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1883037901Boston: Boston Board of Trade 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. Some wear and chipping with loss on spine edges. Gilt page edges. Great period advertisements throughout. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Business Finance & Marketing; History; Inventory No: 037901. Boston Board of Trade hardcover books
1095Steinbeck John. New York University Division of General Education. BOOK ADVERTISING. Materials handbook for the Seminar on Book Advertising Spring Semester 1947. Tabloid size newsprint pages stapled including advertising rates for various American newspapers and examples of book advertisements. Nice full page ad for CANNERY ROW. Fine condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
185038804New York: n.p. 1850. First edition. Self wrappers. Very good copies light soiling. 4 pp.; 4 pp. 8vo. Two editions of the Resolve the first for the Board Edward B. Fellows Clerk dated May 15th and the second headed 'No.3' for "each of the Commissioners Inspectors and Trustees of the Several Ward and Public Schools to be distributed among the Teachers" Albert Gilbert Clerk with an additional date of Oct.16th 1850. The Committee followed the recommendations included in the report and "Resolved That the Board of Education earnestly recommend the Inspectors and Trustees of the several Ward and Public Schools to exert their united influence to abolish corporal punishment in every department of the Schools under their control." it was signed by Dr. William A. Walters Samuel A. Crapo John McLean and Wm. S. Duke. Though the various boards had encourage less severity beginning in 1823 it was not until twenty years after this resolve in 1870 that the practice was banned and which remained in effect despite attempts to reverse it over the years. Currently 19 states allow corporal punishment in schools. Rare. OCLC locates no copies of the first document and only one of the second: Trinity College. n.p. unknown books
194964575Johannesburg: The Education League Opvoedingsbond 1949. 2nd enlarged ed. Paperback. Very Good. 38p. Wrapper. 22cm. <br/><br/> The Education League (Opvoedingsbond) paperback books
198420362F.A. Foster 1984. First Edition. Near fine in original printed saddle-stitched wrappers. Thin octavo. 6.325 x 8.5 in. 8 pp. Signed by F.A. Foster on title page. Scarce. <br/><br/> F.A. Foster unknown books
196941882Atlanta: Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council 1969. First Edition. Quarto 11" x 8-1/2". Side-stapled wrappers; 36pp. Fine. A roster of Black elected officials in the south as of 1969. Alabama had the most; North Carolina the least. Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council unknown books
1903024659Published by the Class 1903. Cloth. Very Good. Ex-library with usual marks. Letter from the author to Bowdoin college librarian conveying the book and asking his opinion. Light shelfwear else unmarked. 532pp many portraits. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 024659. <br/><br/> Published by the Class hardcover books
1843045561Madrid: Oficina del Establecimiento Central 1843. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf spine darkened corners worn; pencil marks to endpapers else very clean internally. 3 volumes in 1 each with a separate title. 72pp 64pp 77pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045561. <br/><br/> Oficina del Establecimiento Central hardcover books
1951210413Detroit: UAW 1951. 30p. staplebound wraps very good. UAW unknown books
1604044714Hanover: Typis Wechelianis Wechel 1604. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum slight soiling and discoloration but sound and attractive. Discoloration to endpapers old greek inscription to front blank final colophon leaf present. Two volumes bound in one each with a separate title page - printed in two columns the original Greek and the Latin translation. An attractive and well preserved edition of Diodorus of Sicily's history - the first volume is books 1-5 and the second 11-20 all that survive from antiquity with Henri Estienne's introduction from his 1559 edition. xxx 363 59; xii 1013 3pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044714. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis (Wechel) hardcover books
18543249N.P 1854. Complete 28 page handwritten manuscript play prompt drawn directly from Julia Corner's 1854 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Stitched at spine and holding though some pages are loose or delicate. Occasional staining largely confined to margins or rear blanks. Composed in one woman's hand in ink throughout with what appears to be a much younger girl's annotation in pencil to the final pages. The text throughout corresponds with Corner's book with the exception of stage directions occasionally being abbreviated or simplified. We have been unable to locate the "Miss Lacy's School" mentioned in the younger girl's note.