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17162Girls Education Japan Photograph album from a girl student in Japan c. 1926. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin print photographs of classmates school activities and social outings. Original cloth and red boards. 10 x 7.5 in. "Photo Album" printed on front cover. Pasted label on the final page with some information on the original owner dated 1926. Photographs of various small sizes from 1.75 x 2.5 inches to 3 x 5". Many images are school portraits of teenage girls in their matching uniforms posing either individually in pairs or small groups. Occasional photographs of teenage boys as well including one with the sitter dressed in a samurai outfit. Photos of a field day with outdoor footraces marches and performances. A few later photographs of older young women in civilian clothes posing by a river and strolling in a park together. These may be images of some of the younger students years later as adults. Most of the images show figures in Western styles clothes although 2 photographs show women dressed up in kimonos. Images lack captions but there is an autograph on one photograph. Some soiling to cover and 8 sheets of album are detached from spine. Unique images are in very good condition. unknown books
17121Co-educational College Photo Album Original owner's name "UW" and "1911" handwritten on inside front cover. 115 photographs of various sizes from 1.5 x 3 in. to 5 x 7 in. Includes many images of outdoor recreation such as hiking and boating perhaps on Lake Mendota campus life and agricultural scenes. Most photos lack captions but some locations are labeled such as outings to the Flambeau River Park Falls WI; Ellsworth WI; and the Boise River. Images of Bascom Hill and North Hall on the historic University of Wisconsin campus. One real photograph postcard shows women students seated outside and is captioned "'The Sun Bath' Co-eds at UW". Some photographs show the inside of male dormitories on campus decorated with pennants for Wisconsin and Rose Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute IN. Includes several photos of manual and agricultural labor such as baling hay. <br/><br/>Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848 University of Wisconsin-Madison was the first public university established in Wisconsin and remains the oldest and largest public university in the state. At the time this album was compiled research teaching and service at the UW was influenced by a tradition known as "the Wisconsin Idea" which holds that the boundaries of the university should be the boundaries of the state and that the research conducted at UW-Madison should be applied to solve problems and improve health quality of life the environment and agriculture for all citizens of the state. This Progressive-era policy applied the expertise of the state's university to social legislation that benefited all the state's citizens; it led to classic programs such as regulation of utilities workers' compensation tax reform and university extension services; sometimes expressed in the maxim that "the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state". Glue reside from some removed photographs. 1 page detached. 5 photos loose. In good to very good condition. unknown books
16640Women Education Photo album of girls primary school 1931-1938. 8 3/4 x 12 in. Original blue cloth board covers. 58 Gelatin silver print black and white photos of various sizes from 2.5 x 3.5 in. to 5.5 x 4 in. Follows a class of girl students over the course of 7 years.<br/><br/>Album kept by schoolteacher of the students at All Saints Girls' School in London. Inscription on inside front cover: "From 1931- Recording many happy hours with All Saints . Candidates Central Islington." Begins with "The Original Class" and identifying class leaders including one small child identified as "Baby". In 1935 identified as the "Jubilee Year" celebrating 25 years of King George V students had photos taken in Kensington Garden while performing a "Jockey Dance" and national dances for England Ireland Scotland and Wales. Children are dressed up in the garden as a "gypsy" jockey and "butterflies and elves." There are also pictures of girls in short dresses posing as part of the Skipping Team. In other images students wear plaid skirts ties and hats while performing a "Scotch Dance"; they also wore special costumes for different dances such as the "Mountain March" the "Shoe maker" and "Cochin-China". Includes note on what the girls were wearing for each yearly photo: "Blue and white check dresses with white collars & cuffs" and 1937 Coronation Year King George VI / Red white & blue dresses". Very good condition. unknown books
17184A collection of 43 original silver gelatin photographs from students at co-educational Monson Academy in Massachusetts c. 1899-1901. A large ornate leather album with cameo on cover. The antique album cover has gilt and and brown designs with a beautiful dark-haired woman's cameo in the center. Album size is aprox 11 x 9.5 in. This album contains 25 cabinet-sized 5 x 7" photos of male and female students and 18 smaller photographs approximately 3 x 5". Some photographs have handwritten pencil annotation with student's name and graduation year on photo verso. "W.H. Ballard Class '01 M.A." Primarily individual bust-length portraits though there are 3 group photos. An early photographic record of one of the first education movement opened to female students geared toward scientific courses. Monson Academy was founded in 1804 and is one the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the United Sates. It was the first prep academy in the US to enroll Chinese students in 1847. Yung Wing who later also became first Chinese graduate of an American university Yale University - 1854. Monson in the 1870's became a sciences school that prepared students for MIT. Today in the The school is known today as Wilbraham & Monsson; in 1971 it merged with Wilbraham Academy founded as Wesleyan Academy Some light wear and light foxing to pages but both the photos and the album are in very good condition. unknown books
