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187029538Montgomery Alabama: John G. Stokes & Co. State Printers 1870. 7 1 blank pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Light old folds wrappers lightly spotted Very Good. Contemporary inscription at head of front wrapper "Respects of G. Horton Mobile." A Bostonian who had moved to Mobile as a young man Horton was Mayor of Mobile at this time. Previously he had been an advocate of public education and had served on Mobile's school board. During the Civil War he was jailed for Unionist sympathies. During Reconstruction his advocacy of civil rights placed his life in constant danger.<br/><br/> The Report is a chapter in Alabama's bitter Reconstruction strife. It attacks Dr. N.B. Cloud State Superintendent of Public Instruction who was regarded by unreconstructed Alabamans as a Scalawag for his support of Reconstruction and the Republican Party. The Report also attacks G.L. Putnam whom Cloud had named Mobile's superintendent of education an appointment which other Mobile educators refused to recognize. Cloud brokered a compromise-- for which he lacked authority-- by making Putnam superintendent of Emerson College known as the 'Blue School' a Negro school run by the American Missionary Association. The Report accuses Cloud and Putnam of illegally diverting public funds to the support of the Blue School.<br/>Ellison 1597. OCLC locates five copies as of August 2014 under two accession numbers. John G. Stokes & Co., State Printers unknown books
187031292Montgomery 1870. 23 1 blank pp with original printed title wrappers. Text lightly dusted wrappers dirty stitched. <br/><br/> This case is a chapter in Alabama's bitter Reconstruction history. Mobile School Commissioners claimed that George L. Putnam Superintendent of the Mobile schools had mishandled funds which were supposed to be used to support the free public schools. Putnam had been appointed Superintendent by N.B. Cloud State Superintendent of Public Instruction whom unreconstructed Alabamans considered a Scalawag. Putnam used public funds as authorized by Cloud for the support of a school for Negroes. The outcome of the case turned on whether the Commissioners were properly established under the laws and Reconstruction Constitution of Alabama. This brief reviews the history of the Mobile School System and the controversy. <br/>Not located on OCLC as of July 2014. unknown books
188869473Majesty's 1888. Fourth Edition stated. Hardcover. Fair. COver has wear soilng bumped corners and tears to cloth. Somewhat shaken. vii 1 136 p. Includes: illustrations diagrams maps. Errata slip present! Some illustrations have color. LIV plates. This reflects the state of the art knowledge and practice in the mid to late Victorian period. From Wikipedia: "Military engineering is loosely defined as the art and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and communications. This discipline of engineering is regarded as the oldest form of engineering and is also the precursor of the civil engineering discipline. While both of these disciplines of engineering are responsible for building the same types of projects their environments differ. Military engineers construct and maintain facilities that serve military servicemen on war-fronts. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics behind military tactics. Modern military engineering requires more than civil engineering techniques. In the 21st Century military engineering also includes other engineering disciplines such as mechanical and electrical engineering techniques. According to NATO "Military Engineering is that engineer activity undertaken regardless of component or service to shape the physical operating environment. ' Military Engineering incorporates support to manoeuvre and to the force as a whole including military engineering functions such as engineer support to Force Protection Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices Environmental Protection Engineer Intelligence and Military Search. Military Engineering does not encompass the activities undertaken by those 'engineers' who maintain repair and operate vehicles vessels aircraft weapon systems and equipment." Majesty's hardcover
187932096Bordeaux aux bureaux du journal 1879 In-folio Année Complète 1879, Bonne reliure en demi Chagrin, 520 numéros, un petit manque à un coin
188510632Paris, Dunod, 1885 ; in-8, broché ; (1) f. blanc, (6), 266 pp., (1) f. blanc, portrait par Jules Lefebvre gravé à l’eau-forte par Léon Gaucherel en frontispice, couverture verte imprimée.