<br/><br/>Julia Corner the daughter of a printer became a prolific children's author in her time; and her adaptation of Beauty and the Beast was hailed for "creating quite a sensation among all the middling-size children" according to Eliza Cook's Journal from that year. At a time when there was debate about the morality of performance and theater Corner was noted for "wisely sympathizing with child-natures and she declares her belief in the propriety and profit of theatrical amusement among children"; and Eliza Cook's Journal documents instances of girls in particular gravitating toward the play "settling all the characters for all available friends" and performing at home or school Cook Vol 10. Here we see first-hand evidence of this phenomenon: girls in a ladies' school taking on roles and acting them out for classmates. Further research into the school its location and its class of girls would be enlightening -- uncovering for example if there were multiple prompts for girls who could not access Corner's text whether the manuscripts were done as a handwriting exercise in addition to the performance or whether one individual simply copied this play out as a souvenir of the event. The hand used throughout is elegant and well-trained -- seemingly a grown woman whose spelling corresponds with contemporary American rather than British expectations. <br/><br/>The choice of a fairy tale like Beauty and the Beast also deserves study as it promotes particular feminine qualities -- including respect for authority filial affection and self-sacrifice and modesty -- even within the darker setting of fairies sorcery and punishment. <br/><br/>A unique opportunity for research in fields including but not limited to the trans-continental transmission of fairy tales girls' education the history of performance didactic literature and performance in schools gender studies and paleography. unknown books
1685041459's Gravenhage: Johan Veely Tongerloo Jasper Doll 1685. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary leather worn at edges heavily at corners hinges rubbed spine cracked but binding firm and intact. Bright internally wear to endpapers. Attractively engraved added title page. Printed in two columns 1520 numbered leaves. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 041459. <br/><br/> Johan Veely, Tongerloo, Jasper Doll hardcover books
16202Henry M. Pierce "Address to the Second Graduating Class of the Rutgers Female College; delivered in The West Presbyterian Church Rev. Dr. Hastings' on Sabbath Evening May 31st 1868. By Henry M. Pierce LL.D. President of the College. New York: Agathynian Press. 1868. Inscribed on inside end page "Compliments of H. M. Pierce President". Blue wrappers. 16 pages. 9 ¼ x 6 in. While Rutgers had a "Female Institute" for higher education since 1839 the school was accredited to award four-year degrees in 1867 and became Rutgers Female College with a location on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. An important piece of history from one of the earliest four-year colleges open to women. unknown books
1707619th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed by a mother to a her daughter at Ipswich Female Seminary MA.1866: 4 pages folded from a single sheet. 8 x 5 in. Original mailing envelope with stamp and address. She writes on the girl's academic studies as well as the regulations with living in student life. ": "I am glad to hear from you so often & that you are getting along so well.I am satisfied that you try to have good lessons.I think it would be a good plan for you to go with a Latin class - if you will not have to work too hard." She also writes: "I do not expect you can always be perfect. I know that you will not break any of the rules of the school knowingly.I don't know as I understand what you wrote about Mrs Coats not allowing you to buy things to eat if it was that you should not go to the stores & buy treat I think she is perfectly right but I suppose she would have no objection to your having something from home." Ipswich Female Seminary was founded in Massachusetts in 1828 and the school's focus was on preparing girls for careers as teachers and missionaries. It offered a "rigorous curriculum" including study of English arithmetic geography chemistry human physiology history the natural sciences religion vocal music and calisthenics and placed an emphasis on "standards of personal conduct and discipline." As part of their preparation students practiced teaching with guidance from school instructors. Ink is slightly faded. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
17170Sexual Health George W. Corner M.D. Attaining Womanhood. A Doctor Talks to Girls About Sex. New York London: Harper & Brothers 1939. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on front end page in ink in part: "February 1940 / George W. Corner." 15 scientific and anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive system the ovary sperm cell etc. "This book is intended to provide intelligent girls of high school age with a scientific account of sex and human reproduction." Original blue cloth boards. Gold label with title author and publisher at top of spine. 95 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. Information on sexual health was not freely available to many people throughout the early 20th century. Some sexual health pioneers such as Margaret Sanger were persecuted under "decency" laws for education women on how to prevent unwanted pregnancy. This volume is remarkable as it was designed for teenagers and clearly lays out scientific facts regarding menstruation conception pregnancy and even some social issues such as how to deal with Sexual Attraction. This volume was a companion to a book aimed at teenage boys "Attaining Manhood." George Washington Corner was an American physician embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. Corner specialized in analyzing the function of hormones in the female reproductive system and with the American gynecologist Willard M. Allen identified the hormone progesterone an ingredient used in oral contraceptives. In very good condition. unknown books
