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17025Women Education Handwritten notebook from girl student learning about Botany and Zoology in 1857. Filled with 68 pages of notes and essays on plant and animal biology. 68 pages handwritten. Original green marble boards with brown leather spine. 9 x 7.25 in. Title plate on cover lists original owner "Louisa Woodson". List sales address in London. "Sold at the Depository of the Home and Colonial School Society 16 St. Chad's Row Gray's Inn Road."Â "Instructions to Student" printed on inside front cover with notes on how composition book should be used. "These Journals are intended to contain a record of the daily course of instruction and occupation through which Students pass whilst at the Institution. It is expected that particular attention should be paid to the plainness and legibility of the writing; to the grammar spelling and punctuation; and also to the general arrangement and neatness of execution." All entries dated to 1857. Weekly written class schedules included throughout notebook listing coursework in Reading Scripture Language Numbers Writing Natural History Domestic Economy Dictation and Geography. Student includes notes and short essays on topics including animal and plant life. "Lesson on the Whale: The most remarkable peculiarities of the whale tail are as follows - though they inhabit water and never leave it they are not fish but mammals breathing air by lungs and therefore coming to the surface to breath." "Botany Leaves. Leaves are flat extended objects growing on the stems and consisting of two parts namely the stalk and blade known by botanists as the petiole and lamina." Also includes entries on the Gospels and notes on her own general academic performance from the past week: "6 errors in Gram. & Comp.; 4 omissions. This journal bears evidence of great carelessness." Other entries are on topics such as: The Elephant The Whale Tribe What Buds Are The Gourd Tribe Botany Roots and On Shells. "Tribe" is used here synonymously with genus or scientific family. Comes with 3 loose handwritten documents 2 concerning plant life. Boards are worn spine is detached though signatures hold. 1 page fully detached. Good condition. unknown books
16390An early turn of the century Wellesley College student"s hand decorated fan with over 150 photographic or printed image pasted on including her Ivy league friends and many other university logos. One side of fan has 66 small black and white cutout photographs that show her college friends and other images during her Wellesley years. The reverse of the fan has another 84 small color print and gild paper logos and badges these 84 small ephemera are mostly from colleges and social clubs in New England and the US Northeast but includes some from across America. Among many others it includes logos from Wellesley College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Stanford University and Cark University. The fan when open measures about 10.5 in x 19 in. Fan is in very good condition with fabric lightly soiled at edges. Scarce item since woman college education was just taking off at the turn of the century. Minor wear on wooden handle and fan. Very unique and enchanting Wellesley memorabilia Good.<br/> . unknown books
17014Women Education Handwritten Album Memory album from student at Female Academy in Springfield MA. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. Filled with 44 handwritten inscriptions dated 1876-1882 from classmates teachers and friends. 4.25 x 7 in. Original leather boards. 114 pages. Gilt "Autographs" and decorative detail to front cover. Two original illustrations of a bird one in color. Most entries are signed from schoolmates in Springfield MA. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. Included is an entry from teacher Myra F. Hoffman who writes: "That your work in life may be always as cheerfully and faithfully performed as now is the wish of your friend and teacher."Â Many inscriptions directly reference school life. A entry from 1877 is titled "Schoolmate": "In your list of real friends My name I wish to see. And if a lasting friend you wish That friend you will find in me." Others sign off "Your Seat-mate" and one of 1882 is from "Your Sincere Friend and Classmate" and another "Friend and Schoolmate." One quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do that which is assigned thee" says Emerson "and though canst not hope too much or dare too much." Interestingly one entry from 1877 entries is signed "Shang Hai China."Â Loss to leather spine though hinges are sound. Front and back cover are attached. Good to very good condition. unknown books
17691071972 vols. London: Newbery and Carnan 1769. 2 vols. 16mo xl 264; 286 2 adspp. Original quarter green vellum over black coated boards with paper label to spine. Slight wear and rubbing to extremities; else very good clean copies. § Two from the seven volume series which was an early attempt to introduce children to logic philosophy mathematics etc. All the early editions are scarce. Oliver Goldsmith has been named as a possible contributor to the series. Roscoe J663 and J694. Newbery and Carnan hardcover books