183993770Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussées 1839. Hardcover. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. Manuscrit reprographié. Cartonnage d'époque défraîchi coins usés. 193 pages. 24 x 38 cm. Légèrement défraîchi pages de garde tachées. <i>ref. 93770</i> Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussées hardcover
183493769Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussées 1834. Hardcover. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. 8 planches dépliantes. Manuscrit reprographié. Cartonnage d'époque légèrement défraîchi coins usés. 52 pages 8 planches. 24 x 38 cm. Quelques annotations en marge. Quelques petites taches d'encre. <i>ref. 93769</i> Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussées hardcover
1873473422London : Yates Alexander & Shepheard 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair copies with strong text blocks in contemporary full leather; three boards lacking with the remaining boards detached. Vol. 4 lacking spine cover. Remaining boards lightly scuffed with leather worn at corners and joints. Spines gilt-tooled with raised bands which are worn along with the endbands. Marbled endpapers. The text blocks remain uniformly strong showing only occasional and faint bleedthrough. A very serviceable set. Physical description; 3 volumes ; 33 cm. Contents; Vol 4. 10 Dec 1873 to 25 Nov 1874. Vol 14. Fourth board. 2nd year – part 1. 2 Dec 1880 to 26 May 1881. Vol 16. Fourth board. 3rd year – part 1. 1 Dec 1881 to 25 May 1882. Subjects; School Board for London. Education. Elementary education. School administration. Local government. London. 19th century. London : Yates Alexander & Shepheard hardcover
18026725Edinburgh: Printed by D. Willison 1802. FIRST EDITION 8vo pp. 37 i. Extracted from a volume. Lightly foxed some soiling at front and rear short tear to title-page. A rare account of the will of the wealthy tobacco merchant James Gillespie of Spylaw 1726-1797 who left a substantial bequest some £2700 to establish a school for poor boys and a further amount for a hospital for the elderly. The hospital later became workshops for the blind and was demolished in the 1970s but the school remains in operation though having moved premises several times as one of Edinburgh’s highest-ranking state high schools with alumni including Muriel Spark Ronnie Corbett and Alastair Sim. Printed by D. Willison unknown
18902090202122801530Matsunosuke Inokuchi 1890. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 Matsunosuke Inokuchi paperback
18942091502135202387Shibata Genzaburo 1894. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 20cm Number of books: 1 Shibata Genzaburo paperback
190021572Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1900. In-8°. Avec 1 carte, quelques planches avec illustrations b/n et quelques tableaux. XII, 642; 292; 554 (1) pp. Reliure demi-toile de l'époque. - 1. Tome 1: Établissements nationaux et écoles supérieures de commerce. - 2. Tome 2: Écoles pratiques de commerce et d'industrie (Législation). - 3. Tome 3: Écoles pratiques de commerce et d'industrie (Monographies). - Contient des statistiques et des informations sur des écoles techniques France, par exemple: École nationale d'Horlogerie de Cluses, École nationales pratique d'ouvriers et de Contremaitres de Cluny, École supérieure de commerce de Paris, École pratique d'industrie de Romans, École pratique d'industrie de Saint-Chamond, École pratique de commerce et d'industrie de Béziers etc. Reliure frottées. Quelques cachets dans les pages preliminaires et sur la page de titre.
