WOMEN A Book, then a Movie — A Woman Writer's
ROMANTIC
Fairy Tale
Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell. Molly make-believe. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1931. 8vo. [8], 154, [4] pp.
• Publisher's half blue morocco over lighter blue cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt. A fine copy. (24546)
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Angney, Lydia F. California and other poems. Gilroy, CA: Pr. for the author by A.C. Eaton, 1900. 8vo. 96 pp.
“Californianum”
— this copy with a laid-in slip of paper reading, “Christmas Greeting
to Frank & Annie, from Aunt Lydia.”
Lydia Francis Witham Angney authored two volumes of poetry, both published
in Gilroy, the home of the annual Garlic Festival, and endured a long widowhood
following the death of er husband W. Z. Angney. W.Z. served in the Mexican War
and played a major role in the U.S. occupation of New Mexico and in the territorial
government, then moved on to California, settling in Gilroy to raise tree fruit
in his orchards, but being sent to the state senate and called on by the governor
for other civic duties. He died in January 1878.
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Ah, Sweet Cynicism Antrim, Minna Thomas. Phases mazes and crazes of
love. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1904. 12mo. 150 pp.; illus.
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illustrated in green and black by Clara Elsene Park. Antrim was
the author of Don'ts for Girls: A Manual of Mistakes, Naked Truth
and Veiled Allusions, and A Mimic's Calendar.
Binding: Publisher's color-printed paper–covered boards, cloth joints; unusual for the way that the sewing decoratively knotted through the spine.
• Light signs of wear to hinges and extremities, overall clean
and attractive. Pages slightly age-toned. 
A witty little thing, in construction as well as sentiments.
(26752)
“Aristotle's Master Piece”: Virginity, Copulation, & Generation Aristotle, pseud. The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher. In four parts ... A new edition. New England: Pr. for the proprietor, 1806. 12mo (18.1 cm, 7.15"). 270 pp.; illus.
Following the obstetrical “Master Piece” portion (which includes a brief “Family Physician” section as well as “The Experienced Midwife”) are “Aristotle's Book of Problems, with other Astronomers, Astrologers, Philosophers, Physicians, &c.” and “Aristotle's Last Legacy, Unfolding the Mysteries of Nature in the Generation of Man.”
• Shaw & Shoemaker 9860; Austin, Early American Medical Imprints, 75; Bibliotheca Osleriana 1836 (for first ed.). Not in Sabin. Period-style quarter tan cloth with light blue paper–covered sides, spine with printed paper label. Title-page mounted. Early pencilled ownership inscription along one inner margin. Pages browned and stained, with occasional chipped edges. One leaf with lower outer corner torn away, affecting a few words; last leaf with small repair at upper inner corner, with loss of several letters. (25215)
Jane Austen's Works — A Handsome,
Limited Edition
Illustrated by the Brock Brothers Austen, Jane. The novels and letters of Jane Austen. New York & Philadelphia: Frank S. Holby, 1906. 8vo. 12 (of 12) vols. I: Frontis., [6], vii–lix, [6], 255 pp.; 5 plts. II: Frontis., [8], 302 pp.; 6 plts. III: Frontis., [4], v–vii, 3–283 pp.; 5 plts. IV: Frontis., [8], [3]–299 pp.; 5 plts. V: Frontis., [4], v–vii, [5], 338 pp.; 5 plts. VI: Frontis., [8], 347 pp.; 5 plts. VII: Frontis., [6], vii–viii, [4]–339 pp.; 5 plts. VIII: Frontis., [8], 359 pp.; 5 plts. IX: Frontis., [4], v–viii, [4]–338 pp.; 5 plts. X: Frontis., [4], vii–viii, [4]–362 pp.; 5 plts. XI: [10], 3–392 pp.; 3 plts. XII: Frontis., [8], 3–393 pp.; 3 plts. (1 fold.).
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PRB&M offers a small prize to anyone who can, without looking anything up,
69 plates, including a wonderful series of color drawings to accompany the text, done by the brothers Charles Edmond and Henry Matthew Brock, this isadditionally embellished with portraits of the author, pictures of her residences in Bath and Winchester, a view of her burial place inside Winchester Cathedral, a facsimile autograph letter, and a facsimile title-page of the first edition of Sense and Sensibility. Each plate is accompanied by a protective tissue guard, printed with a descriptive caption in red ink. Title-pages are printed in red and black, and each has its own unique engraved vignette. 
The delights in this production abound. On the whole, very satisfying!
• Publisher's brown cloth, spines with brown paper label; several labels with ssmall brown spots, cracks, and edge chips, not too conspicuous and not affecting printing. Two leaves (pp. 343–346 of vol. X) detached from binding; long tear down center of pp. 283/284 (vol. IV), without loss of text; except for two leaves with some offsetting from laid-in scrap of paper, interiors clean. Outer and lower edges deckle, with a few signatures opened unevenly and some unopened. A very good set. (24537)
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Fanny & Friends for
AMERICANS Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park: A novel. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. 2 vols. I: 200 pp. (lacking 4 pp. of prelim. adv.). II: 204 pp.
Click the interior images for enlargements. Uncommon: Only 10 U.S. institutions report holding copies; one guesses that most have had them for quite some time.
• Checklist American Imprints 11021. Recent quarter red calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels. Four pages of preliminary advertising lacking (only). Moderate to heavy foxing without apparent weakening to paper or harm to reading; pages clean otherwise. (20926)
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