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196829280Jericho NY: New Dimensions in Education 1968. First Edition. 12mo 17.5cm.; original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 262pp. Wrappers rather soiled and worn from handling; contents about fine. Short anthology of works "to be used in conjunction with the Professional Notebook Workshop" p. ii including stories and articles by Chester Himes Earl Conrad and Guy de Maupassant. New Dimensions in Education unknown books
199037319San Diego:: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0156482401 . Seventh printing thus paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . Harcourt Brace & Company, paperback books
1980166523San Francisco: the Fund and the Foundation 1980. Ten-panel brochure 4x5.5 inches illustrated with cartoons on AIDS prevention blue cover no date. The brochure originally handed out at the Gay Freedom Day Parade was reissued with changes reflecting changing knowledge of AIDS every year for five years; this is an earlier issue. the Fund and the Foundation unknown books
1987262853San Francisco: Harvey Milk AIDS Education Fund 1987. 12-panel brochure 4x5.5 inchestext in Spanish illustrated with cartoons on AIDS prevention very good in brown and white covers. The brochure originally handed out at the Gay Freedom Day Parade was reissued with changes reflecting changing knowledge of AIDS every year for five years. Harvey Milk AIDS Education Fund unknown books
198393905San Francisco: the Fund and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation 1983. Ten-panel brochure folded to 4x5.5 inches illustrated with cartoons on AIDS prevention very good in orange and white. The brochure originally handed out at the Gay Freedom Day Parade was reissued with changes reflecting changing knowledge of AIDS every year for five years. the Fund and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation unknown books
198493906San Francisco: the Fund and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation 1984. 12-panel brochure 4x5.5 inches illustrated with cartoons on AIDS prevention very good in purple and white covers. The brochure originally handed out at the Gay Freedom Day Parade was reissued with changes reflecting changing knowledge of AIDS every year for five years. the Fund and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation unknown books
198593907San Francisco: the Fund and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation 1985. Five-panel brochure4x5.5 inches illustrated with cartoons on AIDS prevention shocking pink and white. The brochure originally handed out at the Gay Freedom Day Parade was reissued with changes reflecting changing knowledge of AIDS every year for five years. the Fund and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation unknown books
1792046094York: E. Hargrove 1792. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards type offset onto rear cover very clearly spine dry and rubbed edges worn offsetting from frontis onto title tear to corner of page 11 not touching text scattered foxing - still a very good copy. 1044pp 2 plates and a folding table the fallacious "Pedigree of Robin Hood". Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 046094. <br/><br/> E. Hargrove hardcover books
16719Friendship album with handwritten poems and letters in many hands to a young woman commemorating their time as schoolmates c. 1831. Most entries are from 1830s with locations from all over New England and the north east: Medford Windham Dunstable Derry and Nashua. 8.5 x 5.25 in. Gilt quarter morocco with marbled boards. Green marbled end papers. 76 pages. 36 entries handwritten from 1831-1899. Friendship albums became popular in America at this time especially among young women at female academies as the blossoming culture of sentimalism made its mark on personal relationships; young ladies and male friends alike would sign the albums to remember time spent together.<br/><br/>Album belonging to Elizabeth N. Patterson a young lady student with entries from several friends including this letter titled "To a School Mate": "How swiftly rolls the wheels of time. Four years have now elapsed since we parted from the school where we were taught from our childhood up; and I can say from my heart that they were as happy days as I have since experienced. Twenty one years have just closed upon me an dI take the opportunity as this--Album has been presented to me to record my grateful acknowledgements on its pages for the Blessing of health and the enjoyments of Parents to guide and direct me. The latter you have for past years been deprived. But may wisdom guide you and keep your path unobstructed through a long and happy life. If the care of family should be your lot you will recollect that the good government thereof leads to the comfort of communities and the welfare of states. Of every domestic circle woman is