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185970214Springfield: Bailhache & Baker. Good. 1859. Hardcover. 423 pages rebacked new endpages. The covers are rubbed and the spine is chipped. The contents are bright and complete with a great fold-out frontis. Good. . Bailhache & Baker hardcover books
1941164734New York: Committee for the Defense of Public Education 1941. 15p. very good in wraps. Bella Dodd was the chair of the Committee. Committee for the Defense of Public Education unknown books
1784045428Madrid: Joachin Ibarra 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Rebound in modern cloth wear to bottom right corner light dampstains generally clean and unmarked. 33pp. Archaeologist and Bishop of Salamanca; scarce. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 045428. <br/><br/> Joachin Ibarra hardcover books
1935044928London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The first trade edition. Fading to the rear board apparently from damp but with no other damage. Clean and bright otherwise illustrated with tipped in plates in text illustration and 4 maps. Light wear and a few short tears and very minor chipping to jacket edges; unclipped. Size: Quarto 4to. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 044928. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1913045503Madrid: Juan Perez Torres 1913. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards light wear to edges spine slightly rubbed - an attractive binding. Modest browning internally otherwise unmarked. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 045503. <br/><br/> Juan Perez Torres hardcover books
1973198157Minneapolis: Emma Willard Task Force on Education 1973. 87p. very good in wraps 8.5x11 inches; errata slip laid in. Emma Willard Task Force on Education unknown books
1972218573Washington DC: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1972. Small four panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good condition. Call for union women to get active in politics. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
1977236716Milwaukee: People United 1977. 8.5x11 inch leaflet printed both sides very good. The organization participated in a largely successful effort to break up segregated schools by introducing busing. People United unknown books
196074434Delhi: Ministry of Education 1960. Paperback. Good. photos index v 491p. Wrapper partially pasted down jacket over plain wrapper. 25cm. Jacket worn. Former owner's name. <br/><br/> Ministry of Education paperback 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
1987M11782Barcelona:: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 1987. 1987. 8vo. 163 pp. Printed wrappers Mylar cover. TLS from former University of Houston biochemist J. Oro explaining the volume's origin laid-in. Very good. From the library of chemist and biologist Stanley Miller who was most famous for conducting the Miller-Urey experiment in 1952. He demonstrated that organic compounds could form naturally from inorganic precursors essentially providing a scientific basis for the theory of abiogenesis. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 1987. unknown books
82591Paperback. Near Fine. cover title. photos 32p. Original yellow wrapper. 30cm. Richardson had served as President of this Michigan organization since it was organized in 1933 when it was called the Baptist Young People's Union Convention. We don't know whether Richardson was retiring from office in 1971. <br/><br/> paperback books
1894M2785In London:: The Lancet. . . Foreign & Colonial Edition Vol. II No. IX September 1 1894. 1894. 283 x 199 mm. 4to. 70 ads 476-560 71-140 pp. Illus. Self wraps. Ex library rubber stamp. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Five lead articles: "An address to medical students" "The student's library and its use" "Bacteriology and the medical curriculum" "British qualifications abroad" and "General council of medical education and registration" and a listing of regulations of medical examining boards of the various universities and medical bodies listings of classes and lectures and the hospitals and medical schools and much more. The Lancet. . ., [Foreign & Colonial Edition], Vol. II, No. IX, (September 1, 1894). hardcover books
1904M2786In London:: The Lancet. . . Vol. II No. X September 3 1904. 1904. 283 x 199 mm. 4to. ii 78 ads 651-740 81-154 iii-iv pp. Illus. Self wraps. Very good. The Lancet. . ., Vol. II, No. X, (September 3, 1904). paperback 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
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
1707719th c. Women Education Autograph Letter Signed from Student at Augusta Female Seminary in Staunton VA 1853. Letter from a female student to her father. 2 pages 8 x 6.5 in. Dated "Mar 2nd 1852". Comes with original mailing envelope. Envelope has blue seal from "Augusta Female Seminary" on rear flap. She writes on health updates and asks for her Mother to sew her some items. "Dr. Laud came up to see me yesterday and examined my foot. He said he would send me some bismuth and he wanted me to have my foot rubbed every night." The Augusta Female Seminary was founded in 1842; in 1923 it became Mary Baldwin College. The school maintained its original mission to serve women and in 2017 the institution welcomed its first residential men to campus joining day students and graduate students which had been co-educational since the mid-1970s. Today Mary Baldwin University is the oldest institution of higher education for women in the nation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and it is home to the only all-female corps of cadets in the world. Writing on envelope and page 2 is very faded. In good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