188429652Various places 1884-1958. Fine original condition. 73 letters from 43 correspondents including Lore Crewe Lord Curzon F. S. Kenyon Prince Louis of Battenberg Edward Lyttleton Lord Napier Lord Roseberry Sir Charles Trevelyan and others mostly pertaining to school events. unknown
1832List3436Auburn New York 1832. Single four-page letter measuring 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with very small tears at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. A letter written from the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1832 from the soon-to-be Reverend Thomas Reed Rawson 1803-1877 to his soon-to-be wife Louisa W. Dawes 1810–1849. Dawes who lived in Cummington Massachusetts was the older sister of Senator Henry Laurens Dawes best known for the 1887 Dawes Act.<br /> <br /> Rawson opens by commenting on the death of one of his students and his time spent in Oswego “visiting in the most fashionable familiesâ€; he felt this taught him a great deal about “human nature†which in Oswego is “peculiarâ€. He seems to have been particularly perplexed by the spiritual character he encountered in upstate New York a locus of the Christian revival movement now called the Second Great Awakening:<br /> <br /> “You know I expected that the spirit of the west was a more active . spirit than what was seen in the N.E. states & hoped by breathing this pure atmosphere to enjoy great spiritual health. How erroneous was the impression! How greatly have I been deceived! . I acted as though it was so – as though man was man only in certain latitudes. I acted as though face answered to face only when seen in the waters of N.E. & consequently that the heart of a N.E. man had no analogy to what beats in the bosom of one born in a more western longitude.â€<br /> <br /> Not only is Rawson nonplussed by New Yorkers’ religious qualities he is vehemently opposed to some of the new practices that arose from the religious revival there:<br /> <br /> “The state of things here I mean in all this country at the west is very peculiar. You have heard of ‘Old & New Measures’ I suppose. For myself I cannot approve of the latter. I find not a spirit in me to Fellowship them. Have been exceedingly tried by them as I have been in the midst of ‘new measures’ all winter. You can form but a faint idea of the excitement which is in this country in the religious community. In Oswego Co. the lay-men are going through the Co. holding meetings once a month in praying exhorting dispensing the duties of Clergymen &c. &c.; & it seems that the present state of things must result in a wide division in the churches. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ . As near as I can find out very sinister is the spirit that knows the new measures to that wild-pine which ran so extensively in the time of Edwards. The effects of it are seen in your town to this day.â€<br /> <br /> The “New Measures†were novel practices for American Christianity that came about during the Second Great Awakening mainly due to Presbyterian minister Charles Finney. These include very lengthy meetings public naming of sinners and public confessions of sin and were controversial with those who preferred a more orthodox and restrained service. Rawson accurately predicts that the new practices would lead to a schism; starting in 1837 the Old School-New School Controversy split the Presbyterian church along these lines. He later worries that such a division in the church would allow “Catholicism to take the advantage†and that “Satan is bringing this about as rapidly as possibleâ€. The appeal of a strong hierarchical Catholic church as opposed to a weak and divided Protestant one was a common worry among Protestants at the time.<br /> <br /> Rawson traces the “sinister spirit†of the new measures back to “the time of Edwardsâ€: Jonathan Edwards a key figure in the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 40s. Given his reference to “your townâ€â€”Cummington Massachusetts—Rawson is probably referring to the so-called “New England theology†that arose from the First Great Awakening. Among other things New England theology proposed new views on man’s free will and responsibility; similar views would create controversy in Rawson’s time as he explains:<br /> <br /> “I see my own heart to be depraved & wicked beyond all observation but the fruits of the spirit I think I do love & hope they are sweeter & more sweet to my taste. I say taste the New measure-men are not taste-men but believe in the ‘motive scheme’ — By taste is meant the implantation of a new principle – love to God & is affected by the Holy Spirit. The ‘motive scheme’ implies that the sinner turns himself about in by motive merely.â€<br /> <br /> He is objecting to the idea that a sinner could redeem himself through an act of his own will—by his own ‘motives.’ Old School Presbyterianism holds a more orthodox Calvinist view wherein the redemption of the sinner is not up to the sinner’s will at all. Rawson makes an interesting comparison between New School views on the matter and states’ rights in the context of the then-ongoing nullification crisis:<br /> <br /> “The signs of the times declare most plainly to him who has wiped up his eyes that ‘the end has come upon the four corners of this earth’ i.e. the end of peaceful days for the present. Never was our Republic brought to a crisis like this. Nullification in the Political world is the same with Denunciation in the Religious world. This is my opinion; don’t know as have heard others say so.