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1998Embry 126552Blue Note Books 1998. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by Bill Phears. Blue Note Books, 1998. First edition. unknown books
184156092Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1841. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 328; original cloth-backed tan paper-covered boards; title printed in black on front cover; gilt lettering on spine; ex-Massachusetts Historical Society pressure stamp on title page boards rubbed; corners bumped; some dampstaining; otherwise very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown noting a donation by Rev. S. C. Jackson 1859. Presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper by Horace Mann to the Boston Unitarian minister Rev. Ezra S. Gannett. Compiled by Horace Mann the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. <br/><br/> Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers hardcover books
184254505Boston: John H. Eastburn city printer 1842. 8vo pp. 86; removed from binding wrappers perished; some light soiling to the title page else very good. <br/><br/> John H. Eastburn, city printer unknown books
184253915Boston: William B. Fowle and Nahum Capen . and by Tappan & Dennet 1842. 8vo pp. 24; text in double column; contemporary green paper wrappers; slight stain on first page of text else very good. <br/><br/> William B. Fowle and Nahum Capen ... and by Tappan & Dennet unknown books
1853316013Yellow Springs OH 1853. 2 pp. 12mo. Single leaf of stationery shallow chip at blank left margin with no loss of text. 2 pp. 12mo. The "father of American public school" writes to accept the invitation of the State Teacher's Association of Ohio to deliver their annual address and to express his admiration. In part: "I sincerely hope the time has now come when I can establish cordial relations with a Society which I have long regarded with so much honor & respect. I shall gladly avail myself of this ocassion to show the deep interest which I feel in the noble efforts of the Ohio Teachers of Common Schools." The letter dates from two months after Mann assumed the presidency of the newly established Antioch College at Yellow Springs. unknown books
1850315820Washington D.C. 1850. 1 page. 12mo. Fine condition. 1 page. 12mo. Opposing the Fugitive Slave Act. Horace Man 1796-1859 writes a scathing condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Act which Congress passed on 12 September 1850 in spite of Mann's vote against it: "The intellect of the world must grow stronger and its heart must grow purer before the former can adequately comprehend or the latter appropriately feel the moral turpitude of the Bill which the House of Representatives has this day passed nominally for reclaiming slavery but really for perilling the liberties of freemen." <br/>One of the most notorious bills in U.S. history the so called Fugitive Slave Act required the cooperation of law enforcement officials and citizens of free states in returning escaped slaves to their masters. The bill was the most explosive element of the Compromise of 1850 which sought and ultimately failed to preserve the Union.<br/><br/>"By placing himself in opposition to Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 Mann alienated many in the Whig party none more than Senator Daniel Webster whose support of the compromise floored Mann. Forced out of the Whig party by Webster's supporters Mann sought vindication under the banner of the Free Soil party in 1850. Narrowly reelected he was unable to mount an effort to repeal the odious fugitive slave law of 1851; the following year he failed to win the Massachusetts governorship as the Free Soil candidate" ANB. unknown books
183835636Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1838. Stitched 75pp. Untrimmed scattered foxing Good. 'Senate.No. 26' at head of title.<br/><br/> When Mann took office as Secretary the free public school system was characterized by "short school terms dilapidated and unsanitary school-houses untrained and underpaid teachers and irrational methods of teaching. He brought to his new duties such a degree of courage vision and wisdom that during the brief twelve years in which he held office the Massachusetts school system was almost completely transformed" DAB. This first Report was significant for its "presentation and discussion of school problems of crucial importance. The needs and remedies growing out of these problems are set forth with convincing clearness and with the fervor of a prophet and reformer" Id.<br/> Edward Everett was President of the Board of Education whose membership included Mann Jared Sparks and Robert Rantoul Jr.<br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 51561 5. Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers unknown books
33310Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston 1838 original wrappers slightly chipped . 64 pages 3 plates. . Other hardcover books
