Women from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

[New Britain, Connecticut]: [The Visiting Nurse Association of New Britain], (n. d.), circa 1920s. Good+. 3-1/2 x 6 inches. Small card, printed on both sides. White clay-coated stock printed in black, with b&w halftone illustration to recto of a nurse standing in a doorway. Light wear and soiling. Promotional card providing the contact details for the Visiting Nurse… Read more about this item

[San Francisco]: National Woman's Party, (n. d.), circa 1939. Good. 3 x 5 inches. Small ticket printed recto only on white stock. Creasing; minor edgewear. An invitation ticket to the National Woman's Party booth in the Construction Industries Building at the GGIE. As explained here, the NWP "is a non-partisan, non-profit organization sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment now… Read more about this item

Mounting board 11 x 23 inches; photogram 8 x 20 inches. Large b&w photogram mounted on cream cardstock. Damp staining to photogram edges near center and left side; mounting board stained, damp stained, and darkened, with scraps of paper stuck to side margins and dark paint along sides of photogram -- presumably due to the image having been framed at… Read more about this item

Worcester, MA, Circa 1920. Very Good+. 8.5 x 16 cm. Trade card blotter printed in black on white stock on recto. Incudes a photographic reproduction of the parlor, showing four women seated, another woman at the cash register, and a man, standing. Presuming the ladies-only parlor was set up to guarantee the propriety of the experience for women,… Read more about this item

(n. p.): All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc., 1956. Very Good. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Unpaginated, but 32 pp + typescript acknowledgements slip. Blue stapled wrappers printed in white and gold, b/w illustrations from photographs throughout. Light extremity wear. Program from the 1956 AWTAR, which began at the San Mateo County Airport, in San Mateo, California, and ended at Bishop… Read more about this item

[Buffalo, N.Y.]: [World's Dispensary Medical Association], 1902. Very Good. 14 cm. [18]pp. White self-wrappers printed in black, bound at the top edge. Light wear. Promotional piece for Ray Vaughn Pierce ("an outstanding period example of a man who combined scientific (or quasi-scientific) credentials, remarkable business acumen, an accurate sense of the public temper, and an unabashed capacity for… Read more about this item

[Oakland?]: [Miss America Pageant / Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce], 1970. Good+. 11" x 8-1/2". Unpaginated, approx. 40 pp. Photographically illustrated color wrappers, title printed in black to front cover, stapled. Color illustrations to inside covers, heavily illustrated in b/w throughout. Light soiling and wear to wrappers, short tear to foot of front cover, minor bumping to upper… Read more about this item

New York: Ben Adler Advertising Service, Inc., (1958). Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 31, [1] pp. Black and white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Scuffing to front cover; two short tears to fore-edge of cover and most leaves, not affecting text. Movie tie-in booklet for "The Case of Dr. Laurent," which promoted the then-newfangled techniques of Dr. Fernand Lamaze as well… Read more about this item

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1986. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 64 pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated with b/w photographic images. Light wear. Women's bodybuilding magazine featuring photographic images and profiles of top performers in a number of national contests. Cover image is of Connie McCloskey, rear image of Catherine Butler.Uncommon.

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1984. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 64 pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated with b/w photographic images. Light wear. Women's bodybuilding magazine featuring contest and non-contest images and profiles of top performers in a number of national contests. Front cover features Elaine Craig, rear cover features Jill O'Connor, Deanna Panting and Kathy Illingworth.Uncommon.

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1983. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/2". [40] pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated with b/w photographic images. Light wear. Women's bodybuilding magazine featuring contest and non-contest images and profiles of top performers in a number of national contests. Front cover features Lisa Elliott.Uncommon.

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Bill Jentz, 1986. Near Fine. 11" x 8-1/2". 144 pp. White self-wrappers, heavily illustrated from photographs in b/w. Minor edgewear, else fine. Women's bodybuilding magazine, this the special NPC USA / Nationals Contest Issue. Features photographic images and profiles of the top performers in each category of the contest; cover image is of Tara Dodane.Uncommon.