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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
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
1847042349London: Wiley and Putnam 1847. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Full green publishers cloth some spotting on front board two small splits to cloth on spine lightly bumped corners. Very light scattered foxing otherwise clean. Title is a cancel from the American edition of the same year issued in wraps both in Wiley & Putnam's Library of American Books. The cloth issue is even scarcer than the US wraps issue. 71pp. Whittier's second work of prose. BAL 21753 This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042349. <br/><br/> Wiley and Putnam hardcover books
1860039911Philadelphia: G.G. Evans 1860. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Offsetting to frontispiece light wear to edges of stamped blue cloth. A nice copy of this patriotic collection printed on the eve of the Civil War. 503pp plus 22pp of ads. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 039911. <br/><br/> G.G. Evans hardcover books
185575393Indianapolis IN.: Austin H. Brown State Printer. Very Good-. 1855. Softcover. This report is soft-bound in light blue wrappers with black printing to the upper cover. The covers show soiling toning and light edge-wear. The string-binding is solid. The contnets are bright and generally clean but with some scattered foxing. . Austin H. Brown, State Printer paperback books
1869018282San Francisco: Department of Public Instruction. Fair. 1869. Hardcover. Grey marbled boards are in fair condition. Title in gilt on spine. ¾ leather. Top ¼ inch of spine chipped. Bottom 3 inches of spine is worn exposing some back signatures. Boards contains significant wear and fading all over. Back and front interior hinges are cracked. Some pages have small moisture damage and soiling. "The exhibit of facts and figures herewith presented furnishes substantial proof that prosperity and progress have marked the history of our public schools during the last two years." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pp . Department of Public Instruction hardcover books
185485072New York: Wm. G. Bryant & Co 1854. Paperback. Good. illustrations 150 21 47 100 2p. Original flexible dark cloth binding. 23 cm. Cover worn along joints and edges. Mostly moderate foxing throughout. <br/><br/> Wm. G. Bryant & Co paperback books
186385073New York: C.S. Westcott & Co. Printers 1863. Hardcover. Fair. illustrations folding chart/map 204p. Original cloth covered boards. 23cm. Front cover almost entirely detached. Several pieces of cover cloth gone. Extremities worn. Chartmap split apart along a couple of folds. Chart/map is of parcels of land conveyed to or purchased by the Board of Education. <br/><br/> C.S. Westcott & Co., Printers hardcover books
186085096New York: Joseph Russell Printer 1860. Hardcover. Good. illustrations 117 42 126 4 93p. Original thin flexible cloth-covered boards. 23cm. Cover edges and ends of backstrip chipped and worn. Covers discolored along fore-edge. Hinges cracked. <br/><br/> Joseph Russell, Printer hardcover books
184133795New York: W.B. & T. Smith Printers 1841. First edition. A very good copy a few folds two pinpricks in top and bottom margins. Broadside. 24.5 x 17.5 cm. Not in Sabin. Not in OCLC. Not in NUC. W.B. & T. Smith, Printers unknown books
1868List1022Oberlin 1868. Albumen photographs 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some fading to one of the photographs other image with excellent contrast near fine condition overall. Near Fine. An uncommon early pair of views of the Second Ladies' Boarding House at Oberlin College in the 1860s taken at a time when Oberlin was one of few coeducational colleges having first admitted women in 1837. Oberlin's Second Ladies Hall was built in 1861-1863 and featured Itlianate architecture and a rooftop balcony. The building was opened for student accommodations in 1865. The first floor held an assembly room a reading room a dining room parlors and stewards' quarters. The second and third floors housed 100 women. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1889. unknown books
1836250119Vienna: Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung 1836. Engraved title A. Hofbauer sc. and 72 lithographic or engraved plates by Seipp Boehm Rieder Weinrauch Zastera on 70 leaves including two folding plates 67-68 world historical map Friedrich Treu lith.; 70-71 world ethnographical map. Plates 32 and 39 bound out of order. Without text volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter calf and brown cloth. Some external rubbing minor soiling to a few plates fold of 70-71 a bit toned generally clean. Very good. Engraved title A. Hofbauer sc. and 72 lithographic or engraved plates by Seipp Boehm Rieder Weinrauch Zastera on 70 leaves including two folding plates 67-68 world historical map Friedrich Treu lith.; 70-71 world ethnographical map. Plates 32 and 39 bound out of order. Without text volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Finely detailed plates of symbolic and instructional images for use in educating deaf-mutes including hand signals prepared by Czech director of the Institute for Deaf Mute instruction in Vienna. Plate 72 shows a chart for 1837 of European Institutions for Deaf-Mute Instruction and also for the Blind with comparative distances.<br/><br/>Plate volume only without the accompanying text. Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung unknown books
1848046752Mexico: Vicente G Torres 1848. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original wraps mild wear a few light stains internally. Details a convoluted property dispute during the US occupation of Mexico City. 47pp. Rare. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046752. Vicente G Torres unknown books
1900041719Hudson MA: E.F. Worcester Press 1900. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Original green cloth lightly worn. Binding degraded internally and a number of signatures loose; very good otherwise. Attractive period photos of the area. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 041719. <br/><br/> E.F. Worcester Press hardcover books