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1551046063Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino 1551. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in half leather over paper boards title page soiled scattered light foxing but very clean otherwise. Attractively printed with wide margins and fine initial letters. Last 40 pages with mostly light marginal dampstaining. 340 3pp. Adams G 639 Graesse III 490 Sabin 27478 for the bio of Columbus Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046063. <br/><br/> Lorenzo Torrentino hardcover books
1556046281Basel: Henrichum Petri 1556. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 18th century pastepaper boards spine and edges degraded light dampstains to first few and final pages old library stamp to title and first page some worming in the gutter - generally quite clean otherwise and with front rear and internal blanks present. 16 196 4. Printer's mark at rear.<br/><br/>First published in 1553 an early original work by the polymath physician often compared to Erasmus. Scarce rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046281. Henrichum Petri hardcover books
1553045324Lyon: Guillaume Rouille 1553. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum darkened worn at corners old inscription to front blank dampstain to upper right corner early on and lower margin towards the end modest browning and foxing crease to center of last 30 pages. 2 volumes in one each page with medallion portraits and a brief biography of celebrated figures from Adam to Henry II. viii 172 4pp; 247 8pp. Graesse V 458 Adams P2161 Bib. Lyon. IX 205. Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045324. <br/><br/> Guillaume Rouille hardcover books
17163Education Photo album by Class of 1942 at Tougaloo College. 1938-1942. 78 original silver gelatin print photographs of the students taken in the 1930s-1940s Assembled later in the early 1970's to celebrate the 30th class reunion for Class of 1942 at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Ephemera from wedding invitations college brochures and a complete roster of the class. Original black boards. "Photographs" on front cover in gilt. 12.5 x 10.5 inches. Photographs and ephemera collected in protective sheeting with original 3-ring binding. Photograph size range from 2.5 in x 1.5 in to 10 x 8 inches. Scattered brief captions for photographs usually identifying the sitter. 39 names listed on the Class of 1942 roster with current address listed all across the South but also places as far away as New England Chicago and Los Angeles. A 1940s pamphlet for the school describes it as "the only A-rated college for Negroes and the only liberal arts college for Negroes in the state of Mississippi." Photographs of friends and classmates along with occasional photographs of campus. A few women pose outside Holmes Hall at Tougaloo and another photo offers an interior view of dormitory "Room 55" starkly decorated with a pair of twin beds a few pennants on the wall. Many photos of women posing in evening dresses about to leave for an event as well as casual snapshots of outings. In addition to images around Tougaloo students also visited friends at other Historically Black Colleges and Universities including Tennessee State University and Dillard University. Includes snapshots from trips and outings together around the country. Photos from Washingtion D.C. the Thousand Islands archipelago at the US-Canadian border Mackinac Island in Michigan and at Lake Michigan in Chicago. One image of 5 men of bicycles reads "From USS Alabama"; the Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and was an important battleship in the Pacific Theater in WWII. When the United States entered World War II in December 1941 the Navy's African-American sailors had been limited to serving as Mess Attendants for nearly two decades. However the pressures of wartime on manpower resources gradually forced changes; while the Navy remained racially segregated in training and in most service units in 1942 the enlisted rates were opened to all qualified personnel. In 1944 further strides were made when the Navy commissioned the first ever African-Americans officers. Tougaloo College is one of the United States' premier historically black colleges and universities HBCU in the nation. The school was founded in 1869. from 1871 until 1892 the college served as a teachers' training school funded by the state of Mississippi. Tougaloo remained predominantly a teacher training school until 1920 when the College ceased to receive aid from the state. Courses for college credit were first offered in 1897 and the first Bachelor of Arts degree was awarded in 1901. Some wear to outer hinges of album binder loose but holding. Content in excellent condition. unknown books
1666046908Paris: Robert de Ninville 1666. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum old stamp and name to title scattered very minor foxing - a nice clean copy of the first and only edition of the French translation of Boate's natural history of Ireland. 8334 4pp<br/><br/>Published in 1652 it is cited as the first work in English on regional natural history. It was written primarily as an attempt to restore man's Protestant man's dominion over the earth and encourage settlement in Ireland - it praises the land and reproves the Catholic population for their indolence. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046908. Robert de Ninville hardcover books
