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19791641Moscow: Nauka / Ðаука 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Tan flexi-bound hardcover first edition. Text in Russian. A good only copy of this scarce publication from the USSR on lunar soil samples. Minor musty smell. Corners heavily bumped and soil to the front cover and the text block edges. Flexible binding is solid and pages are firmly bound in. Interior appears to be unmarked. Bumping to the lower corners of the pages. One miscut page is creased toward the final gathering of the book. Filled with charts graphs and some black and white photos. 708 pp. title page in English and Russian but the text is solely in Russian. Hard to find in any condition. <br /> Nauka / Ðаука hardcover
1890150331890. Archive of over 25 printed items documenting women's classical education at Bradford Academy 1876-1894 constitutes a substantial body of primary material illustrating the expansion of rigorous secondary education for women in post-Civil War New England. Bradford Academy founded in 1801 in Vermont and operating in the nineteenth century as a coeducational institution admitted women to a course of study that paralleled male classical training at a moment when female education was more commonly circumscribed by domestic or ornamental instruction. Produced between 1876 and 1894 these materials collectively document curriculum design examination systems tuition structures governance and public academic ceremony offering granular evidence of women's sustained participation in Latin mathematics science English composition and moral philosophy. The archive directly supports research in women's educational history coeducation nineteenth century intellectual culture and the institutionalization of merit based academic standards for female students.<br /> <br /> Over 25 printed items produced by Bradford Academy Bradford Vermont 1876-1894. The archive includes multiple annual catalogues issued between 1876 and 1892 under titles such as Catalogue of Bradford Academy and Catalogue of Bradford Academy and Union School detailing required and elective coursework faculty rosters tuition rates and governance structures. Examination broadsides for the Winter Term 1891-1892 and Fall Term 1892-1893 enumerate subjects examined and committees overseeing assessment providing rare documentation of formalized evaluation practices applied to both male and female students. Closing exercise programs from 1885-1886 and graduation programs from 1890 through 1894 record commencement speakers student participants and ceremonial frameworks that publicly affirmed women's scholarly achievement. Supplementary materials include five lecture and event handbills dated 1888-1892 five printed tuition bills reflecting the financial administration of the academy and one printed certificate accompanied by Rules of Scholarship outlining expectations of conduct and merit. Together these documents form a cohesive institutional record rather than isolated survivals.<br /> <br /> Emerging during a period of national debate over women's intellectual capacity and the propriety of classical training for female students these materials demonstrate the normalization of coeducational academic rigor in rural New England decades before widespread public high school standardization. The archive captures not only prescribed coursework but also the bureaucratic and ceremonial mechanisms through which women's scholarly labor was evaluated certified and publicly honored. Such documentation provides evidentiary grounding for studies of gender parity in secondary education the diffusion of classical curricula beyond elite male academies and the local implementation of broader nineteenth century reform movements in education. Light handling wear and minor edge wear consistent with age; printed text remains clear and legible throughout. Overall very good condition. A concentrated institutional record offering sustained multi year documentation of women's classical education in a coeducational academy during a formative period in American educational history. unknown
