WOMEN'S

[Pamphlet; women] Report of the Women's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Service Problem together with Reports by Sub-committees on Training, Machinery of Distribution, Organisation and Conditions. ('Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majes

Author: 
[The Women's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Service Problem (London)]
Publication details: 
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1919.
£45.00

36pp., 8vo. Stapled, good condition. Four copies on COPAC.

[Book; women] Report of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry. (Appendices printed in separate Volume.) ('Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.'

Author: 
[The War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry (London)]
Publication details: 
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1919.)
£40.00

x + 341pp., 8vo. In blue printed wraps. With stained title and wraps repaired with brown paper, otherwise in fair condition, lightly aged and worn.

[Pamphlet; education] [The Federation of University Women, 11 Tavistock Square, W.C.1 (London)] - Annual Report July 1st, 1917.

Author: 
[The Federation of University Women]
Publication details: 
London: Women's Printing Society, 1918
£56.00

35pp., 12mo. Heavily worn, with punch-hole in corner. No copy on COPAC.

[Pamphlets; girls' education] The Girls' Public Day School Trust, Limited (London) Reports and other material

Author: 
[The Girls' Public Day School Trust, Limited (London)]
Publication details: 
1892-1949
£650.00

57 items, comprising: ONE. Run of 56 issues of the Trust's reports, 1892-1949 (lacking issues for 1906, 1922, 1931). Each issue designed to be foldable like a deed into a narrow packet, with title printed at right angles to text for purpose. Until 1939 foolscap 8vo, varying in length from 12pp. to 8pp., and stapled; from 1940 shorter in length but still foolscap 8vo, except for four issues from 1943 to 1946, which are each 4pp, landscape 12mo. Title and layout altering as run proceeds.

[Pamphlets] [The Association of Head Mistresses, 29 Gordon Square, London (Misses R. Young, M. E. Martin and G. Durden Smith, secretaries)] - 26 items, 1923-1957.

Author: 
[The Association of Head Mistresses]
Publication details: 
1923-1957
£400.00

Comprising: ONE. An unbroken run of 18 issues of the Association's reports from 1923 to 1940, with the three issues for 1945, 1953-1954 and 1956-1957 (including a duplicate of the 1931 issue. TWO. Four issues of 'List of Members, Committees and Representatives' (each including 'Proceedings of Annual General Meeting'), 1938-1939, 1939-1940, 1949-1950 and 1951-1952. All 26 items published by the Association of Head Mistresses, 29 Gordon Square, WC1 [London]. 1923-1957.

[Pamphlets] The Association of Assistant Mistresses in Public Secondary Schools, 29 Gordon Square, London] - 16 items, 1897-1934.

Author: 
[The Association of Assistant Mistresses in Public Secondary Schools]
Publication details: 
1897-1934
£320.00

Comprising: ONE: Bye-Laws. [1897.] 4pp., 12mo. Stitched into pink printed wraps. With application form (1p., 4to) loosely inserted. Fifteen bye-laws, with manuscript emendations reading 'altered 11.11.05' and 'altered 10.11.06'. TWO: Memorandum and Articles of Association. Registered the 1st Day of December, 1897. Busk, Mellor & Norris, 45 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. (London: Printed by Charles North, The Blackheath Press, S.E.) 31pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. The only copy on COPAC at the London School of Economics.

[Printed] St. Hugh's College, Oxford. Scholarship and Entrance Examinations.

Author: 
[St Hugh's College, Oxford]
Publication details: 
No publication details. [Oxford, c.1916.]
£95.00

4pp., small 4to, stapled top left corner, good condition. The second page is on 'Scholarship Examinations' (referring to an examination to be held in March 1916), and the third on 'Subjects for Examination'. The last page is headed 'Entrance Examination.' Attached to a prospectus (2pp., small 4to) headed 'St. Hugh's College, Oxford.' No publication details. [Oxford, c.1916?] Unfortunate misprint in last sentence: 'Students who have fulfilled certain conditions of residence and examinations ['may' inserted in manuscript here] become members of the College.' No copies on COPAC.

[Pamphlet] St. Hilda's Hall, Oxford. Report 1913-1914.

Author: 
[St Hilda's Hall, Oxford]
Publication details: 
No publication details. [Oxford, 1914.]
£95.00

35pp., 8vo. Stapled. Including a 'Report from Oct. 1913 to Oct. 1914'. Pp.12-35 carry a 'List of Past and Present Students'. No copy on COPAC.

[Pamphlet, annual magazine] St. Hugh's College, Oxford. 1922-3.