1611042841London: George Eld 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary blindstamped calf well worn at the edges a number of surface scratches and gouges lacking ties. Intact generally and still a fairly attractive period binding. Endpapers worn chipped and soiled pastedown loose title and first few and last few pages worn at the edges a few pages with long tears but no loss leaf Eeee2 page 865/866 mistakenly bound in place of Eee2 page 589/590 various other mispagination see below. Occasionally trimmed a little close and hitting the marginal gloss old signature to title. Generally clean and intact and an attractively printed and illustrated edition with portraits woodcuts throughout. Grimeston's translation originally appeared as A General Inventorie of the History of France in 1607 this edition continues the history up until 1611 shortly after the coronation of Louis XIII. The post 1598 material also covers some events in New France. blank title 20 239pp 238-1054 1045-1154 1154-1161 p. 1163 1162-1306 1337-1340 1401-1419 29 p. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042841. <br/><br/> George Eld hardcover books
1940045372Madrid: Espasa-Calpe 1940. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. 9 volumes in quarter brown calf over pebbled brown cloth 1940-1946 - spines gilt in compartments. Light rubbing to spines and hinges a touch of edgewear and a few corners bumped slight dampstain to rear board and page edge of volume 3 - bright overall and unmarked internally. Illustrated. Vol. 1: El Victorial. Crónica de Pero Niño conde de Buelna por su alférez Gutierre Díez de Gámes. LXXXII 397 pp Vol. 2: Crónica de Álvaro de Luna Condestable de Castilla LXIV 484 pp Vol. 3: Hechos del condestable Miguel Lucas de Iranzo. Crónica del siglo XV LVI 507pp Vol. 4: Memorial de diversas hazañas. Crónica de Enrique IV ordenada por Mosén Diego de Valera XCII 413pp Vols. 5 y 6: Crónica de los Reyes Católicos por su secretario Fernando del Pulgar CLX 456pp 523 pp Vol. 7: Historia del Emperador Carlos V por Pedro Mexia XCV 618 pp Vol. 8: Crónica del Halconero de Juan II Pedro Carrillo de Huete XV 561 pp Vol. 9: Refundición de la Crónica del Halconero por Lope de Barrientos CCIII 328 pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 9-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045372. <br/><br/> Espasa-Calpe hardcover books
1606044957Hanau: Typis Wechelianis Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii 1606. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with gilt decoration soiled and worn hinges split but binding sound. With two library and one earlier bookplate internally and a spine label but no other library markings; wear to endpapers. One contemporary inscription in Greek to an endpaper scattered foxing age toning to page edges a few minor paper flaws scattered pages more heavily browned mostly quite clean; printed in two columns Greek and Latin. viii 1054pp 38 1. With the printer's mark at the rear. Graesse v2 393. Cassius Dio's Roman history covered 1000 years in 80 books. The original Estienne edition 1548 collects a fragment from a 15th century manuscript that covers books 36-60. This covers 36-80 with brief remarks at the rear on the other books. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044957. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis, Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii hardcover books
1560045018Basel: Heinrich Petri 1560. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary rolled pigskin worn and discolored coming loose from the wooden boards lacking clasps. Cords and binding intact. Endpapers title chipped and worn first sections with some wear and discoloring scattered foxing otherwise and mostly quite clean. The first German edition of Giovio's influential Historiarum sui Temporis libri XLV first published in Latin in 1552. viii ccccxli 9; iv ccccix 1 7pp. Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045018. <br/><br/> Heinrich Petri hardcover books
16994Woman Education Photo album from student at Skidmore Women's College from 1935-1937. Filled with images from Skidmore campus in Saratoga Springs and other locations in New York Connecticut and the surrounding region. 215 original silver gelatin photographs dated from 1935-1943. Various sizes from 2 x 2 in. to 8 x 10 in. Original painted boards. 12 x 8 inches. 64 pages. Includes 6 postcards of Skidmore College and 2 Christmas greeting cards from the school. Photos of many locations around Skidmore campus including the Chapel Hathorn House and Studio Peabody Hall Scribner Library and Salisbury Dormitory. Many images have handwritten captions identifying locations. Includes photos of interior from the album owner's own dorm rooms with personal touches such as fresh flowers and a stuffed dog at 306 Skidmore Hall 414 Peabody and 310 North Hall with the caption "Ready for Spring!". Photos of friends around campus in various activities including Class Day Senior Assembly May Day Pageant Drill Team Horse Show Spring 1936 Junior Prom and a match from the school's 1937 Tennis Finals. Photos from a Nov. 7 1936 political rally where students hold signs for either Roosevelt who won in a landslide victory or Alf Landon his opponent. Other show friends friends in "ski suit" on crutches ice skating or in candid poses: "We really didn't know this was being taken." Also includes photos of "The Athletic Field" on campus and local Saratoga High School. Photos from traveling around nearby Lake George and further north to Canadian Falls Horseshoe Falls and Niagara Falls "The Mighty". Also images from a trip to the Western part of the US. Photos of flooding in California in 1938: "Flooded Orange Grove" "Long Beach Foot Bridge" "Santa Ana trees overflow". Photos of the Hoover Dam under construction in Nevada labeled "Boulder Dam" then a synonymous name for the project. Later photos show the Connecticut-area schools where the album owner went on to work as a teacher: "Roger Sherman School New Haven Jan '32" and Stratfield School dated May 1941. One of the last photos dated 1943 shows a woman's official military portrait. As WWII affected the nation more women than ever took on expanded roles in civic life and the military. Small chips to edges of first 3 pages. Very good condition. unknown books