196725089New York NY: The Cooper Union 1967. 23 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white. Articles including Cooper Union's stance and attack on air pollution in cooperation with the state and City of New York & the engineering & science dept. of the school; plans for a new building; photographs by Art Kane; artists at Green Camp; biography of a Cooper graduate police lab scientist alumni news & other information pertinent to Cooper Union; published quarterly. Previous subscriber mailing address on back panel; approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; black and white illustrated stapled covers; little nicks to the paper edges edge-darkening; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Cooper Union paperback books
1647046538Amsterdam: Elzevirium 1647. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in modern full calf old ownership marks and a long pen mark to title modest foxing and age toning to pages clean overall and a nice copy. 8 80 192 119 1 60pp; 8 62 8pp. <br/> Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046538. Elzevirium hardcover books
200737979Columbia:: University of South Carolina Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 1570036608 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of South Carolina Press, hardcover books
15033Bradford Academy was admitting female students to its halls as early as the 19th century. At a time when women were typically educated at home or sent to finishing schools that specialized in entertaining and domestic arts the ladies of Bradford Academy experienced the same rigorous classical education as the boys. In this unique and scarce archive there is a well rounded picture of the course work and intellectual stimulation that these women gained as members of the academy.<br/><br/>Collection includes the Course Catalogues for the academic years from 1876 to 1892; Examination Schedules for Academic years 1891-1893; Closing Exercise Programs 1885-1886; Graduation Exercise Programs 1890-1894; as well as 5 Programs and handbills for events and board meetings1888-1892; 5 Tuition Bills; and a Certificate and Rules of Scholarship. All in very good condition. Fascinating and extensive collection of an early institution of coeducation. unknown books
15197Education Archive of 4 historical pieces documenting education from the mid-1800s to the turn of the century. Includes 2 course catalogs 1 alumni reunion anniversary program and 1 handwritten Chemistry lab notebook from the academic year 1904-1905 that is entirely filled with 220 handwritten pages of notes observations and drawings by student Frank Hanke. Hanke a student at "R.T. Crane High School" in Chicago IL carefully documented 65 experiments from his science class noting chemical equations and including three fold-out charts comparing "Metal alkalies" "Metals of the Calcium Group" and the "Iron Group." "I carefully slid over the opening of the receiver the glass slip just far enough to insert a burning splinter of wood. I thrust the plinter into the receiver and the flame immediately went out and the gas did not burn." Includes 16 hand-drawn scientific illustrations documenting procedures observations and results. 4 large full-page drawings of Bunsen Burner Luminous and Non-Luminous Flames and Davy's Safety Lamp. Comes with 13 loose sheets of additional notes in Hanke's hand. Original boards feature photo-illustrated image of school on front cover and student's name handwritten in red and black ink. <br/><br/>Comes with catalogues for Phillips Academy in Andover MA 1854 and the Theological Seminary in Bangor ME 1895; these catalogues list the current students and faculty and give brief overview of the institutions' histories and fields of study including course descriptions student events and first-hand student descriptions of life at school. Also includes a booklet 1884 celebrating the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of the 1849 graduating class of Bowdoin College in Brunswick ME; this gives an overview of the students' lives since graduating including classmates who went on to serve as soldiers on opposing sides of the Civil War. Small tears and light stains and foxing to catalogue covers. Light toning and occasional foxing. All in very good to good condition. Collection provides a unique glimpse into the start of modern American education. R.T Crane High School Chemistry Notebook with handwritten student notes and drawings 1904-1905. Catalogue of the Trustees Instructors and Students of Philips Academy 1854. General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary Bangor Maine 1895. Bowdoin College The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of the Class of 1849 1884. unknown books