186736805Erie Pennsylvania 1867. Folio 8" x 12-1/4". About 300 manuscript pages. Original three-quarter leather paper covered boards some wear and chipping. Interior with only minor toning and occasional light foxing. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Erie Academy was established in the early 1820s. By 1844 under the stewardship of Reid T. Stewart the Academy flourished with 207 enrolled students. This book of minutes traces the Academy's activities during a 22-year period including the Civil War. It contains neatly handwritten entries of the minutes of meetings of the trustees including subjects such as salaries tuition curriculum enrollment faculty improvements student behavior etc. <br/> Some persons mentioned mostly trustees and officers include: George W. Starr PA State Representative lawyer cofounder of Erie Forge Company board member Erie Dime Bank cofounder of Hamot Hospital board member of State Hospital for the Insane of Warren County; Elijah Babbitt lawyer; Prosecuting Attorney for the Commonwealth member of the State House of Representatives and State Senate. <br/> Prof. Andrew H. Caughey bookseller & stationer; lawyer; principal and professor of Latin at Erie Academy. George A. Elliot a director at the United States Bank at Erie; Secretary of the local Colonization Society; and first president and an incorporator of Erie Cemetery. Thomas H. Sill first resident lawyer of Erie postmaster burgess for several terms Deputy U.S. Marshal and Deputy Attorney General for Warren County. <br/> James Williams incorporator of Erie Mutual Fire Insurance Company; trustee of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Erie. Rev. George A. Lyon distinguished Presbyterian minister. James Lytle member of the State Legislature; Collector of the Port of Erie. James C. Marshall lawyer; prothonotary and clerk of several Erie County courts; Revenue Commissioner; president of the Erie County Mutual Ins. Co.; president of the Marine National Bank of Erie. <br/> John A. Tracy Director of the U.S. Branch Bank of Erie; contractor and director of the Erie & Northeast Railroad; director of the Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad Company. John H. Walker lawyer politician. Giles Sanford merchant; delegate to Canal Convention in Harrisburg. C.M. Tibbals director of Erie City Bank. Robert Cochran postmaster and local office holder. Alexander W. Brewster professor and sheriff. Joseph H. Presley J.H. Spaulding Matthew R. Barr O.E. Crouch & others. Nelson S.B.: NELSON'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. . . 1896. unknown books
185064491Washington DC 1850. Single sheet folded 25 cm. 2pp. of text. Printed regulations including a "qualifications" paragraph and fourteen conditions which might cause a candidate to be rejected. Signed in type by Secretary of the Navy Wm. Ballard Preston and dated "Navy Department July 1 1850" at foot of page 1. With integral address leaf blank. Two small holes punched in left-hand margin some minor dust soiling and chipping to outer corner of lower page margin not affecting text. <br/>Prior to 1850 the U.S. Naval Academy was known as the Naval School. Through the efforts of Pres. James K Polk's Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft the Naval School was established without Congressional funding at a 10-acre Army post named Fort Severn in Annapolis Maryland on October 10 1845 with a class of 50 midshipmen and seven professors. The curriculum included mathematics and navigation gunnery and steam chemistry English natural philosophy and French. In 1850 the Naval School became the United States Naval Academy. A new curriculum went into effect requiring midshipmen to study at the Academy for four years and to train aboard ships each summer. That format is the basis of a far more advanced and sophisticated curriculum at the Naval Academy today. see: United States Naval Academy website. No listings for this date found on OCLC though there are later versions. Likely this was the first version of the regulations printed for the newly renamed Academy a document reproduced regularly over subsequent years. <br/><br/> unknown books
1928257043N.p. 1928. 24 pp. folded sheets printed on outside recots and versos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black morocco spine and upper board titled in gilt spine worn else fine. 24 pp. folded sheets printed on outside recots and versos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Coolidge's address delivered as President on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Philips Academy. Coolidge recounts the circumstances of the founding of the school drawing parallels with the near-contemporaneous founding of the United States of America. Coolidge did not attend Andover though he his closely associated with Massachusetts - he attended Amherst College and made his name in politcs in Massachusetts becoming governor of the state. OCLC: 5578181 unknown books