16718Women education Sports Album of female students at The Baldwin School for girls in Brywn Mawr PA from 1903-1905. Photo album with 111 cyanotype photographs of various sizes ranging from 2 in x 1 in. to 4 in x 2.5 in. Original paper boards. 40 pages. 5.5 x 7.25 in. Album records the life of young students at the all-female Baldwin School including their activities in sports such as basketball and field hockey time spent living in the dormitories and extracurricular diversions with school friends. <br/><br/>The school was founded in 1888 as "Miss Baldwin's School for Girls Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College" as there was an increasing movement to create formal education opportunities for young ladies across the country. Images of the social lives of students at the residential academy. Includes photos of a pastoral drive "View from my window 1903" and two photos of the interior with one clearly showing a banner for Harvard University. Photos of student life such as the 1904 "Freshman Cake-Walk" and a picture with a small dog the "4th class mascot". Many photos in which girls dress in overalls as if they were pioneers or farmers. "Yours-Truly" written under photo of figure in pants jacket and tie. Images from a trip to Newport Rhode Island to visit Fort Adams and a female friend called "Teddy."<br/><br/>Many photos document the sporting life and outdoor activities for students most notably of field hockey games and practices including team photoswith team members identified as "Hoot" and "Tat" among more conventional names. Photo captioned "At the 6th or 7th game" that shows a playing field which is being walked over by women in ankle-length dresses and there are other photos of hockey practice. Another photo shows a girl walking with field hockey stick in hand: "'Husky' Smith 1904". Photo of Basketball practice outside of a school building and girls holding rackets on on either side of a tennis net. Photos of the girls sledding down a snowy hill. Name of original owner handwritten in black ink on label on front cover "Mrs. Samuel J. Gummere 2 Regent Street Worcester Mass." Boards worn at extremities. Images very crisp. Very good condition. unknown books
1823046784London: Benbow 1823. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Early half red leather mild wear and rubbing to boards marbled endpaper loose some offsetting from frontis onto title page scattered very light foxing very clean overall bound with the half title. x 240 xvi 58pp.<br/><br/>Benbow was an interesting character a political reformer pamphleteer pirate publisher he published a well circulated edition of Queen Mab in 1812 he was in and out of trouble for most of his working career. Crimes of the Clergy is a collection of pamphlets he had written started in 1821- it was much condemned and no doubt destroyed as few copies seem to circulate. In it Benbow details a host of heinous crimes pederasty abuse drunkenness theft etc etc. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046784. Benbow hardcover books
1959List920New York: NAACP 1959. Poster on heavy card stock 13 x 10 inches. Some foxing to edges near fine condition overall. Near Fine. In 1959 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision the NAACP coordinated a group of celebrations in churches throughout the country to celebrate Freedom Sunday. The effort led by Reverend Edward J. Odom Jr. the NAACP church Secretary involved over 100 local chapters across the country. The celebrations on May 17th were a part of a larger coordinated campaign by the NAACP to register voters raise funds and engage in desegregation projects. Coverage in the mainstream press was scant with several short articles on the celebrations appearing in a range of states including Michigan Alabama and Indiana. <br /> <br /> We find no other record of this poster promoting the event which was produced in New York and can't confirm whether it was distributed to local chapters. Overall a visually striking poster commemorating both the landmark court decision and the role that the church would play in the Civil Rights movement in general. NAACP unknown books
