Leyden: A.W. Sythoff, 1876. Slim 8vo,[6], 120 & l-[liii]pp., folding tables, tables in the text; very good in orig. green cloth; very good; ex-MHS. More
Vietnam: Office of Education, United States Agency for International Development, 1969. 8vo, pp. 15; charts; original blue pictorial wrappers, mostly fine. A brief overview of the Vietnamese educational tracking system for American education officials. More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. 26, [6]; original green printed wrappers; small chip on upper wrapper, foxing, with the stamp of New York State Library and signature of J. Francis Fisher, a prominent Philadelphian. The pamphlet is soliciting funds of thirty-thousand dollars for the erection of..... More
Williamstown: Published by the College, 1910. 8vo, pp. 97; original grey tape-bound printed boards (some soiling), ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, general shelf wear, interior fine. Non-graduates, 1797-1910. More
Waterville: published for the alumni, June, 1882. 8vo, pp. 71, [1]; folding table; original pale green wrappers; very good. Catalogue for the academic year, a unified list of the Board of Trustees, faculty, alumni, etc. With a presentation on the upper cover from the librarian and professor of modern languages..... More
Williamstown: Published by the College, 1905. 8vo, pp. 231; facsimiles; contemporary purple cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Library with usual markings, gift bookplate from Williams College Library; spine and borders toned, general light shelf wear; interior mostly fine. Lists graduates, 1795-1905. More
Williamstown: Published by the College, 1910. 8vo, pp. 263; 2 plates of facsimiles, one double-paged, the other folding; original grey tape-bound printed boards (a bit soiled); ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual marks; general minor shelf wear, else a very good copy. Lists graduates, 1795-1910. More
[Princeton, NJ]: printed by D'Hart & Connolly, [1832]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 17, [1]; printed self-wrappers, removed from binding, spine weak, owners' signatures on cover, good. Lists students from 1812-1831. More
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1825. Fourth edition, 12mo, pp.129, [1]; lacking pages 9-10, 47-96, 125-128, and 130-[134] (page 130 being blank in this copy but with text on copies checked online); woodblock illustrations throughout text, many crudely hand colored; calf-backed paper-covered boards; spine partially perished, textblock split and pp. 37-38 loose;..... More
Boston: Edward E. Babb & Co., 1885. 8vo, pp. 72; original red printed wrappers; staple-bound; illustrated throughout; preliminary terminal leaves stained red from wrappers; all else very good. Includes engaging illustrations of classroom supplies along with prices and descriptions: desks, globes, wall maps, U.S. flags, etc. More
[Providence: publisher not identified], 1845. 8vo, pp. 56; uncut; signed at the end by Henry Bowen (1785-1867?), son of Jabez Bowen Jr, and R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849; self-wrappers; stitched, as issued. Laws, allotments, and other enactments passed at the General Assembly of Rhode Island since the..... More
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1868. 8vo, pp. viii, 564; text in Swedish; quarter calf over marbled boards; spine worn and faded, text toned but sound, very good. An anthology of poetry, literature, and essays for students. Three copies in OCLC. More
Providence: H. H. Brown, 25 Market Square, 1835. 8vo, pp. 20; original printed green wrappers; soiled, else very good. Laws of admission, the library, bills and expenses, vacations and absence, lodging, discipline, commencement, etc. American Imprints 30693; Bartlett, p. 66. More
Boston: printed by Samuel Hall, at No. 53, Cornhill, 1790. First edition of the first printed collection of Harvard laws, and apparently the earliest printed laws of any American college; 8vo, pp. 66, [2]; stitching perished and the pamphlet is loose in sheets; half-title with considerable loss in the fore-margin..... More
Shanghai: Commercial Press, Limited, 1925. 8vo, pp. [6], 513, [1], 6, 4, [2]; text in latinized Amoy and hanzi; full green cloth gilt title on spine; title page creased and a little rubbed, near fine. A lesson book with example texts, sentences and some definitions, all in Chinese, for the..... More
Minneapolis: [Minneapolis Board of Education], 1888. 16mo, pp. 121, [7]; printed gray paper wrappers; wrappers and a couple of the final blank leaves chipped, with some tape repair to wrapper, note in pen on upper wrapper, good. Rules, school boundaries, courses of study, syllabi, reference materials, and a list of..... More
[Burlington, VT: 1891]. Bifolium, 8vo; previous folds, some sunning, else fine. Pamphlet for prospective students regarding the School's eleventh session to begin in October, 1892; information on the course of instruction, regulations, and the application form included. More
Mexico [City]: Arteaga y Aguilar, 1876. First Mexican edition, 12mo, pp. 162; facsimile handwriting throughout; original pictorial boards backed in purple cloth; very good copy. A mosaic of literary correspondence to train children in reading manuscripts. Collection of autographs of some famous Spanish and Mexican men and distinguished writers, professors..... More
Philadelphia: J. H. Butler & Co., n.d., [after 1872]. 12mo, pp. 143, [1]; vignette title-p. reproducing the illustration on the front cover; a number of wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original pictorial green paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth; hinges cracked, edges worn, else a very good copy. Issued in the publisher's..... More
Columbus: Nevins & Myers, state printers, 1875. 8vo, pp. 37, [1]; large folding tinted lithograph frontispiece (approx. 16½" x 20¾") of the Ohio Reform Farm School of which there is a lengthy 2-page description in the text; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. OCLC, locating only the..... More
Helsingfors: Finska Litteratursallskapets Tryckeri A. B., 1937. 8vo, pp. [4], 257, [1]; text in Swedish; printed paper wrappers; wrapper starting to detach from spine, head of spine chipped, good and sound. More
[Philadelphia: 1937]. Sixth edition; 8vo, pp. 232; two black and white portrait frontispieces, illustrations in text; blue gilt-stamped cloth, some water damage, otherwise good; interior fine. Previous owner signature, "Angelina Ferrare, Phila. General Hospital, Class '39'". 4 copies in OCLC. More
New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1900. 8vo, pp. 755; bound with: "Obituary record of graduates of Yale University deceased during the academical year ending in June, 1901, including the record of a few who died previously, hitherto unreported". Together in contemporary three-quarter red morocco over marble boards, gilt-lettered..... More
Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. First edition, slim 12mo, pp. 6, [vii]-viii, [13]-160; full original sheep, red morocco label on spine; slight cracking of joints, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian, but generally a good, sound copy. Topically arranged in 28 subjects, including the solar..... More
Providence: printed by H. Mann and Co., 1813. First edition, 12mo, pp. 26, [2]; removed from binding; trimmed close and touching the pagination on several leaves; otherwise very good. American Imprints 28025; Bartlett, p. 55; not in Sabin. More
