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199023926Boston: The Poets' Theatre 1990. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Folded sheets. 24 pp including printed covers. A detailed program for a series of events which took place in and around Harvard Square in Boston in 1990 in honor of poet Frank O'Hara. Events produced by The Poets' Theatre The North House Music Society and The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus. Participants included John Asgbery David Aspinwall Ha Jin Joseph LeSeuer Robert Pinsky and many others. This booklet includes several poems by O'Hara as well as a detailed chronology. Condition is very good with some light cover soiling and handling wear. The first copy of this piece of O'Hara ephemera that has crossed our path. The Poets' Theatre unknown books
018868Phoenix May 1918: Phoenix Union High School. Octavo. 231pp. The earliest recorded copies in the Arizona Newspaper Project and OCLC are in the 1930's. Much on this item dedicated to those classmates who had gone to fight in World War I. The opening poem is dedicated to the 28th. Besides giving accounts of the different departments there is a nice description of Jefferson Street when it was poorly lit in the first decade of the 20th Century. A later patriotic poem which notes that the Patriots of Phoenix High have "jacked old "Uncle Sammy" to bring justice "to the Hun". It goes on to say they did this by buying liberty bonds. It lists 185 of their older classmates who served in World War I four of whom died in the conflict. The school did not open in the Fall until December 16 because of the influenza crisis. Also there are large ads for some of the well-known Phoenix business some with a patriotic note such as Donofrios which suggests that while "you are thinking about that soldier Boy send him a box of their Cactus Candy." Bound in original pictorial wraps light finger soiling. Phoenix Union High School unknown books
188240901New York: Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co 1882. 1st printing thus Axford p. 352; Bitting p. 410; Brown 2431. Not in Cagle though see 1011n nor Wheaton & Kelly. OCLC records 5 holding institutions. Chromolithographed paper wrappers sewn. String hook loop in upper left of booklet. General wear & soiling. Foxing to paper. An About VG copy. 4 41 3 pp. 3 page Index at front. Page 4 a wood engraving showing 20 figures of divers pans used in baking. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co unknown books
1939005152Lee MA: Shawn School of Dance for Men 1939. Very Good Plus wrappers lightly soiled and rubbed. Photographs by John Lindquist Marcus Blechman and Mitchell Shapiro. Program for the 1939-1940 season presenting The Dome Dance of the Ages and O Libertad. SCARCE. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Shawn School of Dance for Men Paperback books
193588372NY:: Evander Childs High School. Good. 1935. Paperback. Shepard Rifkin's first book appearance two poems. First edition paperback. INSCRIBED by Shepard Rifkin in 1986 on page 39 - his page of contribution. Damp stained on the covers and throughout the text block at the fore edges thus only good in stapled printed wraps. Many unopened pages. ; 63 pages . Evander Childs High School, paperback books
1932289887Richmond Virginia: Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia 1932. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Three early yearbooks for St. Christopher's School a Church School of the Diocese of Virginia. With the usual photographs clubs and lists of students as well as pricing requirements a history of the school and other details to join the small boarding school. The '26-7 yearbook is lacking the front endpaper with loss to one of the fore-edges of one photo and scattered foxing. Some wear and soiling to the paper covers. Stapled paperback. Very Good binding. Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia unknown books
1844286027Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1844. Hard Cover. Fair binding. The American Sunday-School Union's edition of The People of China; Or A Summary of Chinese History. With in-text illustrations. Scattered marginal notations in pencil; faint foxing to the preliminaries; vertical crease to two leaves; writing and namestamp to the pastedowns; lacking endpapers; rippling and general wear to the boards; shelf number painted on the spine. Embossed cloth. Fair. Fair binding. American Sunday-School Union unknown books