16586Women's College Photo album of a young woman college student including 85 Gelatin silver print photos taken from 1919-1922. Includes images of women's dormitories schoolmates and details extracurricular programs such as social dances and boating excursion. Most photos from Washington state. 7 x 10 1/2 in. Original black cloth boards. 23 pages filled with 85 black and white photos of various sizes ranging from 2.5 x 1.5 in. to 5.5 x 3.5 in. Three are loose photos. Inscribed on inside front cover: "From Papa Merrie Christmas 1921."<br/><br/>A major facet of this young woman's life was her education as she includes more photos and captions that reference this than anything else. The album owner shows great pride in her dormitory room in which she is shown reading in a chair with a Harvard pennant prominently affixed tot he wall behind her. "Taken in my room "77" 1922". Another image shows the view from window in this room: "Lookout Mt" taken from my window '77'". This time was so important for her that she even takes care to remember the room numbers of her roommates and other fellow students such as: "My old roommate of 1919 Room 44" and "Miss Fiddler Roommate "Room 28" Summer School 1920". She even notes that one former classmate who "roomed in "27" 1921-22 was "A Good Kid". Also includes one photo of four students in a Home Economics high school class.<br/><br/>Album also includes images of her friends and family and recent memories from World War I including one handsome 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 photo of two soldiers in WWI-era uniforms kneeling with their firearms. A smaller photo of a man in military uniform dated 1919 includes this caption: "In days of old 'do you remember the telephone office' and those letters Ha! Ha." The album's owner certainly had a sense of humor and often includes nicknames inside jokes and playful asides. "I looked like this the Summer of 1920. But those times are over." Next to a photo of people out boating she writes: "Out on the lake.Washington" and "Some bunch of "chickens". And in a series of photos in which she models fancy clothes she writes: "Do you think I look natural" She also includes humorous outtakes of her friends such as "W.L. asleep after the dance Ha! Ha!" and notes family members work machinery very helpful technology at the time "Malcolm's little old machine". Very good condition. unknown books
16935Women's College Photo album from student at Georgia State College for Women class of 1923. Album includes time she was at school with images of classmates around school buildings. 138 photographs of various size approximately 1 x 1" to 3.5 x 2.5". Photos are dated from 1919-1926. Original black textured cloth boards. 8.25 x 11". "Photographs" gilt on front cover. 100 pages. Hand lettered on first page: "Marion Tye / Devereux / GA". Images of young women at leisure between classes. One page labelled "Roomies / Terrell Annex - Room 211" has photos of friends captioned "A Queen of hearts" "Flossie" "The Black Sheep" and "My Gurls." Page 7 features small cutouts of women's portraits arranged in a "23" configuration likely containing images of all members of the class of 1923. Georgia State College for Women was founded in 1889 as the Georgia Normal & Industrial College as a women's institute; and in 1917 it was authorized to grant 4-year degrees to women pursuing teaching degrees. It is now Georgia College recognized as one of the best undergraduate teaching programs in the US South. The remaining pages are filled with memories of friends and family. Some include interesting trips from nearby locations such as Lake Junaluska North Carolina and "Mt. City" Mountain City GA. A photo of 8 young men wear "Landa Park" tanks. One photo of a man playing saxophone with caption "Alabamy Bound." Many of the remaining photos are of young children. As this figure attended a teacher's college these photos could likely be from students she later taught. 2 pages detached 3 loose photos. Good to very good condition. unknown books
16622Women Education Photo album from all girls' school with 23 images of sports leisure and extracurricular activities. Gelatin silver print Photos dated 1916-1918. Original green cloth boards with "Photo Sketches" on the front cover. 14 card-stock pages. 6.25 x 7.5 in. Original black and white photos in various sizes from 2 x 2.75 in. to 3.5 x 5.5 in. Handwritten captions and dates with every photograph. Includes one program for a school stage production of "Blue Beard". Various photos from the St. Mary's School campus including many images of students pursuing extracurriculars such as sports and leisure in addition to photos of the grounds and some faculty.<br/><br/>Photo album of Ms. Rachel A.M Carpenter of Saint Mary's School in Wantage located in Southern England. Photos include images of the field hockey cricket and tennis teams; friends in school uniforms at leisure; and swimming in "the Baths". Friends are noted with their full names initials or nicknames such as "Tufty". Includes three cast photos from a school production of "Blue Beard" which was performed during summer term 1918.St. Mary's School was founded in 1873 as a girls' school and was at the forefront of the women's education movement in Britain. Just nine years earlier there were only 12 public secondary schools for girls in England and Wales and it wasn't until 1918 that compulsory schooling was required for children up to 14 years of age for both boys and girls. unknown books
