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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's rare 1st book
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's rare 1st book
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Heading: (Gilman, Charlotte Perkins)
Author: Stetson, Mrs. Charles Walter [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
Title: Gems of Art for the Home and Fireside
Place Published: Providence, RI
Publisher:J.A. & R.A. Reid, Publishers
Date Published: 1888
Description: 102, [2] pp. Full-page wood-engraved illustrations throughout; decorations in the text. 37.5x27.3 cm (14¾x10¾“), cloth covers decorated in black and gilt.Charlotte Perkins Gilman‘s rare first book, a collection of 50 black and white plates, featuring reproductions of famous works of art with descriptions and explication from Gilman. Feminist, author and lecturer, Gilman is best remembered for The Yellow Wallpaper and Women and Economics.
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Covers stained and worn; staining to early and latter leaves; good.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's rare 1st book

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