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1817046073Madrid: Repulles 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in contemporary acid calf modest wear at edges corners worn a little dry in spots surface scrapes to leather in spots; scattered minor dampstains foxing browning old embossed stamp to title binding for vol 3 not quite uniform. Clean and sound overall. 489pp; 586pp; 493pp; 563pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 046073. <br/><br/> Repulles hardcover books
197939198n. p.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare - Public Health Service 1979. 1st edition. Half-bound black paper spine over peach printed paper wrappers. 15 yellow and white binder tab separators. Light wear to spine edges and tab separators. A VG example. Individual paginations. 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Public Health Service unknown books
1945045505Barcelona: Archivo Historico 1945. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed burgundy cloth. Scattered slight browning otherwise very clean internally. The manuscript images are well done. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045505. <br/><br/> Archivo Historico hardcover books
1941167420New York: Committee for the Defense of Public Education 1941. Four-panel brochure light toning. Bella Dodd was the chair of the Committee. Committee for the Defense of Public Education unknown books
1672046190Venice: Combi & La Noù 1672. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Fair Condition. First Italian Edition in soiled and worn but intact contemporary vellum endleaves refreshed. Modest foxing and browning a few tears including one across the center of the first pages repair to extra engraved title - significant and pervasive worming to text block touching many letters and engravings but not greatly affecting sense. Signature k bound out of order. 12 296pp. First published in English in 1668; a fair to good copy of a finely illustrated history. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046190. <br/><br/> Combi & La Noù hardcover books
194549844Atlanta 1945. Paperback. Very Good. illustration 4p. Folded softcover leaflet with printed broadside page inserted. Narrow 21cm. <br/><br/> paperback books
194826364Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1948. First Edition. Octavo 23.25cm.; original staplebound self-wrappers; vi356pp. Upper wrapper a bit toned; rubberstamp compliments from Congressman Max Schwabe 2nd District Missouri to upper wrapper. Very Good and sound. Hearings held September 8-1013-6 1948. Includes a letter to Congressman Max Schwabe chairman of the special subcommittee from Fred A. Hartley Jr. a Congressman from New Jersey. United States Government Printing Office unknown books
194826570Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1948. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; original drab printed wrappers; xiii1742pp. Ownership rubberstamp to upper wrapper of Charles J. Kersten Representative from Wisconsin. About Fine. Hearings held in Washington on June 30 July 1 2 7-9 and August 3 4 10 and 11 1948. Contents include Kersten's statement at New York. United States Government Printing Office unknown books
1695045250Amsterdam: J. Louis de Lorme 1695. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf worn at the spine ends but sound. First signature loose and with a light dampstain to one corner scattered light foxing and occasional light dampstain in the right margin but mostly clean internally. The first French edition the same year as the English. With an engraved frontis and 24 plates of English kings at the rear. 8 310pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045250. <br/><br/> J. Louis de Lorme hardcover books
1996146041Rochester NY: Bausch and Lomb Worldwide Headquarters Winter Garden 1996. Unpaginated 46 pages of color photographs depicting works from the exhibition 7x6.75 inches; wraps partly sun-faded. Bausch and Lomb Worldwide Headquarters, Winter Garden unknown books
1941182797New York: Pandick Press 1941. 132p. wraps name on front cover hidden by a rectangle of rubbed graphite title penciled on spine tear to bottom of spine panel. Report on Young Communist League activities at local schools complaining that students had set up a "perjury mill" to mislead investigators. Discusses various student front groups and their work in opposition to US involvement in the war during the USSR's detente with Germany followed by immediate reversal after the invasion of the Soviet Union. Pandick Press unknown books
1949171497New York: International Education and Information Exchange 1949. 32p. wraps worn three stab holes in spine wraps browned 4.5x6 inches. Not found in OCLC. Anti-Communist work aimed appealing to members of the CPUSA. Contributions by R.V. Winston J.W. Sachs N. Rowland and Carla Morgan. International Education and Information Exchange unknown books
