Baltimore: Published by the Senior Class, Johns Hopkins Hospital School for Nurses, 1924. 4to, pp. 111, [18]; illustrations throughout, blueprint floor plan, and 18 pages of advertisements, one in color, at the end; original gilt-stamped blue-black limp reversed calf, beginning to detach from boards, edges and corners bumped and worn;..... More
Baltimore: Published by the Senior Class, Johns Hopkins Hospital School for Nurses, 1926. 4to, pp. 111, [18]; illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, and 18 pages of advertisements, some in color, at the end; original gilt-stamped blue limp reversed calf, spine fading and worn with loss at bottom; interior fine. The School's..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: The Senior Class, Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1930. 4to, pp. 118; photographic illustrations throughout, each section preceded by a two-tone (black and orange) illustrative plate based on John Tenniel's illustrations of the yearbook's theme, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," pictorial endpapers; original blind and gilt-stamped black..... More
Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son, 1891. Slim 12mo, pp. 132, [2]; contemporary brown blind-tooled cloth, gilt-lettering on upper cover, paper spine label (toned and partially perished); ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings and gift bookplate from the School; spine a bit toned, very minor shelf wear, small loss..... More
Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1861. First edition, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; bound with: A catalogue of the officers and students of Brown University, 1861-2, Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., 1861, pp. 32; bound with: Class of 1862. An oration and a poem delivered in the chapel of Brown..... More
Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1861. 12mo, pp. 124; original orange printed paper-covered boards, brown cloth spine; a very good example of a Civil War-era American spelling book, each page bearing a title such as "A good boy is a public good," "Beware of bad books," and "Is Heaven to be your..... More
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Madras: The Christian Vernacular Education Society, C. K. S. Press, Vepery, 1882. Square 16mo (approx. 15 x 10.5 cm), pp. 48; text in Tamil throughought; approx. 36 vignette wood engravings in the text; original blue printed wrappers; worn, some pages dog-eared, the third leaf torn and with neat tape repair;..... More
Providence: April 22, 1841. Folio bifolium (approx. 17¼" x 10½"), 3 pages, in ink, with a docket on the verso of the integral leaf; previous folds, neat, professional repair at splits; all else very good. Document concerning the financing of public schools in Providence. The fomenter of the Dorr Rebellion..... More
V.p., v.d., as below. Death of General U. S, Grant. Funeral Memorial Service at Bristol. Providence: Reid, 1885. pp. 40; portrait and 1 full-page illustration; Annual Report of the School of the Committee of the town of Bristol ... with historical sketch of the public schools, Providence: Reid, 1876, pp..... More
Albany: Van Benthuysen Printing House, [1872]. 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; printed paper self-wrappers; 2 wood-engraved vignettes on front wrapper; old signature excised from top of front wrapper, signature of Will Wescott on bottom; old fold; all else very good. A list of faculty, students, and alumni, plus rules and regulations..... More
Albany: Van Benthuysen Printing House, [1871]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; 2 wood-engraved vignettes on frontispiece (the medical college and hospital); original blue printed wrappers; old fold, nibbling to the top edge of the upper wrappers; all else very good. AAS only in OCLC. More
[Saigon?]: USAID Office of Education, 1970. 4to, stapled typescript; [24] leaves, printed on rectos only; charts and graphs throughout; a bit toned, some dust soiling, minor shelf wear. Provides information on major objectives, the education pyramid in Vietnam, as well as statistical data on funds, teachers, and classroom construction. Not..... More
Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1968. First edition, 12mo, pp. [3]-130, [2]; near fine in original printed wrappers. Contains seven essays on the Vietnamese language. More
Springfield: printed by G. and C. Merriam, 1836. Pamphlet, approx 4½" x 7½", pp. 16; original printed paper wrappers; vertical fold, a touch of soiling, very good. A list of students and teachers, plus rates for room, board, and courses, textbooks, term schedule, and an inventory of "aparatuses" for scientific..... More
N.p. The Riverside Press, 1908. 8vo, pp. 127; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece; contemporary purple cloth, gilt-stamped upper cover and spine, khaki endpapers; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, spine toned, ink blot on top edge, interior fine. More
Providence: [Merrymount Press], 1917. 8vo, pp. 13, [3]; illustrated title page and 7 full-page photo illustrations; fine in original printed wrappers. Designed by D. B. Updike and printed at The Merrymount Press. Laid in is a tri-fold leaflet on Courses of Instruction at the Women's College for the School Year..... More
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Kyoto: publisher not identified, 1871. 12mo, pp. [6], 76; original cloth-backed pink wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover; some soiling else good or better. An English vocabulary of 1490 words. "Vol. I" is all that was published. Osaka Daigaiku Library, Selected Catalogue on Dutch and English Studies, C-22. More
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Tokyo, Osaka, & Kyoto: Shisho-do, 1871. Fukurotoji, approx. 7"x 5", 16 leaves, xylographically printed throughout, original gray paper wrappers, printed paper label on cover; wrappers worn, but generally good and sound throughout, with one small illustration in the text showing the proper method of holding a pen. With the fine..... More
Philadelphia: published and printed by the authors, 1823. First edition, 12mo, pp. 432; contemporary full calf, gilt-ruled spine in 5 compartments with red morocco label in one, edges dyed yellow, some nibbling on top edge, else very good and sound. More
[Washington? 1885?]. 8vo, pp. 15; stitching; a good tight copy. Reprint of an address given by Adams to the President and members of the Alumni Association of the University; first printed in The Chronicle. More
Leominster, Mass. printed by Adams & Wilder, for the author, July, 1804. 12mo, pp. vi, [1], 8-224, [4] ads; original sheep-backed blue paper-covered boards; corners cracked, but generally a very good, sound copy. Early ownership signatures of "Enoch Forbush, Grafton, November 9th, 1805, price 37 cents." A popular book which..... More
Washington, [D.C.]: [press of J.H. Furst Co., Baltimore], 1910. First edition, signed by Henry Adams at the end of the introductory letter; 12mo, pp. vi, 214, [2]; original green cloth, spine a bit sunned and with a small snag in the cloth (not effecting any lettering), otherwise very good. "In..... More
Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1798. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 237, [1]; text in double column; contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, quite rubbed, spine and edges faded and toned, top half-inch of spine head paper perished, interior fine. French entries, Dutch equivalents. Not in OCLC, Zaunmuller, or Vancil. More
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Brewster, MA: Forty-One Doors, ca. 1950s. Bifolium, 4to; black and white illustrations, text on pp. [1-3] only; fine. Advertisement for a nine-week summer school held at the Aikens's Cape Cod farmhouse Forty-One Doors. Offered rate of $375, inclusive, for board, resident, and tuition. The Aikens had also run a similar..... More
Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836. First edition, 12mo, pp. 336 (the last 2 leaves being Light & Stearns ads); added engraved title page; original brown floral-patterned cloth, gilt-lettered direct on spine; light dampstaining in the bottom margins of the last 20 leaves or so, spine lightly sunned; otherwise near fine..... More