17109Women Education Scrapbook from a young woman studying at Stephens College Columbia Missouri and Kansas State Teachers College 1921-1943. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin photos and 43 pieces of ephemera including numerous certificates two cloth Varsity letters report cards. 39 pages. Original cream boards with embossed detail to front cover. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Photos range in size from 2.5 x 2" to 8 x 10". Originally belonged to Mary Jane Hinshaw. Scrapbook documents Hinshaw's life from infancy to adulthood. Hinshaw was an active and popular student. Comes with membership card for Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority; party invitations and dance cards from Sigma Tau Gamma Delta Sigma Epsilon and Alpha Delta. Silver gelatin photos of family school photos and a vacation in the western United States with images of sweeping landscapes and dramatic rock formations.<br/><br/>In 1941 Hinshaw graduated from a two-year program at Stephens College and began studying at Kansas State teachers College with coursework in Library studies. Commencement invitation for Stephens College 1941. Report card from Stephens College 1940-1941 with coursework in Survey of English Literature Intermediate French English History Introduction to Psychology General Sociology Appreciation of Music Physical Education Educational Psychology and Elementary French Conversation. Three later report cards from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia 1941-1943 with marks in Teaching History of Education American History 1492-1817 Library Administration Cataloguing and Classification Reference Book Selection Library word with Children Literature of H.S. Subjects. Comes with one handwritten postcard from a Stephens College classmate who went on to pursue studies at the University of Wisconsin: "I am having a glorious time-It certainly isn't like Stephens much much better."<br/><br/>Album begins with Baptism and Birth announcements and photographs of her as a small child. Class photos of her in elementary to high school. Cutouts and information on Marysville High School where Mary Jane Hinshaw's father served on the Board of Education. Vibrant green cloth "M" varsity letter felt Bulldog and Debate letter. Founded in 1833 Stephens College is the second-oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college in the United States. The Kansas State Normal School Emporia was established in March 1863 and it is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. The first class graduated two women; and the in 1977 the college was renamed Emporia State University. Tear with loss above right portrait adhered to first page. 1 page detached. Front hinge is loose. In good to very good condition. unknown books
1979CAT000490London: Prospect Books 1979. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The first 64 issues w/ the supplement to issue 3 of the great food history journal begun by Alan Davidson in 1979. Slight soiling to a few issues very light wear very good or better. Issue 1 is a second printing the first was only 500 copies. An invaluable resource. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000490. Prospect Books unknown books
192016064Nashville TN ca. early 1920s to late 1930s. Very good. Collection of 100 items/3” linear approx. belonging to student of Peabody College for Teachers comprised primarily of personal papers relating to the student’s course materials schedules receipts graduation forms and invitations a photograph of classmates social club rosters directories correspondence and promotional material issued by the college including brochures newsletters bulletins solicitations alumni association and other assorted materials. Some toning wear. Generally very good. <br/><br/>Archive a student who received his BS MA and PhD at Peabody as well as that of his wife who also graduated from Peabody with a BS. The couple were both heavily involved in the school members of numerous social organizations and active in student government he was president of the senior class of '26. The promotional material in the collection shows that the college which had reorganized and opened a new campus directly across from Vanderbilt University in 1914 was in the midst of major construction and expansion projects during this time; many pieces show photographs and renderings of new or planned buildings. The college at that time the largest teachers' college in the South was incorporated into Vanderbilt in 1979. A varied education archive particularly rich with detail of curricula and student life. unknown books
1536044194Cologne: Eucharii 1536. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately stamped calf over wood boards depicting the muses worn scattered worn holes remains of clasps boards expertly reattached but cords broken; attractive decorative endpapers. An attractively printed and bound copy of Orosius's influential work on the history of the pagan peoples. Early color to the title vignette and some of the historiated initials. Some early notes and underlining in red and black scattered discolortation title a little soiled and with an old signature. lxviii 567pp. Scarce imprint just 3 in Worldcat. Not in Adams. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044194. <br/><br/> Eucharii hardcover books