1654046147Amsterdam: Joannis Blaeu 1654. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Early mottled calf three volumes in one the last printed 1652. Modest wear and some surface marks and scars to calf very neatly rebacked some time ago a very attractive binding overall. Scattered mostly minor foxing mild age toning small dampstain in the gutter of title and first few pages generally quite clean internally with numerous genealogical tables many folding and two folding maps. i-lxxxi 13 Index 2 errata corrigenda i; x 2 errata 439 450 i.e. 440 cxxx 6 Index; viii 109 ii Relentlessly unsentimental about mythology and illegitimate historical material Blondel is most famous for discrediting the Sibylline Oracles the Pope Joan story and the origins of the fleurs de lis. This work meticulously refutes Jean-Jacques Chifflet's claims as to the supremacy of the genealogy of the Spanish kings over the French. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046147. <br/><br/> Joannis Blaeu hardcover books
16850Scrapbook Album High school girl's scrapbook album with autographs photos and 107 pieces of ephemera including tickets table cards invitations and letters from c. 1929-1930. The Girl Graduate Her Own Book. Designed and illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 190 pages. Original textured brown cloth boards. 9.25 x 6 in. Title and oval portrait of a young lady embossed on front cover. The book belongs to Germaine Smith Graduated from St. Anthony High School in Detroit. Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto Photographs Autographs Class Officers Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Programmes Social Events Press Notices Gowns Presents Jokes and Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. 36 handwritten inscriptions from classmates with poems and memories of time spent together. "In your chain of friendship Consider me a link." "When twilight pulls the curtain and joins it with a start Remember you have a friend though she wanders far." "According to Shakespeare May your life be 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with everything 'As You Like It.'" Others look forward to the young ladies' futures beyond high school. "When you are old and sipping tea Remember your classmate of 1930." "Little sporty roadsters Little hugs and kisses Often make a little miss Change her name to Mrs." Also kind notes from the Sisters who led the school largely wishing their student's future happiness. "The happiest heart that ever beat was in some 'quiet' breast That sound the common daylight sweet and left to heaven the rest." "Although these words may simple be they bear you more than eye can see: 'God hold you ever in His care!'"<br/><br/>Many lovely pieces of ephemera documenting a teenage girl's social life included as well. Dried flower pressed on page 11. Very vibrant colorful table markers from dances with motifs such as ballet dancers harlequin clowns and bright birds and butterflies. Photographs and other items show the vibrant personality of the original owner. 13 photos of a girls posting in front of school and walking with nuns. Several items reference girls activity in sports such as news clippings on a women's speed skating competition and a program for a regional high school Gymnastics demonstration. Cutting that list Honor Roll and local events at the high school. Several programs and tickets for shows at local theaters in Detroit. Unique pair of "Shadowgraph Glasses" create a 3-D optical illusion with a blue lens for Left Eye and a red lens for Right Eye. Includes 1929 cutting from a Japanese-language newspaper. Light toning at page edges. Very good condition. unknown books
17119Women Education Scrapbook from woman student at Connecticut Agricultural College 1919-1923. Filled with 215 handwritten notes and signatures from classmates; 119 pieces of ephemera including mailed letters greeting cards ticket stubs and newspaper clippings; and 88 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 1 x 1 inch to 3 x 5 inches. 62 pages. Original blue boards. 12.5 x 17 inches. University seal printed in center of front cover. Front cover personalized with original owner's name printed in bottom right corner "Marion V. Toole '23". Filled with images and ephemera from the Conn. Ag. College campus now the University of Connecticut located in Storrs CT. <br/><br/>Filled with photographs of friends and classmates around campus and at the dormitories. Photographs of Whitney Hall dormitory and residents labelled "Whitney Hall tribe" Koons Hall and nearby bodies of water. Other campus activities are also photographed such as sledding a co-ed Basketball team swimming and a tug-of-war tradition-the "Freshman-Sophomore Rope Pull." Photographs of young men practicing military drills in a field; in the early days after WWI military preparedness remained an issue of national concern. Other photos of local travel to Springfield MA; Sachem's Head on the Connecticut Coast; Kingston Rhode Island; and the "Eastern State Exposition." Also have photos of doctors at New Haven Hospital-perhaps a photo of a friend or former classmate. <br/><br/>215 signatures notes and autographs from friends and classmates. Most contain a short line or two on shared memories friendship or future plans. "You're all right Marion and I wont' forget it in a hurry." Many of the notes are from dormitory friends and include inside references to rules regarding their communal living: "Here's to my roomie who goes to dinner and supper late. I wonder why I'll never tell". "Oh girls! Put on the lights. There's something on my bed. 1AM." "Lights out at 10:15 PM and breakfast at 6:45 AM." The dormitory was evidently a strict place with many rules as there is even a typed note included addressed to residents of a women's dormitory regarding tidiness: "The girls rooms must be kept neat and tidy if the condition of the rooms does not improve daily inspection will be necessary."