185621107Columbus OH 1856. 16pp. Disbound stitched. Scattered foxing dustsoiled. Small horizontal tear in fold of last leaf affecting several words words not lost but letters missing bottom and top halves. A few scattered pinholes in text loss of occasional letter. Good only. Delegates from several Ohio colleges convened December 29th 1856 to discuss the sentiment held by students that they ought "to withhold all information respecting the misconduct of their fellow-students from Faculty and Teachers". It was resolved that colleges and schools are a community and students should be good citizens by providing information to prevent or solve crimes committed by fellow students. unknown books
19372304392Massachusetts: Roxbury Memorial High School Boys Printing Department 1937. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket. 1937 Hard Cover. xi 54 pp. "Horace Mann May 4 1796 Roxbury Memorial High School (Boys) Printing Department hardcover books
184422921Boston: Dutton and Wentworth 1844. First edition 8vo pp. 199 1; unbound but sewn with 2 quarter-inch holes punched along the gutter some scattered dampstaining and foxing especially pronounced on pp. 57-64 all else very good. <br/><br/> Dutton and Wentworth unknown books
196917159NY: Negro Universities Press. Near Fine. 1969. Hardcover. 0837116449 . A reprint of the 1851 edition. About fine in brown cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Negro Universities Press hardcover books
184853917Washington: printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1848. First edition 8vo pp. 20; self-wrappers. Mann was elected to Congress in 1848 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Quincy Adams. This is his first speech to Congress and it left a mark advocating Congress's right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories and in a letter in December of that year he said: "I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will excite civil commotion in the South. But it is best to interfere. Now is the time to see whether the Union is a rope of sand or a band of steel." <br/><br/> printed by J. & G. S. Gideon unknown books
184853652Boston: William B. Fowle 1848. 8vo pp. 31 1; fine copy in original printed green wrappers. First published in Washington the same year but with only 20 pages here "revised and improved in better style and in larger type than any previous edition." This edition is also Mann's final text. Mann was elected to Congress in 1848 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Quincy Adams. This is his first speech to Congress and it left a mark advocating Congress's right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories and in a letter in December of that year he said: "I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will excite civil commotion in the South. But it is best to interfere. Now is the time to see whether the Union is a rope of sand or a band of steel." <br/><br/> William B. Fowle unknown books
185261667Boston: Commonwealth — Extra at head of first column 1852. Broadsheet 22 x 15 3/4 inches printed on both sides in six columns bearing only Mann's address. Mann 1796-1859; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1848-1853 known as the father of American public education won John Quincy Adams's seat in Congress after he died and served for five years as an anti-slavery advocate; this speech reaffirms his opposition and excoriates the political efforts at the time to silence those in both houses of Congress who supported his views especially those concerning the extension of slavery into the western territories. The "Commonwealth" was a Boston newspaper published 1851-1853 see AAS online catalogue. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 6316 and 6321 for pamphlet printings only. No printing in Work or Blockson catalogue. OCLC locates two copies of this broadsheet in separate entries New York Historical Society Texas-Austin and a goodly number of copies from several pamphlet printings. Long tear through bottom margin into text with no loss a very good example of a rare separate printing of this important speech. Folded. 8645. <br/><br/> Commonwealth — Extra [at head of first column] unknown books
172649First Edition. hardcover. 314pp. small 8vo original cloth; spine repaired several page corners folded lightly dampstained to some margins. Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1861.<br/><br/> unknown books
184457242Boston: J. N. Bradley & Co 1844. 8vo pp. 55 1; self-wrappers; spine with cloth reinforcement first leaf with 2" tear at the top gutter some loss of paper but no loss of letterpress ex-Garrett Bible Institute Evanston Illinois with several old library rubberstamps released; good copy. Mann had taken the Unitarian - and liberal - view that while the Bible should be taught in school it should be done without comment. Some religious groups charged him and the Board of Education with creating a godless system of schools. American Imprints 1612-13. Sabin 44318. <br/><br/> J. N. Bradley & Co hardcover books
