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16753Women's Education Movement. Western Female Seminary Catalog 1868-1869. Oxford OH. Western Female Seminary was founded in 1853 as a daughter school of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts. Its first principal Helen Peabody and most of the early faculty had been students and teachers at Mount Holyoke. Mary Lyon Residence Hall on the Western campus is named for Mount Holyok's founder Mary Lyon. It later received a charter and became Western College an all-female institution. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. Not in OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
19522242Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press 1952. First Edition. Rust cloth covered boards faux leather spine. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Eggenhofer Nick. 170 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. "Mr. Adams has done a superlative job and his illustrator Nick Eggenhofer has captured the real spirit of the round-up camp. This book is more than grand reading. It perpetuates the memory of the vanished craftsman and fills a long existent deficiency in the literature of the West." - New York Times Book Review. Interior crisp and clean dust wrapper lightly foxed. <br/><br/> University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
199720916Roanoke Virginia: Art Museum of Western Virginia 1997. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 64 pp. 23 color plates. To accompany exhibition Oct. 10 1997 to Jan. 4 1998. Essays by Ann Gibson and Mark Scala. Art Museum of Western Virginia unknown books
193050786New York Chicago San Francisco: Wilson-Western Sporting Goods Company 1930. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. The wrappers are illustrated with Rogers Hornsby in batting stance on the front cover. There are some marginal tears and general wear and soiling especially to the Made -To -Measure catalogue; else in very good condition. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box of cloth with inlays of wood and leather. These two companion catalogues illustrate off-the-rack and tailor-made uniforms in a variety of price ranges. They contain original wool flannel samples a drawing of the complete uniform full description and price. The READY-TO-WEAR catalogue is sixteen pages plus covers fully illustrated and contains thirty-two uniform samples in a variety of colors and pinstripes. The MADE-TO-MEASURE catalogue is thirteen pages plus covers contains illustrations and sixty uniform samples in a variety of colors and pinstripes. Additionally there are endorsements for mitts with photo portraits by Bill Terry and Ray Schalk. We have been unable to locate any other copies of these or other Wilson swatch book catalogues in OCLC or any other database. The library of The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown New York had heard that such catalogues were produced but had never seen one. Rare. <br/><br/> Wilson-Western Sporting Goods Company hardcover books
1968127309Tokyo Japan: Musee National d'Art Occidental Tokyo 1968. Softbound. Ex-library book VG. In Japanese and French. White wraps with color illustration burgundy and black lettering on spine and front cover. Unpaginated over 110 plates in bw and some color. Contains a biography notes on the exhibition's 129 works with illustrations for most. Musee National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo paperback books
19684295Chicago: Poole Brothers 1968. Single yellow sheet 45 cm x 40 cm printed on both sides and folding to digest size 23 cm x 10 cm Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Guide produced by the Burlington Route Denver & Rio Grande and the Western Pacific railroads to promote the California Zephyr whose route runs from Chicago to San Francisco. A listing of all the stops with eastbound and westbound departure times with mileage in each direction. Brief descriptions accompany the stop listings. Illustrated with a small route map.<br/><br/>"Welcome Aboard! All of us who have anything to do with the operation of the California Zephyr and this means hundreds of railroader! are naturally very proud of our beautiful Vista-Dome streamliner. We want to have a good time to see every wonderful mile of its scenic route to sleep well at night to enjoy all your meals in the dining or buffet car and to take advantage of the California Zephyr's numerous exclusive features. Poole Brothers unknown books