1708719th c. Women Education Archive of 6 handwritten letters from a student at Lewisburg Seminary an all Women academy in Pennsylvania. 1868-1869. She writes on her education to become a teacher tuition and family matters. 5 letters come with original mailing envelopes. 8.25 x 5.5 in. Each letter is 3 or 4 pages long; final letter is only 1 page. The letters are dated: December 27 1868; January 9 1869; February 3 1869; February 13 1869; February 27 1869; February 1869 original mailing envelope is postmarked March 1. Lewisburg Seminary was the female branch of the University at Lewisburg now known as Bucknell University. In all of her letters student Libbie Grant talks on the importance of her education. In the first letter she offers to help her recently widowed brother but that school was also a priority for her: "If you want to keep house the rest of the winter I will come tome and do my best. It will seem so hard to board right away. I don't know how I can stay here all next term without seeing any of you but shall content myself if you don't wish me to come. It is for my own benefit to get an education." In the January letter she lists subjects she is taking in school: "I study Grammar Physiology Geography and Astronomy." She gives a lengthier update in the February 3 letter: "I get along very well in my studies much better than I did last term. Miss Brown said there was a mistake made in my report and Scripture is excellent also Spelling. I do not get as homesick as I did last term." In one letter Libbie writes on how nervous she is regarding her future: "When I think of the future I feel sad to think I must wander from place to place." She is likely referring to various places where she would work as a teacher. In the February 13 letter her teacher Miss Brown adds a line about Libbie's next steps likely where she will work as a new teacher: "I trust she will succeed in getting a pleasant school for the summer."<br/><br/>Libbie also writes on financial matters requesting money from her brother for tuition and clothing. She stresses the necessity of new clothes which seem "unnecessary" to her brother Robert Grant residing in rural upstate New York; this highlights some one of the different social challenges that young women from rural backgrounds faced while living in and attending schools in cities. In the February 13 letter she writes about how she needs money for clothes to wear and new shoes; she is clearly distressed as her brother residing in Neversink NY seems unconvinced that new shoes and Church appropriate clothing is necessary. "I write this with my eyes full of tears for I know your thoughts. I know you think these re all unnecessary. They would be if I were home and I could get along with less." Miss Brown's addendum on the following page affirms Libbie's need of money and assures her brother that these items are necessary and his sister is "exceedingly economical." Lewisburg Seminary was originally the female branch of the University at Lewisburg which later became Bucknell University. In 1852 the Female Institute was established to exclusively educate women at the University. All letters in very good condition. A lovely collection of letters from a young woman studying to be a teacher in the 19th c. unknown books
1707819th c. Women's Education Archive consist of 4 Autograph Letters and 1 Autograph Note by a girl student at Chowan Baptist Female Institute in Murfreesboro NC. 1878. The 4 handwritten letters are addressed from Josephine Somers to her younger brother "Allie" in Matthews County VA. The letters are dated Jan. 1878; April 14 1878; May 1878; and June 9 1878. In the first letter Josephine writes on school life and encourages her young brother's education: "I pay you very many complements for your writing. I think you can write very well. You have improved very much and I hope you may continue to improve. You must keep trying to learn. I am trying to learn all I can. I study with all my might I think I am doing very well." In the May letter she writes on school life and social outings: "I went on the excursion and had a very good time. We went on Saturday so you see we did not take any school time to go. We went to Chowan County and we went ashore and had a picnic we had ice lemonade and cake besides other things." She also writes about the upcoming journey home at the end of the schoolyear: "I expect I will have to come home by myself. Yates is going to Princesann Princess Anne Co. after school is over. Yates and I will part in Norfolk and we may part forever for all I know. The final letter has a more alarmed tone as Josephine urgently asks her brother for information on their Mother's health. "Aunt Becky wrote me a letter last week and said Mother was sick and I have been very uneasy ever since. You must write soon and tell me if she has stopped her chills. I was sorry to hear that she was sick. You must tend to her good until I come home and then I will take care of her."<br/><br/>The Autograph note is filled with notes poetry names of her classmates and her school and doodles on two sides of a sheet of paper. At this time handwritten memory albums were a common way for female classmates to remember their school times together. Young ladies would live at boarding houses or dormitories while pursuing their studies and the lines of poetry on this page would have been copied into pages of friend's keepsake books before they parted ways for their hometowns at the end of the academic year. The May 1878 letter directly addresses the heartache at leaving school friends behind when returning home. "Yates and I will part in Norfolk and we may part forever for all I know." <br/><br/>Chowan Baptist Female Institute was founded in 1848 as a four-year women's college first opening its first class with just 11 students. The curriculum included algebra arithmetic astronomy botany drawing English composition and grammar French geography guitar history Latin logic "natural and moral philosophy" needlework painting and piano. Today the institution is known as Chowan University. Letters have original fold lines. January letter has chips along edge not affecting text. Small 2 inch portion of May letter cut out. Small tears to the note edges . Overall in very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
