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Philadelphia Central High School.
CATALOGUE OF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA. Sixty-Fourth Academic Year. 1901-1902.
140p. Roll lists all students and names of parents and their addresses. 12mo. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4". Original printed wraps, loss at head and tail of spine. Inked ownership of George Smyser A. with loss of last name at top front corner. Loss at rear corners. Front wrap torn. Text very good with penciled marks by officers names. PA PAMPH 20_4 BX4
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Old York Road Historical Society.
OLD YORK ROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. Volume VII: AT HOME WITH JOHN WANAMAKER, G. Gilbert Abel; CHELTEN HILLS SCHOOL, Horace Mather Lippincott; THE SMITH FAMILY ARTISTS, Charlotte P. Ridpath; OLD YORK ROAD WOMEN IN WORLD WAR I, Marianna Kiffe; ABINGT
56p. Illustrated with drawings. Membership list with addresses. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Mildly XLib. PA PAMPH 20_3 BX8
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Heinz, Henry J.
THE STORY OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LIFE OF HENRY J. HEINZ. Covering Sixty-four Years From 1854 to 1919. Born October 11, 1844. Died May 14, 1919.
24p. + Portrait Frontis. Slightly age stained. Ownership label of Gerald W. Gilbert, Loysville, PA. Small 4to. Original printed wraps, decorated and lettered in gold. Silk tie. PA PAMPH 20_9 BX1
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First School District.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. Appointed by Resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Adopted March 5, 1907, to Investigate the First School District. Theodore F. Jenkins, Counsel.
10p. Tall 8vo. Original pale green printed wraps, slightly soiled and folded in middle. Philadelphia schools. PA PAMPH 20_25 BX7
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Frankford Historical Society.
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD. Vol. 2. No. 6.
pp. 269-322 + Full page Photographs with decorative tissue guards. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps very slightly faded. Nice copy. Scarce. PA PAMPH 20_15 BX6
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Cocalico Basketball.
COCALICO BASKETBALL 1973-74.
32p. Illustrated with numerous photographs of the team. Includes local advertisements. Small 4to. Original printed wraps. PA PAMPH 20_4 BX5
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Carlisle Commercial College.
PICTORIAL CARLISLE.
np. Photographs with locations. Oblong 12mo. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Original pictorial wraps bound in tablet form. Crisp Copy. PA PAMPH 20_7 BX3 x 3c Crisp
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Carlisle First Presbyterian Sunday School.
125TH ANNIVERSARY. First Presbyterian Sunday School. November 16-18, 1941.
(4)p. Pagination includes wraps. 16mo. Original pictorial wraps. Includes names of Teachers and Trustees. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_29 BX4 x 2
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Baer, Dr. Samuel A. (County Superintendent).
AN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY. Public School Bulletin November, 1940.
31p. Pagination includes wraps. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps with postage permit. Ownership label of Mary H. Staller, West Lawn, Pa. on front cover. PA PAMPH 20_18 BX7
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McConnel, J. L.
WESTERN CHARACTERS OR TYPES OF BORDER LIFE IN THE WESTERN STATES. With Illustrations by Darley.
pp. 378, (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved half title, frontis and full page plates by Darley. Lacks fly leaves. Age stained. Large 12mo. Virtually disbound. Reading copy only. These romanticized sketches had great influence on popular imagination in mid-19th century America. The "Western types," include: the Indian, Voyageur, Pioneer, Ranger, Regulator, Justice of the Peace, Peddler, Schoolmaster, Schoolmistress, and Politician. Very scarce. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W17
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White E. E. (Editor).
THE OHIO EDUCATIONAL MONTHLY. The Organ of the Ohio Teachers' Association, and the Commissioner of Common Schools. Old Series, Vol. XIV. New Series, Vol. VI. Successor to the Ohio Journal of Education.
416p. XLib. 8vo. Original quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine. Boston Athenaeum and call numbers in gold on spine. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. PA71 FRONT
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Worcester, Joseph E.
