Vindication Rights Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, First Edition (30 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Seventh Printing. Wraps have trace of scuffing. Spine is unbent. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is tight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. You've had The Big Read, now here comes The Big Think.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Mary Wollstoncraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of modern feminism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Modern Library Classics; 212 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Yellowing to pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is the founding text of modern feminism. In this sourcebook, Adriana Craciun provides the ideal starting point for readers new to Wollstonecraft's revolutionary work. Key materials include: letters by Wollstonecraft and important contemporary documents nineteenth-century responses to the text twentieth-century critical readings annotated key passages, cross-referenced to critical texts suggestions for further reading. With substantial introductory materials throughout and extensive annotation, this is the essential guide to a key literary and political text. " (Publisher).

paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. 1975 COPYRIGHT EDITION. COVERS WITH LIGHT WEAR AND CREASING. FREE FROM WRITING IN SECURE BINDING. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.6.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First This Edition. xxix, 284 pp, notes; very minor wear. [18].

Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition. 293 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are lightly tanned with minor foxing. Mild cracking to rear hinge, however binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Mild scratching and marking to covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, nr fine in wraps. Virtually fine with no inscriptions and minimal shelf-wear. Appears unread.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. FIRST SCOTT LIBRARY EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. xxxvii, [3], 282, [14 publisher's adverts, incl. announcement of this edition, to be "issued on 25th February"]. "Cloth elegant": original green cloth, decorated, lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, a few pages uncut. Rubbed, extremities bumped and worn. Gently toned, very occasional grubby fingerprints. Else, clean and tight. Very good A rather nice copy of the attractive first Scott Library edition of Wollstonecraft's important proto-feminist philosophical polemic, the first edition to feature a Prefatory Note by her C19th biographer, Elizabeth Robins Pennell. An extraordinary woman in her own right, Pennell (1855-1936) was "an adventurous, accomplished, self-assured, well-known [Anglo-American] columnist, biographer, cookbook collector and art critic" as well as a pioneer cycle tourist (who followed Chaucer's and Sterne's routes by bike). Based for much of her adult life in Britain, her important cookery book collection is held by the Library of Congress.

Full Description: WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:. With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Dublin: Printed J. Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793. First Dublin edition. Published the year after the first English edition. Octavo (7 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 192 x 115 mm). xvi, 256, [4, blank] pp. Besides the present copy, we could only find two copies at auction in the past decade. According to Forum Auctions "The Dublin edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Women is the likely the rarest of the 18th century editions." Full contemporary speckled sheep. Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Some chipping to boards and hinges are starting, but holding firm. Some mild toning. A wormhole at fore-edge margin, not affecting text. Previous female owner's old ink signature on title-page. Overall a very good copy. In her dedication, Wollstonecraft wrote "'that, if woman be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the process of knowledge, for truth must be common to all.' The main part of her book was written in an equally plain and direct style, and it was this, as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the outcry which ensued" (PMM). In her life Wollstonecraft was the lover of Gilbert Imlay, the wife of William Godwin, and the mother of Mary Shelley; in her writing she is the daughter of Paine and Rousseau and the mother of the entire feminist movement. Printing and the Mind of Man 242 (first English edition). ESTC T7170 HBS 69200. $7,500.

WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (illustrator). First edition. Small octavo (6 3/8 x 3 13/16 inches; 163 x 98 mm). [4], 199, [1, blank], [1, errata], [1, blank] pp. Bound without half-title or leaf of advertisements, but with the errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft by Heath after Opie. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge dyed brown, others speckled red. Some chipping and cracking to spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's old ink signature on page [1] of text. Still a very good copy. An excellent copy of the first edition of the first biography of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), author of the groundbreaking Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London, 1792), written by her husband and published within a few months of her death. NCBEL II, col. 1250. Tinker 1081. HBS 69178. $3,500.