17126African American Education Integrated multiracial grade school. c. 1890s-1910. Original silver gelatin print photograph. Mounted on board 8 x 10 in. Photograph dimensions: 6.75 x 8.75 in. Handwritten in blue ink on verso: "Grade School - St Joseph Mo. / Nina Case - Mother of Ninita P. Johnson & Harry E. Potter Jr." 44 students lined up in three rows with female teacher standing behind the last row. 12 of the students appear to be African-American children. Interestingly there is a large age range in the photograph as the youngest students' feet dangle off the ground while the oldest students appear to be several years older. This photograph comes from a rural school as one student in the front row has attended class that day barefoot. In the 19th century more women than ever before were entering the workforce as teachers; for rural teachers such as the one photographed here conditions could be challenging with as many as 60 students in one classroom and limited resources and support. Still women flocked to teaching as it offered independence and sense of purpose outside. Working in education gave many women a window onto a wider world of ideas politics and public usefulness. Mat condition: Light soiling; small losses to all four corners of mat; 1/4 in closed tear in left top edge of mat. Photograph condition: lightly toned; 1 annotation on front of photograph above student's head "X Nina Case"; otherwise photograph is in very good condition. unknown books
16083Early Women Education. ALS n.d. but late 1700s to early 1800s Sending Miss Isabella Berkeley to a teacher. Autograph Letter Signed 3 pages folded on a single large sheet with the 4th side serving as the address panel. To "Dear Madam." From "E." Identified as Margravine of Anspach.<br/><br/>She writes in her hand in Part: "I send you Miss Isabella Berkeley the youngest of the young Ladies-Elizabeth will be very little at your house-as she becomes companionable and I shall always have her with me when I can-Isabella has some natural faults which would be rooted in this house-and which nothing but abiding with young women submitting to those who educate them can cure her of-she is inclined to be a very fine lady-curious and what I call fidgety--.she has a good heart and she is laborious liking to be employed-works well at her needle-is charitable humane-I wish her to be made read loud for half an hour every day-to teach her to articulate in speaking-she was a very sickly child-and must eat very little butter-no wine-no coffee.<br/>And in postscript "I would wish her to read religious or moral books-and abridgement of History in general. <br/><br/>Afterwards when the general chronology is placed in her memory-she will read the History of every different country with measure. ". unknown books
15265Extensive correspondence collection 1920-1940s. 66 letters by various authors mostly women native to the Indian sub-continent all very unusual in the fact that they are highly educated and in the midst of further studies or early in their careers decades prior to Indian Independence. The letters are addressed to a young teacher Probha who was former classmate to most of the writers as well as a few to her sister Rani or to both and follows them as they finish school enter teacher training college and ultimately fan out over India as bearers of a new generation of independent Indian women. In 1931 Indian female literacy hovered at just under 3% making the experiences of these forerunners and their correspondence incredibly rare.<br/> <br/>Prior to Indian Independence from Britain Gandhi called for uplifting the status of women through education and recognition of their inherent worth as human beings. Determined to inculcate the equality of the sexes into Indian culture Gandhi publicly did household tasks that were traditionally women's work and declared that "the future is with women." Indeed other activists also equated India's independence with new freedoms for women. However by 1931 Indian female literacy hovered under 3% and was often lower in the rural provinces where schools were few child marriage was prevalent and patriarchal norms dominated society. On the cusp of vast cultural change educated women and female schoolteachers and professionals were the rare exception. <br/> <br/>These letters record the interactions between a rare group of highly educated women their thirst for personal and financial independence as well as their conflicting feelings regarding the traditions that defined their lives and restricted them. Their nexus was the Queen Victoria Girls' High School in Agra a small city in the rural northern province of Uttar Pradesh most notable for being the home of the world famous Taj Mahal a symbol of reverence to a much-loved wife of antiquity and of honor to the traditional woman. In its tall shadow young sisters Probha and Rani Thomas attended high school at "QVHS" in the late 1920s-early 1930s where lifelong friendships developed with female students Libawati Ivy Monica Lila Mercy Winnie among others. Most of them became teachers where the extraordinary nature of their achievement stood in stark relief to the lot of most other women "This year only one out of five girls has passed from our village schools." As their lives continued and they spread across the country education became the uniting factor that drove the young women forward and brought them back to each other. "Probha what are you going to do now I am going back to old Q.V. to become a teacher and I am feeling very sad as my dear old class girls won't be there. All these past years seem like a dream. So soon the parting took place.No more Tenthies no more H.M. Club. All have faded like a passing cloud.I shall never find such a jolly set again Probha. This future seems very hard." They were witness to an extraordinary moment in history when the world was changing particularly for women and with their education they are in a