ELEMENTS OF HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN. A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
pp. x, 416, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Lacks color map. Very slightly foxed. Early penciled ownership of S. E. McKee. Large 12mo. Original publisher's cloth binding, decorated and embossed in blind. Loss at top of spine. Spine worn and repaired. Hardbound. PA71 REAR
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Worman, James H. (Editor).
THE GERMAN ECHO: Or, Dialogues to teach German Conversation. With an Adequate Vocabulary. Edited for the Use of American Students by James H. Worman. Worman's Series for the Modern Languages.
pp. 203, (13) [Publisher's catalogue]. Text mainly in German. All edges marbled. 12mo. Original full publisher's tan cloth binding, attractively stamped in black, red and gold. Hardbound. Fine copy. PA72
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Murray, Lindley (1745-1826).
KEY TO THE EXERCISES ADAPTED TO MURRAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Calculated to Enable Private Learners to Become Their Own Instructers, in Grammar and Composition. From the Latest London Edition, Improved by the Author.
144p. Foxed. Inked ownership of Abraham Myer, 1831. Penciled ownerships of Sallie, Samuel and John Shover, 1888. 12mo. Original full leather binding. Rear board very fragile, bottom half broken. Hardbound. AI #18158 (MWA). PA64 TOP
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Shearman, Francis W.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, And Accompanying Documents, Made to the Legislature for the Year 1853.
pp. vii, 215. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, embossed and decorated in an Arabic design. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Very good. PA69/MID STACK
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Owens College.
ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES, By Professors and Lecturers of the Owens College, Manchester. Published in Commemoration of the Opening of the new College Buildings, October 7th, 1873.
pp. xvi, 560. Unopened. Age stained. 4to. Original full green cloth binding, decorated in silver. Gilt lettered spine. Binding dust spotted. Hardbound. The papers include: The Railways and the State, by W. Stanley Jevons; The Peace of Europe, by A. W. War; Solar Physics, by Balfour Stewart; The Talmud, by T. Theodores, etc. John Owens, a successful Manchester cotton merchant, held strong views on the relationship between education and religion. A firm Nonconformist, he objected to the dominate role that the Church of England played in education. Owens, who never married, decided that he would leave most of his wealth to help establish a further education college for men that would not have: "to submit to any test whatsoever of, their religious opinions". Most interesting. PA69/STACK LEFT
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Powell, Lyman P.
THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN DELAWARE. Bureau of Education Circular of Information No. 3, 1893. Contributions to American Educational History Edited by Herbert B. Adams. No. 15.
186p. + Frontis and full page photographs. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Front wrap torn with loss. PA69/MID STACK
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Stoddard, John F.
THE JUVENILE MENTAL ARITHMETIC; Designed for the Use of Primary and Common Schools Being Also An Introduction to the "American Intellectual Arithmetic". New Revised Edition.
pp. 71, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stained. An old tape repair. Penciled ownership of Jacob K. Wirt, Nov. 12th, 1860. 16mo. Original leather spine over pictorial paper boards. Small loss on spine and front board. Binding very rubbed and worn. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Robinson, Horatio N.
KEY TO THE PROGRESSIVE HIGHER ARITHMETIC. For Teachers and Private Learners. Robinson's Mathematical Series.
247p. Typed private label on front paste down and front board "D.V.T. QUA,". All edges marbled. 12mo. Original leather spine over publisher's stamped cloth binding. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Boards embossed in blind. Hardbound. Very good. PA64 FRONT
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Steiner, Bernard C.
HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN MARYLAND. United States Bureau of Education Circular of Information No. 2, 1894. Contributions to American Educational History Edited by Herbert B. Adams. No. 19.
331p. + Plus Frontis and full page photographs. Large 8vo. Original printed wraps. Mildly XLib. (Call numbers stamped on front cover). Very small loss at head and tail of spine. Scarce first edition. PA69/MID STACK
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Stoddard, John F.