Author: 
[St Hugh's College, Oxford]
Publication details: 
No publication details. [Oxford, 1923.]
£95.00

27 + xvii pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. Stapled, good condition.. Containing a 'Report of the Council, June, 1922-May, 1923', lists of council and committee members, and of those to whom degrees have been awarded. Pp.14-27 carry a list of 'Past and Present Undergraduate Members'. Pp.i-xvii is a list of members, with addresses. No copy on COPAC.

[Prospectus] University of Oxford. St. Anne's Society, Musgrave House, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford

Author: 
[St Anne's Society, University of Oxford]
Publication details: 
[Oxford 1947]
£56.00

University of Oxford. St. Anne's Society, Musgrave House, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford. No publication details. [Oxford.] 1947. 2pp., 8vo. Prospectus, divided into sections headed 'The Society', 'Applications', 'Residence' and 'Expenses'. No copy on COPAC.

[Pamphlet] Somerville College, Oxford. Report for the year ending Michaelmas, 1924, and Calendar, 1924-1925.

Author: 
[Somerville College, Oxford]
Publication details: 
Printed by Baxter's Press, Oxford. [1924.]
£95.00

59 + [1]pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps, good condition. Containing a 'General Report for the Year ending Michaelmas, 1924.' Pp.35-55 carry a 'List of Members of the College, November, 1924.' No copy on COPAC.

[Handbill] University of Oxford. St. Anne's Society. Regulations for the Scholarship & Entrance Examination, November, 1949 (for admission October, 1950)

Author: 
[St Anne's Society, University of Oxford]
Publication details: 
. Dated from 'Musgrave House, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford' in 'February, 1949.'
£56.00

4pp., 8vo. Bifolium, fair condition. No copy on COPAC.

[Pamphlet; education] Un Enseignement nouveau. Esquisse d'une instruction pratique et d'une éducation libérale, répondant aux exigences de la vie moderne.

Author: 
[Le Conseil de Perfectionnement des Etudes de l'Ecole Alsacienne]
Publication details: 
(Paris: Typographie A. Davy, 52, Rue Madame. 1898.)
£45.00

31pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps, good condition. The only copies on OCLC WorldCat at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Stanford.

[Pamphlet; women's education] Interim Report of the Sub-committee on the Co-ordination of the Vocational Training of Women.

Author: 
[Ministry of Reconstruction. Women's Advisory Committee (London)]
Publication details: 
(London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1918.)
£35.00

8pp., foolscap 8vo. Stapled. Heavily worn. Three copies on COPAC.

{Pamphlets; women workers] The Papers read at the Conference held in [Portsmouth; Glasgow; Oxford; Hull; London].

Author: 
[National Union of Women Workers (London)]
Publication details: 
Published at the Office of the National Union of Women Workers, Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, SW [London].
£300.00

Five issues, dated 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1915. Ranging from 159 to 237pp., 8vo, each with additional pages of advertisements, and each in red printed wraps. The first two issues in poor condition, with detached signatures and heavily-chipped covers loose. Each volume containing papers from a range of individuals (including the Countesses of Aberdeen and Jersey, Mrs Edwin Gray, Rev.

[Pamphlet; women's education] International Federation of University Women. Bulletin No. 1. Report of the First Conference, July, 1920.

Author: 
[International Federation of University Women (London)]
Publication details: 
(London: John R. Roberts, Printer, 14 Clerkenwell Green, E.C.1. [c.1920.])
£35.00

88pp., 12mo. Printed front cover on blue paper, loose. In poor condition, worn and aged, with damage from rusty staple. No copy on COPAC.

[Pamphlet; education] The Teaching of Infant Care and Management to School Girls. 1925. Board of Education. Circular 1353.

Author: 
[Board of Education (London)]
Publication details: 
(London: Edited and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1925.)
£35.00

14pp., 8vo. In green printed wraps. Stapled, good condition. The only copy on COPAC at Leeds.

[Pamphlet] [Association of German Governesses in England, 16 Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, London, W.] - Twentieth Annual Report. 1896

Author: 
[Association of German Governesses in England]
Publication details: 
1896.
£50.00

. No publication details. 11pp., 12mo. Stapled. Good condition No copy on COPAC.

[Printed British parliamentary paper.] Women in the Civil Service. Copy of Regulations for Competitions governing the Appointment of Women to Situations in the New (Reorganisation) Classes in the Home Civil Service, [...].

