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185726793United Kingdom: Various 1857. United Kingdom: various dates and publishers as below. Group of speeches and political pamphlets bound in one volume; as they appear and including: Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1863. 31 pages; first and last leaves a little spotty trimmed close at bottom edges. Previous owner note at top edge in pencil "by John Stuart Mill Sir Robert Lowe and others." Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1866. 29 pages; also trimmed close at bottom edge. Speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Bill for the Extension of the Suffrage in Towns. May 11 1864. Second Edition. John Murray 1864. With a couple of previous owner blue-pencil notes: "If the speech does not mean "manhood suffrage" what does it mean" and later in the Speech "like Sibthorp he has no confidence in either party." And marking a section "A hint for agitators to follow and a threat to intimidate his opponents" and a couple of other comments; this closely read & commented-upon. Couple of spots very good. Borough Franchise Extension Bill. The Speech of the Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. Upon the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Bill for the Extension of the Borough Franchise Delivered in the House of Commons on Wednesday May 3rd 1865. London: Bickers and Son. 16 pages. Previous owner initial at top of title page edge. 1831-32 A Sketch. Reprinted from "Fraser's Magazine" of February 1862. By Lord Campbell. London: William Ridgway 1866. Previous owner name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. 49 pages. Parliamentary Reform Considered as a Question of Principle and not of Party. Dedicated by Permission to the Right Hon. Earl Grey by Edward J. Gibbs M.A. London: William Ridgway & William Parke. Not dated. 51 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. E. Horsman M.P. on the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Borough Franchise Extension Bill in The House of Commons May 8th 1865. Westminster: Vacher and Sons 1865. 29 pages. Plea of the Unrepresented Commons for Restitution of Franchise. An Historic Enquiry. By Thomas Chisholm Anstey Esq. of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple. London: William Ridgeway 1866. 143 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. on the Irish Tenant-Right Bill; and A Letter of Lord Oranmore's to 'The Times.' Reprinted at the Expense of an Irishman. London: Trubner and Co. 1866. 22 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. The Growth of our Law of Personal Property. An Introductory Lecture. Delivered to the Law Students at King's Inn. By William O'Connor Morris Esq. Barrister-at-Law Professor of the Law of Personal Property Pleadings and Evidence to the Hon. Society of the King's Inns Dublin. Dublin: Hodges Smith & Co. 1863. 24 pages. The History and Uses of The Law of Entail and Settlement. Buy Charles Neate Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: William Ridgway 1865. 44 pages. Considerations on the Punishment of Death. By Charles Neate Esq. Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: James Ridgway 1857. 83 pages. Speech of John Stuart Mill Esq. M.P. Etc. Speech only; no additional title page; 8 pages. Colophon notes as Judd & Glass Phoenix Printing Works London E.C. Representation of the People Bill. Second Reading. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. House of Commons Thursday April 26 1866. London: Robert John Bush. 31 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. Reform Bill 1866. Epitome of the Debate on the Motion of the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone for Leave to Bring in a Bill To Extend the Franchise in England and Wales 12th and 13th March 1866. London: Harrison 1866. 74 pages. Speech of H. Hussey Vivian Esq. M.P. F.G.S. on the Coal Question: Delivered in the House of Commons Tuesday June 12 1866. London: William Ridgway 1866. 61 pages. Last few leaves spotty. Approx. 6" x 8 1/4" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards polished calf corners and spine with simple dotted line and rules red leather spine label gilt titles all edges marbled endpapers to match. Some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition. . Ephemera. Leather. Very Good. Various books
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
1894288189New York: New York Board of Education 1894. unbound. very good. Lithograph. 17" x 14". In very good condition. Accompanied by the original postmarked envelope.<br/><br/> An official document certifying that Bessie T. Bradshaw is licensed to teach in the Common Schools of New York City as an Assistant Teacher of the 7th grade. Signed by City Superintendent of Schools John Jasper and dated March 14th 1894.<br/><br/> New York Board of Education unknown books