THE AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL ARITHMETIC, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies: Containing an Extensive Collection of Practical Questions, With Concise and Original Methods of Solution, Which Simplify Many of the Most Important Rules in Written Arith
pp. 164, (4) [Recommendations]. Slightly age stained. Rear endpapers damp stained. Early inked ownership of Martha Jane Steward. 16mo. Original leather spine over pictorial paper boards. Spine worn with slight loss at head and tail. Boards worn and damp stained. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Stoddard, John F.
JUVENILE MENTAL ARITHMETIC; An Introduction to the "American Intellectual Arithmetic."
pp. 71, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stained. Inked ownership "Miss Nancy S. Wagner's Arithmetic Oct. 27, 1869". 16mo. Original cloth spine over pictorial paper boards. Major loss on spine. Binding very rubbed and worn. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Robinson, Horatio N.
THE PROGRESSIVE HIGHER ARITHMETIC, For Schools, Academies, and Mercantile Colleges. Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods; and Forming a Complete Treatise on Arithmetical Science, and Its Commercial and Business Applications.
456p. Illustrated with diagrams. XLib from the Eastern Normal School Library. Penciled notations. Age stained. Slight damp staining. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Spine lettered in gold and embossed in blind. Extremities worn with loss. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Waller, D. J. Jr. (Compiler).
THE COMMON SCHOOL LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA, And Decisions of the Superintendent, With Explanations, Forms, etc. Revised and Arranged by D. J. Waller, Jr., Superintendent of Public Instruction.
pp. vi, 221. "Compliments of John H. Landis" in manuscript on front paste down and stamped on title page. Landis, of Lancaster County, PA, was a member of Pennsylvania State Senate, from 1893 to 1896. 24mo. Original full cloth binding, worn and stained. Hardbound. The small size allowed teachers to keep this in their desks for easy consultation. PA72
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Watson, J. Madison.
INDEPENDENT CHILD'S SPELLER: Printed in Imitation of Writing, With Original Classifications of Words, Formations of Columns, and Exercises for Reading, Writing, Etc.
80p. Illustrated with woodcut engravings for each letter of the alphabet. Age stained. Slightly damp stained. Lacks first fly leaf. Text obviously used by a small child. Includes three partially printed report cards for Alice Gerhart daughter of Susan Gerhart, Term of 1878-79, 1879-80. Inked ownership of Alice N. Garrett, 1874. Penciled juvenile ownership of Alice N. Garr(ett). 16mo. Original cloth spine over pictorial printed boards. Pictorial front board decorated with a small girl and her chalk board. Binding very worn. Hardbound. This edition is scarce. PA64 FRONT
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Wells, Guy Fred.
PARISH EDUCATION IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA. Teachers College, Columbia University Contributions to Education, No. 138. Reprint of the 1923 Columbia University edition.
95p. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. PA69/MID STACK
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Swinton, William.
A CONDENSED SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Constructed for Definite Results in Recitation and Containing a New Method of Topical Reviews. With Colored Maps and many Illustrations. Revised Edition.
pp. viii, 334, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Five color maps. Numerous text drawings and maps. Slightly age stained. Anna Herdon's copy. Front fly leaf torn with loss. 12mo. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Spine lettered in gold and embossed with figure of Phoenix raising. Front board portrait of Washington. Cloth boards faded, stained and worn. Extremities worn with some loss. Hardbound. PA71 FRONT
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West, Herbert Faulkner.
WHAT PRICE TEACHING? Signed Limited Edition.
pp. viii, 50. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket, small tear bottom corner. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 55 of only 200 numbered and signed copies. PA69/MID STACK
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Westerhoff, John H. III.
MCGUFFEY AND HIS READERS. Piety, Morality, and Education in Nineteenth-Century America.
206p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1874) was an educator, minister, author and college president. He is best known for the series of Eclectic Readers (McGuffey Readers), textbooks which were widely used throughout much of the nineteenth century. PA64 TOP
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Tower, David B.; Walker, Cornelius.