40365n. p.: Burlington & Quincy Railroad Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad & the Western Pacific Railroad n. d. Ca. 1969. Yellow color illustrated paper menus. White paper printed in dark green to stationery and envelope. Very mild wear light rubbing to menu edges. A Near Fine set of items. 4 items: dinner menus single sheet folded once stationery single sheet and envelope. Color illustrations to Dinner Menus. Varying sizes: 11" x 8" menus & 7" x 4-1/2" stationery. <br/><br/>Includes: 2 Dinner Menus dated February and October of 1969 color illustrated and plain white unused California Zephyr stationery with envelope. The California Zephyr was a passenger train service that was scheduled to pass through the more spectacular scenery on its route during the daylight. One of its claims to fame was the large Vista Dome clear glass top that allowed its passengers to view the scenery all around them. The route began in Chicago Illinois and ended in Emeryville CA. The train made its first run on March 19 1949 and while the original train stopped in 1970 it has since been operated by Amtrak. At 2438 miles it is one of Amtrak's longest routes and is to this day one of the most scenic - with breathtaking views of the Upper Colorado River Valley in the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad & the Western Pacific Railroad unknown books
1986131178Tokyo: The National Museum of Western Art; Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc 1986. Softcover. VG. Color illustrated wraps. 298 pp. 111 color illustrations. In Japanese and English. Includes three essays a catalogue of 111 works maps chronology list of exhibitions bibliography. The National Museum of Western Art; Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc paperback books
196415581Georgetown: The Talisman Press 1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/good. Quarto in dustwrapper. 258 pp. Illustrated. One of 750 copies. A very good copy in thick oatmeal cloth binding. Former ownership stamp to copyright page else a clean desirable copy. Original dustwrapper in good condition with toning and wear to edges. Some small chips to spine ends. <br/><br/> The Talisman Press hardcover books
PP1220-001Fort Bragg CA: California Western Railroad n.d. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Publication date circa 1952-1957. Brochure. Single sheet of paper folded trice. 9 x 4 inches folded. Opens to 9 x 5 3/4 inches. 8 panels 4 per side. 7 black-and-white half-tone images of trains and the route 4-panel map of milestones on the route table of stations and elevations printed in black and green inks; some light toning and foxing thumbed. PP1220-001. Very Good. The California Western Railroad popularly called the Skunk Train is a freight and heritage railroad in Mendocino County CA. It runs from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the interchange with the Northwestern Pacific railroad in Willits. The CWR ran steam and diesel-powered trans until 1952 when it retired its steam locomotive and ran gasoline or diesel-powered motor cards. The route covers 40 miles through Redwood forests along Pudding Creek and the Noyo River. The tracks cross some 30 bridges and trestles and pass through two deep mountain tunnels. The railroad was originally built by the Fort Bragg Redwood Company as the Fort Bragg Railroad in 1885 to carry coast redwood logs to a newly build lumber mill in Fort Bragg; it started with 6.6 miles of track. The railroad was renamed the California Western Railroad & Navigation Company in 1905 when it shipped lumber on a fleet of steam schooners until shipboard transportation of lumber ended in 1940. A 795-foot tunnel was completed in 1911 which allowed connection to Willits from Fort Bragg. The railroad name was shortened to the California Western Railroad in 1947; in 1952 steam locomotives were retired in favor of diesel power. Date for this brochure is estimated on the basis of campgrounds named in the text in particular the San Francisco Boys Club Camp Marwedel which was renamed Camp Mendocino in 1958. Not in Worldcat. California Western Railroad paperback books
19331962Long Beach Ca 1933. Very good plus. Forty silver gelatin photographs. Twenty-six mounted on leaves with typed captions the remainder loose but captioned in negative. Images 3.5 x 5.75 inches and 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Images crisp and clean mounting leaves a bit rumpled with light wear. Small collection of images documenting the Long Beach Earthquake of May 10 1933. The images mounted to sheets are numbered and captioned in typescript with the heading "Earthquake Damage - Long Beach and Vicinity. March 14 1933". They provide a visual survey of the damage to major sites around Los Angeles and Compton such as the Masonic Temple the Dominguez Sub-station the Security First National Bank in Compton buildings along East Compton Boulevard and several of the local schools. The loose photos all show damage in Long Beach itself including the Seaside Hospital the Catholic Church the Imperial Theatre schools and an image captioned "Feeding refugees at Lincoln Park - Long Beach Cal."<br/><br/>The Long Beach Earthquake occurred just before 6 o'clock in the morning and was a magnitude 6.4 killing more than 100 people. The epicenter was offshore south of Los Angeles with much of the damage limited to Long Beach but also spreading north into southern L.A. It is notable that many of the images here document school buildings as more than 200 schools were damaged in the event. This highlighted a need for earthquake-proof construction in school buildings where the death toll would have been much higher had the earthquake struck during school hours and the legislature passed the Field Act on April 10th as a result. An altogether interesting set of images. unknown books
