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185570211Boston:: Ticknor and Fields 1855. Early edition. publisher's flexible gilt-lettered cloth. Cloth faded especially at the spine; a little rounded at corners. 16mo. Ticknor and Fields, hardcover
182313925Dedham: H. & W. H. Mann 1823. First Edition. Sewn binding. Good . Large octavo 25pp. Ex-library with two stamps to the title page and a few stray pencil markings else clean. Side-sewing intact but extra stab holes and missing wrappers suggest that it was removed at some point from a bound volume of other works. Marginal tear to pp. 3-4 just barely approaches text else with shallower chips and tears to extremities. Untrimmed. Minimal foxing; a good or better example. Horace Mann's first publication which he printed at his own expense. A passionate and upbeat celebration of America's first 47 years which looks forward to the fruits of westward expansion. Published when Mann was a young lawyer; in fact the same year that he was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. As such it precedes his earliest writings on education--the subject for which he is best remembered--by more than a decade. Missed by his early bibliographers. <br /> <br /> Scarce in the trade. OCLC records perhaps a dozen holdings distinctly concentrated in Massachusetts. Sabin only records a posthumous reprint as part of a collected edition. American Imprints 13120. H. & W. H. Mann unknown
1845333470Boston: Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen 1845. Inscribed on the front cover "G.F. Clark from Hon. Horace Mann. 124pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers small chip at upper outer margin on upper cover spine with wear and loss. Inscribed on the front cover "G.F. Clark from Hon. Horace Mann." 124pp. 8vo. An important work by Mann responding to criticism over his educational reform particularly his common school system and the emphasis on non-sectarian education. Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen unknown
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
18392133Boston: Marsh Capen Lyon and Weber 1839 Volume 1 and 2 bound together in a three quarter leather binding marbled boards. Light foxing page 69- 70 has a rip possibly from binder very solid book subtly rubbed through on marbled boards leather in nice condition. A seemingly scarce book edited by Horace Mann. Marsh, Capen, Lyon and Weber hardcover
185415360Yellow Springs and Boston:: A. S. Dean; Crosby & Nichols 1854. original flexible green ribbed cloth. Some scattered light foxing; corners of about 10 leaves chewed not affecting any printing; wear to cloth; very good. 12mo. A. S. Dean; Crosby & Nichols, hardcover
1854043RAD5A.S. Dean Yellow Springs Ohio; Crosby & Nichols Boston: 1854. 1854 144 p. 12mo. Lightly foxed. Original flexible cloth wraps lettered in gold and decorated in blind. Manuscript inscription "Rev. Abiel Abbot D.D. with the best love of his nephew A. A. Livermore." Horace Mann politician and educator came from humble beginnings but by his own exertions he was graduated at Brown in 1819. After his graduation he was tutor in Latin and Greek in Brown entered the Litchfield Connecticut law-school in 1821 and in 1823 was admitted to the bar opening an office in Dedham Massachusetts. He was elected to the legislature in 1827 and was active in the interests of education public charities and laws for the suppression of intemperance and lotteries. He established the State lunatic asylum at Worcester and in 1833 was chairman of its board of trustees. He continued to be returned to the legislature as representative from Dedham till his removal to Boston in 1833 when he entered into partnership with Edward G. Boring. In the practice of his profession he adopted the principle never to take the unjust side of any cause and he is said to have gained four fifths of the cases in which he was engaged the influence that he exerted over the juries being due in a great measure to the confidence that all felt in his honesty of purpose. He was elected to the State Senate from Boston in 1833 was its President 1836-7. From 1837 to 1848 he was Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. In the spring of 1848 he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Whig to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Quincy Adams. His first speech in that body was in advocacy of its right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories. In 1850 he was engaged in a controversy with Daniel Webster in regard to the extension of slavery and the fugitive-slave law. Mann was defeated by a single vote at the ensuing nominating convention by Mr. Webster's supporters; but on appealing to the people as an Independent Anti-Slavery candidate he was re-elected serving from 1848 to 1853. In September 1852 he was nominated for Governor of Massachusetts by the Free-Soil Party and the same day was chosen President of Antioch College. Failing in the election for governor he accepted the Presidency of the college in which he continued until his death. He carried that institution through pecuniary and other difficulties and satisfied himself of the practicality of co-education. The inscriptions involve: Abiel Abbot 1765-1859 a famous New England clergyman; and Abiel Abbot Livermore also a famed New England clergyman educator and author. FIRST EDITION. Thomson 773. Sabin 44324n. PRICE JUST REDUCED! W147 RtStk. Language: eng. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. A.S. Dean, Yellow Springs, Ohio; Crosby & Nichols, Boston: 1854. paperback
