PETHICK-LAWRENCE, Emmeline & Frederick (eds).

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Votes for Women. A scarce run of the first four collected editions, decorated with Sylvia Pankhurst's bold iconography. The issues were bound and sold by the publishers at the end of each print run, as advertised in an insert for the 24 September 1909 issue. The success of the periodical resulted in the larger format volumes from 1909 onwards.Votes for Women was founded by the Pethick-Lawrences in 1907 to publicize news relating to the WSPU's campaign, including details of upcoming demonstrations, information on suffragette incarcerations, and updates on political developments. The journal also included portraits of leading figures, articles and opinion pieces supporting the movements, satirical cartoons, theatre reviews, and limericks. It was in Votes for Women that Frederick coined the term the "Cat and Mouse Act" for the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-health) Act. By September 1909, the paper had reached a monthly circulation of over 30,000 and initiated a wider "resurgence in the suffrage press" (Mercer, p. 187).The advertisements represent brands and companies associated with the movement, such as Mssrs J. and A. Miller's "Suffragette Soap - made and used by suffragettes". Many of the companies represented were either run by or employed women: Farrow's Bank advertised their new branch "controlled and worked by women".Bound volumes of Votes for Women are rare in commerce, appearing just twice at auction in the last ten years. We have traced one bound copy of Volum

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