the centre. Hoe that scene of purest dearest joy home is the empire of woman. There she plans directs and performs the acknowledged source of dignity and felicity. Where female virtue is most pure female sense most improved female deportment most correct there is most propriety of social manners. The early years of childhood the most precious years of life and opening seasons are confined to woman's superintendence; she may therefore be presumed to lay the foundation of all the virtue and all the wisdom that enrich the . The wisdom of action is better than the wisdom of words; for in the moral sin the vegetable kingdom one may plant and another may water; but it is the light and warmth of living energy which like the brighter ray of heaven can alone give the increase." <br/><br/>Some call inspiration upon the writer such as the handwritten introduction to the album on the first page. "The sportive sulphs that couple the air unseen on wings that twiling weaves Around the opening rose repair and breath sweet incense on its leaves. With Sparkling cups of bubbles make They catch the ruddy beams of day And steal the rainbows sweetest shade their blushing favorite to array. They gather gems with sunbeams bright from floating cloud and falling showers They rob auroras locks of light To grace their own fair queen of flowers. Then take my flower and let its leaves Beside thy heart be cherished near While that friendly heart received the cordial wishes of friendship dear." <br/><br/>To Friend Elizabeth: "May all your years be spent in bliss and all your plans succeed Be but as happy as I wish and you'll be best indeed. While journeying through this vale of tears May peace and plenty crown your years Long may you live supremely blest Then die and be a Saviour's guest." Some reacted to the beautiful words written by peers in their own entries: "Now in my chamber by the dim light of a lamp I have reviewed those pages of thine Album whereunto so goodly a number of thy friends have let their hand a seal. There I beld what should always be seen in an Album wit eloquence learning and poetry". In very good condition. unknown books
189127305Hancock NY: Herald Print 1891. First edition. Paper wrappers. Wrappers soiled else a very good copy. 20 pp. 12mo. School catalogue with lists of students tuition courses of study. Herald Print unknown books
1738045053London: Paul & Isaac Vaillant 1738. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary calf gilt. Hinges a bit rubbed wear at corners ding to one spot on the spine of volume 1 leather repair to one corner - an attractive set overall. Title pages in red and black scattered light foxing but an attractively printed and clean set. The history covers 1490-1534. xxxxii 620pp; xi 604pp; viii 476pp index. Size: Quarto 4to. 3-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045053. <br/><br/> Paul & Isaac Vaillant hardcover books
1614045460Frankfurt: Avbriana 1614. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary vellum titles penned to spines. Modest soiling and wear one hinge just starting to crack but quite sound overall. Moderate mostly even browning to pages. The title of the second volume is Chronici Chronicorum Politici. 14 1432 10pp; 14 1336 21pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045460. <br/><br/> Avbriana hardcover books
1811045755London: Edward Jeffery 1811. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Contemporary cloth backed boards boards worn at the corners front endpaper loose endpapers browned; bright internally. 124pp Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Reference. Inventory No: 045755. <br/><br/> Edward Jeffery hardcover books
1561046145Paris: Guillaume Morel Gulillaume Guillard et Almaricum Warancore 1561. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary armorial calf very worn corners worn through spine perished and cords exposed one head band detached binding still generally sound. Upper corner of front blank excised scattered foxing and early marginalia rules line in outer margin in second book some age toning but generally clean and bright internally. 30 639 32; 247 34 pp Two volumes in one printed in part by the successor press to famed Paris printer Charlotte Guillard Gregory of Tours important early history of Gaul and Ado's chronicle connecting the Roman Empire to the Carolingian Empire. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046145. <br/><br/> Guillaume Morel, Gulillaume Guillard, et Almaricum Warancore hardcover 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
19972309568New York: Houghton Mifflin 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Faintly rubbed. 1997 Hard Cover. The ultimate math resource for school or home Math on Call has everything you need for math success. Math on Call also includes a handy Almanac with math prefixes problem-solving strategies study tips guidelines for using spreadsheets and databases test-taking strategies helpful lists and tables and more. Houghton Mifflin hardcover 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
