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1881TB27019New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1881. First Edition. Very good in printed paper wrappers over a sewn binding with slight soiling to the front panel and a short closed tear to the spine fold. Without a dust jacket as issued. 16 pages of text issued "Under the patronage of the State of Connecticut and of the United States" to celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Groton Heights. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor unknown books
186845516Colombo: printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society 1868. 12mo pp. 30; engraved title page; original stiff blue pictorial wrappers; spined ends cracked else very good. Despite the title this small pamphlet covers not only the geography of the island of what is now the country of Sir Lanka but also the people commerce and government. One copy in OCLC as of March 2021 at the NYPL. <br/><br/> printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society unknown books
199826123Cutchogue New York: Friends of the Cutchogue Free Library 1998. 80 pages printed one side only. Black and white illustrated throughout by local folks ".created by the adults in Cutchogue and New Suffolk as a gift for our youngsters." With little games crosswords coloring tasks local history 'lessons' via fun coloring and more. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size plastic spiral bound an illustrated softcover. Binding a bit spotty; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Friends of the Cutchogue Free Library paperback books
17182Kelly Miller. Educator-Author-Scholar-Orator. "Kelly Miller spent fifty-four years of his life at Howard University which was the center and love of his devotion. Without question he became generally accepted as the foremost advocate of Higher Education for Negroes." 1 sheet. 4 x 9.5 in. Photo-illustrate portrait of Miller. Dean of Howard University's College of Arts & Science. Miller earned A.B. and M.A. degrees at Howard University before becoming the first African-American person to attend Johns Hopkins University where he studied Mathematics Physics and Astronomy. Miller was a prolific writer of articles and essays and he assisted W. E. B. Du Bois in editing the official NAACP journal The Crisis. This was printed to commemorate 10 years since his passing on December 29 1939. Includes a ruler along one edge of paper calendar for first three months of 1950 and advertisements for Meadow Gold Ice Cream. In very good condition. Only 1 copy in an institutional or university collection according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
1770WRCAM47269Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap 1770. 24pp. 12mo. Modern half morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. Ex-Library Company of Philadelphia with their early and modern bookplates on the front pastedown deaccessioned as a duplicate initialed by Edwin Wolf II. Trimmed a bit close affecting an occasional catchword. Very good. The first printing of this work which was also issued a few years later as part of some copies of A COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS TRACTS Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank 1773. Armelle Nicolas was a 17th century French servant girl whose life of piety and good works developed a cult following. Lady Elizabeth Hastings 1682-1739 was also well known for her good works and charity in England. This book was issued by John Dunlap best known for the first broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. A scarce volume on moral instruction for an American audience drawing on European examples at a time when Americans were shaping their own national character. EVANS 11654. ESTC W17056. HILDEBURN 2529. Printed by John Dunlap hardcover books
1919qms1599New York City: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation Department of Education 1919. With Autograph of Walter Hinton Pilot NC-4 First Plane to Fly the Atlantic laid-in. Quarto blue cloth hardcover 88 pp. Good with light rubbing along edges. With related articles laid-in. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, Department of Education, 1919. hardcover books
16751Women's Educational Movement. Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1886. A catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Not copy of this item could be found among Institutional and library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16750Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 4 of 17: Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1844. A very early catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Very rare to find items from the first decade of operation of this pionering Female Academy. There are no copies of this very early female education catalog in any institution or libraries as per OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 4 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
193848765Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1938. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's tan printed staplebound card wrappers; 31pp. Fine condition. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
183519147Springfield: Published by G. and C. Merriam 1835. Stated second edition. Spine and portions of the boards sunned and bleached to tan; offset to the title page from the frontispiece; a good copy. 12mo original diaper grain purple cloth gilt lettering 212 4 pages. Frontis. A fairly progressive and reform-minded guide to early childhood education including hints on sports exercise and educational toys. Evidently expanded over the 199-page edition of 1834. American Imprints 31444. Published by G. and C. Merriam, unknown books
196486191Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1964. 23p. wraps illus. 8x4 inches wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. Polemic against right-wing extremists citing among other events the assassination of JFK and the Birmingham bombing. COPE publication no. 137C. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