unique position to describe the change "It is funny that when it is time for us to be silent we have to look after our visitors and perform useless ceremonies-someday we'll change but not yet." One recalls a train ride in which she sat near "a bold Gandhi's follower.In his eloquent poetical language he was telling people that he had been to jail and was saying that for the love of country he can endure anything." Probha and Rani's father a judge had lessons for them about the danger of Revolutionary activities when one of their friends gets involved "Arel De is intelligent and emotional but he has no self control.You may write to him but make it plain that you will drop correspondence if he writes politics again. He is either already on Police books or will soon be." Though they shied away from direct involvement in politics they encapsulated Indian women's liberation in the early century: striving after independent employment deferring marriage yet with respect for their elders. In one letter Monica sadly reports to Probha "I am not coming back to school. Although I am feeling very bad but yes father has done what is good for me. I asked many times to let me go but he forced me to stay here." And in another poignant letter "Lovey" writes "Rani sis do you remember once we were talking about this problem of getting married Now very soon I shall be facing it. John wants to settle down after my working for one year only & I wish to work for at least two years. I think I shall have to do my parents will decide. Please pray that I may get a chance of working for at least two years."<br/> <br/>In tone the women are warm and sisterly to an extent not found in letters of Western cultural origin and also profoundly honest in reporting to one another their successes and failures; a good or bad test score the struggle to study while encountering difficulties such as lack of clean drinking water and large snakes and even having the security of their families placed on their young shoulders "May God help me. May I pass in the 3rd division only for it is difficult time for us two sisters. Our father's money is nearly spent and if I pass I go for training. Please remember us in your prayers that we may soon become independent." As one of the young women finds out who goes back to QVHS as a student teacher life becomes more complicated as time goes on "My examination result is so bad.my poor mother is working so hard at home. It was too much to disappoint her.I know you would ask me but why have you done so badly The only answer I can give you is that I got 7 periods a week to teach & being a slow writer the notes of lessons & the preparation took all my study time." What they share is a clarify on the value of their education to all their future lives: "All the Normal Students High School and the middle candidates.tell each one of them that I wish them a very brilliant success. Tell them that I remember each one of them in my prayers that they all may pass in the 1st Division with scholarships."<br/> <br/>Cultural references show the writers and recipients of these letters were generally native of India although they often went by Western cognoms. A few of the letters from British servicemen or coworkers offer an interesting perspective on intercultural understanding and friendship in the days when Indian Independence loomed so closely on the horizon. A serviceman befriended by Probha writes "In those days we were very ignorant. We knew nothing at all of the country or the people and their ways and customs. I think we were most surprised to find that you spoke English.We were astounded to see such bad conditions existed for some people and very upset to find such a feeling of bitterness between our two peoples." Reflecting the dichotomy inherent to the lives of these girls several letters are from their mother who simultaneously pushes them on to achieve independence and reminds them of their cultural anchor. anxious for them and resolute that they will have every opportunity possible. An intelligent woman in her own right Probha's mother offers advice on her exams "Your last quarterly should have had better marks. I wrote a few little hints in my last letter. Please keep them in mind.I'll send your saris in a day or two.I couldn't get even a bit of voil in the bazaar. There was no chance of getting it from any out station. I've used the bits I had at home.I pray God to be with my baby & help her to be a true hearted & brave soldier." <br/> <br/>The letters are in English except for a few brief passages in Hindi as English was the primary language of education and commerce prior to Independence. A few are from an object of romance; a male teacher who courts Probha with poetry but does not succeed in convincing her to give up her freedom as a single woman. A rare archive of letters from an extremely uncommon cross-section of pre-Independence society: the forerunner of the modern educated and independent woman of India. unknown books
199522154New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0300055293 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Yale University Press hardcover books
1562045392Venice: Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Good Condition. Rebound in modern sheep front endpapers replaced minor worming and modest staining throughout but still an attractive copy of this early Italian edition. With historiated initials - separate section titles but continuously paginated. 16 375pp with a printers mark on the verso of page 375. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045392. <br/><br/> Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista hardcover books
