Hartford: Press of the Fowler & Miller Co., 1893. Slim 8vo, pp. 94; original half white cloth over grey boards (soiling), upper cover stamped in black and gilt; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, spine discolored, edges and corners scuffed, interior mostly fine. Publication includes the menu, starting with Canapés..... More
Easton: printed at the Sentinel Office, 1843. 8vo, pp. 37, [3]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. American Imprints 43-4139; Sabin 64317. More
Providence: George H. Whitney, 1851. First edition, 8vo, pp. 27, [1]; original printed brown wrappers; very good. At the back is printed the Society's Constitution, adopted in 1848. Bartlett, p. 208; Parks 788: "History of education in R.I." More
Providence: George H. Whitney, 1851. First edition, 8vo, pp. 27, [1]; original printed brown wrappers; near fine. At the back is printed the Society's Constitution, adopted in 1848. Bartlett, p. 208; Parks 788: "History of education in R.I." More
New York: Whiting and Watson, no. 96 Broadway, 1812. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3], 4-56; uncut; original printed brown wrappers; ex-N.Y. State Library with small inoffensive rubberstamp on the wrapper; very good. Wrapper dated 1813. American Imprints 26519; Sabin 65218. More
[Boston]: printed for the Alumni Association of Saint George's School [by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press], 1920. 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 168, [2]; frontispiece, 16 gravure portraits and 3 other gravure plates; original red cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover, black cloth spine lettered in gilt;..... More
New-London [CT]: printed by J. Springer for C. T. Green, and S. Green; and J. Trumbull, Norwich, 1796. First American edition, 12mo, pp. x, 102, [2]; contemporary green paper-covered boards backed in calf; waterstains on boards and first and last few leaves, corners rubbed, signature of Gamaliel Manning on front..... More
New York: M. W. Dodd, [1840]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 96; original brown cloth, stripe-grained, decorative blind-stamping; gilt lettering on front cover; spine extremities chipped down to textblock, mid-spine a bit chipped; corners scuffed; otherwise very good. A collection of Greek, Latin, and French poems with corresponding English translations for..... More
Providence: January 30, 1837. 4to (approx. 10" x 8), 5 leaves of ruled stationery, with manuscript in ink on rectos only, in a neat, secretarial hand, bound with blue silk ribbon; previous folds, very light staining, otherwise near fine. Interesting chapter in the historical evolution of the Providence school system..... More
January 16, 1845, 1845. One page, 8¼" x 7½"; blue paper; fine. A note from Josiah Quincy to an anonymous father informing him that his son "has satisfied his instructor so little in history that he is ordered to study it during the vacation under a private instructor as specificed..... More
Cambridge: published by John Owen, 1841. 8vo, pp. 29, [3]; stitched, as issued, light soiling to title page and last page, shelf mark and Providence Athenaeum stamp on title page, old fold, good or better. A proposal to limit compulsory Latin and Greek to one year. This appears to be..... More
[Cambridge, Mass.]: Harvard University, 7 Dec. 1838. Small broadside approx. 9½" x 4¾", showing 4 regulations regarding leaves of absence, and a section at the bottom showing who is to be absent, the date, and the approbationary signature of Josiah Quincy as president of Harvard. In the present case, the..... More
Saint Paul: Printed at the Pioneer Office, 1853. First edition, 8vo, various paginations; original printed tan wrappers, with paper on spine partially perished, else fine. This pamphlet also contains "Second Annual Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools of the Territory of Minnesota" with a separately paged "Appendix to the..... More
New York: Barnard Forum, 1957. Staplebound pamphlet, 9 x 6 in., pp. 31, [1]; white paper wrappers; occasional underlining in text; a booklet on the third annual Barnard forum, sponsored by the American Association of University Women. This particular forum was focused on the inadequate opportunities in the West to..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph and William Kite, printers, Seventh and Carpenter Streets, 1836. 8vo, pp. 24; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, all else very good. Commencement address delivered to the first graduating class of Lafayette. American Imprints 39847; Sabin 67999. More
New-York: S.W. Green, 1873. Slim 8vo, pp. 78; later brown tape bound boards, typescript paper cover label, self wrappers bound in; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift book plate from the publisher; small losses to 3 of the binding corners, interior fine. More
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins; Boston: Perkins, Marvin & Co., 1836. 12mo, pp. 321, [3]; 6 full-page woodcut illustrations; contemporary road-backed cloth-covered boards, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; spine and extremities rubbed; good and sound. "Preface to the Fourth Edition" is in English, otherwise in French throughout. Apparently used as a textbook..... More
Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1973. Slim 8vo, pp. 146; errata slip bound in back; original green pictorial wrappers, spine and pages uniformly toned, else a fine. "This highly selective anthology is intended to provide students of English Philology at Polish universities with samples of original extracts illustrated the earliest stages..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1945. First edition, slim 4to, pp. 116; text in double columns; original tan cloth (a bit soiled) stamped in blue; light shelf wear, else very good. On title page verso: "A wartime book. This book is produced in conformity with the government's regulations for..... More
![Item #55432 Letters to Congress, on national free schools [drop title]. Joseph Richardson](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55432_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1582648331)
N.p. no publisher given, [1829]. 12mo, pp. 23, [1]; uncut and partially unopened; removed from binding; very good. OCLC notes: "American Antiquarian Society copy has note in manuscript on verso of p. 23: "These Letters are supposed to have been written by the Hon. Mr. Richardson, member of Congress from..... More
Leipzig: Friedrich Brandstetter, 1876. 8vo, pp. iv, 96; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; some soiling and wear to first and last leaves, good and sound. Richter was a teacher and education administrator in Leipzig. OCLC locates on the Bryn Mawr copy in the US. More
Boston: 1928. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 203; frontispiece "from drawing by Sears Gallagher in 1905," 23 photographic plates; original blue gilt-stamped buckram, fine; interior fine. Inscribed by the author to her cousin on back free endpaper. More
Boca Raton, et al: CRC Press, [2000]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [4], 1232; teal boards; a couple light scuffs, else fine. More
Portland: published and for sale by Isaac Adams, 1815. The uncommon second edition (first printed in 1807), square 12mo, pp. iv, 158; text in double column; original calf-backed paper-covered boards, boards rubbed, paper peeling, significant but not unsightly chip at bottom of spine, else a good, sound copy of a...... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1859. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 144; diagrams and figures throughout the text; a fine, unopened copy in original blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. This copy inscribed by Stephen Spender "24 April '96 / To Kitaj, with thanks and best wishes from..... More