17150Handwritten Nursing notebook from student in Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs IA. Entries dates from 1917-1919. The Binder consist of 218 handwritten pages by nursing student Tamar "Betty" Andersen. This handwritten nursing school notebook includes anatomical drawings and detailed information on "the practice of hygiene important in care of patient.how to prevent infection. amount of food needed by individual patient" based on diagnosis. Original black and red cloth boards. 2-ring binder. 10 x 9 in. Some pages loose or removed from binder. Comes with 2 anatomical studies of a human with numerous labeled body parts such a femoral artery anterior tibial temporal lobe dorsal plexus auxiliary vein etc. Three loose sheets with notes on obstetrics and medicine from Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs IA. Filled with handwritten entries on numerous medical and scientific topic including: Hygiene Chemistry Air Quality and Water Cleanliness Wounds Dietetics Post-Operative Care Childbirth Muscular Spinal Disease Diseases of Children and Diseases of the Joints among others. Most entries include the name of the Physician leading the course along with the lecture date. In addition to notes there is also 1 quiz on Bacteriology and 1 graded exam. Two handwritten tables: 1 organizes different parts of body including Dorsal cavity ventral cavity thoracic cavity buscal cavity nasal cavity and pelvic cavity; second table organizes different body areas and the body secretions and enzymes active in those areas. <br/><br/>Quiz on Bacteriology: "Bacteria are the smallest living forms of plant life. The three important groups of Bacteria are the cocci bacilli spirilli.Pathogenic is disease producing bacteria.The bacteria that cause pneumonia are the pneumococcus pneunommia-diplococcus and sometime streptococcus.Antitoxins are little anti-bodies in bacteria or in the blood which try to over power the toxins and does overpower them." Definitions for various types of specific wounds and important symptoms: "pain hemorrhage swelling discoloration." Post Operative Care section deals with how to treat ailments such as hemorrhages and other common post-surgery complications. "Post-operative care.Acute dilation of stomach may follow any operation regardless of what kind. A.D. of stomach is filling of stomach with gas 4 or 5 times its normal size.Patient should have no water. Nothing by mouth." On "Common Shock": "Certain number of cases is nothing more than a hemorrhage. Sometimes due to rapid operation or lying on large artery." Regarding Hemorrhages "Treatment. Morphine. This shock is greater in goitre cases. One of the treatment of hemorrhage or cerebral disturbances or bleeding is prostosysis by fisher sol. or normal salts." Notes on diabetes: "Symptoms of Diabetes. 1. Excessive thirst. 2. Abnormally large appetite. 3. Craving for sweets & starches. 4. Los of weight. 5. Sugar found in urine." Notes on Kidney disease: "Nephritis - disease of kidneys.Diet more valuable than medicine in nephritis. Relieve chronic nephritis and cure acute. Heavy nitrogenous food restricted. " Eye anatomy and health: "Central artery - furnishes blood supply to retina lids and body ridge for protection." Tuberculosis: "will follow whooping cough or measles.Temp. irregular lack of appetite headache pupils dilated persistent diarrhea.Treatment is Rest sunshine plenty of fresh air and good feeding. Absolute rest while carrying temp. most tubercular patients are nervous." On Childbirth: "Baby drops. Pain all but stops. Baby's head presses down sometimes 2 weeks or a month ahead. It obliterates cervix. About every 15 min. there is a uterus contraction." On skull fractures: "Unconsciousness following a fracture of a skull may not appear for 2 or 3 days after the fracture.Hemorrhage pressure & bone. Pressure may cause paralysis of a foot or leg on opposite side." Disease of the joints: "Any joint inflammation is arthritis.heat applied to these diseases is of great benefit. Massage is beneficial." Long final section deals with the history and benefits of massage therapy on various body parts and detailed instruction for massaging specific body parts including: liver intestines and breasts for lactation treatment: "Massage is the manual treatment of disease.the Greeks & Hindu used it". <br/><br/>Extensive notes on patients' diet food hygiene and nutritional quality of fats and animal proteins. "Dietetics is science which teaches the correct feeding of any individual in health and disease." "Fundamental Rules. 1. Nurse should known food harmful in certain disease condition. Do not depend on appetite of patient as guide for food." Study guide for Nutrition Health quiz with practice questions: "Uses of mineral salts in body.Name a condition of disease due to lack of mineral salts.Could body subsist on concentrated food alone Tell why." Dietary notes for those afflicted with Anemia Tuberculosis Liver Disturbance and Rheumation. "Diet in Disease of Stomach and Intestines.Diet rules. Food well masticated patient eat slowly. Regular hours for meals. Avoid extreme of hot or cold. Rest after meals if possible. Fluids after meals not with it; avoid constipation." Medicinal properties of different kinds of water including mineral water: "Mineral water should not be used for general use unless ordered by doctor. Strong alkali water irritates digestive tract." Also notes of the effects of coffee and tea: "Coffee-stimulating property-caffeine.effects of coffee. Acts on muscular and nervous system. Relieves fatigue. Mild laxative. Stimulates gastric digestion. Used in excess causes extreme nervousness." This period was a time of great demand for trained medical nurses as World War I was raging in Europe. Between 1917 and 1919 over 22000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by the American Red Cross to serve in the U.S. Army. While this notebook comes from a student at the time who does not appear to have served in W.W.I she was surely motivated by the patriotic urge to educate and train herself in case she needed to join the war effort. First pages detached or partially detached. In good condition. unknown books