1912042458Starsburg: Karl Trubner 1912. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. In a fine calf binding by Walter Hacker Leipzig. Spotting to calf light wear at extremities but a lovely binding. Added marbled endpapers; fine internally. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 042458. <br/><br/> Karl Trubner hardcover books
1820045246London: J. Compton 1820. Later Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Early boards rebacked in red morocco. A scarce reprint of the 1591 pamphlet detailing Glemham's actions against the Spanish as an English privateer aboard the 240 ton ship the Edward Constance. 11 leaves including the title and rear blank unpaginated. A bit dusty and stained at the edges scattered foxing heavier to title. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Ships & the Sea. Inventory No: 045246. <br/><br/> J. Compton hardcover books
18933241Wisconsin 1893. Hawthorne Composition Notebook #774 measuring 8.25 x 6.75". Comprised of 70 densely written pages largely in pencil in a single hand with penmanship maturing as pages go on across three years. Lizzie's ownership signature to the front wrap designates her as 12 years old at the start of her composition in January 5 1891. Resulting genealogy research has identified her as Elizabeth Lizzie Schuh born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1879. Census records show that she remained in this area through the end of her life. The present composition book is an opportunity to examine how girls were being educated at the turn of the century in the midwest and how that compares to their counterparts to either coast.<br/><br/>It is telling how little of Lizzie Schuh's preteen lessons are overtly gendered. In many notebooks of this kind from the U.K. and East Coast lessons during this age work to indoctrinate girls into an acceptable femininity even in seemingly innocuous ways. Yet here the lessons seem nearly gender neutral -- a possible sign of coeducational classrooms in her school. Throughout the notebook she writes declarative sentences works on active and passive voice practices tenses and memorizes abbreviations. She composes short essays; in the beginning these tend to focus on some piece of nature such as bees or oranges and they incorporate natural science as well as geographical information. Later essays include original short stories and reports on American figures including Daniel Boone and Andrew Jackson. As she progresses her compositions and her hand move toward adulthood becoming more confident and complex. <br/><br/>Perhaps the largest content focus is on areas of etiquette and behavior -- again a space where one might expect more overt gendering. And yet a section on How to Be Polite for example includes common-sense behavior such as "Try to be kind and unselfish" and "When anyone is writing or reading do not stand behind him or look over his shoulder." Some of the advice seems to encourage a kind of working-class or regional modesty: "Do not talk about dress" and "Do not soil your tongue with slang." Correspondence and letter-writing take up the bulk of the rear of the book. Here Lizzie begins by copying out generic letters likely providing by an instructor so she can learn the formalities both of letters and of posting them; later she imagines letters or copies out letters she herself has written and sent out. These appear to train the children for a variety of relationships including personal and familial communications the management of household and businesses and the maintenance of new acquaintances. <br/><br/>A fascinating glimpse into the language and communication development of a young Midwestern girl as she approached adulthood with research potential including but not limited to English language teaching the intersection among disciplines in elementary and middle school the history of coeducation regional education penmanship and paleography gender studies etiquette and genealogy. unknown books
18543249N.P 1854. Complete 28 page handwritten manuscript play prompt drawn directly from Julia Corner's 1854 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Stitched at spine and holding though some pages are loose or delicate. Occasional staining largely confined to margins or rear blanks. Composed in one woman's hand in ink throughout with what appears to be a much younger girl's annotation in pencil to the final pages. The text throughout corresponds with Corner's book with the exception of stage directions occasionally being abbreviated or simplified. We have been unable to locate the "Miss Lacy's School" mentioned in the younger girl's note.