187083396Woolwich: Royal Military Academy 1870s. Presumed first versions thus. Portfolio with plates. as is. Portfolio is approximately 15 inches by 21.5 inches. Front cover is detached. Cloth torn and parts missing. Boards chipped/eroded. Front cover in gold color lettering reads. Fortification Plates. R. M. A. H. B. Gundry. Plates are approximately 14.75 inches by 21 inches. Rare surviving set of such plans. Some of the plates have color generally have dates and some appear to have the signature and/or initials of H. B. Gundry. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bowden Gundry was born on August 7th 1856 the eldest son of a company director also named Henry Gundry and his wife Sarah. He started at Dulwich in February 1869 and was a pupil for five years during which time he earned a scholarship before leaving in the summer of 1874 going on to take a place at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. He passed out into the Royal Artillery with whom he was at first assigned to the Northwest Frontier of India seeing service in the Afghan War of 1878-9. He went on serve around the world; he was also steadily promoted through the ranks being made a Lieutenant as early as 1876 a Captain in 1885 a Major in 1893 and finally in 1903 reaching the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel. He retired to the South West of England. The declaration of war in 1914 meant that Henry was recalled to the Royal Artillery and he was assigned to command of the training of the 110th Brigade Field Artillery based in Somerset then to the 164th Brigade at Rotherham. He was appointed to command of the Lowland Brigade and passed away not long after on September 7th 1916. The Royal Military Academy RMA at Woolwich in south-east London was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Signals and other technical corps. RMA Woolwich was commonly known as "The Shop" because its first building was a converted workshop of the Woolwich Arsenal. Plates are worn soiled and some have edge tears chips and creases. The Plates are in the portfolio in the following order: Blinded Battery scale 1/100 R. M. Academy Jan'y 21st 1876 disbound; F F. Pl II Elevation on AB scale 1/120 R. M. Academy Ap 14th 1875 disbound Portsmouth Defences Fort Southwick scale 1/900 R. M. Academy Jan'y 25th 1876; Left Flank of an Entrenched Position contours at 25 ft intervals R. M. Academy July 8th 1876; Neighborhood of Metz Eastern Side showing the German investment lines 1870 scale 1/25000 R. M. Academy June 10th 1876; Coast Defences Earthen Battery scale 1/150 R. M. Academy June 26th 1876; Coast Defences Casemated Battery scale 1/90 R. M. Academy April 1st 1876. The remaining plates are disbound and found in the portfolio in the following order: F F.Pl IV scale 1/2160 R. M. Academy June blank 1875; untitled sketch with a large group of numbers on the left side--calculations Undated and unsigned; 8 inch by 12.5 inch drawing entitle Hart Station and appears to be dated 3/10/94; Profiles of the Modern French System scale 1/240 R. M. Academy Sept 30th 1875; Polyconal System Redoubt or Mask in Front of Caponier F. F. P. XIII scale 1/300 on top half and Mortar Battery in Salient of Ravelin scale 1/480 R.M.A. Oct 29th 1875; Polyconal System Redoubt of Reentering Place of Arms and Casemates Traverse in Ditch of Ravelin P. F. Pl XIV scale 1/900 R.M.A. Oct 29th 1875; Lunette for 400 Men and 3 Guns scale 1/120 F. F. Pl. V R. M. Academy June 2nd 1875; C D Pl VI untitled scale 1/60 R. M. Academy Jan 20th 1875; P. II Untitled but with Fig VIII Fig IX Fig X Fig XI Fig XII Fig XIII and Fig XIV drawn. No scale present. R. M. Academy Oct 14th 1874; P. III Untitled but with Fig XV Fig XVI Fig XVII Fig XVIII Fig XIX Fig XX Fig XXI and Fig XXII drawn. No scale present. R. M. Academy Oct 27th 1874; G D Pl VII Untitled with ink notation scale of 1/60 R. M. Academy March 31st 1875; Solids S G. Pl IV no scale. Images of Triangular Prism Octahedron and sectional elevation R. M. Academy 17th Nov 1874; S G P; V untitled but with fib. XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXIX XXIX XXX and XXX repeated figure numbers may be due to different views no scale R. M. Academy Dec. 8th 1874; and Pl 1 untitled with figures I II A II B II C II D III IV V VI and VII no scale R. M. Academy Oct 7th 1874. Plates may be suitable for framing and display. Royal Military Academy unknown
