Development planning in Thailand. The role of the university
Singapore: Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development, [1973]. Small folio, pp. iv, [2], 98' printed from typescript; near fine in original printed wrappers. More
Education
英學捷觧, 一名, リードル獨學 / Sargent's standard first reader. Eigaku shokai, ichimei, Ridoru dokugaku. [Translated by Yoshiharu Suidouraya. Revised by Tameshige Umemoto]
Osaka: Goushodou, 1872. Small 8vo (approx. 7" x 5"), 21 leaves folded and sewn in the Japanese manner, English text with interlinear Kanji characters; illustrated throughout with approximately 40 vignette woodcuts; original yellow wrappers, pink paper label on upper cover, and preserving the original printed sleeve (i.e. fukuro) in Japanese..... More
A school boy's letters of seventy-seven years ago written from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts in 1852 and 1853...Edited with a foreword and sketch of his life by his sole surviving son and namesake
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1930. Small 8vo, pp. 137; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece; publisher's blue cloth, white lettering on upper cover and spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift bookplate from the publisher; spine lettering rubbed, general light shelf wear. An imperfect copy, pp..... More
A commitment to excellence. A history of the School of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University 1891-1982
Wynnewood, PA: Heden-Livingston, Inc., [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 148; 110 illustrations, mostly from photographs; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
British education: or, the source of the disorders of Great Britain. Being an essay towards proving, that the immortality, ignorance, and false taste, which so generally prevail, are the natual and necessary consequences of the present defective system of education. With an attempt to shew, that a revival of the art of speaking, and the study of our own language, might contribute, in a great measure, to the cure of those evils
London: J. & R. Dodsley, 1756. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xl, 536; slight cracking at the extremities of the joints, mild dampstain in the bottom margin, else a fine copy in full contemporary calf, gilt-paneled spine, red morocco label. "A treatise of fundamental importance for the history of English..... More
British education: or, the source of the disorders of Great Britain. Being an essay towards proving, that the immortality, ignorance, and false taste, which so generally prevail, are the natual and necessary consequences of the present defective system of education. With an attempt to shew, that a revival of the art of speaking, and the study of our own language, might contribute, in a great measure, to the cure of those evils.
London: J. & R. Dodsley, 1756. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xl, 536; contemporary full blindstamped paneled calf, unrestored; one signature extended, else a very good copy. One pamphlet and one farce (Captain O'Blunder) aside, this is Sheridan's first book. More
Combinatorial game theory
Providence: American Mathematical Society, [2013]. Large 8vo, pp. xiv, 523, [7]; yellow and blue boards; corner bumped, else fine. Signed at the back of the book by three mathematicians who contributed to the advancement of combinatorial game theory: Richard Guy, John Conway, and Elwyn Berlekamp. Volume 146 in the Graduate..... More
A friendly introduction to number theory
Boston et al. Pearson, [2013]. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 409, [1]; pictorial boards, fine. This book "is designed to introduce readers to the overall themes and methodology of mathematics through the detailed study of one particular facet: number theory." More
Elemens de la langue Anglaise, ou methode pratique pour apprendre facilement cette langue. Par Siret. Vingt-septieme edition ... par MM. Poppleton et Bonifice; revue et corrige avec soin par M.MacCarthy.
Paris: Bobee et Hingray, 1832. 8vo, pp. [4] ads, [2], iv, 210; orig. blue wrappers, paper label on spine; edges curled, moderate wear, good or better. Contains grammar instruction, exercises, dialogues, sample letters of commerce and a long table of verbs. Popular manual, first appearing in the 1700s and in..... More
The schoolmaster in literature containing selections from the writings of Ascham, Moliere, Fuller, Rousseau, Shenstone, Cowper, Goethe, Pestalozzi, Page, Mitford, Bronte, Hughes, Dickens, Thackeray, Irving, George Eliot, Eggleston, Thompson and others. With an introduction by Edward Eggleston
New Yorlk, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, [1892]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 608; original decorative blue cloth stamped in black and gilt; hinges starting, previous owners' names and gift presentation on front free endpaper, short tears in the foremargins of pp. 246-55; all else very good and clean. BAL 5148..... More
The pleasing instructor; or, entertaining moralist: consisting of select essays, relations, visions, and allegories, collected from the most eminent English authors. To which are prefixed, thoughts on education.