<br/><br/>Unique and diverse ephemera from all aspects of a college student's academic life and extracurricular activities. Report card with coursework in Military Sc. & Drill English Zoology Home Ec. and Phys. Ed. Many items from clubs or extracurricular groups in which Marion Toole participated: Green felt clover for 4-H; metal pin from the Boys and Girls Club; 1920 Membership Card for American Red Cross Third Red Cross Roll Call; Shakespeare Club. Numerous ticket stubs and receipts. Cutting with panoramic view of the historic campus in the 1920s; Valentine's and Christmas Cards; programs; and sentimental items such as a ribbon from a special box of chocolates. Includes schedules and newspaper clippings regarding football games against Boston University U Mass Holy Cross and Rhode Island. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School; women began attending classes just 10 years later in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893. In 1899 the name changed to Connecticut Agricultural College; and in 1939 the college became the University of Connecticut. A few pages with tears or small losses at edges. 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
1588046064Paris: Lucas Breyel 1588. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf heavily worn hinges cracked front board nearly detached and held by one cord rear by two rear bottom corner degraded and broken. Old names inked out on title light toning to title and early pages very clean internally otherwise. With lovely early paste paper endpapers and pastedowns - very fine examples; lacking original blanks with these bound in relatively early on. The second edition of Belleforest's 1572 work collecting military harangues - the exhortations of commanders given to the troops before a battle Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 046064. <br/><br/> Lucas Breyel hardcover books
1591CAT0004521591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving modest foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting small tape marks. <br/><br/>A famous plate depicting the cannibals Staden described in Brazil. In the foreground a butcher is working on a partially butchered body a tribesman is dragged off to be bludgeoned a small child works cleaning a head and arms and legs are barbecuing on a traditional stick barbecue. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000452. unknown books
1662045440London: James Cottrel 1662. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Small folio. 18th century full calf worn and dry corners heavily rubbed and rounded spine dry rehinged in white cloth front endpaper cracked. Modest browning and foxing top of title excised and replaced but otherwise clean internally. With neat and expertly drawn nativities of the Esson family early on dating from the early 18th century. Neat marginal notes and manicules scattered throughout and a few corrections to the text. An intersting early English work of astrology and the science of nativities. Lacking the portrait. 16 219 1 pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 045440. <br/><br/> James Cottrel hardcover books
1792046094York: E. Hargrove 1792. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards type offset onto rear cover very clearly spine dry and rubbed edges worn offsetting from frontis onto title tear to corner of page 11 not touching text scattered foxing - still a very good copy. 1044pp 2 plates and a folding table the fallacious "Pedigree of Robin Hood". Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 046094. <br/><br/> E. Hargrove hardcover books
1585046650Antwerp: Christopher Plantin 1585. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. 3 volumes bound in 1 in old full calf 1585 1585 and 1588; a few dents at the edges wear to corners quite sound overall old catalog entry pasted to endpaper. The first two titles continuously paginated. Minor staining here and there paper repair in one margin trimmed a bit close at the top edge just touching page numbers and running title occasionally. 6 plates 3 folding in Amphitheatro/Amphitheatris. One folding plate missing the third section one with a repaired tear at the fold. 14 plates 12 of them folding in Saturnalium; plates lettered A-M and two large unlettered plates. Some wear and soiling to plates generally at the edges a few of the larger plates creased in spots but very good overall. 105 3pp; 8 175pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046650. Christopher Plantin hardcover books
1651046296Insulis 1651. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum mild age toning surface scar on front cover some edge wear endpapers worn and front endpaper with light dampstain date added in red pen to title a few notes in the margins in a contemporary hand otherwise clean internally. 694pp index. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046296. Insulis hardcover books
1859045071Paris: E. Dentu 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards wear at edges hinges a little rubbed; a bit of foxing mostly early on. 318pp with an attractive folding map of California at the rear with a small crease and light foxing. Howes M198 Sabin 38700. Aristocrat connoisseur of colonialism gambler possible pirate. The Count set sail for San Francisco after failing to make a go of it in Algeria and France. He fell in love with Sonora and mounted an expedition to secure its independence that ended with him meeting a firing squad in 1854. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 045071. <br/><br/> E. Dentu hardcover books