16846Photograph Album Women Scrapbook from female athlete and popular student at Oberlin College with over 200 silver gelatin print photographs and 190 pieces of ephemera from 1933-1937. Includes photos and memorabilia from Princeton Yale West Point and Northwestern University. Photographs in various sizes mostly 3 x 4.5 in. Original black boards. 10.5 x 15.5 in. Seal for Oberlin College in gilt center front cover. Spaces for handwritten entries on: Faculty and Student Autographs Class Officer Curriculum Publications Athletics Songs and Cheers Clubs and Societies Social Whirl Dramatics Musicales Junior Week Events Senior Week Events Personals and Miscellaneous. Scrapbook belonging to active student Janice Carkin who graduate from Oberlin College in 1937. Notice from a local press announcing her graduation and field of study. "Miss Carkin majored in physical education. She will join the faculty of the University of Vermont in September."Photos of Oberlin Campus Views with Warner Conservatory The "Arb" arboretum First Church Keep Cottage Crane Swimming Pool Gibson's "a favorite hangout" and Opening at Hanna Camp. Many images of her life with female friends at Oberlin. There are many snapshots all around Keep Cottage recording the dormitory rooms and lives of students. She has photos of "My Room No. 27" at Keep Cottage with images of fellow students in their rooms doing their hair lounging around together and studying. Photos of girls sunning on the lawn wearing their bathing suits. "Keep backyard--any nice afternoon". A later year Room 18 shows a large Yale placard on the wall. Many photos show women pursuing outdoor activity such as bicycling and swimming. "Jan and I took a hike one day in October." "Good old Ohio landscape!" under a photo of a bare farm field. 5 programs for Oberlin commencement week including the baccalaureate sermon Senior breakfast and Opening exercises. Photos of graduation day. "And then came graduation -- and we're really seniors!!" Wearing cap and gowns. Images of ceremony and afterwards with friends. "Farewell Oberlin!" "After commencement a perfect week on Lake Erie". <br/><br/>Carkin was an outstanding student at Oberlin as a newspaper clipping lists Janice Carkin as a student nominated to be listed in the national Who's Who book of notable college students. 1936 National Oberlin Mock Convention for the Republicn Presidential Nomination. Comes with registration card fro Janice Carkin as a member of the Tennessee delegation. Many interesting invitations for parties and programs including a 3-d color cutout of a woman in a rickshaw cart holding a tiny paper umbrella that opens up; dance cards filled with names of suitors. 12 programs for theater and musical productions including "Electra" by Sophocles Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer" and "Tristan and Isolde" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. <br/>4 copies of Oberlin Review from 1937. 2 issues of "The Elephant" Oberlin College Republican newspaper from 1936. 5 clippings and programs on an international educational initiative in Shansi Province of China. "Oberlin-in-Shansi is pioneering with its two departments the Agricultural and Industrial through one of which the students must pass." Member of Oberlin's YWCA with programs for numerous services and events. Sports memorabilia from time as student athlete and enthusiastic supporter of women's sports. Student Activity Fee Book years 1933-1934 and 1935-36; these booklets could be used to gain entry to football baseball and basketball games Track meets and Glee club concerts. Newspaper clipping that identifies Carkin as the Captain of the West Point Women's Field Hockey team. Note to Janice reads: "A great game is all anyone can ask & I know we'll have it". Program for 1937 Winter Sports Banquet. Also many photos showing their enthusiasm for the athletic rivalry between Princeton and Yale. Photos attending the Yale-Princeton game from numerous years in which the young women wear either Yale Bulldogs on their sweaters or Princeton Tigers. Memorabilia from other schools such as Princeton and Yale school fight cheers West Point and Naval Academy. Purple pennant for Northwestern University. Western Union telegraph to album owner. "Will be cheering for Yale. Congratulations Best Wishes Success Love Mother and Dad." Many more pieces of ephemera include press clippings of teachers and administrators invitations and a homemade valentine. Full of interesting content on the life of a popular female student at Oberlin College. Some wrinkling on pages with bulkier items pasted in. Good to very good condition. unknown books
1557046552Venice: J. Strada 1557. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. 19th century leather backed boards front hinge cracked corners worn remains of library spine label binding sound overall. Private library plate on pastedown minor scattered foxing index leaf foxed and with a stain in the bottom margin; overall quite clean internally. Printed in red and black with engraved emblems throughout. 12 228pp index blanks intact. Adams P 195. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046552. J. Strada hardcover books
