Women of all nations. A record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence. Edited by T. Athol Joyce and N. W. Thomas.

2 vol., 4to.

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Comprehensive ethnographic survey on the lives of women all over the world edited by anthropologists Thomas Athol Joyce (1878-1942) and Northcote Whitridge Thomas (1868-1936). Volume I is devoted to the southern hemisphere, volume II to the northern. Joyce authored the chapter on New Zealand, and Thomas those on Australia, the Philippines, and the west coast of Africa. Other sections were written by those who knew the areas well, either as travellers or residents. The work takes a decidedly feminist perspective, with as much attention given to the status of women in their respective societies as to their costumes and customs. Illustrated throughout.
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Joined: 1. Pennell, E.R. - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. London, W.H. Allen & Co., 1885. 8vo. Green publ. cloth. Ref. COPAC. Prov. Bookseller's label. - 2. Ragg, Laura M. - The women artists of Bologna. With twenty illustrations. London, Methuen & Co, s.d. 8vo. Red publ. cloth. First edition. Ref. COPAC. - 3. Biographical sketches of the queens of England. From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria; or, Royal Book of Beauty. Edited by Mary Howitt. Illustrated by thirty-one highly-finished portraits on steel. London, Virtue & Co, s.d. Contemp. half red shagreen with corners, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (spine loosening, sl. rubbed), a.e.g. Later edition. (5 vol.)