first edition Hardcover
1911 · Chicago
by Squire, Belle
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. First printing, sixteenmo size, 296 pp. Viola Belle Squire (1870-1939) was a most fascinating woman: a "suffragist from Illinois who was involved in the Chicago suffrage movement and co-founded the Alpha Suffrage Club with Ida B. Wells. She was especially known for her opposition to paying taxes when women did not have a right to vote. Squire argued expecting women to pay taxes while they were not enfranchised was a form of taxation without representation" (n.b., quote from Wiki). The Alpha Suffrage Club was "the first suffrage organization for African American women" (ibid). When the Club joined in the 1913 suffrage march in Washington, Squire was told to walk with the black women, however, she refused to do so, marching with the Illinois delegation.
Although she never married, she insisted upon being referred to as "Mrs. Belle Squire" , reasoning that if a young man could change from “master” to “mister” without being married, women ought to have the same right. Truly, a woman ahead of her time.
Uncommon in the marketplace, as of this writing, we see only two other copies online.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards, blind debossed rectangular border on the front board with black lettering, three horizontal black rules and black lettering on the spine, frontis a half-tone reproduction of a head shot of Susan B. Anthony, publisher's device on title page, an additional twelve photographs (head shots) of women important in the movement bound in throughout (beginning with Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of the author of "Frankenstein"); sixteenmo size (6 5/8" by 4 1/4"), pagination: [i-iv] v-ix [1 blank] 1-286.
___CONDITION: Better than very good overall, with clean boards, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some scattered foxing, mostly in the preliminary and final few leaves as well as what appears to be a thin, faint, old damp-stain at the fore-edge of the leaves throughout.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. (Inventory #: 23093001)
Although she never married, she insisted upon being referred to as "Mrs. Belle Squire" , reasoning that if a young man could change from “master” to “mister” without being married, women ought to have the same right. Truly, a woman ahead of her time.
Uncommon in the marketplace, as of this writing, we see only two other copies online.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards, blind debossed rectangular border on the front board with black lettering, three horizontal black rules and black lettering on the spine, frontis a half-tone reproduction of a head shot of Susan B. Anthony, publisher's device on title page, an additional twelve photographs (head shots) of women important in the movement bound in throughout (beginning with Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of the author of "Frankenstein"); sixteenmo size (6 5/8" by 4 1/4"), pagination: [i-iv] v-ix [1 blank] 1-286.
___CONDITION: Better than very good overall, with clean boards, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some scattered foxing, mostly in the preliminary and final few leaves as well as what appears to be a thin, faint, old damp-stain at the fore-edge of the leaves throughout.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. (Inventory #: 23093001)
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