1658045382London: Henry Hills and John Field 1658. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf rebacked endpapers replaced wear and browning to early leaves old stamp of the Royal Society to title and endpaper modest browning throughout but generally very clean otherwise. Printed largely in black letter. 42 186 4 515 43p. Mispaginated: jumps from 160 to 163 but catchwords match and there is nothing missing. A collection of Cromwell era acts of parliament that picks up where Pulton's "A Collection of Sundry Statutes" left off. Size: Folio. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 045382. <br/><br/> Henry Hills and John Field hardcover books
1669045228Geneva: Jean Herman Widerhold 1669. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Later but old half vellum spine with a few small tears but binding sound. Scattered minor foxing and browning a bit of worming in the bottom margin early on one gathering misbound but not missing any pages. 2 folding plates 1 folding table. 15542pp First French edition of Sprat's important early history of the Royal Society first published in English in 1667. The quick turnaround is testament to the thirst for Enlightenment ideas on both sides of the channel. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 045228. <br/><br/> Jean Herman Widerhold hardcover books
185726793United Kingdom: Various 1857. United Kingdom: various dates and publishers as below. Group of speeches and political pamphlets bound in one volume; as they appear and including: Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1863. 31 pages; first and last leaves a little spotty trimmed close at bottom edges. Previous owner note at top edge in pencil "by John Stuart Mill Sir Robert Lowe and others." Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1866. 29 pages; also trimmed close at bottom edge. Speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Bill for the Extension of the Suffrage in Towns. May 11 1864. Second Edition. John Murray 1864. With a couple of previous owner blue-pencil notes: "If the speech does not mean "manhood suffrage" what does it mean" and later in the Speech "like Sibthorp he has no confidence in either party." And marking a section "A hint for agitators to follow and a threat to intimidate his opponents" and a couple of other comments; this closely read & commented-upon. Couple of spots very good. Borough Franchise Extension Bill. The Speech of the Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. Upon the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Bill for the Extension of the Borough Franchise Delivered in the House of Commons on Wednesday May 3rd 1865. London: Bickers and Son. 16 pages. Previous owner initial at top of title page edge. 1831-32 A Sketch. Reprinted from "Fraser's Magazine" of February 1862. By Lord Campbell. London: William Ridgway 1866. Previous owner name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. 49 pages. Parliamentary Reform Considered as a Question of Principle and not of Party. Dedicated by Permission to the Right Hon. Earl Grey by Edward J. Gibbs M.A. London: William Ridgway & William Parke. Not dated. 51 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. E. Horsman M.P. on the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Borough Franchise Extension Bill in The House of Commons May 8th 1865. Westminster: Vacher and Sons 1865. 29 pages. Plea of the Unrepresented Commons for Restitution of Franchise. An Historic Enquiry. By Thomas Chisholm Anstey Esq. of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple. London: William Ridgeway 1866. 143 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. on the Irish Tenant-Right Bill; and A Letter of Lord Oranmore's to 'The Times.' Reprinted at the Expense of an Irishman. London: Trubner and Co. 1866. 22 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. The Growth of our Law of Personal Property. An Introductory Lecture. Delivered to the Law Students at King's Inn. By William O'Connor Morris Esq. Barrister-at-Law Professor of the Law of Personal Property Pleadings and Evidence to the Hon. Society of the King's Inns Dublin. Dublin: Hodges Smith & Co. 1863. 24 pages. The History and Uses of The Law of Entail and Settlement. Buy Charles Neate Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: William Ridgway 1865. 44 pages. Considerations on the Punishment of Death. By Charles Neate Esq. Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: James Ridgway 1857. 83 pages. Speech of John Stuart Mill Esq. M.P. Etc. Speech only; no additional title page; 8 pages. Colophon notes as Judd & Glass Phoenix Printing Works London E.C. Representation of the People Bill. Second Reading. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. House of Commons Thursday April 26 1866. London: Robert John Bush. 31 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. Reform Bill 1866. Epitome of the Debate on the Motion of the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone for Leave to Bring in a Bill To Extend the Franchise in England and Wales 12th and 13th March 1866. London: Harrison 1866. 74 pages. Speech of H. Hussey Vivian Esq. M.P. F.G.S. on the Coal Question: Delivered in the House of Commons Tuesday June 12 1866. London: William Ridgway 1866. 61 pages. Last few leaves spotty. Approx. 6" x 8 1/4" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards polished calf corners and spine with simple dotted line and rules red leather spine label gilt titles all edges marbled endpapers to match. Some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition. . Ephemera. Leather. Very Good. Various 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
