First Edition. An important work in the history of gynecology and feminism—a scientific argument by one of the first American women doctors against the standard prescription of total rest for women during their periods. This medical practice sidelined middle- and upper-class women for several days each month (poor women have.....

35 pages. 7-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches. Edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Poems, mimeographed from typescript on off-white paper from the design and illustrations of Hiram Aguiar. While many Ediciones Vigía books have uniform borders around the text, this book has unique vignettes on each page. OCLC: DEIAI DLC EEM.....

First Edition. Correct first edition (first printing), preceding the US edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author with her true name, "Ruth Rendell as [Barbara Vine] To Stephen Gould with best wishes." The recipient was Stephen Jay Gould, the noted American paleontologist.....

First Edition. An anthology of poems suitable for children by writers from 68 countries. Nye, a distinguished poet who is currently the poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine, is of Palestinian and European-American heritage. She is also the Poetry Foundation's poet laureate for children's poetry. First edition (first printing).....

First Edition. xvii, 327 pages including the index. This book "brings together the most important essays and reviews of Corliss Lamont in the areas of humanist philosophy, civil liberties, world peace, and socialism"—dust jacket. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a like dust jacket; some dampstaining to.....

First Edition. [32] pages. A short story, illustrated here by Catherine Deeter, and published as a children's picture book. The story follows a Mr. Sweet, who always is always on the verge of dying, only to be revived by a little girl. At the end of the story, the girl.....

First Edition. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Sánchez's first book, a key collection of poetry from the Chicano Movement. Sánchez spent most of the 1960s in prison where he earned his GED and began writing. He later went on to receive a doctorate and became one of the leading figures in.....

First Edition. 284 pages. A collection of short stories with outlandish premises (dating among computer icons, humans copulating with fire, etc.). First edition (stated, with numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed to fellow weird SF writer Neal Barrett, Jr.: "for Neal with gratitude.....

First Edition. Poems; the author's second full-length collection. Nemerov served as US poet laureate and his collected poems won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. 83 pages. First edition (stated). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket (light shelf wear). This copy is inscribed.....

First Edition. 255 pages. A collection of book review essays from the New York Review of Books. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. This is an unusual copy as it is inscribed TO Gould, from the Russian-British historian and philosopher Isaiah Berlin: "To the.....

First Edition. [16] pages. A long poem inspired by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, and the Bible. One of 485 copies (the first 40 were signed by the author). First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). This is copy 93 of 485. This copy is inscribed by Bradbury to.....