1937180738Boston: Issued by Commissioner of Education James G. Reardon in cooperation with the Bostron School Department 1937. Hardcover. xi 54p. foreword preface bibliography biographical sketch ex-library with deaccsession marks and pocket removal otherwise very good in brown cloth and gilt. Dykes not available Powell 618. Issued by Commissioner of Education James G. Reardon in cooperation with the Bostron School Department hardcover books
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18449483Boston: William B. Fowle 1844. First Edition. Half calf. Very good. Tall 8vo. iv398pp. Index. Bi-weekly journal 24 issues. With 7 of 8 plates one folding. This copy inscribed on the front paste-down by Horace Mann in 1847. The name of the recipient is difficult to interpret. Half calf over marbled boards. Title and some text foxed. Note: Early American journals with illustrations are often found lacking something. Perhaps the plates weren't glued in well or possibly that illustrations were pulled from journals more often than from regular illustrated books William B. Fowle unknown books
1941WN33950Doylestown PA: Bucks Co. Historical Society 1941. Prior owner signature and date of 1948 on ffep. Laid-in is historical map of Chester Co. PA. A revision of the first edition of 1914. Some paste action in gutters. Dark blue cloth gilt with lettering and cover ornament somewhat faded. A definitive work on pictured stoves and stove plates of the Pennsylvania Germans. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Bucks Co. Historical Society Hardcover books
18421071958vo. Boston: Fowle and Capen 1842. 8vo iv 390pp. Old half calf marbled boards binding sound text quite foxed especially at the front and back. § Volume 4 of this series; this copy inscribed by Horace Mann: : “C. Sumner from Horace Mann 1847â€. Later signature of Mary C. Chapman. Horace Mann inscriptions are uncommon and this is a superb association. “Charles Sumner January 6 1811 – March 11 1874 was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War working to destroy the Confederacy free all the slaves and keep on good terms with Europe. During Reconstruction he fought to minimize the power of the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the freedmen.†Mary Chapman was involved with the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and was a friend of poet Julia Ward Howe and close friend of Charles Sumner and Horace Mann. Fowle and Capen hardcover books
1938167240London: Wright & Brown 1938. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi 7-288 original reddish orange cloth spine panel stamped in black. First edition. An occult detective novel. Gees fights pre-Celtic magic in the Scottish highlands. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1100. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 150. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 1075. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 133. Reginald 14707. Spine panel soiled and spotted front free endpaper adhered to front paste-down ex-lending library with several ownership stamps a sound reading copy. #167240 Wright & Brown unknown books
18487556Boston MA: Published by the author at 22 Water Street and sold by.; printed by Freeman and Bolles 1848. 16mo. 16.5 x 11 cm. 166 2 pages. Publisher's advertisement at rear. FIRST EDITION. A very complete handbook or manual of cage-bird maintenance with sections on Thrushes Finches Grossbeaks Warblers Larks South American Asiatic and African Birds Doves Parrots and with instructions for breeding canaries and the treating the diseases for which they are liable. An author/publisher's advertisement at the rear describes James Mann as "Taxidermist Dealer in American and Foreign Singing Birds Fancy Pigeons Rare Fowls &c.". Light soiling to some leaves; a few pencil annotations to front endpapers. Blind-stamped decorated brown cloth; professionally rebacked with original spine panel laid-down; gilt-titled at spine. Generally very good. Sabin A-67: 784-67786. Published by the author at 22 Water Street, and sold by...; printed by Freeman and Bolles hardcover books
179815192Wrentham: Nathaniel Heaton Jun. 1798. 32pp. Disbound scattered foxing else Very Good. <br/><br/> "One of the most notable surgeons of his day" DAB Mann became an army surgeon at age twenty during the Revolution and served in the War of 1812. He "visited Shays's camp during the rebellion of 1786-'7 in order to report to Gen. William Shepard" Appleton; and wrote the highly esteemed Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812. Howes M258. <br/> Mann traces the 'Masonic Art' to its beginnings: "as soon as order began and harmony was spoken into existence by the Supreme Architect of the universe the pillars of the masonic fabric were erected." Masonic history is discussed in a highly learned manner; much comment is provided upon Robison's work. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 34043. Sabin 44328n. Nathaniel Heaton Jun. unknown books