â€<br /> <br /> The nullification crisis arose when South Carolina declared that several import tariffs were unconstitutional and thus nullified them under the states’ rights doctrine of state nullification. Rawson seems to be drawing a parallel between the revivalists’ idea of the role of one’s motives in salvation and states’ rights advocates’ idea of the relationship between the states’ wills and the federal government’s. Of course the states’ rights issue would soon reach an apotheosis.<br /> Rawson closes with some affectionate lines for Dawes and advice about her own teaching job; the crossed text updates her on the Christian conversions within his family. Overall the letter provides detailed insights into the views of a more conservative theology student on the Presbyterian controversy that was soon to come to a head. unknown
185025171850. Graphite and ink wash on cream wove paper 7 1/8 x 4 14 inches 180 x 118 mm the full sheet. Some minor surface soiling and uniform toning otherwise in good condition. The sitter wears a dress consistent with mid-Victorian fashion. The dropped shoulders wide sleeves and the large flat collar pelerine are hallmarks of the 1840s and early '50s style in America and abroad. Her hair parted sharply in the middle and slicked down over the ears is the quintessential "Madonna" style of that era popularized by Mary Todd Lincoln. unknown
182543545London: William Cole 1825. Full Leather. vg. 24mo. 296pp Bound in full brown leather with gilt design and lettering to spine. Five raised bands. AEG. Marble endpapers. RIbbons.Leather title label. Vertical wear to spine front cover. Signed binding of Baynton Binders Bath. William Cole unknown
18302324134Canterbury New Hampshire: S.N 1830. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed and soiled ink note from district clerk on front board ink owner name on front endpaper evidence that leaves were once pressed between some blank pages. 1830 Hard Cover. Unpaginated ruled pages as one would expect to see in a ledger. Leather spine olive paper over boards. A manuscript book detailing board elections budget votes and other administrative matters related to the operation of Canterbury New Hampshire's School District No. 4 written in the hands of several different clerks. S.N hardcover
182315369New York: D. Fanshaw Printer No. 1 Murray-Street 1823. Broadside octavo decorated borders untrimmed. Lightly foxed and dustsoiled Good. <br /> <br /> A rare broadside hymn of New York's Reformed Dutch Church. OCLC records a single copy at the New York Historical Society as well as single copies of this title printed in three other years. <br /> OCLC 58786086 1- NYHS as of December 2016. Not in AI Sabin Eberstadt Decker NUC Library of Congress Broadside Catalog. D. Fanshaw, Printer, No. 1 Murray-Street unknown
182315369New York: D. Fanshaw Printer No. 1 Murray-Street 1823. Broadside octavo decorated borders untrimmed. Lightly foxed and dustsoiled Good. <br/><br/> A rare broadside hymn of New York's Reformed Dutch Church. OCLC records a single copy at the New York Historical Society as well as single copies of this title printed in three other years. <br/>OCLC 58786086 1- NYHS as of December 2016. Not in AI Sabin Eberstadt Decker NUC Library of Congress Broadside Catalog. D. Fanshaw, Printer, No. 1 Murray-Street unknown books
1882111007Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1882 Book. Good. Hardcover. One of the first nursing texts in America! Published under the direction of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses at the State Hospital in New Haven CT. Three major sections are on medical and surgical nursing with 8 chapters; directions for monthly nursing with 6 chapters and family hygiene. 266 pages with index. Moderate edge wear light exterior rub marks name on front endpaper. J. B. Lippincott Co. hardcover
19005131900. Etching with aquatint on cream laid paper with a partial Arches watermark 5 3/8 x 4 inches 135 x 100 mm full margins. Signed illegibly in pencil in the lower right margin. unknown
187922081879. Watercolor on watercolor paper 5 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches 130 x 210 mm the full sheet. Initialed "H.D.W.L." in watercolor in the left image area in the area of the sky and titled and dated in pencil on the verso. In good condition with scattered light spots of minor foxing and with the lower right corner lightly dog-eared. unknown
18601967London 1860. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper; 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches 190 x 272 mm platemark; 8 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches 217 x 348 mm sheet. Significant toning and handling wear edge wear including a missing left corner outside of image area and an expertly repaired vertical edge tear in the center top margin outside of image area and two tabs of archival mending tape at the top corners on the verso. unknown
1814956London: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie 1814. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches 290 x 437 mm. Condition issues include significant creasing toning surface soiling and multiple paper tape repairs on the verso. Hand coloring is extensive and well saturated. James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie unknown