1551046063Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino 1551. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in half leather over paper boards title page soiled scattered light foxing but very clean otherwise. Attractively printed with wide margins and fine initial letters. Last 40 pages with mostly light marginal dampstaining. 340 3pp. Adams G 639 Graesse III 490 Sabin 27478 for the bio of Columbus Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046063. <br/><br/> Lorenzo Torrentino hardcover books
1662043191Amsterdam: Johannes van Ravesteyn 1662. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum a bit discolored. 10486 18 118 14pp. Portraits of Henrik and Cosimo de Medici. 2 works bound in one by the eminent Dutch historian and playwright. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Inventory No: 043191. <br/><br/> Johannes van Ravesteyn hardcover books
17120Women Education Photo album from female student at Lasell College the first two-year college for women in America. 108 original silver gelatin print photographs. Circa 1905-1906. Photographs of various size from 2 x 3" to 4 x 6". Snapshots of young women students in their dormitory performing theater productions celebrating May Day traditions and in cap and gown for graduation exercises. Images of Lassell Campus in Newton MA. Original black cloth boards. 10 x 12.5 inches. 48 pages. Photographs from inside dormitory rooms show a 1906 calendar and ephemera from other local colleges such as Harvard University; in one image the girls visit nearby Wellesley MA. Original owner Leila Hoffman. Founded in 1851 as the Auburndale Female Seminary Lasell was the first two-year college for women in the country at a time when a woman's place was considered to be in the home not in the classroom. Lasell was renowned as an academically rigorous institution and prestigious school with a highly scientific approach to domestic work art and music. As an innovative institution known for a radical approach to women's education at the time Lasell also administered the Harvard exams and offered law courses for women. In 1932 Lasell officially became Lasell Junior College and in 1989 the school was chartered as a four-year institution Lasell College. In 1997 Lasell became co-educational and opened its doors to men. The campus is situated in suburban Newton Massachusetts eight miles from downtown Boston. In very good condition. unknown books
15507Booklet: Our Church Industrial High Schools for Negroes under the supervision of the American Church Institute for Negroes. New York: Abbott Press n.d. circa 1922. First edition first printing. 48 pages. Black and white photographic images of students classes and school grounds throughout booklet. Publisher's gray staple-bound card wrappers. Light wear to extremities and handling dents. Loss to upper right corner of back wrapper. No listings in OCLC Worldcat making it a rare find.<br/><br/>An account of the ten industrial high schools in the South that were supervised by the American Church Institute for Negroes. Summaries for each school include their number of students and teachers "students in World War" and expenses and immediate needs for the year 1922. For example the Fort Valley High and Industrial School sought $50000 for new dormitories. Crisp bright interior. Very good condition. A rare booklet that documents the developments and investments in African American educational advancements in early 20th c. America. unknown books
1992181592Piscataway NJ: OSAALE 1992. Tabloid-format newspaper published by the South African Trotskyist group WOSA; 8 p. very good. Largest article is an essay by Neville Alexander head of WOSA criticizing South Africa's response to the Salman Rushdie fatwa: "Censorship as intellectual terrorism: White spots in Black South African history or The Worm Inside the Liberation Struggle. OSAALE unknown books
17129Education Boston Public Schools desegregate by busing students. Original silver gelatin print Press photograph. Two police motorcycles lead a school bus down a residential street in South Boston. Sept. 13 1977. size: 8 x 11 in. Original press caption printed next to image: "Police Escort School Buses - Motorcycle police escort school bus carrying black students to South Boston High Friday on second day of court-ordered busing. No crowds were permitted to assemble near schools." Original press filing stamps on verso Sept. 13 1974. While crowds were not allowed to assemble near schools there are groups of onlookers gathered along the street and sidewalks. Busing was the official desegregation policy for Boston Public Schools beginning in 1974; it was a hotly contested policy in some communities especially in the first years when anti-busing groups would sometimes regularly protest sometimes violently school integration. 1 x .5" surface damage and partial repair to lower right edge affecting image. Surface scratches in bottom right corner and diagonal scratches in bottom left corner on motorcycle. Original press stamps stickers and handwritten annotations on verso. In very good to good condition. unknown books