<br/><br/>Julia Corner the daughter of a printer became a prolific children's author in her time; and her adaptation of Beauty and the Beast was hailed for "creating quite a sensation among all the middling-size children" according to Eliza Cook's Journal from that year. At a time when there was debate about the morality of performance and theater Corner was noted for "wisely sympathizing with child-natures and she declares her belief in the propriety and profit of theatrical amusement among children"; and Eliza Cook's Journal documents instances of girls in particular gravitating toward the play "settling all the characters for all available friends" and performing at home or school Cook Vol 10. Here we see first-hand evidence of this phenomenon: girls in a ladies' school taking on roles and acting them out for classmates. Further research into the school its location and its class of girls would be enlightening -- uncovering for example if there were multiple prompts for girls who could not access Corner's text whether the manuscripts were done as a handwriting exercise in addition to the performance or whether one individual simply copied this play out as a souvenir of the event. The hand used throughout is elegant and well-trained -- seemingly a grown woman whose spelling corresponds with contemporary American rather than British expectations. <br/><br/>The choice of a fairy tale like Beauty and the Beast also deserves study as it promotes particular feminine qualities -- including respect for authority filial affection and self-sacrifice and modesty -- even within the darker setting of fairies sorcery and punishment. <br/><br/>A unique opportunity for research in fields including but not limited to the trans-continental transmission of fairy tales girls' education the history of performance didactic literature and performance in schools gender studies and paleography. unknown books
18982508N.P. 1898. Brown paper bound composition book comprised of 43 manuscript pages and 6 original crayon drawings by a young girl. First page excised. Ownership stamp of Hattie Plegge used on sheets toward the center of the book; teacher's signature Miss Sewell on nearby middle page. A fascinating and research-rich notebook in which a young girl practiced her hand in ink and pencil by copying out popular song lyrics folk ballads and poetry. <br/><br/>While the composition book of Hattie Plegge contains no overt indication of the girl's geographical location there are signs within her work that point toward the North. Poetry about General Grant and Abraham Lincoln as well as an original crayon drawing of an eagle marked "Union Forever" suggest that her community belonged to the Union during the Civil War. Additionally though she writes no date school year or age in the book her cursive and her drawings suggest that she was under the age of 12 at the time of composition. As she strives to mature her hand Hattie selects a fascinating array of works to copy out with care; and they provide valuable information about the types of music and poetry that were available to an elementary school girl. Some of the selections come from folk songs such as Billy Boy listed in the Roud Folk Song Index. Others were more widely popular tunes of the time including In the Gloaming 1877 On the Banks of the Wabash 1897 and I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph my Baby 1898. Mixed with these are also longer poems. Though Alice Cary's Suppose is listed as a recommended copybook text in Ballads for Little Folk 1874 others take a more adult political leaning as is the case with suffragist Frances Willard's work Grant is Dead copied out twice the second being more careful and Oliver Wendell Holmes' Old Ironsides. Whether the poetic works were provided by a teacher suggested by a parent or chosen by Hattie herself that give a glimpse into the social influences surrounding her. As a reminder that she is in fact a child there are 6 simple crayon drawings interspersed throughout including a Union eagle a donkey and what appears to be a schoolgirl in a cape.<br/><br/>A rich historical document with research possibilities including but not limited to paleography geography and politics in the post-Civil War era the history of education the transmission of folk songs and folk tales the history of music literature and poetry and gender studies. <br/><br/>Roud Folk Song Index 326. Ballads for Little Folk 47. unknown books