Author: 
[Women in the Civil Service, Houses of Parliament, Great Britain, 1921; parliamentary paper]
Publication details: 
Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1921.
£80.00

Full title: 'Women in the Civil Service. Copy of Regulations for Competitions governing the Appointment of Women to Situations in the New (Reorganisation) Classes in the Home Civil Service,and with regard to the Appointment and Employment of Married Women in Established Situations.' 2pp, foolscap 8vo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear to extremities and a couple of small rust stains. Shelfmark, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Four copies lsited on WorldCat, one on COPAC (LSE).

[Printed handbill.] The Burnham Proposals, 1944. Memorandum issued by the National Union of Women Teachers for consideration by - Members of Parliament; and Members of Local Education Authorities.

Author: 
[The National Union of Women Teachers, London; The Burnham Proposals, 1944]
Publication details: 
National Union of Women Teachers, 41 Cromwell Road, S.W.7. ['Temporary War-Time Address - 13 The Uplands, Ruislip, Middlesex.'] J. W. Sparks Limited, The Printing House, Forest Gate, E.7. [1944.]
£50.00

2pp., 8vo. Handbill. In fair condition, on aged, creased and worn paper. Shelfmarks (of the Board of Education Reference Library, London). Discussing the proposals: 'Differentiation on Account of Sex', 'Differentiation on Account of the Age of Pupils', 'Differentiation on Account of Area' and 'Allowances over and above Scale Salary'. Scarce: no copy on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC.

[Printed offprint in German.] Aufforderung an die Frauen zur Gründung von Erziehungs-Vereinen.

Author: 
[Illustrirte Monatshefte für Familienglück, weibliche Bildung und Humanitätsbestrebungen, Dresden] [Women's educational associations in Germany]
Publication details: 
Dresden: H. Klemm's Verlag. 1854. [From 'Illustrirten Monatshefte für Familienglück, weibliche Bildung und Humanitätsbestrebungen', June 1854.
£45.00

8pp., 4to. The final page carrying an advertisement for the magazine. On worn and aged paper, with stamp, labels and shelfmark of the Education Department Reference Library [Educational Museum]. Scarce: no copies found on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

[Printed book.] Lavender Harvest.

Author: 
Constance Farmar [The Cayme Press, Kensington, owned by Humphrey Toulmin (1893-1971)]
Publication details: 
Printed at the Cayme Press, Kensington. 1926.
£120.00

50pp., 12mo. In light-blue boards, with white label on front board carrying title and illustration of sickle with sheaves of lavender. Internally good, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and aged boards. Uncommon: only three copies on COPAC (British Library, Oxford and National Library of Scotland), with a further four in American institutions on WorldCat. Farmar's only other book appears to have been 'Castles in Spain' (1907). She also produced the lyrics to a song titled 'Bluebell-time', with music by Ruby Holland.

[Margaret Oliphant ('Mrs Oliphant'), Scottish author.] Autograph Letter Signed ('M. O. W. Oliphant') to 'Mrs. Laing', gently urging her to visit 'at a time of grief'.

Author: 
Margaret Oliphant [Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant; 'Mrs Oliphant'] (1828-1897), Scottish novelist and biographer
Publication details: 
'7 Ulster Place [London] | Saturday' [no year].
£45.00

2pp., 16mo. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Written with the essence of Victorian tact. 'We shall be extremely glad if you can give us the evening of the 7th. instead of the 5th. and I trust you will permit us to consider you engaged to us for that night - 8 oClock - | I am grieved to think that my note should have reached you at a time of grief. Thank you for kindly consenting to come.'

[Dinah Maria Craik, Victorian novelist, author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman'.] Autograph Letter Signed ('D M Craik') to 'Mrs Western', regarding the taking-in of 'Isabel' and an outbreak of scarlet fever.

Author: 
Dinah Maria Craik [née Mulock] (1826-1887), novelist, best-known for 'John Halifax, Gentleman' (1856)
Publication details: 
On letterhead of The Corner House, Shortlands, Kent. 12 September 1882.
£90.00

4pp., 16mo. Bifolium. 57 lines of closely-written text. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. She begins by exclaiming 'I have been so very sorry for you!', before urging her correspondent to 'keep quarantine'. 'But about Isabel? [...] I would gladly take her to stay here as I have done beforetime - but there are some impediments - we must have complete separation between our house & yours - Mr Harris's dread is indescribable - he lost his wife & (I think) two sisters with scarlet fever. I think they wd.

[Margaret, Lady Rhondda.] Autograph Card Signed ('M. R.') to 'Dear John', apologising for 'having been so rude to my fellow guest' at a lunch, and admitting that she is 'ridiculously [...] touchy' about her magazine 'Time and Tide'.

