What Can a Woman Do: Or, Her Position in the Business and Literary World
by Martha Louise Rayne
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Unjacketed
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
ca 1893 hardcover as pictured. A nicely done volume discussing skilled occupations open to women at the turn of the last century by noted journalist Martha Woodworth Raynes. Also includes many illustrations and selections of prose and poetry by women authors. Binding is intact. Maroon cloth boards with black and gold stamping are rubbed and soiled with light edge wear. Decorative endpapers with tape reinforced hinges. Front hinge is lightly cracked. Head and tail bands. Edges of text block marbled. Text is lightly tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3008
- Title
- What Can a Woman Do
- Author
- Martha Louise Rayne
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eagle Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Petersburgh
- Date Published
- ca 1893
- Pages
- 528 plus a 24 p illustrated poem at rear
- Size
- 6x8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Women's Studies, Feminism, Journalism, Sexism, Paternalism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies; Feminism; Journalism;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
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- Tail
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