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WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY RUSSIA] Russkaya zhenshchina na gosudarstvennoy i...

[WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY RUSSIA] Russkaya zhenshchina na gosudarstvennoy i obshchestvennoy sluzhbe: Sb. postanovleniy i rasporyazheniy pravitel’stva, opredelyayushchikh prava i obyazannosti rus. zhenshchin po sluzhbe, s pril. ustavov i polozheniy kazen. i chast. vspom. kass i o-v, uslugami kotorykh mozhet pol’zovat’sya zhenshchina [i.e. Russian Woman in the Civil and Public Service: A Collection of the Government Decrees and Orders Defining the Rights and Duties of the Russian Women in Service with the Charters and Regulations of the Treasury and Private Assistance Funds and Societies, the Services of which a Woman Can Use]

Moscow: S. Skirmunt, 1901. Unofficial edition. VI, 264, 499 pp. 13x19.1 cm. In owner’s contemporary half-leather binding. General wear and rubbing, pre-revolutionary library stamp (“A Library of the Z. K. ZH. D. Employee Control”) on the front endpaper, title-page, p. III, rear endpaper, and the recto of the rear board..... More

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TO THE ROOTS OF WOMEN’S MOVEMENT] Chto takoye zhenskaya emansipatsiya? Rech’ g-zhi I....

[TO THE ROOTS OF WOMEN’S MOVEMENT] Chto takoye zhenskaya emansipatsiya? Rech’ g-zhi I. Kettler, pred. «Nem. o-va zhen. reformy» [i.e. What is Women’s Emancipation? A Speech by Mrs. H. Kettler, Head of the ‘Women’s German Association for Reform’]

Odessa: G. Beylenson i I. Yurovskiy, 1893. 32 pp. 17.7x11.7 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers loose, loss of the pieces of the spine, mild damp stains on the wrappers. Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce. First edition. Translated into Russian by I. Naumenko. This interesting piece features a...... More

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EARLY FEMINISM IN GEORGIA] Godovoy otchet o deyatel’nosti Obshchestva kavkazskikh zhenshchin...

[EARLY FEMINISM IN GEORGIA] Godovoy otchet o deyatel’nosti Obshchestva kavkazskikh zhenshchin za 1913-1914 god [i.e. Annual Report on the Activities of the Society of Caucasian Women]

Tbilisi: tipografia Esperanto, 1914. 32 pp. 15x22.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Mild stains on the front wrapper, pencil markings throughout the copy. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. A RARE EVIDENCE OF THE EARLY GEORGIAN FEMINISM. The history of women’s organizations in Georgia..... More

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LIBERALIZATION OF WOMEN IN EASTERN REPUBLICS] Oktiabr’ i zhenshchina Vostoka [i.e. The October...

[LIBERALIZATION OF WOMEN IN EASTERN REPUBLICS] Oktiabr’ i zhenshchina Vostoka [i.e. The October and a Woman of the East]

Moscow: Partizdat, 1932. 56 pp.: ill. 20x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some foxing, red pencil marks. Second edition. Constructivist cover design features three pictures of socialist women: without veils, working and smiling. The book outlines socialist methods to improve the everyday life of Oriental women and summarizes..... More

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WOMEN MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET EAST] Trud i byt zhenshchiny Vostoka: Materialy Vsesoiuznogo...

[WOMEN MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET EAST] Trud i byt zhenshchiny Vostoka: Materialy Vsesoiuznogo soveshсhaniya komissii po uluchsheniu byta zhenshchiny Vostoka. 11-17 ianvaria 1928 g. [i.e. Labour and Everyday Life of the Woman of the East. Materials of the All-Union Conference of Commissions for Advancing Oriental Woman’s Everyday Life. January 11-17, 1928]

Moscow: Izdanie TsIK Souza SSR, 1928. VIII, 180 pp. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, small fragments of the spine lost, crease of the title page with a small tear of the lower edge and minor tears of the upper edge. Semi-erased pencil marks on the front cover..... More

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WWI FRONTLINE NOTES MADE BY THE SISTER OF MERCY] Narod na voine: Frontovye zapisi [i.e. The...