1845134<p><strong>Publisher's original olive cloth. 12mo. 338 pages A near-fine copy with no bookplates or previous ownership inscriptions. Some ink stains on the margins of the first several pages and a little splash on the rear board and moderate foxing on the rear endpaper and across the last several pages. Housed in a custom green custom cloth clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery. A beautiful copy with virtually no wear. Mann was the first great American advocate of public education who believed that in a democratic society education should be free and universal nonsectarian democratic in method and reliant on well-trained professional teachers.</strong></p> WM B. Fowle and N. Capen hardcover
1823008528Dedham: H. & W. H. Mann 1823 Book. Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. Pp. 25 1 blank. Self covers. Pulled from a bound volume some remnants at spine. Some slight spotting to covers. Contemporary ink signature and comment to top border; else clean. A fine copy. Perhaps the earliest publication with Horace Mann as author. Horace Mann 1796-1859 was an American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. Born in Franklin Massachusetts Mann studied at Brown University graduated with honors and then studied law. One of the early residents of Dedham Massachusetts Mann passed the local Bar and opened a law office in 1823. In only his first year in Dedham he was invited to deliver the Independence Day address. In his speech he "outlined for the first time the basic principles that he would return to in his subsequent public statements arguing that education intelligent use of the elective franchise and religious freedom are the means by which American liberties are preserved." Former President and then Congressman John Quincy Adams later read the address and "expressed great confidence in the future career of Mr. Mann". This pamphlet printed by Mann and his father is perhaps the earliest publication with Horace Mann as author. Includes a contemporary ink signature with the words "A significant work" penned in the same hand. Sabin: 44324. . H. & W. H. Mann unknown
18452341534Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown / Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen / C. Stimpson 1845. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor cosmetic wear a couple pages toned. 1845 Hard Cover. 144; 16; 176; 59 pp. Four works bound in one hardcover volume. Brown leather spine marbled paper over boards gilt titles. A collection of publications related to Horace Mann's response to criticisms of his educational reforms to promote non-denominational common school systems. Charles C. Little and James Brown / Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen / C. Stimpson hardcover
1844101107<p>Boston: Wm. M. Fowle and Nahum Capen 1844. 1844. Good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The spine has perished and the book is lacking the rear cover. The front cover is heavily chipped with a previous owner's name Seth Lowpenned at the top. 176 pages. Several page corners are slightly creased. The text block is cracked. Good.</p><p>RARE First Edition.</p><p>Known as "The Father of the Common School Movement" Massachusetts Secretary of Education Horace Mann 1796-1859 offers a fierce defense of his progressive reforms against the opinions of traditionalist schoolmasters. The controversy came about following Mann's publication of his "Seventh Annual Report". Mann a progressive praised the "object method" approach of the Prussian education system over rote memorization. He advocated for teacher training and for the use of positive reinforcement over corporal punishment that was common in Boston schools of the period. His reply was aimed at a group of 31 prominent Boston schoolmasters who objected to his reforms and the feud continued through 1845.</p> Boston: Wm. M. Fowle and Nahum Capen, 1844. paperback
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. Dutton and Wentworth unknown
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. William B. Fowle unknown
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. printed by J. & G. S. Gideon unknown
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. J. N. Bradley & Co unknown