17012Women College Handwritten Album Autograph album from the first women's college in Virginia .A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 55 handwritten inscriptions from women students at Hollins Institute Hollins VA dated from 1884-1886. Original brown leather cover. 7.5 x 4.75 in. "Autographs" in gilt on front cover. 34 pages of handwriting. Original owner of memory book was Josephine Engelke from Brenham TX. Signatures of students of the all-women's Hollins Institute which later became Hollins College. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. All entries concern Hollins Institute which was the first women's college in Virginia. Many of them are made out to "Josephine." Lillie Strouse has written "Remember your roommate." another girl Lelia L has written "Never forget Hollins' Charming board which was composed of nine of Hollins nicest girls." One of the entries written by Emma Ina Johnson reads "Never forget the. grand time Mr. Cocke had getting us straight." Charles Lewis Cocke is properly known as the founder of Hollins. Hinges loose. Slight vertical warping to covers. Very good condition. unknown books
17017Women Education Photo Album Elmira NY Female College Class of 1862 album. 42 original photographs each aprox 1.5 x 1.25 in. Nearly all photos are identified with handwritten captions. 114 pages 53 pages overall have been used for photos writing or both. All entries dated 1861-1862. Light brown leather boards. 8 x 5.25 in. Titled on cover with gilt design of an autograph book and a quill pen surrounded by ivy "Autographs." The book is full of signatures and small oval portraits of the girls who were the 1862 class of Elmira College. Along with signatures of her classmates the owner of this book has some signatures from people of the town of Elmira New York Augustus W. Cowles President of the collegeand other other instructors. One page has been illustrated with the outline of a pile of letters into which girls have written their names addresses and messages. It would be several decades more before Academic yearbooks as we know them now with photographs and names of individual students and graduates became common. At this time the typical "Annual" was a small catalog that acted as a memento of students attending and also as advertising with general business catalog information concerning the school inside. School photos of any kind were highly uncommon. This student's personally made yearbook containing photographs and names of a large portion of her classmates as well as teacher's and college president is an extremely unique women's educational history item. Leather on spine is mostly absent or pulling away though internal hinges are sound. Good to very good condition.<br/><br/>The New York-area college is the oldest still in existence which granted degrees to women equivalent of those given to man. Elmira College was first conceived on in 1851 with the intention of creating a college that would grant degrees to women equal to those of men. The first students arrived in October 1855 though the rooms had not yet been completely furnished and the furnace was not yet working. Also not all of the students were ready for college-level work. In September 1855 Rev. Augustus W. Cowles visited the campus and the following year was offered the position of president. Vassar's first president modeled the acceptance requirements and curriculum of his school upon those of Elmira. The members of the first graduating class received diplomas in 1859 only 2 years before this album was created. The college faced a difficult beginning. The student body was minuscule; in 1884 only three students were in the graduating class. Two reasons for this situation were the national tumult caused by the Civil War and the opening of other colleges that admitted women. Dr. Cowles believed that a problem was the perception that Elmira was only on the level of a boarding school. He stressed hiring better professors to secure larger graduating classes. . unknown books
1894WRCAM55632Hampton Va.: Printed by students of the Institute 1894. 8pp. Illus. Small octavo. Original pictorial self- wrappers. Minor soiling light wear. Very good plus. A rare fundraising appeal from the illustrious Hampton Normal Institute aimed specifically at the members of the Christian Endeavor Society in 1894. The pamphlet was written by Principal Hollis B. Frissell and printed by the African American and Native American students at the institute. The pamphlet includes several photographs of the campus and the classroom along with a group shot of the "Class of '94." The purpose of the pamphlet is stated in the second paragraph of text: "This leaflet is prepared especially for the Christian Endeavor Society in hopes that with the information it gives of Hampton Institute and its needs it will arouse interest among young Christians in our work and bring our cause before you as an object worthy of your Christian charity." Frissell then expounds upon the training of the "head" "hand" and "heart" of the Hampton students before enumerating his institution's funding needs. Donations may be contributed to the institute's general fund or earmarked for the establishment of one-time or endowed scholarships or given to the missionary fund the "apparatus fund" the housekeeping fund or as a subscription to THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN. <br> <br> Hampton Institute apparently issued similar pamphlets under the same title on a regular if not an annual basis in the 1890s though whether they issued more than one per year is not known and any differences are likely only found in the text. OCLC records just seven copies of an 8pp. pamphlet from 1894 with this wrapper title which we assume is the same as the present copy though we cannot be sure. It appears that the present copy differs from at least the copies at Duke and Wisconsin which are dated in print by Frissell "September 1894." It is possible even likely that the Hampton Institute issued this appeal targeted at the Christian Endeavor Society as well as other more general fundraising pamphlets in the same year. In any case it is a rare appeal from a significant African American and Native American educational institution. OCLC 6876159. Printed by students of the Institute unknown books