NORTH AMERICAN FIRST CLASS READER; The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for Common Schools; In Which the Higher Principles of Elocution are Explained and Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises. Thirteenth Edition.
pp. 426, (6) [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stained. Lacks last fly leaf. Early color manuscript ownership of James Ross Snively in oranges, blues and yellows. Also ink and penciled ownerships of John Fisher, Isaac H. Gordon and Mary Ann Semler. All of these are probably from Lancaster County, PA. 12mo. Original leather spine over stamped publisher's cloth binding. Gilt stamped spine. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Cloth slightly worn. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Warren, David M. (1820-1861)
GEOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS: Prepared Especially for Warren's Common-School Geography. But Adapted to All Maps Accurately Drawn.
96p. Minnie Sayler's book with her notations. 16mo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Boards stained. Hardbound. Scarce first edition. PA71 REAR
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Worman, James H. (Editor).
THE GERMAN ECHO: Or, Dialogues to teach German Conversation. With an Adequate Vocabulary. Edited for the Use of American Students by James H. Worman. Worman's Series for the Modern Languages. Berliner Echo. Second Edition.
pp. 203, (12) [Publisher's catalogue]. Text mainly in German. All edges marbled. Age stained. Penciled ownership of W. H. Rice, 1870. Publisher's catalogue fly leaves. Loss on front paste down. 12mo. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Major loss on spine. Hardbound. Second edition. PA72
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Eysenbach, William; Collar, William C.
GRADED GERMAN LESSONS. Being a Practical German Grammar by William Eysenbach. Revised and Largely Rewritten, With Notes to the Exercises, by William C. Collar.
pp. xxii, 360. Text in German and English. Penciled ownership of Carl A. Sutliff, June 16, 1898. Sm. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, soiled and worn. Hardbound. PA72
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Greenleaf, Benjamin.
A KEY TO THE INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL ARITHMETIC, Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Examples in That Work; For the Use of Teachers Only. New Stereotype Edition.
pp. 141, (3) [Publisher's copy]. Foxed. 12mo. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Greenleaf, Benjamin.
NEW PRIMARY ARITHMETIC, EMBRACING MENTAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES, FOR BEGINNERS.
104p. Illustrated with woodcut engravings. Lacks front fly leaf. Very slightly age stained. 16mo. Original cloth spine over pictorial printed boards. Extremities and boards worn. Hardbound. PA64 FRONT
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Joynes, Edward S.
A GERMAN READER FOR BEGINNERS IN SCHOOL OR COLLEGE. With Notes and Vocabulary. Revised Edition with paraphrases for Translation Into German.
pp. ix, 293. Penciled ownership of Carl A. Sutliff. Text in German and English. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Slightly worn at extremities. Hardbound. PA72
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Goodrich, S. Griswold. (Peter Parley).
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
448p. + Frontis. Elaborately decorated title page. Illustrated with text engravings. Ownership of Lauretta A. King, 1878. Lancaster (Pennsylvania) bookseller's label. Publisher's catalogue fly leaves. All edges orange. Large 12mo. Original leather spine over cloth boards. Spine lettered in gold and embossed in blind. Hardbound. Ms. King later lived in Wakefield, PA and became associated with the Spiritualists. PA71 REAR
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Guernsey, Egbert.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS. Extending From the Discovery of America by Columbus to the Present Time; with Numerous Maps and Engravings, Together With a Notice of American Antiquities, and the Indian Tribes. Fifth Edition
456p. + Engraved Half Title and three full page color maps. Text maps and woodcut engravings. Age stained. Some damp staining. Lacks first and last endpapers. Questions printed in margins. 12mo. Original leather spine over pictorial paper covered boards. Spine gold lettered and embossed in blind. Boards stained. Extremities worn with loss. Hardbound. PA71 FRONT
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Harris, William T.; Andrew J. Rickoff; Bailey, Mark.
THE FOURTH READER. Appletons' School Readers.
pp. 248, (8) [Publisher's catalogue of school books] + Plus Frontis and full page plates. Slightly damp stained. Foxed. Early inked ownership of Henry Dissinger, Dec. 1882. Engraved plates of horses and a cow pasted on fly leaves. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over publisher's cloth boards. Spine lettered in gold and embossed in blind. Boards stained. Hardbound. PA64 TOP
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Harris, William T.; Andrew J. Rickoff; Bailey, Mark.