192614325Augusta GA: Commercial Printing Co 1926. 8vo. 32pp illus. Wraps. Very good. Promotional pamphlet. <br/><br/> Commercial Printing Co paperback books
013602Orginal Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. the 1947 through 1948 have maps with some red color accents and each years show modest increases in revenue. The 1949 report is in stark black and white including its map and the decline in revenues is measured at 14.5%. unknown books
187016151Chicago 1870. 4" x 7" broadsheet. Lightly worn Good. Verso shows the "Direct Connections" made at Dixon with the Illinois Central RR; at Cedar Rapids; at Council Bluffs with the Council Bluffs & St. Joseph RR; at Omaha with the Union Pacific RR; at Cheyenne with the Denver Pacific RR; and at other places to Reno Sacramento and San Francisco. An unusual and ephemeral western rail travel item. <br/>Not in Graff Ante-Fire Imprints Eberstadt Decker Soliday Sabin BRE. unknown books
1929021229Chicago and North Western. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo 180pp. 46pp. Supplment to Book of Rules 1935 bound in at front. Owner's name very good. . Chicago and North Western hardcover books
014559Chicago IL: Poole Bros. Chicago. Fair. Pamphlet. Illustrated wrapper showing a collection of anthropomorphic animals gathered around a book. A delicate little pamphlet 5 1/4 x 5 1/16 inches with a fragile string-tied binding. Wrappers are soiled and chipped; some minor tearing to pages at binding but booklet remains intact; first leaf sticking at binding. Half inch triangular chip missing from back wrapper. Toning and soiling inside. What at first glance seems to be a typical child's ABC book is in reality a land promotional piece for the Chicago & North-Western Railway. "R is for Railroad train with equipment the best; Which on the North -Western Will take you out West." Includes a small inset map of the Chicago North-Western Railway and 8 pages of text extolling the virtues of the million acres of land the railway owns ready to sell in southern Minnesota and southeastern Dakota. An alphabet book in rhyme that includes text describing the benefits of moving to Dakota Minnesota and other places served by the Chicago and North Western Railway Company. 4 copies found on OCLC which lists the date as 1889. Fun piece of Americana. ; 16 pp . Poole Bros. Chicago unknown books
1901TB30276Chicago: Chicago & North-Western Railway Co. 1901. First Edition. An ex-library copy in its original light brown cloth covered flexible boards with a mult-colored printed front board. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 inches with a 1/4" closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine a library gift plate on the front paste down library stamps on several pages and call numbers written on the title and copyright pages. Without a dust jacket. 114 pages followed by an illustration of an earlier work of art. Illustrated throughout with maps and reproductions of earlier works of art. Chicago & North-Western Railway Co. hardcover books
1891BB009<p> CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries<br /></p><p>The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow China 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to original printed wrappers sewn spine soiling minor repairs.</p><p>The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John 1831-1912 as 'a gentleman of high official rank Taotai in Hunan' and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people see John's "A Voice from China" 1907 p. 220. Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX XIII XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia. </p><p>Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS ABPC & RBH. </p><br /> paperback books
1926WRCLIT78525Chicago: Walter M. Hill 1926. Gilt cloth. Pictorial title by T.M. Cleland. A neatly and properly deaccessioned institutional duplicate with a bookplate on the front pastedown bearing a small withdrawal stamp otherwise a nice bright largely unopened copy in pictorial dust jacket with minor chips at top edge of front panel and some tears at top edge of rear panel. First edition. Prefatory note by Christopher Morley. A collection of verse by the friend and patron of the Art Institute of Chicago and President of the Newberry Library Trustees printed by the Lakeside Press and published under the imprint of the Chicago bookseller. Walter M. Hill hardcover books