189624040Pennsylvania: Various 1896. Group of seven billheads addressed to J.E. Elliott; from the Scranton Packing Co. with 1/4" x 1" edge-chip; the Pennsylvania School Journal double-sided much advertisement; Christopher Sower Co; F.S. Bixler Dry Goods; Pennsylvania Baking Co.; Rice Levy & Co. and undated Durland Thompson Shoe Co.; average size approx. 6" x 8 1/4" size some larger some smaller; light edge tips wear old fold lines; several with interesting vignettes; interesting late 19th & early 20th century Pennsylvania business educational and community history ephemera. Manuscripts. Not Bound. Very Good. Various Paperback books
1846046001London: The Percy Society 1846. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth bookplate of De Guinzbourg from his proverb library on the front pastedown. Modest foxing; a very nice copy. The first of Denham's tracts published between 1846 and 1859. Scarce. iv 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; History. Inventory No: 046001. <br/><br/> The Percy Society hardcover books
1844046060New York: Nafis & Cornish 1844. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in recent black buckram front blanks retained. Old signature to endpaper occasional browning and foxing light dampstain to final 10 pages frontis trimmed to plate edge but with no loss of image"Edward Stiff" inked in on title. The frontis is the earliest view of Austin. 2 blanks frontis title vii-xxii 23-275pp. Streeter I 344 1st ed. Howes L 154 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046060. <br/><br/> Nafis & Cornish hardcover books
1830044921New Haven: William Storer 1830. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Fair Condition. The 11th edition in 1/4 leather over boards - boards quite worn spine dry but binding sound. Stain the gutter a few marginal tears one page adhered in the gutter but no loss of text. Plates of the Battle of Trenton Bunker Hill and Saratoga. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Americana. Inventory No: 044921. <br/><br/> William Storer hardcover books
189784732Madison: Democrat Printing Company 1897. Paperback. Very Good. 56p. Wrapper. 25cm. Edges slightly darkened. <br/><br/> Democrat Printing Company paperback books
1870028333Albany: Joel Munsell 1870. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition. Nice copy with a few library markings. Moderate wear to green cloth boards with heavier wear at the corners and the head and tail of the spine. One puncture hole through cloth in the middle of the spine but not affecting gilt lettering or structure of the binding. Binding is still tight and interior is bright and clean. Top page edges gilt. 312 pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; New England; Antiquarian & Rare; Boston; Inventory No: 028333. <br/><br/> Joel Munsell hardcover books
18972163501Dodd Mead and Company 1897. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Burgis Wm. William. First thus. Bookplate on front endpaper gatefold frontispiece loose but included. 1897 Hard Cover. 38 pp. 4to. 1897 reissue of 1726 original. A collection of early images of Harvard University originally produced in 1726 and re-released here with descriptive text including correspondence between Thomas Hollis and former Harvard President E. Holyoke. Dodd, Mead and Company 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
1855WRCLIT81584Bury St. Edmund: Printed for Private Circulation by W. Fuller Butter Market 1855. 171pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Pictorial title vignette. A bit of spotting at top spine corners of last two leaves otherwise very good. First edition. A sermon in favor of universal education even if hampered within the structure of a religious authority and in tribute to the Rector's mother who left £1000 toward the erection of the schools. Rare: OCLC locates a copy at Yale and COPAC locates the copy at the BL. OCLC:45176058. Printed for Private Circulation, by W. Fuller, Butter Market 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
184719217New York: Published by A. S. Barnes & Co. 1847. First edition. Wrappers somewhat damp-stained; some light wear and soiling; a good to very good copy. Original printed wrappers 7.5 x 4.63 inches 36 12 pages. An entry in what came to be called "the war of histories" between the pioneering female educator Willard and the rival textbook author and critic Willson. Willson had made a detailed critical attack 1845 against eight of the leading American history textbooks of the day and subsequently published his own; Willard was the only author to rise to the bait asserting deliberate misreadings and plagiarism. For a recent detailed reassessment of the controversy see Peter B. Knupfer "How to Write a History Textbook: The WillardñWillson Debate over History Education in the Common School Era." History of Education Quarterly. 59:2 May 2019. Ink ownership signature and a few markings to the front wrapper dated June 1847. Published by A. S. Barnes & Co., 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
