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The Life of Naomi Norsworthy

By: Higgins, Frances Caldwell

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1918. Boston.: 1918

Seller ID: 2849

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

First edition. Cloth. Frontispiece. Page sides and bottoms are uncut. Contents include: The Early Years; The Years at Teachers College; The Closing Years; Characteristics; Some Attitudes and Beliefs; Favorite Poems; Memorial Service; etc. From the F oreword: "She never taught to entertain; she made no pretense of calling hard things easy or crooked things straight".
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Letters to the Joneses.

By: Holland, Josiah Gilbert (Timothy Titcomb)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1863

Seller ID: 12556

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

347 pages; 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards. Former owner's bookplate - "Private Library of H. Scofield #18025". and an inscription "Stephen S. Shapps from his brother Will, Christmas 1875". Josiah gilbert Holland (1819-1881) was an American writer, novelist and poet. He wrote under the pseudonym 'Timothy Titcomb'. and was one of the founder's of Scribner's Monthly which became the Century Magazine. During the second half of the 19th century he sold over a half million copies of his works. The volume is composed of a series of letters giving advice to young people and fa...
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Border Lines of Knowledge in Some Provinces of Medical Science. An Introductory Lecture, Delivered Before the Medical Class of Harvard Univerity, November 6th, 1861.

By: Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Tickner and Fields: 1862

Seller ID: 13336

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Frist Edition, binding 1. 80 pages; brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. Missing chips from the top of the spine. On the spine is also the number series 1529. Endpapers glued. Holmes medical lecture for the introduction to the medical course at Harvard Univesity. Very good clean copy.
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The New Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia; A Reference Library of History, Geography, Biography, Literature, Economics, Civics, Arts, Sciences, Discoveries and Inventions; Six Volumes

By: Holst, Bernhart P., Editor in Chief, and Ruric Neval Roark, Associate Editor

Price: $100.00

Publisher: The Holst Publishing Company. 1911. Chicago.: 1911

Seller ID: 2859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

3/4 leather with cloth. Illustrations with many colored plates. Physiological manikins show lifelike colors and the relative size of the organs of the human body. Vol. II has spotting to front cover. Volumes have some wear at corners. Volumes I thro ugh V are the Cyclopaedia; the sixth volume is titled "Practical Home and School Methods of Study and Instruction in the Fundamental Elements of Education with Outlines and Page References Based on The New Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia",
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Collection of Autograph Letters Signed By Alanson Hopkinson.

By: Hopkinson, Alanson G.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 10493

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Collections of eleven autograph letters signed from the period of 1850 to 1869. Total of 41 pages: from Cleveland, Ohio (6 letters); Lemington, Maine (4 letters); and Hanover, New Hampshire (1 letter). Alanson G. Hopkinson (1823-1896) was an influential figure in public education in Cleveland in the 1850s and 1860s. From South Lemington, Maine, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1851 and began to work in public education and was named superintendent of Ohio City Grammar Schools in 1852. In 1854 when Ohio City and Cleveland merged along with their school system Hopkinson became the principal of Bra...
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The Moss Rose for 1852

By: Howard, Emeline P.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers: 1851

Seller ID: 14155

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

344 pages; plates; full leather binding (spine repaired) with gilt design and embossed on the covers and spine, gilt edging to the pages. Assembled for the lovers of flowers with a bouquet of fashionable literature. Among the articles are "The Anglo-Saxon Race" Martin F. Tupper; "The Angel Watcher" E.P. Howard; "The Esmeralda" J.F. Cooper; "The Chanting Cherubs" Richard H. Dana; "To the Sun Dial" John Quincy Adams; "Wayside Flowers" Sarah Roberts; "Death of the Flowers" Wm C. Bryant; "A Mother's Counsels" L.H. Sigorney; among othe...
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Tom Brown's School-Days

By: Hughes, Thomas; Bradby, H. C. (Editor; Preface)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, LeRoy Phillips: 1920

Seller ID: 020804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Contemporary 3/4 brown leather binding with beautiful marble boards and marbled endpapers. Gilt decorative lines on front and back covers. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Top edge gilt. 6" x 8 1/4." 412 pages, complete. Plates in black and white and color, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Thomas Hughes's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel about a boy who learns many life lessons at Rugby School, a boarding school in Britain.
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A New Self-Teaching Course in Practical English and Effective Speech: Comprising Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Pronunciation, Enunciation, and the Fundamental Principles of Effective Oral Expression.

By: Hunter, Estelle B.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, The Better-Speech Institute of America.: 1935

Seller ID: 9588

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Fifteen pamphlets [28 to 32 pages each] boxed with cover sheet discussing the home course, complete. Title band across the cover of the box. Deals with the correct standard-english version usage in conversation and correspondence along with lessons to achieve it. In very good condition. Complete sets are uncommon.
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Literary Landmarks of the Scottish Universities

By: Hutton, Laurence

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1904

Seller ID: 10011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

xi, 200 pages; frontispiece, illustrations; index; in Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt illustration on the cover and title, author & publisher on the spine. Bookplate of Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont inside the cover. Account of the universities in Scotland and their history. Nice, clean copy.
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The Centrifugal Pump, Turbines and Water Motors : Including the Theory and Practice of Hydraulics

By: Innes, Charles H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Manchester, England, The Technical Publishing Company Limited.: 1898

Seller ID: 14721

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

viii, 178 pages; diagrams, equations; [2] pages ads in back; blue cloth binding with gilt lettering (5 x 7 3/8). "The matter comprising this book may be divided into five parts; the first deals with general principles, the second with pressure engines producing rotary motion, the third with turbines whose power is obtained by altering the direction and motion and velocity of the water, the fourth with the centrifugal pump, and the last treats very shortly upon the subject of hydraulic buffer stops." - Preface. Very good clean copy.
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The Practical Education