1839088636Boston: Marsh Capen Lyon and Webb 1839 Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Lacks the spine strip has light exterior marks foxing on the endpapers. The "First number of "The Common School Journal" the object of the work being "the improvement of Common Schools and other means of Popular Education. Also intended to make it a depository of the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in relation to Schools and of the Reports Proceedings &c. of the Massachusetts Board of Education". Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb hardcover
18421071951842. Boston: Fowle and Capen 1842. <br /> <br /> 8vo iv 390 pp. Old half calf marbled boards joints cracked text block sound but quite foxed especially at the front and back. Inscribed by the author and with the later signature of Mary C. Chapman on front pastedown. <br /> <br /> § Volume 4 of this series; this copy inscribed by Horace Mann: "C. Sumner from Horace Mann 1847." 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. unknown
1840093565Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1840 Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Edition. The 3rd annual report of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Covers are detached minor fading on edges one page has an inked squiggle line down the side margin. Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers paperback
185269879Syracuse: Hall Mills and Company 1852. First edition 16mo pp. 127 1; limp purple cloth; wrappers sunned edges worn dampstain to endpaper but text clean and sound contemporary bookplate of Jonas M. Willey good. In notes under Sabin 44324. Hall, Mills, and Company unknown
1847005856Dedham Mass.: Herman Mann 1847 viii 1 10-136pp bound in original blind stamped brown cloth re-backed with original spine laid over. Covers show corner wear interior binding loose with hinges cracked ex-historical society. Herman Mann hardcover
184724844MADedham MA: Herman Mann 1847. 136 pp. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind. Binding faded; fraying to spine ends. Moderate foxing throughout. A strong sturdy copy given its age. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Herman Mann Hardcover
1896119744New York: The Christian Herald Library Bible House 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in green cloth. Hinge exposed. The Christian Herald Library, Bible House hardcover
1896W2090London: Fortescue Mann 1896. David Simkin reports "In a classified advert in an 1896 edition of The Photogram Fortescue Mann was offering "Opaline Stereoscopic Slides" at 6d each supplied from his shop at 48 Elgin Avenue Paddington London." Opaline stereoviews are albumen prints mounted on card stock and enclosed under a sheet of glass. Mann's opaline stereoscopic views were views of London Seaside resorts hop gardens county life river scenery etc. Note: There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann 1848-1897 or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann 1881-1916. David Simkin Sussex Photo History attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil The Art of Stereography attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter would have been quite a prodigy to have created these fine images at the age of 15 in 1896. First Edition. Glass. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Fortescue Mann. 3 1/4" by 6 3/4". Photo. Fortescue Mann
1896W2086London: Fortescue Mann 1896. There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann 1848-1897 or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann 1881-1916. David Simkin Sussex Photo History attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil The Art of Stereography attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter would have been quite a prodigy to have created these fine images at the age of 15 in 1896. From the collection of Robert N. Dennis. Please note that my scanner does not do well with glass stereoviews. All of the glass views I have listed for this fair have superb images especially when observed through a stereoscope. First Edition. Glass. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Fortescue Mann. 3 1/4" by 6 3/4". Photo. Fortescue Mann
1896W2087London: Fortescue Mann 1896. This stereoview was one of ten that Fortescue Mann exhibited at the Forty-first Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society 1896 under the title Exhibit No. 367: STEREOSCOPIC TRANSPARENCIES. Ten Slides In the Stereoscope. Note: There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann 1848-1897 or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann 1881-1916. David Simkin Sussex Photo History attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil The Art of Stereography attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter would have been quite a prodigy to have created these fine images at the age of 15 in 1896. First Edition. Glass. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Fortescue Mann. 3 1/4" by 6 3/4". Photo. Fortescue Mann