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Price: $60.00
Publisher: San Francisco, The Bancroft Company: 1893
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 7605
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering, somewhat dulled on spine. Kurutz, California Gold Rush Bibliography number 491: "A;;endix A consists of Pelton's recollections of his life in California at the time of the Gold Rush. He was principal of the Phillips' Free School in Andover, Massachusetts, when he received news of the gold discovery. He determined to go to California to establish public schools, and 'there be a schoolmaster without interference, and employ my own methods in my own way.' He srote, 'I was bountifully supplied with books, maps, globes, some school furniture.' With his ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1922
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 13567
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
"The Modern Student's Library." xxxvi, 266 pages; [10] pages ads in back; notes, index; blue cloth binding. Includes: English and Scottish Ballads in America; Other Imported Ballads and Songs; Native Ballads and Songs; Ballads of Criminals and Outlaws; Western Ballads and Songs; Miscellaneous Ballads and Songs; Dialogue, Nursery and Game Songs. Very useful and informative introduction. Very good clean copy. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Los Angeles, California, University of California: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 11526
Condition: Collectible-Fine
25 pages; illustrations; blue paper wrapper with title on the cover (6 x 9 inch) stapled. Also included is the 'Director's Compliments' card for Lawrence C. Powell. A report on the Clark Library and its activities during the decade covered. Fine clean copy. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: University of California Chronicle:
Seller ID: 3925
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Circa 1935. Reprint from the University of California Chronicle, Vol XXI, No. 4). Rubber stamp lettering, very small letters, on front cover above the author's name, "With the Compliments of the Author". From the first paragraph: "Enthusiasm for education characterized the earliest establishment of the Spanish colonies in America. Wherever the priests went, a school was soon established for the instruction of the natives or a college for the clericals who were already at work as well as for those who were soon to take holy orders. From the colleges sprang the universities." ... View more info
By: Quincy, Josiah
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown: 1845
Edition: 2nd Edition
Inscription: Inscribed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 016748
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Cover title : "President Quincy's Speech on the Minority Report of Mr. Bancroft". Paper wrapper, string bound. Moderate rubbing and chipping, some minor soiling on cover. Intact and readable. 64 pages. Inscription on title page, "Hon. Edward Everett with the respects of Josiah Quincy." Josiah Quincy III (1772-1864) was a prominent educator and politician. He was President of Harvard from 1829-1845. This booklet contains the text of a speech he gave in response to a critical report submitted by George Bancroft (1800-1891), historian and statesman who was serving on the Harvard B... View more info
By: Reinsch, Paul S.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1911
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019538
Condition: Fine
Original publisher's blue cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4." 395 pages, complete. Index in back. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Pages are clean; binding is tight. A clean, fine copy. Paul S. Reinsch (1869-1923) was an American political scientist and diplomat. He served as U.S. Minister to China from 1913-1919. In this book, Reinsch writes his observations on the changing politics of Eastern culture during the early twentieth century. Chapters in this book include: "Asiatic Unit," "Energism in the Orient," "Intellectual Leadership in Contemporary In... View more info
By: Repplier, Agnes
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 8416
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Publisher's slate green cloth with gilt lettering. Autograph quotation signed by author on dedication page: "Angles Repplier. Philadelphia. Dec. 1905. 'In the dark ages when we went to school, no one had yet discovered that play is more instructive than work.'" Non-authorial inscription on front end paper: "Florence Bascom from Helen J. Robbins. December 25, 1905." Charming essays on the author's early years, with much on her Catholic school years. Some rubbins, tip and bottom of spine. 257 pages. View more info
By: Richmond, Legh; Bickersteth, E. (Introduction)
Price: $37.50
Publisher: London, England, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside: 1835
Seller ID: 019763
Condition: Very Good
Original 3/4 brown leather binding with brown cloth boards. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2." 327 pages, complete. Gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Leather is a bit worn. Pages are clean and intact except for some foxing on the pages. Covers are intact. Rev. Legh Richmond (1772-1827) was a Church of England clergyman and author. This book discusses proper moral living and how to raise children with Christian values. Reprinted correspondence of the Richmond family included. Introductory remarks by Rev. E. Bickersteth. View more info
By: Ripley
Price: $37.50
Publisher: New York, New York, Simon and Schuster: 1929
Seller ID: 14494
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
63 pages; drawings; color stiff paper illustrated wrapper (5 x 8 inch). Small tear (1/2 inch) at the top of the cover.Small chhip front right hand bottom corner. The 1929 issue in a series of books issued by Simon and Schuster from the famed comic strip. This issue's cover is a 'Lindbergh' facto with an illustration of the 'Spirit of St. Louis'. Very good clean copy. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company:
