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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) Signed and Inscribed Copies of Three of her own Books. Including:
1) Human Work, New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904, first edition, octavo, "C.P. Gilman lent June 12, 1934" inscribed on ffep; bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth, with original tattered dust jacket; some moisture damage to front board, chunk of cloth missing at head of spine, affecting spine title, 7 1/4 x 5 in.
2) In This Our World, Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899, second edition, 12mo, "Charlotte Perkins Stetson Her copy!" on ffep; in failed binding enclosed in an handsewn black silk protective cover; sewing failed, pages loose; with a note in CPG's hand inserted entitled "My Class" listing six topics related to ethics and social concerns, a definition of politics typed on a card; some poems dated in pencil, old brown paper slips marking some pages (pages discolored from the slips), 6 3/4 x 4 in.
3) Concerning Children, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1900, first edition, octavo, inscribed by CPG on dedication page to her daughter Katharine (the dedicatee of the book), "First copy received- to Katharine from Mother. Dec. 10th 1900," with Katharine's signature and bookplate (an original design of her own) inside front board and her name and address in pencil inside front board; bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in gold and green (worn, discoloration and wear to front board, water staining to top edge affecting leaves at the end), 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (3)
