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1559046914Venice: Paul Manutium Aldus 1559. Hardcover Half Vellum. Very Good Condition. 18th century vellum backed boards worn at corners and a bit soiled title page stained an torn with loss in a few spots and a paper repair in the gutter; scattered staining and foxing elsewhere but generally clean small wormtrail in the lower margin at the end of the index touching a few letters. Still about very good overall - two volumes bound as one separate title for part two the index. 28 1-976 numbered columns i.e. 488 pages 36 132 pp. Index volume dated 1558; Ahmanson-Murphy 575<br/><br/>Pliny both compiled current knowledge of the world citing over 400 authorities and added to it himself . Not just the model for all encyclopedias to follow it is the ur-book of reference the model for an eclectic boundlessly useful assortment of human knowledge. "Over and over again it will be found that the source of some ancient piece of knowledge is Pliny Printing and the Mind of Man 5 Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046914. Paul Manutium (Aldus) hardcover books
199825071NY: Philomel Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0399231668 . Illustrated by the author. Seventeenth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Philomel Books hardcover books
184519523West Chester Pa.: Printed at the Office of the "Village Record 1845. Neat archival repairs on the verso to tears; paper stock browned; in very good condition. Broadside approx. 12 x 12 inches on laid paper roughly trimmed. A striking broadside advertising eight weekly lectures at "the Cabinet" beginning on Thursday the 23rd of January with tickets available at Wm. P. Townsend's Temperance Hotel the design of the course and the broadside itself are both suggestive of the contemporary trade in popular entertainment combined with education. Printed at the Office of the "Village Record, unknown books
1944145318Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church 1944. 32p. wraps very good. Presbyterian Church unknown books
1847739Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board of Education pr. by William S. Martien 1847. 8vo. 32 pp. <br><br>Unsuccessful attempt to promote Presbyterian parochial schools as a defense against secularism and Liberalism. Very good. Sewn; in original yellow printed wrappers. The [Presbyterian] Board of Education, pr. by William S. Martien unknown books
15971Princeton University "Princeton Alumni Weekly" Princeton N.J. Sept. 24 1968. Vol. LXIX No. 1. Titled "The Education of Women at Princeton: A Special Report; On the Desirability and Feasibility of Princeton Entering Significantly into the Education of Women at the Undergraduate Level." Inscribed by the Author on cover. In 1968 amid controversy and uncertainty concerning the acceptance of women at Princeton the President and Trustees authorized this extensive study to cover all aspects of the coeducation question. Published as an entire issue of the "Princeton Alumni Weekly" the result interprets multiple examples from other schools addresses arguments and concerns and imagines a coeducational Princeton of the not-so-distant future. It also includes the virulent minority opposition of Prof. Arthur Horton who fought the presence of women well after they became a normal feature of campus life. The positive decision came just in time for the April 1969 letters when for the first time the student body was joined by 148 women. Very good condition. This copy is notably inscribed to a woman "With the complement of the author/ 16 Sept 1968/ Princeton N.J." An important historical artifact of 1960's feminist academic reform. unknown books
199523692Athens: University of Georgia Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0820316377 . First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . University of Georgia Press hardcover books
197044104Detroit: Radical Education Project 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm.; publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; 19pp.; illus. Fine condition. Issue devoted to the women's liberation movement with the lead article by Kae Halonen "Man's World & Welcome to It!" Also includes Ethel Dunbar's essay "Women: Black & White / Young & Old" and "Women in Communes" by Kit Leder. Radical Education Project unknown books
1651046296Insulis 1651. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum mild age toning surface scar on front cover some edge wear endpapers worn and front endpaper with light dampstain date added in red pen to title a few notes in the margins in a contemporary hand otherwise clean internally. 694pp index. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046296. Insulis hardcover books
16085Early Women Education. Autograph Letter Signed on verso of a Handbill regarding Ragged Schools April 13 1868. Rev. H. Newton-Vicar of St. michael's Mission Schools Lant Street writes to a donor about the work of the Ragged schools. Verso is a broadside for "The Lant Street Ragged Schools for Boys and Girls Borough Southwark." Reading in part "These Ragged Schools are placed in the midst of the poorest populationin Southwark in are the largest with about 850 attendances daily and the most important in South London." Attendance shows girls far outnumbered boys in the school "Boys in the Lower School Room.167 Girls in the Upper School Room.243.Afternoon Boys.162 Girls.233. The attendants at the Evening School in which more grown persons of both sexes are taught to read and write number about.65." He has made notes in his hand on the broadside portion in part "Ragged Schools male & female." This rare handbill is absent from OCLC Worldcat and considerably more interesting for the first-hand manuscript content regarding the coeducational activities of the school. unknown books