18254013Philadelphia: I. Ashmead & Co. 1825. 8vo. 2 blank 108 2 blank pp. <br><br>The ASSU was formed in Philadelphia in 1824 as a national non-denominational organization to promote the establishment of local Sunday schools and disseminate materials for religious instruction. Half leather over paper-covered boards. Binding rubbed over joints corners. Bit of leather chipped off top of spine. Joints weak. Ex-library. Charge pocket. Browned. Ver good tight. I. Ashmead & Co. hardcover books
194877410Washington: GPO 1948. Paperback. Very Good. folding map photos 311p. Original wrapper. 27cm. Cover browned around edges. Former owner's name. <br/><br/> GPO paperback books
193225388Hartford Connecticut: Hartford Public High School 1932. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 168 pages. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Burgundy leatherette binding with embossed gilt lettering. Stamped name of Martin A. Gilman on front cover. Laid in is a sheet noting the 16 members who attended the October 11 2002 reunion Gilman among them and one of his report cards from 1931. Boards. Includes many many signatures. Gilman whose yearbook this was was voted most industrious. Judging by the number of signatures this wasn't far off. Includes the signature of MLB pitcher Peter Ernest Naktenis on the autographs page. Hartford Public High School unknown books
195883200Bangkok 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine. photos 110p. Original green cloth on front half and Thai patterned cloth on back half. 26cm. No jacket. School yearbook for this highly regarded school which was established in 1951. <br/><br/> hardcover books
184057669Manchester: C. Ambery 91 Market Street 1840. 16mo pp. 16; removed from binding wrappers wanting stitching perished; else very good. Includes a list of donors and funerals plus other financial reports. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> C. Ambery, 91, Market Street unknown books
183708524Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1837. Full Leather. Very Good. 12mo. Bound in full brown leather with raised bands spine gilt lettering spine gilt decoration spine and covers all edges gilt. A very good copy with minimal scuffs and edge wear covers endpapers discolored. 648 pp. <br/><br/> American Sunday-School Union hardcover books
19367886Boston Mass: North Bennet Street Industrial School 1936. Wire-O metal coil binding 26 x 18.5 cm. 57 7 pages. Index is table of contents. Advertisements. Foreword printed on a separate sheet laid-in at front. Title author and publication data from cover. Date from information in second edition of 1937. FIRST EDITION. A community fundraising cookbook for the benefit of North Bennett Street Industrial School. There is no front matter title page intro etc. and the recipes are not attributed but are drawn from members of the surrounding community Boston's North End. Other fundraising efforts for the school are featured in the advertising section including The Perfection Bottle Rack "made by the unemployed" and an unnamed Spanish olive oil "sold exclusively by the North Bennett Street Industrial School". There is also a full page illustrated ad for Prince Superfine Macaroni. ~ Card stock boards printed in blue and silver; edge wear and pulls at a few wire coils. Ownership inscription "Martha Taylor 98 Chestnut Street". OCLC locates five copies and four copies of the 1937 second edition. North Bennet Street Industrial School hardcover books
1946474891946. Harvard Law School. Harvard Law School Year Book 1945-1946. Volume 6. Cambridge: The Law School Year Book Committee of Phillips Brooks House Association of Harvard University 1946. 242 pp. Plates. Photos. Illustrations. Original gilt-stamped red textured cloth. Lightly rubbed some wear to joints spine ends and corners. Occasional light discoloration to margins a few finger smudges interior otherwise fresh. $95. Highlights of this volume include a series of tributes to Roscoe Pound on his 75th birthday Pound's "Sketch of the History of Harvard Law School" and several essays tables and photos relating to Harvard Law School's contribution to the war effort including a list of students and graduates who gave their lives. This volume which includes several statistical tables outlining student representation by nation state region hometown and undergraduate institution offers a fascinating glimpse of the law school and its institutional character at the end of World War II. unknown books
