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185724811Brooklyn New York: Charles Washburn A.M. 1857. A small single-side printed folding broadsheet-flyer announcing the opening of this school for Dec. 8.:".Its design will be - avoiding all precocious development and unhealthy mental stimulants resulting too often in superficial acquirements - to prepare its pupils for future life by a thorough and systematic training long continued upon common sense principles.opened daily with a brief religious exercise; but no sectarian principles will be inculcated.The highest inducements to diligence and correct deportment will be placed before the pupil avoiding as far as possible an appeal to the abject motive of fear." With the tuition terms per quarters by age group and the list of possible extra charges. With a list of references below including that of Prof. D.H. Mahan of West Point. Printed in several type-faces; approx. 5" x 8" size. Light wear little wrinkling to the surface; in very good condition; interesting Brooklyn NY classical education history ephemera. Broadside. Not Bound. Very Good. Charles Washburn, A.M. paperback books
190923244Riverhead Long Island New York: Riverhead High School Debating Society 1909. 23 pages; editorial staff included Howard E. Duryea James C. Lutz A. Lowell Hallock Raynor D. Howell J. Wesley Warner Lila L. Howell Irene A. Tuthill; contents including original stories poetry humorous anecdotes; editorial comment - in this issue regarding Riverhead H.S. championship baseball teams and the lack of financial and student support and a note regarding the destruction of the County Review plant which printed the prior issues of "The Scribe" and apologies for printing delays due to the disaster; current topics also mentioned with comment on the murder of an investigator of the criminal Black Hand Mafia organization in Palermo Sicily arctic exploration with mention of Lieutenant Shackleton of the British Navy the Cleveland child kidnapping case of Willie Whitla and news of Standard Oil Company's acquittal in a major judicial case in Missouri; with a group of alumni news and doings; athletics scores and game descriptions and debating team record of subjects and win-loss chronology; senior class commencement honors lists; at front and at back are advertisements for many local businesses which supported the publication: Riverhead Savings Bank the Uptown Restaurant Stanley Rutger first class barber shop McCabe's Central Store Hallett Milling Co. The Griffin House The Woodmen Orchestra; Wm. F. Morell The Old Reliable Carriage Repository; Frank W. Satterly painter and paper hanger various attorneys Corwin jeweler and optometrist W. H. Sweezy clothier and haberdasher Howard the photo artist Amman photographer more; approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size; original printed and illustrated stapled paper covers some edge tips wear and darkening to binding contents in very good condition; interesting early 20th century Riverhead Long Island cultural social and educational ephemera. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Riverhead High School Debating Society Paperback books
1984177855Tempe: AACHE 1984. Folder containing membership application form 4-panel 8.5x11 inch program 3 blank letterheads for notes 59 page photocopied draft of an action plan compiled and edited by Raymond V. Padilla and Miguel Montiel very good in 8.5x11 inch white folder printed in blue. AACHE unknown books
197229914Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education 1972. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; staplebound mimeographed self-wrappers; 69pp. About Fine. Evaluation document issued "In accordance with the intent of the Amendment to Article One of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which prohibits the denial or abridgement of rights because of sex." Issued and signed in facsimile by John C. Pittinger Secretary of Education. Unlocated in OCLC as of May 2016. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education unknown books
193716268London: Communist Party of Great Britain 1937. First Edition. Three 12mo volumes. Staple-bound pamphlets; printed wrappers; 161619pp. Minor external soil; Very Good. First three volumes in the official study programme of the CPGB. The first volume exposes readers to the "general crisis of Capitalism;" the second provides first lessons in the theoretical framework of Marxism; the third provides a brief course in the history of socialism from the utopians through Marxism-Leninism. The series eventualy ran to six volumes. Communist Party of Great Britain unknown books
43865Kellogg n. d. Ca. 1900. Albumen photograph affixed to grey mounting board with blind-embossed rules. Mounting board uneven and rough on two edges photograph centered within rules but offcenter on mounting board suggesting this board was detached from a larger piece; large sticker remnant and dried adhesive to verso. Minor spotting to photo edges; two abrasions to photo affecting face of one student. Good condition overall. Photo: 5" x 7". Mounting board: ~7" x 9" <br/><br/>Early 20th century photograph of a diverse age-range of schoolchildren possibly the entire student body at what we presume is a one-room school house in the Midwestern US. The children hold a flag reading "Kellogg." A sign mounted on the brick above the doorway behind the students reads: "$25 REWARD Will Be Paid for the Arrest and Conviction of Any Person Who Damages This Building. Lanterns on the School House Grounds Is Strictly Prohibited. Chas " unknown books
195525973New York: Association Press 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 241 pp. Steering adolescents to adulthood. A handsome near fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. Association Press hardcover books
192868916New York: Department of Research and Education Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America 1928. 99p. wraps rear wrap and last page slightly chipped and stained in upper margin. Research bulletin no. 7. Department of Research and Education, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America unknown books
18479151London: Pr. by William Clowes & Sons for J.W. Parker 1847. 8vo. 14 pp. lacking title-leaf. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2ENG6435. Removed from a nonce volume. Lacking pp. 12 title-leaf. Closed tear in pp. 1314 without loss of text. Pr. by William Clowes & Sons for J.W. Parker unknown books