17131African American Education De facto Segregated classroom in Portland OR. Original silver gelatin print press photograph. May 12 1963. Image of a classroom of 25 African-American students and 1 White teacher. Original press clipping of image caption pasted to verso: "Are Negro students such as these sixth graders at Eliot school being denied equal educational opportunity and development by attending schools composed of nearly all Negroes A citizens' committee Monday night will ask the Portland school board to name a committee to study effects on students at de facts segregated schools." In 1964 Eliot School student body was 96% African-American children. Housing policy discrimination explained some of the skewed school demographics. Redlining restricted African-Americans from living in certain areas of the city keeping them within North and Northeast Portland where their children ended up going to school. Additionally Portland like many other cities across the country experienced the "white flight" of families moving out of cities into the suburbs. Around 1964 one year after this photo helped spark the question on de facto segregation the district began allowing African-American families to voluntarily transfer to other schools in the neighborhood in an effort to integrate. Original handwritten press annotation in blue ink along bottom margin recto not affecting image. Original filing stamp and handwritten annotations on verso. Light handling dents. In very good condition. unknown books
16190Women's Education. Photograph: High School Girls Conducting Electricity Experiments 1905. Large sepia press photo. 8.5" x 7". Handwritten note on verso states the photograph is for an article on public schools. Creasing on upper right and left hand corners tiny tears and nicks along the top and bottom of the image. Very good condition overall. Approximately eighteen girls conducting experiments on electricity using conducting boxes at an unspecified public high school in New York. They sit on tall stools around long tables wearing expressions that vary from concentration to vexation. High school gave girls the opportunity to advance beyond a rudimentary education and become versed in subjects such as history their rights as citizens and advanced science. The US was the first nation to provide the general public with secondary education and in 1900 there were 6000 public schools. Only a fraction of those however were open to women. These girls were part of the first generation taught science a right denied to their mothers and grandmothers. unknown books
191415965Cortland NY 1914. Very good. Oblong 32mo. album. Green pebbled cloth covered boards. Metal post binding. Marbled interior pastedowns. <br />57 paper leaves with signatures and 52 small black and white portait photographs measuring approximately <br />1.5" x 1.25" each recto mounted. Contents well preserved very good-plus overall. <br/><br/>A small photograph album of classmate portraits from the 14th and 15th annual sessions of the Cortland Summer School a specialized two-month term of the Cortland Normal School intended to aid student's in securing New York state teacher's certificates. 3 images capture male administators and teachers. The remaining 49 are artful diminutive portraits of young women quintessential of the American style of the period in the years just prior to WWI. <br /> <br />A lovely photographic record of early 20th Century women's education. hardcover books
16930Civil Rights Education Original silver gelatin print press photograph of Education-related Civil Rights demonstration in Chicago 1965. The protesters block the street in the heart of the city to protest for better public education for African-American students who faced overcrowding and segregated schools. 8 x 10 in. Iconic Chicago hotspots from that era such as McVicker's Theater and Tad's Steakhouse can be seen in the background of the photo. Original press caption printed above image: "Chicago: Two-hundred civil rights demonstrators were arrested here 6/12 when they stormed from the sidewalk at intersection of State and Madison and staged a mass sit-down. Here demonstrators sit in intersection in front of waiting police van after several were arrested. Demonstrators were marching to City Hall where they wanted to make a personal plea to Mayor Richard Daley to fire Benjamin Willis Superintendent of Schools." Stamped on verso "1965 June 12". Red and black markers at edges of image. Handwritten note along top edge not affecting image. Original press stamps and markings to verso. Very good condition. unknown books
16709Handwritten original novel. By M. L. titled"Rose A Tale in the Time of Queen Margaret." 1868. Handwritten in ink. Dedicated on first page "To my dear Father and Mother from their ever loving daughter Mary". 7 x 4.5 in. Original quarter black morocco boards. 158 Handwritten pages. Gilt detail to cover and "Rose" on spine. A remarkable original novel written by a young girl at a time when formal education was not common for girls. This story reveals an educated mind in both the realms of writing and is history as this novel is set in medieval England. "The sunny month of July had come and Edward had begun his troubled reign. A short period of quiet had begun in which the people were to enjoy a rest before fresh trouble and bloodshed should begin. The fields were filled with waving grain and the woods were fresh and green round the old castle of Dunkirk." Page 155. Light toning. Writing on some pages has faded but still legible. Very good condition.<br/><br/>The novel takes place in medieval England. "The setting sun was sending a flood of light over the hills and distant mountains and over the old castle of Dunkirk making the river Wharfe shine like gold when a little boat shot swiftly out of a turn in the river and came towards the castle. There were two men in it the older man was seated at the stern wrapt in a long dark cloak and having his hap pulled over his face so that only a pair of dark twinkling gray eyes showed below it" page 1.