16084Early Women Education ALS Jn Howard. Preston. Nov. 29 1823. To his daughter Sarah "My Dear Child." 3 pages Autograph Letter Signed folded from a large sheet with the 4th page showing the original stampless address panel. Usual holes where original wax seal was torn off.<br/><br/>She writes in her hand in Part: "My dear child I had great pleasure in reading your letter to your Brother-and the more-when I understood that you had not only written it but composed it. I feel persuaded you will try to profit every Day by the kind and good instruction of your Cousin and Tutoress:--you must never esteem anything too difficult which you are set to do. If you were the King's Daughter you would have to learn in patient submission; and how much more ready should you be to do so in your situation in Life! Your dear mother and I have always been glad to see your fondness for reading but you must try always to understand and remember what you read-as it is not the quantity of reading but duly improving it which is the thing to be desired-and that makes it of real worth.Believe me dear Sarah we do not forget you but love you much tho' you are at a distance from us--" A touching and encouraging letter from a progressive parent whose interest in his daughter's education is clearly more than the polite drawing room variety. unknown books
199130401NY: HarperCollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0060244054 . Illustrated by Felicia Bond. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
1580046178Geneva: Johannes Laon 1580. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Half red morocco by Lhuinte light wear at edges and hinges first few and scattered other pages including title faded likely from being washed Some minor foxing and soiling. Several paper repairs to margins occasional small edge tears and few closed tears in text few holograph annotations hole in the eye of the Savonarola portrait on B3 with minor affect to text on verso small hole in text on C4 repaired paper loss with affect to border of Paulus Fagius portrait on G2. Still quite clean and attractive overall. 37 portraits and 54 frames with names for future portraits and 44 emblems at the rear. 318pp A mixture of Protestant biography and emblem book - one of the first uses of the emblem book for Reformation purposes the first was Montenay's Emblemmes ou devises Chrestiennes 1571. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046178. <br/><br/> Johannes Laon hardcover books
1947GG818-189Indianapolis IN: International Typographical Union 1947. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Later Edition. 8vo. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches. 10 separate sections separately paginated. Profusely illustrated index; occasional ink and pencil marginalia. Gilt-stamped dark blue cloth; binding square and tight rubbed. Very Good. Lessons in the Elements of Composition 1 through 10 complete plus the index issued as a single volume. International Typographical Union hardcover books
WALTER-FILM002147No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 5 x 7"" 12 x 17 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. The original attached paper blurb on the verso describes this image of Howard Hughes as that in which he is about to give a speech for the event described below: 10 14 July 1938: Howard Robard Hughes Jr. along with a crew of four departed Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn New York on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere. His airplane was a Lockheed Super Electra Special Model 14-N2 registered NX18973. Aboard were Harry P. McLean Connor co-pilot and navigator; 1st Lieutenant Thomas L. Thurlow United States Army Air Corps navigator; Richard R. Stoddart a field engineer for the National Broadcasting Company NBC radio operator; Edward Lund flight engineer. Lieutenant Thurlow was the Air Corps' expert on aerial navigation. Stoddart was an expert in radio engineering. Thurlow Stoddart and Lund were also rated pilots. Before they took off from Floyd Bennett Field the Lockheed was christened New York World's Fair 1939 in keeping with an agreement that Hughes had made with Grover Whalen and the fair's organizers. Photo is dated 1/15/38 and is for his speech upon arriving after the flight. ACME photo stamp is on verso as is stamp for Ref. Dept. N.E.A. which at the time referred to the National Education Association. Shows minor use NEAR FINE. unknown books
1957140346Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1957. pp. 39-56 stapled wraps 4x7.25 inches very good condition. COPE publication no. 8. On fundraising for political action. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
1961254953Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company 1961. 25p. stapled wraps 6 x 9 inches staples rusted a few small rust stains on pages else good second edition. Democracy Versus Communism Series No. 5. D. Van Nostrand Company unknown books
193815659New York: Public Affairs Committee Inc 1938. First Edition. Octavo. Blue wrappers; 31pp; illus. Light rubbing along edges; else a very good or better copy with no interior markings. Public Affairs Committee, Inc unknown books