1780266788Petropoli Saint Petersburg: Typis Academiae scientiarum 1780. 18 folding engraved plates at end one folding table in text. viii LACKING 84 pages of introductory matter pp. 1-395 pp. Articles in Latin and in French. 1 vols. 4to. Modern quarter brown morocco and marbled boardsnew endpapers. Ex-library with discard stamp on original endpaper. 18 folding engraved plates at end one folding table in text. viii LACKING 84 pages of introductory matter pp. 1-395 pp. Articles in Latin and in French. 1 vols. 4to. Part two of the report on the year 1777 by the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences. Articles include<br/><br/>Peter Simon PALLAS article on the giant anteater Observationes circa Myrmecophagam Africanam at pp. 223-231; Description du Bufle i.e. Buffalo à Queue de Cheval.pp. 232-257; Observations sur l'Asne dans son état sauvage ou sur le veritable onagre des anciens pp. 258-277.<br/><br/>An article by Daniel BERNOULLI at pp. 109-129 on the mesurement of time; and several articles by the great Swiss mathematician Leonhard EULER: De integratione formulae; De valore formulae integralis; Novae demonstrationes circa resolutionem numerorum in quadrata; Considerationes circa brachystochronas; Sur l'effet de la refraction dans les observations terrestres; De motu oscillatorio penduli cuiuscunque dum arcus datae amplitudinis absolvit; De theoria lunae ad maiorem perfectionis gradum evehenda. Typis Academiae scientiarum unknown books
19509375México D.F.: Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León 1950. Ediciones Josefina Velázquez de León; Libros de cocina 75. Octavo in wrappers 20 x cm. 69 pages. index. Text in Spanish. FIRST EDITION. Another of the many publications of Josefina Velzquez de Leon June 7 1899 – September 21 1968. She was a Mexican cook researcher writer and teacher. as well as a pioneer of Mexican gastronomy and an entrepreneur of Mexican cuisine. One of the most well-recognized and prolific of all Mexican cookbook authors she had more than one hundred forty books to her name. The subtitle says it all my translation a "selection of authentic recipes from the regional cuisine of Chihuahua compiled by a group of ladies and gentlemen from the Marian Congregation Established by the Jesuit Fathers of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the City of Chihuahua. Augmented with a series of modern recipes that can be made with the good products of the region." Sections include Cocina Frutas Dulces Reposteria Varios and Recetas de cocina y reposteria moderna. In illustrated beige and blue paper wrappers titled in black red and blue. Some light wear to edges small light stain to front panel. otherwise very good. Scarce. OCLC locates eight copies. Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León unknown
2000G1581100639I3N00Amer Academy of Pediatrics 2000. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Amer Academy of Pediatrics paperback
20212081502111904831Shanghai book 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shanghai book paperback
20211-1284237036Jones & Bartlett Learning 2021. Hardcover. New. 12 edition. 11.22x8.90x2.40 inches. Jones & Bartlett Learning hardcover
20211-1284227197Jones & Bartlett Learning 2021. Paperback. New. 12 pap/psc edition. 1600 pages. 10.90x8.50x2.10 inches. Jones & Bartlett Learning paperback
18911905150018Houghton Mifflin and Company; R.R. Donnelley et sons; Seemann et Peters 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 volume set. 25 cm. Bound in publisher's navy cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Later volumes have golden West Point seal on front boards. Vol 7 has heavy foxing /spotting to edges. Contents: v.1. 1802-1840 Nos 1-1000; v.2. 1841-1867 Nos. 1001-2000; Supplements: v. 3. 1867-1890 1891 printing; v.4. 1890-1900 Nos. 3385-3993 1901; v.5. 1900-1910 Nos. 3994-4935 1910; Vols. 6A & 6B: 1910-1920 Nos. 1-4438. and Nos. 4439-6810. 1920; v.7. 1920-1930 Nos. 1-4935. 1931.Note: 7 volumes in 8. Volume 6 is in two books. 3rd edition. This set rarely found complete. Houghton, Mifflin and Company; R.R. Donnelley et sons; Seemann et Peters hardcover
19352310010011Ceska Akademie Ved a Umeni Praha 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. The first national atlas of Czechoslovakia and is also considered as one of the first modern national atlases. 44 x 46 cm. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with national seal on front. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Insect damage the first ~20 text preliminary pages have significant loss to the outer margin nearing the text. Maps are fine. 55 maps. " After the country gained independence from Austria-Hungarian monarchy it became a nationwide interest to publish a geographic and statistical atlas objectively and precisely presenting the nation's current state of society and economy. Published by the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts; with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovak Republic; The top editorial staff was led by Prof. Dr. Ing. Jaroslav Pantoflicek; The maps were technically executed by the Military Geographical Institute in Prague; The graphic design by the director Em. Purghart; Text in French and Czech was printed by the Orbis book printing house in Prague; Bindings by A. skoda firm; Editorial work began in 1925 printing ended in 1935. Includes one page with 4 different coat of arms in stunning colors 55 large double-page of thematic maps from geography geology climate society culture industry agriculture transport economy national and international trade. Includes 37 pages of text at the end of atlas with title page: Atlas Republiky ceskoslovenske; textovy doprovod k mapam redigoval Vaclav Laska" - David Rumsey Map Collection. Ceska Akademie Ved a Umeni, Praha, hardcover
2024x-9004699864Brill Nijhoff 2024. Hardcover. New. 360 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.37 inches. Brill Nijhoff hardcover
19792092902141700166Izumi shoin 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Izumi shoin paperback
1966ZB393422Ceskoslovenska akademie ved 1966. volumes 1-33 an uninterrupted run ex library partly bound PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Ceskoslovenska akademie ved unknown
2023Viva-9781284256734JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING 2023. Hardback with PLC Jacket. New. JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING hardcover
2023Viva-9781284256734JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING 2023. Hardback with PLC Jacket. New. JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING hardcover
19435812Buenos Aires: Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes 1943. First Edition Primera edición. Softcover Tapa blanda. 300x230mm. 11¾x9". Buenos Aires Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes 1943-1957. 8 volúmenes de 10. En folio 300 x 230mm. -I: La Villa Imperial de Potosí: xxiv-136 láminas en blanco y negro pp. 137-160. 7 láminas y planos plegados en blanco y negro. -II: Chuquisaca: lvii-182 láminas en blanco y negro. -III: Las Iglesias de Potosí: xlvii-126 pp. -IV: El arte religioso y suntuario en Chuquisaca: xlvii-170 láminas en blanco y negro. -V: Rutas históricas de la arquitectura virreinal altoperuana: xlvi-142 láminas anexo mapa plegado a color. -VIII: La arquitectura mestiza en las riberas del Titikaca -I: xxix-144 láminas. -IX: La arquitectura mestiza II: xlviii-108 láminas. -X: En la arequipa indohispánica: xxv-64 láminas. Rústica. Primera edición. Tomos I-VI y VIII-X de esta apreciada colección falto de los tomos VI y VII. Obra de aprecio. Buen ejemplar. Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes paperback
183718185Bordeaux, Lamefranque, 1837 : Université de France. Académie de Toulouse. Faculté des lettres. Thèse de littérature pour le Doctorat. In-8, demi-veau vert foncé, dos lisse à faux nerfs et titre doré, non rogné (reliure ancienne) ; [4], 72, [2] pp.
189225653PRIMERA EDICION.- Madrid: Establecimiento Tipográfico de Fortanet 1892.- X680 p. 3 h.; 4º 27 x 19 cm.; Buena encuadernación de la época en Media piel puntas lomo liso dorado.- El papel algo tostado debido a la propia composición quÃmica del mismo cosa común a todos los ejemplares. Por lo demás en EXCELENTE ESTADO. BIBLIOGRAFÃA Y DOCUMENTACIÓN ESPAÑOLAS Libro en español Establecimiento Tipográfico de Fortanet hardcover
17574948PRIMERA EDICION.- Madrid: Gabriel Ramirez Imp. 1757.- 102 p. 1 h.: Ante la portada lleva un bonito escudo real grabado al cobre firmado por G. A. Gil; 4º menor 203 x 13 cm; Buena impresión sobre excelente papel de hilo verjurado blanco y fuerte; Media Piel.- RARO ejemplar que conserva el grabado del escudo real que casi nunca aparece en esta obra. Terminan los estatutos.Dado en Aranjuez à treinta de Mayo de mil setecientos cincuenta y siete. YO EL REY Ricardo Wall. La encuadernación con el lomo restaurado con piel nueva imitando su antiguedad. Interior en excelente estado con tan sólo una diminuta perforación de polilla en el margen inferior que no afecta texto. MADRID Libro en español Gabriel Ramirez Imp. hardcover
177222923SEGUNDA IMPRESION.- Madrid: Por D. Joachin de Ibarra Impresor de Cámara de S. M. 1772.- 7 h. XXII384 p.; 8º 165 x 11 cm.; fina impresión sobre papel verjurado blanco y firme; Pleno Pergamino época parcialmente desprendido del lomo. SIGLO XVIII ESPAÑOL Libro en español Por D. Joachin de Ibarra paperback