1917189291San Francisco: Self-published by the author 1917. 8p 5x6.5 inches wraps staple-bound staples rusted but no impact on program mildly discolored with stain at right corner of pages handwriting from period on front cover's lower left corner median vertical fold as if for placement in pocket. Program for educational program for SF teachers presented by the Superintendent of Schools. Mayor James Rolph welcomed the teachers who were addressed by Stanford's Lewis Terman on early IQ testing and on working with "superior children" prior to his testing of soldiers during WWI. Henry Holmes of Harvard also spoke on "Education and the Great War. Self-published by the author unknown books
18605280fdLondon: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge n.d. ca. 1860. Oblong quarto decorated stiff orange wrappers 49 pp. Illustrated with twenty-two wood engravings by Josiah Wood Whimper. Good; cover shows wear front hinge broken interior clean and complete. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. [ca. 1860]. unknown books
18459751New York 1845. Original printed wrappers stitched 32pp. Light scattered wear and fox. Very Good. "There never yet was a young people able to furnish themselves with the literary institutions they needed. It was true of New-England: her Harvard Yale and Dartmouth owed their existence to foreign munificence; and if ever similar institutions are to rise up in the West and exert a like power in molding the character of that vast empire they must receive their first impulse from abroad. This is what the Society aims to do." Officers included Edward Beecher Leonard Bacon Horace Bushnell and Samuel Walley Jr. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 85916. unknown books
194826364Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1948. First Edition. Octavo 23.25cm.; original staplebound self-wrappers; vi356pp. Upper wrapper a bit toned; rubberstamp compliments from Congressman Max Schwabe 2nd District Missouri to upper wrapper. Very Good and sound. Hearings held September 8-1013-6 1948. Includes a letter to Congressman Max Schwabe chairman of the special subcommittee from Fred A. Hartley Jr. a Congressman from New Jersey. United States Government Printing Office unknown books
197625237Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1976. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; original printed staplebound self-wrappers; iv74pp. Fine. Hearing held in Los Angeles November 18 1976 with Carl D. Perkins Representative from Kentucky as chairman of the Committee. Perkins also contributed to the production of the Equal Opportunity Act of 1964 and Head Start 1965. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
54767Okinawa n.d. Paperback. Good. illustrations 12 sheets mimeo on one side only two holes punched at top two rusty staples at left side. 27cm. All sheets partially stained yellow and slightly waxy but clear and readable. <br/><br/> paperback books
18542069Edinburgh: Thomas Constable And Co. 1854. Third Edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue boards. Very good. 220 pages. Crucial social advice for Scottish working class with recipes washing instructions going out to service religious duty etc. Brewster was the daughter and biographer of Sir David Brewster the Scottish physicist astronomer mathematician writer and inventor. Owner's signature on front endpaper "Elizabeth Driver/With best wishes - July 1859." Interior clean boards rubbed and corners bumped spine chipped and frayed. <br/><br/> Thomas Constable And Co. hardcover books
1889030880Louisville KY: John P. Morton 1889. Three-Quarter Leather. Good -. Front board detached but present. Rubbing to leather at corners and tail of spine with heavy chipping at head of spine. Binding is tight and text block is clean. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 030880. <br/><br/> John P. Morton hardcover books
1881TB27019New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1881. First Edition. Very good in printed paper wrappers over a sewn binding with slight soiling to the front panel and a short closed tear to the spine fold. Without a dust jacket as issued. 16 pages of text issued "Under the patronage of the State of Connecticut and of the United States" to celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Groton Heights. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor unknown books
198420362F.A. Foster 1984. First Edition. Near fine in original printed saddle-stitched wrappers. Thin octavo. 6.325 x 8.5 in. 8 pp. Signed by F.A. Foster on title page. Scarce. <br/><br/> F.A. Foster unknown books
1895031182Worcester: Charles Hamilton 1895. Pamphlet. Good . Ex-library with stamp to cover and title page. Inscribed by Green on cover. Green was an important intellectual and a crucial figure in the founding of the public library movement. 59pp; from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Americana; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 031182. <br/><br/> Charles Hamilton unknown books
1899039946Quincy MA: Eastern Printing & Engraving 1899. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Slight wear and soiling to blue cloth boards otherwise fine and unmarked. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 039946. <br/><br/> Eastern Printing & Engraving hardcover books
1883037901Boston: Boston Board of Trade 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. Some wear and chipping with loss on spine edges. Gilt page edges. Great period advertisements throughout. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Business Finance & Marketing; History; Inventory No: 037901. Boston Board of Trade hardcover books
1926043736New York: Oxford Univ Pr 1926. Cloth. Very Good. Withdrawn from Harvard University Library with usual marks Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sociology & Politics; Inventory No: 043736. <br/><br/> Oxford Univ Pr hardcover books
1881045065Philadelphia: Cottage Library 1881. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Publishers black cloth wear at corners and spine ends. Slight scattered foxing and mild browning internally. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045065. <br/><br/> Cottage Library hardcover books
1894044954Paris: Charavay Mantoux Martin 1894. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Montader. Light wear and rubbing to publisher's decorative cloth rear hinge slightly split. Light browning internally a few torn tissue guards otherwise unmarked. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: Montader. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Children; History. Inventory No: 044954. <br/><br/> Charavay, Mantoux, Martin hardcover books