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 016711
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Circa 1927. Staple bound, cardstock cover with illustration of bookplate with a knight on horseback on front. Some chipping along edges, not affecting text. 31 pages. 2 x 3 black and white photograph of John Erskine glued inside front cover. From title page, "Together with Mr. Erskine's Radio Speech of September 18, 1927, a short biography, and a bibliography". John Erskine (1879-1951) was an educator and prolific author. He was an English professor at Amherst College and Columbia University, and was one of the influences leading to the "Great Books" movement. View more info
By: Rutgers College
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J., 1873
Seller ID: 6364
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
3 page letter, 5 x 8", to a Dr. Parsons telling him of the College's unanimous decision to offer him the Professorship of Mathematics, describing the selection process, hoping "it may prove that your life work is here", extending "open hands and hearts" of Atherton and his wife to Parsons and his wife, offering any help, and stressing that "time is very important for us now, and if you do not come, or do, I hope you will be able to decide early." View more info
By: San Francisco Teachers' Pension Committee
Price: $25.00
Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Neal Publishing Company: 0
Seller ID: 020021
Condition: Near Fine
Beige pamphlet with black text. No date, circa 1913. 6" x 8 3/4." Ten pages, complete. A bit of tearing at the spine. Pages are otherwise very clean and intact. A pamphlet that teachers are encouraged to read before they attend a meeting about a bill that would address teachers' pensions and a pension bill. The pamphlet includes a letter by Agnes Regan, Chairman of the Pension Committee of Fifteen, which summarizes the pension bill. The pages that follow describe the main points of the bill in more detail. View more info
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Pittsburg, Pa, Calumet Publishing Company: 1902
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14514
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
323 pages; figures; red cloth binding, gilt lettering. Wear and fading to the cover, former owner's name in ink on the front flyleaf. Preface - "This work is primarily intended as a text-book for the use of students in colleges of pharmacy." Contents: Chapter 1 - General suggestions on the examination of vegetable powders; Chapter 2 - Causes modifying the characteristics of powdered vegetable drugs; Chapter 3 - Powdering of vegetable drugs; Chapter 4 - Adulteration or Sophistication of vegetable drugs; Chapter 5 - Microscopical examination of powdered vegetable drugs; Chapter 6 - Keys ... View more info
By: Sheridan, Thomas
Price: $1,000.00
Publisher: London, England, Printed for J. Dodsley: 1780
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 12294
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Two volumes; 3/4 leather modern binding. I: [16], unnumbered pages (A through knuckled). II: unnumbered pages.(Lab through zotomy). Thomas Sheridan (1719-1788) was a Irish stage actor, an educator, and a major proponent of the 'elocution' movement. This dictionary, known as the 'Respelled Dictionary' was his major publication. Handsome two volume set. View more info
By: Shoemaker, Laura
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston, Mass., American Board, Woman's Board of Missions.:
Seller ID: 10263
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
31 pages; paper wrapper with title on the cover (5 x 7 3/4 inch). Stories for young people showing the role that missionaries can play in the lives of children in foreign lands. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Berkeley, California, California Alumni Association: 1937
Seller ID: 14661
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
1294 pages; illustrations; indexes; blue cloth binding (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inch). Contents: University of Today, of Yesterday; scholarly Standing; California Almanac; index of educational and financial announcements. Series of indexes; Sponsors of the Golden Book; California Songs. Issued upon the University's seventy-fifth annual. View more info
Price: $37.50
Publisher: New York, New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1854
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14363
Condition: Collectible-Good
iv, 239 pages; blue cloth binding, wear to the exterior (4 5/8 x 7 1/8 inch). Ruminations on the problems of life after the age of 50. Good clean copy. View more info
By: Simmons, William S. [compiler]
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, Mass., Wright & Potter Printing Co.: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 10320
Condition: Collectible-Fine
271 pages; tables, folding signs & symbols; publisher's gray cloth with title on the cover in black. Manual for state military personnel of Massachusetts during the beginning of the 20th century. Fine clean copy internally fresh. View more info
By: Slaught, H.E.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Allyn and Bacon, Publishers: 1908
Seller ID: 11900
Condition: Collectible-Fine
8 pages; paper wrapper (5 3/8 x 6 5/8 inch) with title on the cover. A brief account of the best methods for teaching mathematics at the high school level. Fine clean copy. View more info
By: Stegner, Wallace
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Stanford, California, The Associates of the Stanford University Libraries: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14220
Condition: Collectible-Fine
125 copies printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. [9] pages; illustrations, facsimiles; green stiff paper wrapper (7 x 9 inch) with title on the cover. "Published on the occasion of the Robert Frost Centennial Exhibit, April 28 - August 31, 1974". Story of there friendship and later breakup. Fine clean copy. View more info