191241838Tipton IN 1912. Dull light blue paper wrappers with embossed navy initials and date on front. Wrappers edgeworn and showing general soiling upper corner lightly creased throughout. Previous owner's ink inscription to title page and brief ink notation to one later page; light soiling. Good. 72 8 pp. B/w photographic images and illustrations throughout. Oblong 8vo. 7-3/4" x 10-3/4" <br/><br/>Tipton High School Tipton Indiana yearbook humorously and irreverently illustrated by then-freshman Lex Herron. The 1912 senior class included Donald Tresidder who later became President of Stanford University 1943 - 1948. unknown books
38363London: Sunday School Union 56 Old Bailey n. d. 1st edition thus. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to dark maroon leather title label on spine. Imperfect. Cloth binding very worn and sunned edges bumped and rubbed. Chipping to first pages lacking leaves at rear. Fair. 234 pp. Missing leaves in rear. Many intratextual b/w illustrations. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>No copies found on OCLC under title or publisher. Rare. Sunday School Union, 56 Old Bailey hardcover books
16451Catholic Girls' School Ugbrook England. Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrook. Chudleigh: J. E. Searle 1841. This book contains the regulations approved by the Right Reverend the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England for the Catholic Girls School at Ugbrook. Uncommon to find formal women's education regulations from this early in the 19th century. Very good. unknown books
18595863Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1859. First edition. Very Good. 16 cm; 36 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and extra title page. Bound in original patterned cloth stamped in blind; titled in gilt on spine. Very little wear or deterioration. Pages somewhat toned. American Sunday-School Union hardcover books
2407Philadelphia: The Committee © 1840. . 12mo in half-sheets; marbled paper-covered boards leather spine; front over hinge cracked but firm and holding; endpapers foxed probably from transfer from glue Five copies in OCLC. Philadelphia: [The Committee], © 1840. hardcover books
D6041London: Dean & Son n.d. likely late-19th century. Paperback. Fair. Original wraps with colored front cover ads on rear and inside covers. Illustrated in color throughout. Covers detached chipped along spine and a little dust-soiled. Text block is nice and bright with only the occasional dusty finger-smudge. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Dean & Son paperback books
183564094New York: Published by John P. Haven 148 Nassau Street 1835. 16 cm. 12mo. iv -7 ii 10-190pp. Diamond patterned cloth faded at edges and spine some spotting with embossed vine borders on boards gilt stamping to spine faint old tidelines to a few early pages scattered foxing to text. Introductory printed 'recommendation' by T. H. Gallaudet. John Hall was a graduate of Yale and father of a large family in Elllington CT. Ellington School an early preparatory school accepting only boys grew out of educating his own children. He was well thought of as a successful and enlightened educator. <br/><br/> Published by John P. Haven, 148 Nassau Street hardcover books
1899WRCAM4918Carlisle Pa.: Indian Industrial School 1899. 8pp. Folio newspaper. Front leaf split in two along middle horizontal fold and detached closed tears and splits throughout. Fair only printed on poor paper to begin with. Vol. XV no. 8 of the newspaper of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. This issue reports on the resolutions passed by the Indian school at their Los Angeles convention a short article on "Indianizing vs. Americanizing" the school's upcoming twentieth anniversary and more. Indian Industrial School unknown books
1904WRCAM14175Carlisle Pa.: Indian Industrial School 1904. 8pp. Folio newspaper in very good condition although on poor paper. Vol. XIX no. 47-48 of the newspaper of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. This issue is of particular interest as it commemorates the retirement of General R.H. Pratt the founder of the School and leading exponent of assimilation as the best path for the American Indian. Included in this issue are his retirement statement a letter he wrote T.R. in 1901 on Indian policy statements and commendations from all over and another Pratt speech from 1904. Indian Industrial School unknown books
12222NANGA SCHOOL. In Japanese. Tokyo: 1969. Folio. Cloth dust jacket slipcase. 238 pages. First edition. Illustrated with 141 plates and 123 figures in with the Japanese text. This volume is No. 18 on a series of books on Japanese painting. Very good. unknown books