18482532Brimfield MA 1848. Columbian Writing Book #7 Designed for Use in Schools. Blue stitched paper wraps with flag and manicule motifs to front cover and general directions for proper handwriting on rear cover. Completely filled and comprised of 20 densely written manuscript pages in ink and pencil created by Ada N. Kenney of Brimfield Mass who leaves her ownership information in pencil on the front wrap. A lovely and fascinating historical document tracing both the method by which a young woman developed her hand as well as how such lessons served the additional purpose of indoctrinating her into socially-appropriate femininity.<br/><br/>Ada Kenney's copybook contains a neat and precise hand throughout which suggests that she was educated and belonged to the rising middle class. Meticulous and organized Ada breaks her book into two clear sections. The first 9 pages contain precisely copied and repeated sentences such as "Assiduity in labor produces fame and fortune" "Cherish sentiments of charity towards all men" "Discretion of speech is superior to eloquence" and "Immodest words are in all cases indefensible." As the lines get repeated 19 times each in the alphabetical order dictated by the first word it is clear that Ada is being trained in an elegant cursive. Yet the content of the lines and their repetition also serve as lessons to her about the value of female silence virtue and chastity. By the second half of the book Ada commits another 9 pages to carefully copying out poetry; and here her choices push up against the demure repetitions of the previous pages. "Long Fanny Gray" "The Troubedour" Gaily the Troubadour Touched his Guitar and "Highland Mary" are each ballads of romance and flirtation love and loss. These selections suggest a burgeoning interest in courtship and men as well as women's expressions of desire and jealousy. By the final 2 pages Ada shifts into much less organized quotations jotting down random lines of poetry in French and English alongside several names of friends and relatives. <br/><br/>A fascinating and valuable historical document with research potential including but not limited to paleography education theory and practice gender studies literature and poetry and the transmission of folk tales and folk music. unknown books
16710Handwritten project book from primary school student. Story of the Pilgrims. 1905. Child's notebooks with original yellow card-stock boards bound in green cloth. 7 in x 6 in. 17 handwritten pages. Gilt title on front cover and spine. Includes drawings and pasted images of Plymouth Rock Native Americans ships and others. Charming handwritten project book from a child at the turn of the century. Handwritten report on "The Story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving". "There was a King that sent all the people of England to go to the Church of England but there were some people that did not like that at all and sometime they had a little meeting in their cellar so that they went tot Holland and all the Holland people welcomed the Pilgrims and the Pilgrims stayed in Holland for two years. Then the Pilgrims went over to America in the boat called the Mayflower and the Speedwell but the Speedwell broke down so that all the Pilgrims and the people in Holland were so sorry to have them leave.they had a very hard time crossing the ocean. They landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 4 days before Christmas. They saw a few Indians they said they had better always keep their guns with them. " The last page lists things to be thankful for: "We should be thankful for our homes and kind parents and our food for our nice things to with for clothes for flowers and for being well." Also includes report on Holland and a story about a girl named Gretchen. unknown books
1672219th cent Girls Education Mathematical notebook for girl grammar school students in Providence Rhode Island c. 1876. Handwritten arithmetic problems fill each page of the book. 8 ¼ x 7 in. Original boards. 214 pages. Unpaginated. First 30 pages of notebook were later repurposed to record Deaths and Marriage notices clipped from newspapers for friends and family from 1879-1884. Handwritten label on front cover "Deaths and Marriages". Original owner name written inside front cover "Laura E. Healy Room No. 2 Point Street Grammar School September 6th 1876." Book is filled with handwritten math problems and their solutions. Some of them are challenging practical situations while others are more straightforward. "In an orchard ¾ of the trees are apple trees 1/10 peach trees and the remainder Pear trees which are 20 more than ⅛ of the whole. How many trees in the orchard" "How many rolls of paper 9 yards long and 1 ½ ft wide are required to cover 4 sides of a room 18 ft x 16 ft and 9 ft high. Deducting 8 feet off for windows and doors." "Bought a shawl for $18. How shall I mark it so that I may make a dis. of 10% and yet sell for $18". "Divide 6 ⅓ by 9 ½." "Divide 427 by 833 and the quotient by 7/10." "What is the interest of $567 from Jan. 7 1870 to July 27 1872 at 9%" Includes a loose handwritten note in child's hand addressed to Miss L.H. between her and a friend: "You be the gal which I adore Your beauty none surpasses I guess by gosh I love you more than buckwheat cakes & 'lasses". On the same note she responds: "That is foolish and you know it. Pass this back." Boards very worn. Loss to tail of spine. Discoloration around newspaper clippings. Good condition. unknown books