17015Women's Education Handwritten daily diary of a young female student in North Carolina 1867. Small pocket diary embossed gold on cover 1867 with daily entry spaces. 4 x 2.5 in. 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. Original cover. "Diary 1867" gilt on front flap. Consistent daily entries beginning in the 2nd week of January. Possible ownership signature of Sally Van Eaton Jonesville N.C. though this may be a friend as the diary also mentions a "Miss Sally". 352 of the 365 dates are filled usually to the last line. She attends school likely a two-room schoolhouse mentions one female and one male teacher. She must sew and knit to prepare for the new term as well as for her father and children of relatives. As a result her eyes are often too strained to study. Constant rain and muddy roads make the trek to school difficult. <br/><br/>Some selections from the 352 Handwritten entries include:<br/><br/>Sun Jan 13 "French Algebre Philosophy Arithmetic Grammar and Dictionary. January 1867. Spring Session.<br/>Fri Jan 18 "I have been helping Cousin Ann and Cous Mary fix the children's cloth. They are so busy fixing to go to school I am afraid they will not get riding to start Monday."<br/>Wed Jan 23 "I have made a pair of draws to-day. School will commence Monday the 28th 1867. Miss Mag Tucker and Mr. C. Hacket are the teachers.<br/>Mon Jan 28 "School commenced today. We had only five scholars "a bad beginning makes a good ending." I did not say but one lesson my eyes were so sore. Recited in Dictionary."<br/>Tue Jan 29 "My eyes are better today. Missed but one word in D. today no more scholars yet the weather is so bad Miss Mag and I went up to Mr. Claywell's this evening after school.<br/>"Wed Jan 30 "One more scholar today. Sister and Miss Mag have gone to talk the male has come but no letters."<br/>Fri Feb 1 "School is out and Miss Mag and Brid have gone over the river this evening rode horseback."<br/>Mon Feb 4 "It has been raining all day and I never saw Jonesville so muddy in my life.I have been studying tonight but don't know my lessons."<br/>Mon Feb 11 "Monday night and I have studied until I am sleepy. Annie is asleep and Carrie is reading and nobody to talk to.<br/>Tues Feb 12 "I think I know all of my lessons tonight and I have set down to write to cousin Mollie."<br/>Thur Feb 21 "Cousin Millie Guyse is here tonight came late this evening. I have been studying very hard tonight and I think know my geography for tomorrow evening."<br/>Mon Feb 25 "Monday morning and we have got two new scholars."<br/>Fri May 17 "I must write some on my composition tonight for the end of the school it will soon be out."<br/>Tues May 28 "It has been raining very hard this evening. The thunder scared us all very badly in the school room. Mrs. Jordan is here. I have been very busy writing tonight"<br/>Thurs Aug 8 "Mrs. Harris called a few minutes to see us. She use to go to school here."<br/>Mon Aug 12 "Miss Sallie D. commenced school. Had five scholars."<br/>Wed Aug 14 "It rained this evening awhile. I have to go down to the chapel and recite my Algebra by myself to cousin Charlie."<br/>Mon Aug 26 "Eliza Hampton came to school today. Miss Sallie hasn't got but 10 ten scholars."<br/>Mon Oct 28 "It has been raining all day. Miss Sallie didn't have school. I finished my purple calico."<br/><br/>There is a lot more since these are just a few of the 352 Handwritten entries. Small small hole in bottom left corner of front cover and first few pages. Still in very good condition. unknown books
19033158London and Manchester: John Haywood 1903. First edition. Near Fine. Original pictorial boards with cloth to spine. 76 pages. Faint toning to edges of covers but surprisingly clean overall. Early ownership signature of "Sarah Askworth.1906" to the verso of the front cover and overlaid with tape. Lightly toned throughout but otherwise unmarked without the signs of kitchen use common in such books. Scarce in trade OCLC reports no copies of the present work at institutions. <br/><br/>"Around the year 1900 there was a concern about the physical state of the people of Britain. Even though there had been tremendous efforts in the late 19th century to provide better public health housing and education many children were still no more healthy than they had been back in the 1840s. The new Liberal government elected in 1906 passed various measures to try to deal with this problem.and they gave permission for schools to offer meals to their pupils" National Archives. Efforts to consider the link between education and nutrition had begun in the lead-up to the laws however; and the present work is a scarce surviving example of such a cookery. Its compilers note in the preface "This collection of Recipes has been prepared specially for Day and Evening Schools. The instructions of the Education Department.have been embodied." Given the book's brevity it contains a multitude of basic nutritious and locally accessible foods that can be combined for a variety of different meals -- always with an eye to giving growing students the fuel they need to grow and thrive in their schooldays. There is even included a selection of recipes designed for the sickroom when students are ill and need extra care for their health. A research-rich compendium. Near Fine. John Haywood unknown books