189241503Mecklenburg VA 1892. Sewn gatherings disbound with remanants of perished leather spine. Wear and soiling throughout; some chips occasionally causing minimal textual loss; last leaf quite ragged to inner margin significantly affecting final third of text. Writing in general legible and neat. Good condition withal. 29 leaves of lined wove paper including 4 half-leaves. Lacking first leaf pp 1 - 2 of lecture notes; 4 stubs. Inconsistently hand-numbered throughout.Manuscript notes in ink and/or pencil to recto and verso of leaves with varying amounts of writing per pg. ~1500 words. Some intratextual hand-drawn illustrations and graphs to lecture notes. 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>A notebook that appears to have been intended for lecture notes kept by Presley Llewellyn Hinton Jr. during a science class at Randolph-Macon College from 1858 - 59 but that was employed for several different purposes by other members of his family during the same period and throughout the Civil War. The Hintons were slaveholders owning at least 13 slaves according to the 1860 slave schedule and longtime prominent members of the community. The lecture notes which comprise hand-numbered pp 3 - 30 and 51 - 55 are from lectures taught by B. Puryear Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; subjects covered include fairly introductory material regarding dew evaporation electricity elements of chemistry hydrogen and nitrogen gas carbon etc. and the like. Following the first section of lecture notes three pages by one of the Hinton parents we speculate Mrs. Hinton detail Presley’s service in the Confederate Army Company A 3rd Virginia Cavalry as well as that of his brother William from 1861 - 63 largely their leave-taking and visits home: “My Son William Emmet Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 14th day May 1861 to join his company Mecklinburg Cavalry at Lockets Store near Lombardy Grove. Many relatives and friends met . . . to take leave of their dear sons relations & friends who consented with cheerfulness to leave their quiet and happy homes to battle against our enemy the Yankee who are worse than Indian savages Yea to go through all the hardships privations difficulties and attending a camp life. . . . My Son Presley Lewellyn Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 26th day May 1861 . . . He would have gone on with his brother William but he was not prepared as he had just returned from the University of Virginia . . .” Approximately 15 remaining pages interrupted by the last section of Presley’s lecture notes are filled with a detailed account record of tuition charged for teaching the daughters and some sons of local families which we speculate was kept by the boys’ sister primarily because of the type of lessons taught. These included piano lessons worsted work and samplers grammar arithmetic geography the history of England and philosophy; fees for ink copy books and other supplies are also included. Another account record follows for bonds of some sort in the same hand as other and a love letter from Presley to a Miss Annie fills both recto and verso of the final leaf. Interspersed with these and sometimes written over top in pencil are the youthful scribblings and pencilled math work of James H. Palmer also of Mecklinberg dated 1892; he appears to have used the manuscript for scrap paper. All in all a uniquely faceted manuscript illustrating many aspects of the life of one Virginia family during the Civil War as well as the paper shortages that likely occasioned such thrift. hardcover books
1551046883Florence: Laurentius Torrentini 1551. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in leather backed marbled boards new endpapers. Quite clean internally scattered minor foxing last page with a small closed tear title and last with some soiling bright otherwise on fine thick paper. 8 204 index. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046883. Laurentius Torrentini hardcover books
1561046145Paris: Guillaume Morel Gulillaume Guillard et Almaricum Warancore 1561. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary armorial calf very worn corners worn through spine perished and cords exposed one head band detached binding still generally sound. Upper corner of front blank excised scattered foxing and early marginalia rules line in outer margin in second book some age toning but generally clean and bright internally. 30 639 32; 247 34 pp Two volumes in one printed in part by the successor press to famed Paris printer Charlotte Guillard Gregory of Tours important early history of Gaul and Ado's chronicle connecting the Roman Empire to the Carolingian Empire. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046145. <br/><br/> Guillaume Morel, Gulillaume Guillard, et Almaricum Warancore hardcover books
