting "D"s, i.e. Decorative Designers; motif repeated on spine; cover design repeated on endpapers in dark blue.
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- Book of etiquette [binding]
- Dark blue (C183) dotted line cloth; gilt lettering and floral border, signed with intersecting "D"s, i.e. Decorative Designers; motif repeated on spine; floral design repeated on endpapers in dark blue.
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- Book of flowers : Flora and Thalia, or, Gems of flowers and poetry : being an alphabetical arrangement of flowers, with appropriate poetical illustrations, embellished with coloured plates [binding]
- Dark red (17) sand grain sheep; embossed leaf design and lyre; double rule border, with added floral border along spine on front and back covers; embossed floral panels on spine with gilt title; a.e.g.; yellow coated endpapers. Covers and spine stamped "Gaskill Phila" in lower corners and upper spine panel respectively.
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- Books and my food :
- Quarter bound in deep red (C13) calico-texture cloth; tan paper sides printed in black with owl on branch, two running hares and lettering; tan paper spine label with black lettering and rules; untrimmed. H: 18.8 cm.; W: 12.4 cm.; D: 2.1 cm.