1859045071Paris: E. Dentu 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards wear at edges hinges a little rubbed; a bit of foxing mostly early on. 318pp with an attractive folding map of California at the rear with a small crease and light foxing. Howes M198 Sabin 38700. Aristocrat connoisseur of colonialism gambler possible pirate. The Count set sail for San Francisco after failing to make a go of it in Algeria and France. He fell in love with Sonora and mounted an expedition to secure its independence that ended with him meeting a firing squad in 1854. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 045071. <br/><br/> E. Dentu hardcover books
1781025172London: Lockyer Davis 1781. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Rebound in modern paper covered boards with title on spine in black type. Interior is in excellent condition with no foxing or other age related problems. Very wide margins. An important author who worked with Diderot on his earlier work and contributed much philosophically to his time Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 025172. <br/><br/> Lockyer Davis hardcover books
200220629London: Reaktion Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1861891199 . Illustrated. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Reaktion Books hardcover books
1970176840Research and Education Department IBT 1970. 40p. 6x9 inches illustrations glossary very good booklet in stapled blue wraps. Research and Education Department, IBT unknown books
1973220639Washington DC: National Foundation for Improvement of Education 1973. First two issues of the newsletter 12p. & 8p. 8.5x11 inches reports tables services and resources listing of conventions by state very good in stapled blue and white wraps. On the establishment of the Center and much on women's educational rights. National Foundation for Improvement of Education unknown books
1945045505Barcelona: Archivo Historico 1945. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed burgundy cloth. Scattered slight browning otherwise very clean internally. The manuscript images are well done. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045505. <br/><br/> Archivo Historico hardcover books
1974182971San Francisco: Rivendell 1974. Two 8.5x11 inch brochures; one a four-panel piece with six photographs of children and teachers the other a three page introduction to the alternative elementary school's philosophy and disorganization; all have two fold-creases phone number penned on cover letter else generally very good condition. The cover letter is from Liz Wertheim to Michael Rossman. "The process of living itself is our curriculum." Photos show kids perching on the bridge in the Japanese Tea Garden naked girl at the beach nature hike etc. Rivendell unknown books
19312191575A.S. Barnes and Company 1931. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Boards rubbed top edge of jacket stained large chip of jacket missing along bottom pages toned penciled marks and name on front endpaper. A.S. Barnes and Company hardcover books
1553045324Lyon: Guillaume Rouille 1553. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum darkened worn at corners old inscription to front blank dampstain to upper right corner early on and lower margin towards the end modest browning and foxing crease to center of last 30 pages. 2 volumes in one each page with medallion portraits and a brief biography of celebrated figures from Adam to Henry II. viii 172 4pp; 247 8pp. Graesse V 458 Adams P2161 Bib. Lyon. IX 205. Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045324. <br/><br/> Guillaume Rouille hardcover books
1855045391Madrid: Fundicion y Libreria de D. Eusebio Aguado 1855. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Sammelband in 3 volumes of 9 books on 19th century Spanish topics - telegraphs agriculture the national library roads etc. All rebound in 1/4 morocco. Attractive bindings - one title with a folding plate of agricultural machinery. Light wear to bindings scattered foxing and browning internally. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045391. <br/><br/> Fundicion y Libreria de D. Eusebio Aguado hardcover books
1672046190Venice: Combi & La Noù 1672. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Fair Condition. First Italian Edition in soiled and worn but intact contemporary vellum endleaves refreshed. Modest foxing and browning a few tears including one across the center of the first pages repair to extra engraved title - significant and pervasive worming to text block touching many letters and engravings but not greatly affecting sense. Signature k bound out of order. 12 296pp. First published in English in 1668; a fair to good copy of a finely illustrated history. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046190. <br/><br/> Combi & La Noù hardcover books
1982046529Mexico: Fomento Cultural Banamex 1982. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Near Fine Condition. Quarter calf over red silk marbled endpapers. One of 500 sets slight sunning to cloth slipcases split to cloth on one edge of one slipcase spines faintly sunned. A lovely set. Incorporating text and images from the original manuscript of the Historia known as the Florentine Codex. xviii4 355; 6359-745 1pp and 80 color plates outside of the pagination. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046529. Fomento Cultural Banamex hardcover 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
199376323San Francisco: the Department 1993. 185p. 8.5x11 inches slightly rubbed wraps. The Curruculum Guide Committee that put this book together was composed of Chinese American educators. the Department unknown books
1863025116Frankfurt: Wilhelm Richler 1863. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fair. Scarce first edition of Sander's work on the American Civil War. 121pp - first edition - later editions 1865 etc. had maps and some added material. Sabin 76345. Front cover detached but present - wraps generally in good condition light chipping at edges and a bit soiled generally. A few loose pages and in general need of some restoration but a complete copy of a scarce civil war work typically only seen in later editions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 025116. Wilhelm Richler unknown books