18933241Wisconsin 1893. Hawthorne Composition Notebook #774 measuring 8.25 x 6.75". Comprised of 70 densely written pages largely in pencil in a single hand with penmanship maturing as pages go on across three years. Lizzie's ownership signature to the front wrap designates her as 12 years old at the start of her composition in January 5 1891. Resulting genealogy research has identified her as Elizabeth Lizzie Schuh born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1879. Census records show that she remained in this area through the end of her life. The present composition book is an opportunity to examine how girls were being educated at the turn of the century in the midwest and how that compares to their counterparts to either coast.<br/><br/>It is telling how little of Lizzie Schuh's preteen lessons are overtly gendered. In many notebooks of this kind from the U.K. and East Coast lessons during this age work to indoctrinate girls into an acceptable femininity even in seemingly innocuous ways. Yet here the lessons seem nearly gender neutral -- a possible sign of coeducational classrooms in her school. Throughout the notebook she writes declarative sentences works on active and passive voice practices tenses and memorizes abbreviations. She composes short essays; in the beginning these tend to focus on some piece of nature such as bees or oranges and they incorporate natural science as well as geographical information. Later essays include original short stories and reports on American figures including Daniel Boone and Andrew Jackson. As she progresses her compositions and her hand move toward adulthood becoming more confident and complex. <br/><br/>Perhaps the largest content focus is on areas of etiquette and behavior -- again a space where one might expect more overt gendering. And yet a section on How to Be Polite for example includes common-sense behavior such as "Try to be kind and unselfish" and "When anyone is writing or reading do not stand behind him or look over his shoulder." Some of the advice seems to encourage a kind of working-class or regional modesty: "Do not talk about dress" and "Do not soil your tongue with slang." Correspondence and letter-writing take up the bulk of the rear of the book. Here Lizzie begins by copying out generic letters likely providing by an instructor so she can learn the formalities both of letters and of posting them; later she imagines letters or copies out letters she herself has written and sent out. These appear to train the children for a variety of relationships including personal and familial communications the management of household and businesses and the maintenance of new acquaintances. <br/><br/>A fascinating glimpse into the language and communication development of a young Midwestern girl as she approached adulthood with research potential including but not limited to English language teaching the intersection among disciplines in elementary and middle school the history of coeducation regional education penmanship and paleography gender studies etiquette and genealogy. unknown books
1609046398Paris: Matreo il Maestro 1609. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary limp vellum remains of ties some discoloration to vellum occasional creasing to a few early leaves end papers rumpled and a little torn the third book is lacking the final two pages of the table ends at M generally fine otherwise. 6 books bound in 3. 6 283; 10 325; 8 362; 8 296; 8 338 6; 8 301 leaves.<br/><br/>One of the most singular figures in the Renaissance Aretino was a poet playwright schemer satirist and pornographer who made a career out of infiltrating the highest levels of society and then alternately satirizing them in his writings or blackmailing them. For a time his patron was Cardinal Giulio de' Medici and he mocked Popes and would be popes but in time he settled in Venice - the Anti-Rome. Ariosto called him "the scourge of Princes". He is remembered most for his satires and his letters which detail conversations with both the great names of the day as well as regular folk both women and men. His ability to manipulate the reader of his letters - which were carefully chosen and probably always meant for publication - by constructing a compelling narrative with himself as central protagonist - changed epistolary collections forever. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Erotica. Inventory No: 046398. Matreo il Maestro hardcover books
1536044194Cologne: Eucharii 1536. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately stamped calf over wood boards depicting the muses worn scattered worn holes remains of clasps boards expertly reattached but cords broken; attractive decorative endpapers. An attractively printed and bound copy of Orosius's influential work on the history of the pagan peoples. Early color to the title vignette and some of the historiated initials. Some early notes and underlining in red and black scattered discolortation title a little soiled and with an old signature. lxviii 567pp. Scarce imprint just 3 in Worldcat. Not in Adams. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044194. <br/><br/> Eucharii hardcover books
1582045463Geneva: Jacob Stoer 1582. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary rolled calf over wooden boards. Calf dry and degraded missing in spots wood worn at the edges with some loss. Remains of clasps; binding still quite sound. Light age toning to pages scattered creases and minor flaws generally very clean internally. Attractively printed with historiated initials head and tail pieces and a vignette portrait of Livy. 14 623 29 leaves. Adams 1355 Graesse IV 234. The first French edition of the complete Livy and a monumental work of Renaissance scholarship. It was also printed in an octavo edition by Stoer in 3 volumes also 1582 and reprinted in folio by Chouet in 1607. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045463. <br/><br/> Jacob Stoer hardcover books