<br/><br/>One of the protagonists is a beautiful teenager about the same age as the author along with a cast of other characters including Lords and Dukes. "She was a most lovely girl. A quantity of dark brown hair that curled around a neck and face of most lovely form and complexion and a mouth of beautiful expression helped to form a face both sweet and lively But the most striking feature was a pair of almost black eyes fringed with long dark lashes. They were full of expression sometimes merry with laughter and again deep and thoughtful. Rose Murray was about seventeen years old at this time she was niece of the Lord of Dunkirk and having hardly any relations except him had always lived with him. Ever since she could remember those old towers had protected and sheltered her" page 8. "Rollin entered a large hall with a huge staircase on one side. Going up the stairs he passed into a passage and after numerous turning and ups and downs he opened a great door and passed into a good sized room. In the middle of this was a round table and on it were papers and books. At one end of the room was a recess with a window with a broad window slit. There was a little shelf on which were a few written books and writing materials.As Rollin entered a gentleman with a paper in his hands look up from his writing and smiling said 'Well Rollin have you had a pleasant time at London and what have you learned while you were gone of the queen's intentions and of what the Duke of York is going to do'" page 5-6.<br/><br/>The tale has adventure suspense and a happy ending. "The patched eye one seemed anxious to go on by his motions urging them to proceed. Rose watched him closely and at last saw him while his companion's backs were turned hold the lantern in such a way as to let his whole figure be distinctly seen and motion them to go back quickly it seemed so to Rose at least. She told this to her companion who was anxiously considering what should be done next" page 99. "And now for the next hour or two before the gray dawn came Lord John and Rose sat talking over all that had happened while they had been apart" page 149. unknown books
1939197898Washington DC: GPO 1939. iv 214 p. lightly worn wraps faint library stamp. GPO unknown books
17167Women Eduation Music Saroni Herrman S. "The Twin Sisters. An Operetta adapted to the use of Female Colleges Schools Exhibitions &c." Musical Score. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1888. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Original boards. 101 pages. "The Twin Sisters" is considered by some to be the first American operetta. The work is scored for women's voices only and the cover of this edition prominently notes that it is "adapted to the use of female colleges schools exhibitions &c." The Operetta features six women characters along with chorus parts. Born in Germany Herrman Saroni was an American composer and author. He published an early American music journal Saroni's Musical Times in New York from 1849 to 1851 while also being among the first in the city to organize concerts of exclusively chamber music. Saroni's composing and writing output was impressively varied: works of parlor music and dances scholarly histories of Western music and poems and short stories that appeared in women's magazines. In 1852 he left New York and three years later he founded the Columbus Symphony Orchestra the second-oldest orchestra in the country. Interior hinges loose but holding. In good to very good condition .Only 2 copies of this volume are held by any library or institution in the world according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
1487046404Milan: Antonius Zarotus 1487. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 19th century red morocco gilt hinges and spine rubbed and a little weak but still generally sound and attractive. Added marbled endpapers and a description of the edition and a note on the binding penned on added blank endpapers. The second edition of Tacitus much improved by Puteolanus from the first with the editio princeps of The Life of Agricola. Once thought to have been printed in the 1470s but now usually pegged as 1487. Likely washed though gently except for the first and final leaves Agricola leaves 176-187 with a dampstain in the margin final two leaves darkened. Four small wormtrails in last section leavs 121-end two trails in the textblock but generally very unobtrusive. Top edge gilt and trimmed slightly when rebound leaf numbers penciled lightly and neatly in the inner gutter.<br/><br/>Five 6 line and one 2 line initial colored in early or contemporary color 37 lines set in a fine Roman typeface often compared to Jenson and assumed to be set by him at one point 187 leaves with the blanks at 160 and 176 but lacking the final blank. <br/><br/>Graesse T7 Dibdin Bibl. Spenc. v2 461 Brunet V 633 Goff T7 ISTC it00007000<br/><br/>Provenance: With the label of A.C.C. Brodribb but likely from his father C.W. Brodribb who wrote and published in The American Library Annual a poem describing this volume laid in with a penciled date for the binding of 1855; an inscription on an added endpaper bears the same date. Also laid in is a 1949 letter to A.C.C. Brodribb Esq. from L.A. Sheppard at The British Museum describing the volume which he likely inherited following his father's death in 1945 Size: Folio. Antonius Zarotus hardcover books
