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Conway, Jill K. with Linda Kealey & Janet E. Schulte. THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE IN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY AMERICA A Guide to the History of American Women. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, (c. 1982) 1985.
PAPER COVERS...Yellow & brown cover is about the weight of posterboard. HISTORY. "This guide to sources in the history of American women from 1740 to 1900 is enriched by fifty-two carefully crafted and informed essays introducing each subsection of the work....the book provides major sections on American culture of the period, industrializatio n and women's work, cutural roles of middle-class women (including women's intellectual work) , women's religious life and reform movements, women and politics, and biology and domestic life. " Index. Numerous bibliographies throughout text. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 290 pages. 0691005990.

First Paperback Edition; First Printing, Trade Paperback, Very Good-; Minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked..

[KW: Jane Addams; Sophonisba P. Breckinridge; Caroline Wells (healey) Dall; CHARLOTTE Perkins Gilman; Julia Ward Howe; William L. O'neill; ALICE Felt Tyler; Mary Wollstonecraft; Ann Douglas Wood;,]

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Lasson, Robert & Sidney Shupak. GLUE IT YOURSELF Woodworking Without Nails. NY: E. P. Dutton, c. 1978.
Binding's upper fore corners are very lightly bumped, otherwise the binding is almost as new. Contents are clean and unmarked. 2" taped tear, top of DJ's front panel, at the spine. Top of DJ's spine is worn/torn, otherwise minor wear & soil on the complete dust jacket. Book has a slight raw wood smell. ; Orange cloth, black lettering. Master finishing chart. Scores of b/w photos & line drawings with measurements. HOUSEHOLD CRAFTS. Shows how to use thin, lightweight materials such as plywood and small-dimension lumber, and join the pieces with glue instead of nails or screws. This book first describes the basic tools and techniques needed for glue-it-yourself work and tells how to make a special safety system for cutting plywood and other materials. Nine handsome projects, with step by step directions for their construction, follow. These include a simple telephone message tray, handy sewing and pencil boxes, an artist's easel, and even an attache case. The last section of the book suggests a variety of ways to apply an attractive, durable finish to your projects. ; 8-1/4 x 10-1/8"; 91 pages. 0525307222.

First Printing, Hardcover, Very Good in Good dust jacket.

[KW: WOODWORKING; Gluing; Glue; CRAFTS Various,]

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Roberts-Goodson, R. Bruce. ILLUSTRATED CUSTOM BOATBUILDING Steel, Glass, Wood. Newport Beach, California: Bruce Roberts International, c. 1978.
Full-color photo cover is about the weight of posterboard. LARGE PAPERBACK. Hundreds of b/w photos & drawings. TECHNICAL. Provides basic information on the varius boatbkuilding techniques to that you should be able to choose the methokd os construction best susited to your abilities, personal desires and requirements. Some chapters: Fiberglass; strip planking; molded play and W. E. S. T. System; plywood decks and superstructure; steel hull and deck construction; aluminum; interior joinery; ballast; fittings; selecting a design; build for less; methods and materials. ; 10-7/8" Tall; 192 pages.

Large paperback, Very Good-; Front cover's upper fore corner is lightly bumped, otherwise very minor wear and soil on sound binding. Upper fore corner of the first few pages are lightly bumped, otherwise contents are cleana and unmarked..

[KW: Boat Building,]

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BRASSEY, Lady: The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the "Sunbeam". Illustrated by R. T. Pritchett and from Photographs. London & New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1889. xxiv, 490 p./XXIV, 490 S., 20 full-page lithographed plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Whymper, J. D. Cooper and G. Pearson, 1 folding coloured map of the author's route and 1 folding coloured map of India. Überaus reich illustriert mit Holzstichen und 20 getönten Lithographien sowie zwei Faltkarten. Blue half-leather. Blaues Halbleder mit farbig marmorierten Deckeln, Vorsätzen und Schnitten.
First edition. The final voyage of Lady Brassey and the "Sunbeam", undertaken for the sake of her health. She died and was buried at sea on 14th September 1887. The present work was compiled from her journals by M. A. Broome and covers her journey from India to Labuan, Brunei, Borneo and the Celebes, on to Australia (which the "Sunbeam" circumnavigated) and then home following her death off the north-west coast of Australia. - The full-page plates and the headings to the chapters are printed in monotone by E. Nister, of Nuremberg. - EA. Erste Ausgabe. Tagebuchaufzeichnungen einer mehrmonatigen Reise auf der Yacht "Sunbeam", während der die Autorin verstarb. - Sehr dekoratives Exemplar, trotz der beriebenen und bestoßenen Ecken und Kanten. (P/c)
[SW: Asien, Australien, Indien, Schiffsreise, Segeln, Weltreise, Frauenreisen, Erstausgabe]

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