191323286Farmingdale Nassau Co. L.I. N.Y.: Not Published 1913. Archive consists of 8 documents including: Aug. 7 1913 typed letter signed on State of NY Executive Chamber letterhead to Edward H.L. Smith St. James L.I. ".establishment of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island is a work of which New York State should be justly proud.it affords me great pleasure to appoint you as a Trustee.Very sincerely your friend signed in pen Wm. Sulzer" William Sulzer 1863 - 1941 Governor of NY at the time first and only NY governor to be impeached - this with the original mailing envelope; August 19 1913 on printed New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island letterhead TL signed by the board member from Brooklyn Franklin H. Hooper inquiring about the appointment of Smith and further explaining that Smith was to take the place of Ezra A. Tuttle of Eastport and asking him of all this directly ".because of the complicated situation which exists at present in Albany." F.H. Hooper 1851 - 1914 considered one of the main proponents of the founding of the school and a prominent Brooklyn NY & national educator; with a copy of the Aug. 23rd 1913 completed and signed Oath of Office of Smith witnessed and notarized; and the Aug. 26 letter regarding the office signed by Mitchell May the Sec. of State of NY; On Aug. 28 Franklin Hooper acknowledges the receipt of the letter of appointment & oath & gives notification of the next Board meeting with mailing envelope; with the October 15th 1913 8-page typed document signed "Estimate of Money Needed for Running Expenses of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island from January 1st 1914 to January 1st 1915" prepared by A.A. Johnson and signed by him in ink at the introductory passage and which gives a detailed budget for the school various departments salaries the demonstration farm and more in the original blue paper over-folder; a December 16 1913 typed letter 2 pages signed by Hooper writing to all the Board which declares that ".on Thursday December 11 representatives of the State Comptroller and of the State Attorney General went to Farmingdale and that Messrs. Mott Smith and Ruland were on that day paid by the State Comptroller for their three farms respectively in pursuance of the contract as made by the Board of Trustees of the school and the three vendors.thereby completing the transaction for the purchase of lands for the school. It is now possible for members of the Board of Trustees to enter upon the lands and to prepare to use them for the purposes of the school." and with further information regarding the surveying of the property and a February 5 1914 TLS by Hooper to Smith regarding information to be sent to Lathrop Brown; the letters with old fold lines light wear and in very good condition; envelopes worn stained used; overall in very good condition and an excellent group of letters regarding the historical foundation of the school at Farmingdale the oldest public institution of higher education on Long Island. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
1806046466London: John Stockdale 1806. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in contemporary leather bindings rebacked with the spines laid back down inner joints strengthened with cloth tape. Modest browning and foxing occasional light stains and wear to page edges some offsetting but generally clean and a very good copy overall. With 104 engraved plates 57 maps mostly folding and a 1 paginated folded chart. ccvi 415 1 blank2 ; iv 518 2; iv 527 1 blank 29 1 blank; iv 570 30pp. Brunet I 1511. <br/><br/>The second edition of Gough's Britannia the first was published in 1789. "bien préférable aux précedentes" Brunet. Size: Folio. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Geography & Maps. Inventory No: 046466. John Stockdale hardcover books
16373Civil Rights Movement Four First Edition government reports related to the Civil Rights movement in the United States. The reports cover issues such as the ongoing struggles to desegregate schools problems with voter suppression for African-Americans and the ongoing struggles for equality. Comes with 2 original press photos of the Civil Rights Committee with President Eisenhower in 1959 and photo of new members the following year. This collection documents racial inequality in the 50's and 60"s that the government sought to address.<br/><br/>Two reports on the "Civil Rights Hearings before the Congressional Committee on Civil Rights": the 1959 report details proposed bills to strengthen the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and addresses issues such as Poll Taxes and the violent ways that white segregationists intimidated Black students from integrating such as making threats to bomb schools. The 1963 document includes a statement from President Kennedy that recognizes the progress made yet outlines priorities for Civil Rights legislation in the US including: voting rights and integrated education. "Civil rights USA: Public Schools Southern States 1963 North Carolina" details the barriers that President Kennedy spoke about with many examples of de facto segregationist policies in public schools. Many of these issues were addressed in the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 yet the "Hearing Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights" from 1966 includes over 600 pages of testimony regarding the ongoing fight for racial equality in the US with maps charts graphs and photographic illustrations throughout to support various testimony. All in very good condition with original wrappers; some minor soiling and discoloration. unknown books