191928312London: George Allen & Unwin 1919. First Edition. Octavo. Olive drab boards lettered in black on spine and front cover; xvi 336pp. Inserted advertising leaf tipped in before first page of Preface. Tight straight and unmarked copy Near Fine. Social survey of British labourers mainly in the city of Sheffield undertaken immediately following the Great War. The Society was under the directorship though not credited herein of the prominent Fabian Socialist anthroposophist and educator Arthur James Freeman 1886-1972 who also founded the Sheffield Educational Settlement 1918. Among contemporary testimonials included on the inserted advertising leaf is the following from the Daily Mail: ".One of the most interesting social studies that have been made since Charles Booth's Life and Labour in London.Anyone who agrees that 'the proper study of mankind is man' could not fail to find this fascinating." See Helen Smith "Love Sex Work and Friendship: Northern Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" in Alana Harris & Timothy Jones eds Love and Romance in Britain 1918-1970 Lon: 2015. George Allen & Unwin unknown books
197625237Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1976. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; original printed staplebound self-wrappers; iv74pp. Fine. Hearing held in Los Angeles November 18 1976 with Carl D. Perkins Representative from Kentucky as chairman of the Committee. Perkins also contributed to the production of the Equal Opportunity Act of 1964 and Head Start 1965. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1984230230Los Angeles: the museum 1984. Resource Packet" only. Eight fullpage color reproductions of less-common images plus introductory and terminal texts plates on coated paperstock measuring 11x10 inches texts same size all items laid into the pocket of a handsomely-printed folder which is edgeworn but still presentable. the museum unknown books
198147541NY: Institute for Labor Education and Research 1981. 4to pp. 15. Paper wraps. Graphs and illustrations. Cover little yellowed o/w a nice copy. Institute for Labor Education and Research unknown books
1842045059London: Fisher Son & Co 1842. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. W.H. Bartlett. 3 volumes in publishers gray cloth - modest wear to covers light spotting in a few spots. Scattered foxing and browning internally most of the plates age toned but still quite attractive. With 14 of 15 of the fine Bartlett plates lacking the plate depicting the Schuylkill Water-Works in volume two. 573pp;536pp; 600pp. Howes B922 Sabin 8896. Size: Octavo 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Illustrator: W.H. Bartlett. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045059. <br/><br/> Fisher, Son, & Co hardcover books
1823046784London: Benbow 1823. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Early half red leather mild wear and rubbing to boards marbled endpaper loose some offsetting from frontis onto title page scattered very light foxing very clean overall bound with the half title. x 240 xvi 58pp.<br/><br/>Benbow was an interesting character a political reformer pamphleteer pirate publisher he published a well circulated edition of Queen Mab in 1812 he was in and out of trouble for most of his working career. Crimes of the Clergy is a collection of pamphlets he had written started in 1821- it was much condemned and no doubt destroyed as few copies seem to circulate. In it Benbow details a host of heinous crimes pederasty abuse drunkenness theft etc etc. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046784. Benbow hardcover books
198147539NY: Institute for Labor Education and Research 1981. 4to pp. 15. Paper wraps. Graphs and illustrations. Cover little yellowed o/w a nice copy. Institute for Labor Education and Research unknown books
1941109497New York: The Committee for the Defense of Public Education 1941. 32p. wraps slightly soiled. On the early attempt to purge New York schools of Communists. The Committee for the Defense of Public Education unknown books
1814032571Danbury: Nathaniel L. Skinner 1814. First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Leather worn slightly at corners and bumped. Otherwise clean copy with one spot of heavy wear and chipping on rear board. Age toning to pages throughout. Text is bright and pages are crisp with some light foxing. A nice tight binding Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 032571. <br/><br/> Nathaniel L. Skinner unknown books
1807030818New London: Ebenezer P. Cady 1807. Soft Cover. Good. In tattered original wraps a few creased pages occasional staining and age toning but generally VG internally and complete save for last page 136pp of apparently 137. An interesting and early CT almanac. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 030818. <br/><br/> Ebenezer P. Cady paperback books
1982132519Washington: the Department 1982. Paperback. 72p. 28 appendices 8.5x11 inches very good report in cream wraps with black cloth tape backing. Emphasis on Native American and Alaskan children as well as Puerto Rico. the Department paperback books
187229825Harrisburg: Benj. Singerly State printer 1872. 16mo 16 cm; 6.25". vi 276 pp. <br><br>Revised and arranged by J.P. Wickersham superintendent of common schools." A digest of the laws decisions and explanations of the educational law and legislation of Pennsylvania so the each topic occupies only one page. Publisher's charcoal cloth top of spine pulled and with small paper label. Exsocial club library: call number on endpaper rubber-stamp on title-page no other markings. Small ownership label on front pastedown of a state representative. Benj. Singerly, State printer hardcover books
192868916New York: Department of Research and Education Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America 1928. 99p. wraps rear wrap and last page slightly chipped and stained in upper margin. Research bulletin no. 7. Department of Research and Education, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America unknown books
195823935New York New York: The City College of New York 1958. 23 pages; a few black and white illustrations; cover story on Townsend Harris founder of the CCNY and especially concerning the 20th Century-Fox film The Barbarian and the Geisha starring John Wayne and CCNY alumnus Sam Jaffe written by another alumnus Ellis St. Joseph and directed by John Huston; in a Memo to Alumni the president of the Alumni Association Harold A. Lifton notes the Crisis at the College and the challenge of funding education in the coming years; also an article about Jewish publisher-writer Harry L. Golden by Alice Nadel and his newspaper The Carolina Israelite; and with the class president of '58 Michael Rizzo's address; with many smaller items on the notable doings of alumni class offerings awards publications by CCNY graduates; approx. 5 1/2" x7 1/2" size; old subscribers' label on back cover little wrinkling; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The City College of New York Paperback books