By: Jordan, David Starr

Price: $12.50

Publisher: San Francisco, Harr Wagner Publishing Company: 1916

Seller ID: 4201

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

13-page booklet. Frontispiece of the author. The speaker comments on education: "An education which takes but little time and less effort, and leads at once to a paying situation, is not practical. It is not good, because it will never lead to anything better". "Only by doing some one thing better than any one else, can a man find a worthy place in our complex social fabric". Catalog typed note from Cal. State Library affixed to inside front cover.
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The Days of a Man, Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher and Minor Prophet of Democracy

By: Jordan, David Starr

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Yonkers on Hudson, New York, World Book Company: 1922

Seller ID: 8424

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Two volumes. Volume One 1851-1899; Volume Two 1900-1921. Jordan (b. 1851--d. 1931) was the first president of Stanford University (1891-1913) after serving in the same capacity at Indiana University (1885-1891). He was a man of many interests and wide experience in ichthyology, education, pacifism, medicine, politics, eugenics, etc. These two massive volumes reflect all of those interests. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering. The dust wrappers have a few pin holes here and there (mostly caused by stress from the large size of the books) but are remarkably unworn or chipped. 719 an...
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Knowing Real Men

By: Jordon, David Starr

Price: $12.50

Publisher: San Francisco, Harr Wagner Publishing Company: 1916

Seller ID: 4200

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

13-page booklet. Frontispiece of the author. The text is a graduation address given by the author to the Class of 1908 at Stanford University. He begins his remarks: "In a recent address, Professor William James has told us that the best result of a college education should be that you should 'know a good man when you see him'." He believes that although athletics and a healthy body are very important, that too much emphasis is placed on college sports programs rather then on academic standards. "The alumnus who does things worth while, who lives a gentle and a sturdy life, is the ...
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My Lantern

By: Kawai, Michi

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Japan, The Author: 1939

Seller ID: 10968

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

230 pages; illustrations, drawings; bound in publisher's gray-green cloth with gilt title on the cover and spine. Inscribed by the author "Michi Kawai, Keison Girl's School, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan [vertical Japanese characters]" Very good clean copy. Ms Kawai, graduate of Bryn Mawr, wrote this autobiography after returning to Japan in 1927. Includes accounts of her overseas travels and education, working for the YMCA, running a all-girls school in Japan, the 1923 Tokyo earthquake, among other events.
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One Day with Whistler

By: Keppel, Frederick

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Frederick Keppel & Co.: 1904

Seller ID: 14147

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"Reprinted from 'The Reader' of January 1904."23 pages; facsimile; green paper wrapper (3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inch). An account of the activity between Frederick Keppel (art dealer) and Whistler before the artist's death. Very good clean copy.
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The Dutch Schools of New Netherland and Colonial New York

By: Kilpatrick, William Heard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office: 1912

Seller ID: 015786

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

United State Bureau of Education Bulletin, 1912, No. 12, Whole Number 483. Gray paper binding, some chipping and staining, tear at spine, "J. F. Nuner" written in pencil on front cover. 239 pages with index, notes in margin in pencil. A history of education in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherlands and Colonial New York.
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Knorr's Methodical Guide for Teachers of Music on the Piano-Forte.

By: Knorr, Julius; Schmitt, G. A. (Translator)

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Boston, MA, Oliver Ditson: 1854

Seller ID: 021806

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First American Edition. Translated from the Second German Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding. Impressed border decorations on the covers. Gilt lettering on front cover. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4." Sixty-four pages, complete. One black and white frontispiece, complete. Frontispiece is an illustration showing the proper "position of the hand." Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Staining on front and back covers. Slight rippling to the pages. Pages are foxed. Gilt lettering is slightly faded. Excerpt from Julius Knorr's Preface: "Having published ...
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Striking Research Gold : Distinguished Collections in California Independent Academic Libraries

By: Koch, Peter Rutledge

Price: $15.00

Publisher: California Private Academic Libraries: 1988

Seller ID: 14225

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Edition of 1000 copies by Peter Rutledge Koch, Oakland. 32, [3] pages; index; white stiff paper wrapper (5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inch). A brief introduction is provided by Lawrence Clark Powell. This is followed by a survey of the holdings of private colleges in California from the Azusa Pacific University to Whittier College. It includes the large Stanford University collections and the University of Southern California holdings. An important introduction to the private holdings of books and manuscripts in California. Fine clean copy.
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Jack's Stunt Book, 1923. Published Annually .

By: Kumler, John M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, National Stunt Exchange: 1922

Seller ID: 14402

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

48 pages; drawings; tan paper wrapper (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inch). A collection of various humorous jokes or stunts played on other people as a group joke. Among them fake membership, speeches, awards, contests, and so on. Very good copy of the amusing pamphlet.
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Leavitt's Farmer's Almanack, Improved, and Miscellaneous Year Book, for the Year of Our Lord 1889; Being Until July Fourth, the Hundred and Thirteenth of America's Independence. Calculations as to the Latitude and Longitude, So as to Answer (cont.) .

By: Leavitt, Dudley

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Concord, Mass, Edson C. Eastman: 1888

Seller ID: 11389

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

(title cont.) " . for all the New England States. Containing with the more than useful Astronomical Calculations, a larger quantity and greater variety than are to be found in any other Almanack of Matter, Useful, Curious and Entertaining. . Calculations According to Clock Time." 45 pages; tables; paper wrapper with title on the cover, advertisement (BLUE 4 1/4 X 2 1/2 inch) sown in to the binding on the outside. Designed for use in the New England states.
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Category: Education