[WWI FRONTLINE NOTES MADE BY THE SISTER OF MERCY] Narod na voine: Frontovye zapisi [i.e. The People at War: Frontline Notes]

Kiev: Izdanie Izd. podotdela Komiteta Iugo-zapadnogo fronta Vseros. Zemskogo Soiuza, 1917. 140 pp. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some tears and soiling of covers, the first and last pages faded, otherwise very good. First edition. Cover design and 7 vignettes were produced by artist Eugeniia Pribyl’skaia (1899-1938)..... More

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FIRST RUSSIAN LESBIAN NOVEL] Tridtsat’ tri uroda: povest’ [i.e. Thirty-Three Abominations:...

[FIRST RUSSIAN LESBIAN NOVEL] Tridtsat’ tri uroda: povest’ [i.e. Thirty-Three Abominations: Novel]

Saint Petersburg: Ory, 1907. 96, [8] pp. 13,5x10 cm. In original two-color printed wrappers with publisher’s vignette (doubled on t.p.) designed by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. Near fine. Second edition printed the same year. Rare. First Russian novel that openly discussed lesbianism. It was created by female poet and writer Lydia..... More

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FIRST ALARM OF FASCISM] Nastupleniye fashizma i zadachi proletariata / (Dokl. t. Klary Tsetkin na...

[FIRST ALARM OF FASCISM] Nastupleniye fashizma i zadachi proletariata / (Dokl. t. Klary Tsetkin na rasshir. plenume Ispolkoma Kominterna) [i.e. Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win / (A Report by Clara Zetkin on the Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comintern)]

Moscow: Krasnaia nov’, 1923. 48 pp. 12,9x17,1 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Number on the title page. Otherwise near fine. ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT WOMAN COMMUNIST LEADERS GIVES AN EARLY WARNING OF FASCISM. First edition. This interesting edition features a report presented by Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)..... More

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FOR FEMALE PHARMACISTS] Zaslugi zhenshchin na vrachebno-farmatsevticheskom poprishche:...

[FOR FEMALE PHARMACISTS] Zaslugi zhenshchin na vrachebno-farmatsevticheskom poprishche: Istoricheskii ocherk [i.e. Merits that Women Acquired in Field of Medicine and Pharmacy: A Historical Essay]

Moscow: tipo-lit. V.G. Dempel’, 1892. 58 pp., 1 ill., 8 leaves of advertisement. 22,5x14,5 cm. In original printed covers. Small fragments of spine lost, some soiling and foxing, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This is a public lecture by pharmacist Arkadii Semenov promoting the emancipation of women..... More

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HOMOPHOBIA VS PHILANTHROPY] Puteshestviye miss Marsden v Yakutskuyu oblast' i poseshcheniye yeyu...

[HOMOPHOBIA VS PHILANTHROPY] Puteshestviye miss Marsden v Yakutskuyu oblast' i poseshcheniye yeyu prokazhennykh [i.e. Miss Marsden’s Journey to Yakutia and Her Visits to Lepers]

Moscow: O-vo rasprostraneniya polez. knig, 1892. XII, 77 pp., 10 ill., map. 22.3x16cm. Period half-leather binding. Worn, lower part of the spine lacks a fragment, pre-revolutionary private library stamp (The Library of Prokhorov) on the title-page and p.12. Otherwise in a very good condition. Extremely scarce first edition..... More

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FEMALE RUSSIAN WRITERS] Nashi pisatel’nitsy: (‘‘Bibliographichesky slovar’ russkikh...

[FEMALE RUSSIAN WRITERS] Nashi pisatel’nitsy: (‘‘Bibliographichesky slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits knyazya N.N. Golitsyna. SPb. 1889. VI i 308’’: Statiya S.I. Ponomareva) [i.e. Our Female Writers: (‘‘Biographical Index of Russian Female Writers by Count N.N. Golitsyn. SPb. 1889. VI and 308’’: Article by S.I. Ponomarev]

St. Petersburg: typ. Akademii Nauk, 1891. [2], 78 pp. 22,5x15,5 cm. Without wrappers. Very good, occasional foxing, with later spine and back cover. Very rare. Offprint from Sbornik otdeleniya russkogo yazyka i slovesnosti Akademii nauk (V. 52, #7) [i.e. Digest of the Department of Russian Language of Academy of..... More

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