THE FIFTH READER. Appletons' School Readers.
471p. + Plus Frontis and full page plates. Frontis slightly damp stained. A few pencil marks. Lacks front fly leaf. Sm. 8vo. Original full red leather spine over publisher's cloth boards. Spine lettered in gold and embossed in blind. Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA64 TOP
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Kayser, C. F.; Monteser, F.
A BRIEF GERMAN COURSE.
pp. 346, (6) [Publisher's catalogue]. Text in German and English. Penciled Sutliff ownership, June 26, 1907. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Spine very worn with loss. Spine miss-labeled. Boards soiled. Hardbound. PA72
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Kremer, R. W.
BIBLE GEMS OR MANUAL OF SCRIPTURE LESSONS. Specially Designed for Public Schools, But Equally Adapted to Sunday-Schools and Families.
pp. 314, 6 [Commendations] + Two woodcut plates. 12mo. Original leather spine over pictorial paper boards. Gilt lettered and embossed spine. Extremities slightly worn. Boards slightly soiled. Hardbound. PA71 FRONT
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Mitchell, S. Augustus.
A SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World, and Its Five Great Divisions, America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. Embellished by Numerous Eng
336p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous text woodcut engravings. Accompanying Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. Age stained. 16mo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Boards very rubbed and faded. Extremities worn. Hardbound. PA71 REAR
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Mansfield, Edward D.
AMERICAN EDUCATION, ITS PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS. Dedicated to the Teachers of the United States.
pp. 330, (6) [Publisher's catalogue]. XLib stamps of the Mechanics' Library Association, Lancaster, Pa. on title page. Library's bookplate. Lancaster Bookseller's label. Foxed. Ruled in black throughout. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, embossed and decorated in blind. Gilt lettered spine with small loss at head. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. PA69/MID STACK
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Mitchell, S. Augustus.
MITCHELL'S ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. Designed for Academies, Schools, and Families. A System of Classical and Sacred Geography. Embellished with Engravings of Remarkable Events, Views of Ancient Cities and Various Interesting Antique Remains Together with an Anc
216p. + Frontis. Numerous text woodcut engravings. Slight damp staining. Accompanying Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Front board printed with title page, stained. Rear board publisher's catalogue, damp stained. Small loss at head of spine. Spine repaired. Hardbound. PA71 REAR
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Mitchell, S. Augustus.
A SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World, and Its Five Great Divisions, America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. Embellished by Numerous Eng
336p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous text woodcut engravings. Accompany Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. Age stained and very worn. Some signatures loose. Bookseller's label embossed in blind. 16mo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Boards very rubbed and faded. Extremities very worn. Hardbound. PA71 REAR
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Mitchell, S. Augustus.
A SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World, and Its Grand Divisions, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. Embellished
336p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous text woodcut engravings. Accompanying Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. 16mo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. PA71 REAR
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James, William.
TALKS TO TEACHERS ON PSYCHOLOGY: And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals.
pp. xi, 301, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Penciled ownership of Ralph Lenyslin? on title page. Penciled underlinings. Extensive inked quotations on fly leaves. Uncut. Top edge gold. Sm. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Binding worn at extremities. Hardbound. PA69/MID STACK
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Maitland, Alexander.
THE POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR AND GUIDE TO KNOWLEDGE; Being a Compendium of Political Information. Designed for the Use of Schools. Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved.
355p. Age stained. 12mo. Original full leather binding. Original red leather spine label. Front board detached. Hardbound. Maitland was from Chester County, PA and this book seems to have had a run of popularity and influence in that region. PA64 FRONT
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Mitchell, S. Augustus.
MITCHELL'S ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. Designed for Academies, Schools, and Families. A System of Classical and Sacred Geography. Embellished with Engravings of Remarkable Events, Views of Ancient Cities and Various Interesting Antique Remains Together with an Anc
216p. + Frontis. Numerous text woodcut engravings. Stamped ownership of H.J. Pearee on title page. Accompanying Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Front board printed with title page, rear board publisher's catalogue. Loss at head of spine. Hardbound. PA71 REAR
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