1972278701972. Softcover. VG owners' name on cover. White wraps. 130 pp. 135 bw ills. Catalogue prepared by Jairus Barnes and Moselle Taylor Meals. Includes introducton and fully annotated plates of fabulous examples. Shaker furniture transitional furniture Queen Ann style Chippendale Sharaton and much more! Features 160 exhibited items. unknown books
198416n.p.: the Coalition 199-. Pinback button slightly over 2 inches in diameter very good. the Coalition unknown books
195934611959. Softcover. VG. Yellow wraps. 14 pp. Gives brief biographies of Catlin Eastman A.J. Miller Ranney J.M. Stanley Bierstadt Remington and Russell. Lists works from various collections loaned for the exhibit including a large number of Russell bronzes. unknown books
4491No date. Softcover. VG. Red wraps. 12 pp. 13 bw repros. This collection was the gift of the W.R. Coe Foundation to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody Wyoming. Essay on the studio written by Harold McCracken. Also contains a chronology. No date but circa 1958-1960. unknown books
180220679Philadelphia: Poulson 1802. 8pp caption title as issued bound in modern marbled wrappers. Small blank forecorner chipping to first leaf lightly spotted else Very Good. <br/><br/> This rare Petition-- from Pennsylvania settlers on lands in Luzerne Northumberland and Northampton Counties claimed by Connecticut-- reviews the history of the Western Land Dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Examined in detail are the 1782 judicial decree terminating the rights of the State of Connecticut but not rights of private claimants the litigation brought by Connecticut claimants and attempts of the Pennsylvania Legislature to adjust those claims. Disliking the adjustment the settlers here request federal intervention. The Committee Report and the Vote on the Question rejecting the settlers' request are printed here. <br/> Bristol and Shipton call this an 1800 imprint; this is impossible because the Petition refers to events in February 1801. NAIP which records only 18th century American imprints does not list it. American Imprints says it was printed in 1802. <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 2874 1. Bristol 11109. Shipton & Mooney 49135. OCLC 55642207 7 as of September 2014. Poulson unknown books
179933509Hartford 1799. Printed folio broadside 7-3/8" x 12-1/4" completed in manuscript and docketed in manuscript on verso. Old folds light foxing else Very Good. An evidently unrecorded document on Connecticut claims to the Western Reserve not located on ESTC OCLC or NAIP as of March 2017.<br/><br/> "A general meeting of the agents of said proprietors held at Hartford on the 17th May 1797" established a schedule of taxes. But Frances Bradley of Fairfield failed to pay. Thus on January 15 1798 her property was sold for the amount of unpaid taxes to Walter Terry of Fairfield. Lothrop Lewis of Fairfield the tax collector here officially transfers the property to Terry. His deed dated March 30 1799 is acknowledged on April 5 1799. Lothrop Lewis whose name is printed also signs in ink; witnesses were Lewis Sturges and Samuel Rowland. <br/> In 1786 Connecticut relinquished claims to land west of Pennsylvania except for the Western Reserve a portion of what is now south of Lake Erie in northeast Ohio. Connecticut assigned some of the Reserve to its citizens as compensation for losses suffered during the Revolution; and sold the rest to a consortium of Connecticut men including Moses Cleaveland who had formed the Connecticut Land Company. Their speculations were not successful there being no effective local government in the Reserve capable of unraveling the tangle of land titles. Thus taxes imposed were frequently not collected. To force payment of the tax on January 15 1798 Lothrop Lewis conducted the sales. Carpenter: ORIGIN AND LOCATION OF THE FIRELANDS OF THE WESTERN RESERVE Ohio Archeological and Historical Quarterly Volume 44 April 1935 page180.<br/> Lothrop a/k/a Lathrop Lewis 1759-1817 born in Fairfield was its tax collector for many years. Lewis Burr Sturges 1763-1844 born in Fairfield graduated from Yale was clerk of the Probate Court from 1787 to 1791 a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1794 to 1803; and a Federalist Congressman from 1805 to 1816. He spent his later years in Ohio. Samuel Rowland 1769-1837 was born in Fairfield admitted to the bar in 1794 was a lawyer and town clerk for 42 years and turnpike surveyor to the New York State line. Perry: THE OLD BURYING GROUND OF FAIRFIELD CONN. A MEMORIAL OF MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF FAIRFIELD. 1882 p.164. unknown books