Author: 
Margaret, Lady Rhondda [Margaret Haig Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda] (1857-1958)], suffragette and founder of the magazine Time and Tide
Publication details: 
On letterhead of 'Time and Tide', 32 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1. 10 December 1952.
£50.00

Written over 13 lines on both sides of the 9 x 11 cm card. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. 'Dear John, | I do feel ashamed of having been so rude to my fellow guest yesterday - It was a dreadful thing to do! The fact is I am, I suppose, very touchy about Time & Tide - ridiculously so really - I don't think he had read it - but after all why should he, poor man - I really wasn't very fair - | Please forgive me - except for feeling that I had behaved abominab[ly], just at the end, I thoroughly enjoyed my most excellent luncheon'.

[Printed memorandum.] The Association of British Chambers of Commerce. Further Education. Memorandum on the Training of Artisans in Great Britain and on the Continent Prepared by Dr. W. Alfred Richardson, O.B.E.

Author: 
Dr. W. Alfred Richardson, O.B.E., Chairman of the Education Sub-Committee of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Publication details: 
The Women's Printing Society, Ltd., 31-35, Brick Street, Piccadilly, W1. [London.] 18 February 1938.
£50.00

7pp., 12mo. Stapled and unbound. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with rusted staples, and shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

Manuscript anonymous contemporary ribald spoof titled 'Mrs. Pankhursts Address to the Suffragettes'. [With two small photographs (one of Emmeline Pankhurst and the other of Sylvia Pankhurst?).]

Author: 
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement [female suffrage; Victorian humour; sexuality; social history]
Pankhurst
Publication details: 
Without date or place. [England, 1890s?]
£200.00
Pankhurst

1p., 12mo. In good condition, on aged and worn paper, folded twice. Written in a late Victorian or Edwardian hand. The 'Address' is an interesting survival: the sort of ribald saloon-bar joke through which male opponents of the movement sought to tame it through ridicule. Similar examples survive, attributed to Lady Astor speaking in parliament, but this version clearly predates these. Here is a transcript of what is a concentrated dose of double-entendre: 'Mrs.

[Sir George Bramwell, Baron in the Court of Exchequer.] Autograph Certificate, on vellum, regarding an indenture shown to him by Catherine Stein, wife of Peter Stein. With a signed affidavit, also on vellum, signed by Charles Harris Hodgson.

Author: 
George Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell [George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell] (1808-1892), English judge [Charles Harris Hodgson]
Publication details: 
Bramwell's certificate: 28 March 1861. Hodgson's affidavit: Rolls Garden, Chancery Lane. 28 March 1861, on vellum document 'Sold by J. Sullivan, Printer and Stationer, 22, Chancery Lane.'
£45.00

The two documents are on 33 x 24 cm pieces of vellum, and are pinned together. Both in very good condition. Both are printed forms, made out by the signatory. Bramwell's certificate begins (with the manuscript portions in square brackets): 'These are to Certify that on the [Twenty eighth] day of [March] in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-[one] before me the undersigned [Sir George William Wilshere Bramwell Knight one of the Barons of Her Majestys Court of Exchequer] Appeared personally [Catherine Stein] the Wife of [Peter Stein] and produced a certain Indenture marked [A]'.

[Mary Cholmondeley.] Autograph Letter Signed to fellow-novelist Frances Mary Peard

Author: 
Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925), English novelist [Frances Mary Peard (1835-1923), English novelist, author of more than forty books]
Publication details: 
Hendon. 29 January [no year].
£56.00

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with short closed tear at head of second leaf. She begins: 'I was so disturbed and disappointed when I came in on Tuesday to find I had missed you. And I believe you had been kind enough to call when we ought to be, and almost invariably are in - after 4.

[Dr Helen Holme Bancroft, Oxford agricultural botanist.] Three Autograph Letters Signed to 'Dr. Francis', regarding 'the difficulties of archaeological research at Southend' and palaeobotany.

Author: 
Dr Helen Holme Bancroft ['Nellie Bancroft'] (b.1887), Reader in Agricultural Botany, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Publication details: 
Two from the School of Rural Economy, University of Oxford (one on letterhead), and one from 5 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge. All dating from 1930.
£90.00

All three items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Letter One: School of Rural Economy, Oxford. 18 August 1930. 2pp., 4to. She sympathises with 'the difficulties of archaeological research at Southend [...] for I know only too well how the people who hold the ultimate strings can "do one down" when their interests don't happen to coincide with one's own'. She recalls that in 1913 she 'put in a lot of time on some fossils for the B.M. - they turned out to be pieces of fossilised timber; & because the Keeper of the Palaeobotanical Dept.

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