16994Woman Education Photo album from student at Skidmore Women's College from 1935-1937. Filled with images from Skidmore campus in Saratoga Springs and other locations in New York Connecticut and the surrounding region. 215 original silver gelatin photographs dated from 1935-1943. Various sizes from 2 x 2 in. to 8 x 10 in. Original painted boards. 12 x 8 inches. 64 pages. Includes 6 postcards of Skidmore College and 2 Christmas greeting cards from the school. Photos of many locations around Skidmore campus including the Chapel Hathorn House and Studio Peabody Hall Scribner Library and Salisbury Dormitory. Many images have handwritten captions identifying locations. Includes photos of interior from the album owner's own dorm rooms with personal touches such as fresh flowers and a stuffed dog at 306 Skidmore Hall 414 Peabody and 310 North Hall with the caption "Ready for Spring!". Photos of friends around campus in various activities including Class Day Senior Assembly May Day Pageant Drill Team Horse Show Spring 1936 Junior Prom and a match from the school's 1937 Tennis Finals. Photos from a Nov. 7 1936 political rally where students hold signs for either Roosevelt who won in a landslide victory or Alf Landon his opponent. Other show friends friends in "ski suit" on crutches ice skating or in candid poses: "We really didn't know this was being taken." Also includes photos of "The Athletic Field" on campus and local Saratoga High School. Photos from traveling around nearby Lake George and further north to Canadian Falls Horseshoe Falls and Niagara Falls "The Mighty". Also images from a trip to the Western part of the US. Photos of flooding in California in 1938: "Flooded Orange Grove" "Long Beach Foot Bridge" "Santa Ana trees overflow". Photos of the Hoover Dam under construction in Nevada labeled "Boulder Dam" then a synonymous name for the project. Later photos show the Connecticut-area schools where the album owner went on to work as a teacher: "Roger Sherman School New Haven Jan '32" and Stratfield School dated May 1941. One of the last photos dated 1943 shows a woman's official military portrait. As WWII affected the nation more women than ever took on expanded roles in civic life and the military. Small chips to edges of first 3 pages. Very good condition. unknown books
1707519th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed by student at Western Female Seminary in Oxford OH. Dated "Oct. 19th 1879". Four pages folded from a single sheet. 8 x 5 in. Student "Kate" writes to her mother about student life and the recent gubernatorial elections and upcoming presidential elections; this significantly shows one woman's interest in political affairs years before she was allowed to vote. "The principal topic here for the last week has been the election. I was disappointed that Ewing did not gain but from the way the Republicans carried on after they heard the returns one might have supposed it was the first time they were ever victorious and the last time they time they expected to be.It will be so nice to be at home next Presidential Election." She also writes about going to "the Exposition" and on music performances: "Miss Leonard was so anxious for me to stay a thte musical that I thought too bad to disappoint her after she ahd practiced with me so long." Last page has cross-text writing over it a creative way that writers with limited paper supply could make space for a few more lines. Western Female Seminary was founded in 1853; in 1904 its name changed to Western College for Women. The school grounds are now part of Miami University's Western Campus. Light toning and few stains to last page. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
189863866Raleigh NC 1898. Large format photograph 7 x 9 1/4 inches mounted on larger card stock 11 x 14 inches picturing 10 older women faculty and staff members one older man and 44 female students all posed in four rows in front of a campus building set among tall trees; verso with manuscript names for those pictured almost all with home towns. Founded in 1842 as a school for young ladies with the support of the Episcopal Church St. Mary's has operated continuously since presently as college preparatory school it included two years of college through 1998. Mount rubbed eroded in spots upper right corner broken off affecting three names on verso. 10340. <br/><br/> unknown books
1935162522Sacramento: California State Printing Office 1935. 34p. 6x9 inches booklet in stapled printed wraps slightly browned with minor foxing on edges previous owner's name on front wrap. State of California. Department of Education bulletin no. 13. July 1 1935. California State Printing Office unknown books
193923592NY: Macmillan 1939. Seventh printing. Dorothy Lathrop. 8vo pp. 211. Illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop. Foreword by Padraic Colum. Cover little scuffed and worn o/w a very good tight copy. Poems for children. Macmillan unknown books
1968M12915Washington:: U. S. Government Printing Office 1968. 1968. Series: Public Health Service Publication no. 1660. Small 8vo. x 133 pp. 6 tables 68 photos index. Full black on green cloth; rubbed. Bookplate of Metchnikoff Memorial Library. Very good. U. S. Government Printing Office, (1968). hardcover books
1961MT1080Washington DC:: USPO Public Health Service 1961. 1961. Revised edition. Public Health Service pub. no. 743. Small 8vo. vi 63 1 pp. 43 color illus. Black-stamped white cloth. Very good. USPO, Public Health Service, 1961. hardcover books
1960M8331Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1960. 1960. Series: Public Health Service Publication No. 743. Small 8vo. vi 63 pp. Black and white frontis. figs tables 43 color figs. on 10 plates. Black-stamped white cloth. Fine. Government Printing Office, (1960). hardcover books