17080Small archive of 4 Autograph Letters by a student from Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem PA. Dated 1872 to 1874. All letter from student Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rickster to her friend Dora Campbell of York PA. Each letter is 4 pages 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ in. Each letter comes with original mailing envelope. Letters dated Sept. 30 1872; Feb. 25 1873; Feb. 7 1874; and April 6 1874. Lizzie writes on schoolwork and social activities such as winter sleigh rides. She writes to her friend about translating German words and phrases and Lizzie excitedly anticipates getting her photograph taken so that she can exchange portraits with Dora. <br/><br/>Writing about her studies and future beyond seminary in letter from Sept. 30 1872: "It did seem very funnie sic to resume my studies but I as it had to be done I made up my mind to hurry and do it so that I can get through soon. Then for a long rest from sorry and care free. I remember how you used to look forward to that time but yet your school days were your best days for when you leave school then trouble commences if not at once very soon and then we get married and have little ones to take care of and various other duties making our life one of anxiety and care." In the 1873 letter Lizzie mentions German translations for the first time: "Dora your 'Brief' translated from German means letter." She mentions German translations in the next letter as well as other studies: "Let me see if you can make out this German until next time and if you can write and tell me what it means. I have to take a singing lesson this afternoon and I haven't' looked at my piece since last time." In the final letter Lizzie writes about school and anticipates an upcoming visit between the friends. "Our school will begin again on Wednesday.I'm am going to have some pictures taken this term and if you give me some of yours I will give you one of mine. Just think three months until I see you. I can scarcely wait." The handwriting in the final letter is much looser possibly since this student had just been on school vacation or perhaps showing growing closeness and more informal relationship between the friends. <br/><br/>The Moravian Seminary traces its roots to the earliest institution of female education in the United States-the Bethlehem Female Seminary founded in 1742 by Countess Benigna Zinzendorf. <br/>BFS originally only provided primary education but due to overwhelming demand for secondary education institutions for women in 1785 BFS reorganized as a secondary educational institution that became known as the Moravian Female Seminary. In 1913 the Seminary officially became a College and in 1954 merged with a male institution to become the coeducational Moravian College. All letters tender along original fold lines from mailing. In very good condition. An incredible and early Female Education history. unknown books
1826039485Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes 1826. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2 volumes in blindstamped gray cloth modest wear volume 1 a bit shaken and the front joint split - bindings still generally tight. Foxing to frontis. Bright internally largely uncut. Fold out of The Temple at Jerusalem slightly foxed but intact and attractive. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: anthropology; Ancient BC; History. Inventory No: 039485. <br/><br/> Waugh & Innes hardcover books
16391Girls' Education Original vintage cross-stitch sampler. Limington Maine. 1834. 11.5" x 15" in. Alphabet cross-stitched in capital and lower case letters with decorative embroidered border and information on maker stitched at bottom: "Elizabeth G. Brackett Limington Maine. Aged 10. in 1834". Samplers were valuable parts of girls' education from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries as it demonstrated both their skill in needlepoint and their achievements in literacy. From the 1800s the very first schools and academies for young women in America had their students create needlepoint pieces with decorative motifs such as verses or the entire alphabet being stitched on the sampler. The parents of these young women proudly displayed their embroideries as showpieces of their daughter's talent and status. In recent years these samplers have become important in museum collections as representations of early American female education. Capital alphabet "&" and numbers 1 through 7 in black thread. Capital alphabet and 8 9 and 0 in white thread. Lower case alphabet in gray; and student's name and date in light green. Toned. Few threads frayed at center right edge. Very good. unknown books