Ful Description: WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Moral and Political Subject. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Gibbons, 1792. First American Edition, printed the same year as the first London edition, and before the Boston edition. Twelvemo (6 3/8 x 4 inches; 164 x 104 mm). xvi, 17-274, [1, contents], [1, publisher's advertisement] pp. Bound to style in full speckled calf. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. With red and black morocco spines labels, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled black. New endpapers. Some toning to leaves, as usual for American sheets. Previous owner's neat old ink signature on title-page and dedication page. Overall a very good copy. In her dedication, Wollstonecraft wrote "'that, if woman be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the process of knowledge, for truth must be common to all.' The main part of her book was written in an equally plain and direct style, and it was this, as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the outcry which ensued" (PMM). In her life Wollstonecraft was the lover of Gilbert Imlay, the wife of William Godwin, and the mother of Mary Shelley; in her writing she is the daughter of Paine and Rousseau and the mother of the entire feminist movement. Evans 25054. Windle A5d. Printing and the Mind of Man 242 (first English edition). HBS 68742. $8,500.

In later cloth. Condition: In fine conditon. First czech edition. First czech edition. In later cloth. xvi, 316, [3] p., Added frontispiece with the portrait of M. Wollstonecraft. Advertisements at the end. First Czech edition of one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.

Rare first edition of this landmark work in both Enlightenment philosophy and the history of feminism. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Randolph & English. From the library of Virginia chancery lawyer Henry G. Cannon with his ownership inscription to the pastedown and that of his father, the book's previous owner, to the top portion of the title page which has been excised and supplied. Period notation from presumably a member of the Cannon household to the first page of the dedication to M. Talleyrand-Pà rigord, Late Bishop of Autun, "This Talleyrand is the man who said that Language was given to man to conceal his thoughts And his Grace of Autun certainly acted up to his favorite sentiment E.G.C." Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pà rigord was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when French military victories brought one European state after another under French hegemony. Wollstonecraft was prompted to write the Rights of Woman after reading Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pà rigord's 1791 report to the French National Assembly, which stated that women should only receive a domestic education; from her reaction to this specific event, she launched a broad attack against sexual double standards, indicting men for encouraging women to indulge in excessive emotion. In very good condition with some intermittent foxing. An nice example with unique provenance. Overall, exceptionally clean internally. âWollstonecraftâs major work caused an outcry when it was published and is hailed as a cornerstone of feminismâ¦. The central theme of the work on womenâs rights was that they should be educated to carry a responsibility in society equal to that of men. In disagreement with Rousseau⦠Wollstonecraft urged ârational fellowship instead of slavish obedienceâ (Legacies of Genius 64). "Although Wollstonecraft is best known as a feminist thinker, her philosophies are not limited to womenâs issues⦠Wollstonecraft advocates liberty and equality for all humanity. Advancing arguments for political rights, she argues for the removal of traditional injustices of rank, property, class, and gender⦠The key to freedom lies in the reasoning individual conscience, not in laws or dogma⦠Wollstonecraft adamantly asserts that education inculcating reason will eventually emancipate all humankind from all forms of servitude (political, sexual, religious, or economic)â (Great Thinkers of the Western World, 322-327). The landmark work was written in a âplain and direct style, and it was this as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the outcry that ensued⦠she argued for equality of education for both sexes⦠and co-education. It was a rational plea for a rational basis to the relation between the sexes⦠Its chief object was to show that women were not the playthings of men but ought to be their equal partners, which they could be only if they were educated in the same wayâ (PMM 242).

BOUND with PASQUIN, Anthony.POSTSCRIPT TO THE NEW BATH GUIDE. A POEM. pp. xvi, 256. 8vo. Half calf, spine relaid, marbled boards. Modern marble slipcase. Title page very grubby, most of text block browned. 1st Dublin edition. At foot of p. 256 it says 'End of First volume'. All published. ESTC T7170. BOUND with PASQUIN, Anthony. POSTSCRIPT TO THE NEW BATH GUIDE. A POEM. Dublin. Richard White. 1790. pp. 96. 8vo.Title and last leaf very grubby. The PO of Postscript excised on title page. ESTC T76271.

