The Man-Made World, or, Our Androcentric Culture
Charlton Company, 1911. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 260, [4 ads] pages.
Gilman’s incisive feminist treatise, in which she dissects the cultural consequences of male-centered thought across art, ethics, politics, and industry. Gilman’s prose is lucid, satirical, and unflinching—arguing for a rebalancing of Western civilization through the lens of gender equity.
This copy bears a contemporaneous ownership inscription by Frank L. Baldwin, Secretary of the American Humane Association, penned at the Association’s landmark San Francisco meeting in 1911 where Charlotte Perkins Gilman delivered her address “As to Humanness.” This provenance provides a tangible link between Gilman's reformist voice and the humane movement's leadership in the early 20th century.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a leading figure in the early feminist movement in the United States, known for challenging the gender norms of her time through her writings. This is an important and uncommon first edition of one of Gilman's most ambitious and influential works.
Near fine. Bound in brick red cloth over boards with printed paper title label on spine, author's surname in gilt on spine. Minor edge wear and a bit of very shallow chipping along bottom edge of spine title label. y with offsetting to front pastedown. . Clean and sound copy overall.
Item #2002
Price: $750