Manchester: S. Johnson; Liverpool: T. Johnson, 1839. 12mo, pp. 360; woodcut vignette on title-p., contemporary full speckled calf neatly rebacked, new morocco label on spine. Includes selections from The Rambler, The Adventurer, The World, and The Gentleman's Magazine, as well as poetry by Elizabeth Carter, Hannah More, Mathew Prior, and..... More
Tricky optical illusion puzzles
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, [2001]. Large 8vo, pp. 96; 88 illustrated puzzles; printed paper covered boards; fine, dust jacket near fine with a touch of sticker residue. More
Lessons in spoken Cornish [cover title]
Camborne: An Lef Kernewek, 1968. Third edition, 8vo, pp. 34; text printed from typescript; original yellow printed wrappers, rust stains around staples, general light shelf wear, previous owner's ink notes throughout, including upper cover. Introduction by E.G. Retallack Hooper. OCLC locates one copy in the United States, at Brigham Young..... More
The speculative dictionary: containing moral sentiments, and philosophic reflections; or texts and skeletons, for the contemplation of penetrating intellects, and searches after truth.
New York: H. D. Robinson, 1835. First American edition, 12mo, pp. 198; original terracotta muslin-backed paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. An alphabetical list of nearly 200 words evoking philosophic discussion. An alphabetical list of nearly 200 words evoking philosophic discussion. Some of the entries are as long as 4..... More
Outlines of nature
New York: Unknown, 1847. First edition; 12mo; pp. [3], 4-198; illustrated with an occasional diagram; original blindstamped brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt; very good with occasional spotting and a tiny dampstain to the lower cover. Gift inscription dated Denver, 1925 on the front free endpaper. An attempt to..... More
The chronicles of Twyford, being a new and popular history of the town of Tiverton in Devonshire: with some account of Blundell's School founded A.D. 1604
Tiverton: Gregory, Son, & Tozer, [1892]. 8vo, pp. 394, [2]; genealogical charts; original plum cloth, gilt-stamped spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings; spine faded to brown, corners a bit bumped; later (1906) inscription to the Society on ffep, else interior fine. More
History of the Greek alphabet, with remarks on Greek orthography and pronunciation
Cambridge and Boston: George Nichols and B. B. Mussey and Co., 1848. First edition 12mo, pp. v, [3], 136; original black cloth, paper label on spine; text in Greek and English; mild staining, spine sunned, text clean and sound; bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason. E. A. Sophocles was a native..... More
Report of the South London Auxiliary Sunday School Union, presented at its twenty-first anniversary, held at Church Street School Room, Blackfriars Road, on Tuesday evening, February 24, 1835. Mr. W. F. Lloyd in the chair
Walworth: printed by J. Packer, Albion Place, [1835]. 16mo, pp. 22, [2]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; else very good. Includes a list of subscribers and donors. Not in OCLC. More
Address delivered at the opening of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, January 9, 1822
Washington City: printed and published by Anderson and Meehan, Columbian Office, 1822. First edition, 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; uncut; stitched, as issued; wrappers wanting; very good. This copy given to David Choate by Thomas Sewall in in Essex, Mass., with a note in ink to that effect. Sewall was a...... More
Tenth annual report of the Board of Control of the State and Home School located on Smith Street, Providence
Providence: E. L. Freeman & Son, state printers, 1871. 8vo, pp. 14. [2]; self-wrappers, side-stapled, as issued; lightly soiled, very good. More
A Chinese and English phrase book in the Canton dialect
New York: William R. Jenkins, 1888. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], iv, 185, [3]; 15 (ads), [1]; text in English, pin yin, and hanzi, cloth backed burgundy paper boards, boards rubbed and bumped, text clean and sound. Intended to help both students of Cantonese and English, with hanzi glosses for..... More
A new and concise system of arithmetick, containing vulgar, decimal, and logarithmical arithmetick...
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. printed for the author by G.M. Davison, 1822. First edition. 8vo; pp. 423, [3]; illustrated throughout with numerous diagrams, tables, and charts; original calf, spine ruled in three compartments with a red morocco label; very good with a recent address label on the front pastedown and an..... More
The four pillars of geometry
[San Francisco]: Springer, [2005]. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 227, [3]; diagrams in text; yellow paper covered boards; pen annotations in text, top edge damp stained, good. Part of the Undergraduate texts in Mathematics series. More
The Stockport Sunday School Jubilee; being an account of a festival in commemoration of Mr. Joseph Mayer's having completed the fiftieth year of his labors in that institution ... Corrected edition
Stockport: printed by James Lomax & Sons, Underbank, 1840. 16mo, pp. 12; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; else very good. Long account of Joseph Myer, Esq., treasurer of the Stockport Sunday School, and his 50-year tenure. Stockport is a market and industrial town just southeast of Manchester. University of Manchester..... More
The western calculator, or a new and compendious system of practical arithmetic... adapted for the use of schools throughout the western country
Pittsburgh: Johnston & Stockton, 1848. 12mo, pp. 203, [1]; original leather-backed blue paper-covered boards; boards soiled and worn, lower part of upper boards worn away, tidemark on second half of text, owner's marks on endpapers, good and sound. A popular and much reprinted mathematical instruction book. Stockton 230 for first..... More
