Woman's Work and Woman's Culture. A Series of Essays.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First edition. 9 x 6 inches. lxiv,367,[1]pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and upper corners; spine slightly faded; front hinge split; light foxing to beginning and end leaves; contemporary gift inscription to title page. Good.

An important collection of feminist essays advocating for expanded legal and social rights for women, edited by feminist and social reformer Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828-1906). Includes such pieces as "The Final Cause of Woman," by Frances Power Cobbe; "How to Provide for Superfluous Women," by Jessie Boucherett; "Medicine as a Profession for Women," by Sophia Jex-Blake; "The Property Disabilities of a Married Woman, and Other Legal Effects of Marriage," by Herbert N. Mozley; and "Female Suffrage, Considered Chiefly with Regard to Its Indirect Results," by Julia Wedgwood.

Uncommon in the trade.