181413835Philadelphia: Pr. by Dennis Heartt 1814. 8vo. 26 pp. <br><br>Annual report produced for the first meeting. The accuracy of the report is attested to on p. 26 by Burgiss Allison moderator and William White secretary.<br>Â Â Â Â Contents include: Annual meeting. 1814; Treasurer's account; Plan and constitution of the Baptist Education Society of the United States of America. As amended and adopted; and an "Address." Also included is a "form . . . recommended to such as may be disposed to assist the Society by bequests. . . ." p. 27. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 30741. Removed from a nonce volume. Foxing and age-toning. Pr. by Dennis Heartt unknown books
187242282Madison WI: Atwood & Culver. Very Good. 1872. Pamphlet. Madison Wis.: Atwood & Culver 1872. 50 pages. The interior is clean and bright and the paper wrappers are crisp with some soiling to the edges. Overall a very good copy. . Atwood & Culver unknown books
1826039485Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes 1826. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2 volumes in blindstamped gray cloth modest wear volume 1 a bit shaken and the front joint split - bindings still generally tight. Foxing to frontis. Bright internally largely uncut. Fold out of The Temple at Jerusalem slightly foxed but intact and attractive. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: anthropology; Ancient BC; History. Inventory No: 039485. <br/><br/> Waugh & Innes hardcover 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
1843045561Madrid: Oficina del Establecimiento Central 1843. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf spine darkened corners worn; pencil marks to endpapers else very clean internally. 3 volumes in 1 each with a separate title. 72pp 64pp 77pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045561. <br/><br/> Oficina del Establecimiento Central hardcover books
185038804New York: n.p. 1850. First edition. Self wrappers. Very good copies light soiling. 4 pp.; 4 pp. 8vo. Two editions of the Resolve the first for the Board Edward B. Fellows Clerk dated May 15th and the second headed 'No.3' for "each of the Commissioners Inspectors and Trustees of the Several Ward and Public Schools to be distributed among the Teachers" Albert Gilbert Clerk with an additional date of Oct.16th 1850. The Committee followed the recommendations included in the report and "Resolved That the Board of Education earnestly recommend the Inspectors and Trustees of the several Ward and Public Schools to exert their united influence to abolish corporal punishment in every department of the Schools under their control." it was signed by Dr. William A. Walters Samuel A. Crapo John McLean and Wm. S. Duke. Though the various boards had encourage less severity beginning in 1823 it was not until twenty years after this resolve in 1870 that the practice was banned and which remained in effect despite attempts to reverse it over the years. Currently 19 states allow corporal punishment in schools. Rare. OCLC locates no copies of the first document and only one of the second: Trinity College. n.p. unknown 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
1806046466London: John Stockdale 1806. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in contemporary leather bindings rebacked with the spines laid back down inner joints strengthened with cloth tape. Modest browning and foxing occasional light stains and wear to page edges some offsetting but generally clean and a very good copy overall. With 104 engraved plates 57 maps mostly folding and a 1 paginated folded chart. ccvi 415 1 blank2 ; iv 518 2; iv 527 1 blank 29 1 blank; iv 570 30pp. Brunet I 1511. <br/><br/>The second edition of Gough's Britannia the first was published in 1789. "bien préférable aux précedentes" Brunet. Size: Folio. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Geography & Maps. Inventory No: 046466. John Stockdale hardcover books
1821044047Paris: Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire 1821. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary tree calf worn at corners but otherwise sound and attractive. A nice wide margined scholarly edition of Sallust; 688pp engraved frontispiece. From the Bibliotheca Classica Latina. Size: Octavo 8vo. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 044047. <br/><br/> Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire hardcover books
1822044046Paris: Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire 1822. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary tree calf worn at corners but otherwise sound and attractive. A nice wide margined scholarly edition of Velleius; 670pp largely uncut. From the Bibliotheca Classica Latina. Size: Octavo 8vo. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 044046. <br/><br/> Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire hardcover books