First edition. The author's featured works include the unfinished Gothic novel Maria, which dramatizes the feminist rhetoric of Vindication; a series of Lessons for her daughter, which demonstrate the delight she experienced upon becoming a mother; and her Letters, which, among other matters, record her affair with Gilbert Imlay and her despair when their relationship ended. Like the Vindication, this assemblage reveals an author centuries ahead of her time in feminist thought. Maria illuminates the vulnerabilities of women living in societies that are patriarchal by law and tradition, showing how easily they can be deprived of their children, financial security, personal freedom, and respectability by unscrupulous men. It also tackles workplace inequality, protesting the injustice of women forced to engage in low-skilled labour while their male counterparts enjoy intellectually stimulating employment. Whilst the eponymous protagonist of Maria is a wealthy heiress, Wollstonecraft also dedicates narrative time to women of poorer backgrounds and includes a sympathetic portrayal of sex work. It predates similarly groundbreaking novels such as Ruth and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and is far more radical in outlook. Wollstonecraft's husband and the father of Mary Shelley, William Godwin, was responsible for the collation and publication of this text. His letters reveal his heartbreak at his wife's death in 1797 (Kegan, pp. 275-6). Other works included in the volumes are Cave of Fancy, On Poetry, and Hints, Chiefly designed to have been incorporated in the Second Part of the Vindication. ESTC T114184; Grub Street Project 166010; Windle A8a. Paul C. Kegan, William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries, 1876. 4 vols, small octavo. Bound to style using old blue boards, new buff spines and printed labels. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of John Flather (1792-1890) of St John's College, Cambridge to front free endpapers of each volume, ink stamps of Boston Athenaeum on title pages recto and deaccession stamps on verso. Corners worn and chipped, boards and edges a little discoloured and soiled, foxing to edges and endpapers, contents clean: a very good copy.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. [xviii], 181; [vi], 196; [viii], 192; [viii], 195 pp. Complete in four volumes. Contemporary quarter leather with marbled paper sides, spines ruled and numbered in gilt with morocco labels. Bound with half titles, errata noted on versos of Vol. I b6 and Table of Contents of Vol. IV as with the Godwin copy, Windle a8a. Very Good with rubbing to spine edges and gilt, dust-soiling, head of Vol. II worn, former owner's name to front free endpapers, endpapers foxed, faint corner crease to later quarter of pages in Vol. IV. Rare. Contains the incomplete The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria as well as Lessons for Children, Letters and Miscellaneous Pieces, Letters to Imlay, Letter on the Present Character of the French Nation, Letters to Johnson, the incomplete The Cave of Fancy, On Poetry, and Hints.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xvi, [17], 274pp + [1] contents + [1] ads. First American edition, published the same year as the British first edition; and preceding the Boston edition, also published the same year but advertised for sale before the Philadelphia edition. Bound in modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards with spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Very Good. Pages browned and foxed, some edge-worn. Title page is brittle, frayed along the edges with loss to the top taking out the "A VI" of the title; early owner marking to title page and following page. A famous rebuttal of contemporary conservative thinker Burke, who decried the French Revolution and individual rights. Wollstonecraft asserted that both sexes should have equal access to education, thereby bettering women as citizens of an enlightened republic. Many have viewed the work as proto-feminist, for it anticipates feminism in many ways, even though no such organized movement would exist for decades. Critic and author Katha Pollitt writes in a recent introduction to the book, "Mary Wollstonecraft was not the first writer to call for women to receive a real, challenging education. But she was the first to connect the education of women to the transformation of women's social position, of relations between the sexes, and even of society itself." As such it represents the peak of radical Enlightenment thought, and a very important step towards universal suffrage.