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Sovereign woman versus mere man : a medley of quotations / compiled and arranged by Jennie Day Haines.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Paul Elder 41
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haines, Jennie Day, compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Women.
- Men--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Men.
- Sex differences--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Sex differences.
- Genre:
- Quotations.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vi, [2], 91, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Manufacture:
- San Francisco : The Tomoyé Press.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Paul Elder and Company, Publishers, [1905]
- Contents:
- The title
- Origin
- "The sex"
- Heroines
- A lady
- Types
- Maidenhood
- Spinsters
- Wives
- Widows
- Motherhood
- Young and old
- Love
- Matrimony
- Coquetry
- Cooking
- Servants
- Artists
- Queens
- Stages
- Perfection
- Looks
- Age
- Dress
- Fads
- Sphere
- Fame
- Garrulity
- Nationality
- Goodness
- Badness
- Ways
- Work
- Curiosity
- Tears
- Bashfulness
- Disparagement
- Riches
- Will
- Rights
- The "new woman"
- Shopping
- Patriotism
- Religion
- Finis
- Epitaph on a busy woman
- Epitaph on man.
- Notes:
- Printed on one side of double leaves folded once in Japanese style.
- Frontispiece signed by Gordon Ross.
- The Tomoye Press--verso of title page.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- OCLC:
- 1300711
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