‎School‎

‎KLEINWÄCHTER, Friedrich‎

‎Das Wesen der städtischen Grundrente.‎

‎Leipzig, Hirschfeld, 1912. XII, 234 S. Hlwd (Stempel auf Titel, Vorsatz repariert, Bibliotheksschild).‎

Bookseller reference : 3280471

‎KIESSELBACH, Wilhelm‎

‎Der Gang des Welthandels und die Entwicklung des europäischen Völkerlebens im Mittelalter.‎

‎Stuttgart, Cotta, 1860. XII, 322 S. Kart. (Stempel auf Titel).‎

Bookseller reference : 3216949

‎KERSCHAGL, Richard‎

‎Volkswirtschaftslehre. Ein Abriß der wichtigsten Lehrmeinungen. 2. Auflage.‎

‎Wien, Manz, 1946. XI, 202 S. OBroschur (Exlibris, Rücken leicht lädiert).‎

Bookseller reference : 3426337

‎HERZFELDER, Edmund‎

‎Die Goldwährung als eine Fiktion der Nationalökonomie.‎

‎Berlin, Paetel, 1928. 145 S. OPpbd.‎

‎Bausteine zu einer Philosophie des "Als-ob", herausgegeben von Hans Vaihinger und Raymund Schmidt, 14. - Mit gedruckter Widmung des Herausgebers an die Hohe Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Wilhelm-Universität Münster.‎

Bookseller reference : 3053677

‎GOETSCHEL, Edmund‎

‎Gut, Geld und Kapital. Ein Beitrag zur Böhm-Bawerk'schen Theorie.‎

‎Bern, Haupt, 1921. 156 S. OKart.‎

Bookseller reference : 3466708

‎ERDBERG-KRCZENCIEWSKI, Robert von‎

‎Johann Joachim Becher. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Nationalökonomik.‎

‎Jena, Fischer, 1896. VI, 141 S. Kart.‎

‎Staatswissenschaftliche Studien, herausgegeben von Ludwig Elster, 6/2. - Widmung des Verfassers an "Seinen lieben Freund L. Wegener" auf dem Einband.‎

Bookseller reference : 3033277

‎CONTZEN, Heinrich‎

‎Die Nationalökonomie - ein politisches Bedürfniß unserer Zeit. Vorträge und gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Volkswirthschaft. 2. Auflage.‎

‎Berlin, Heymanns, 1872. VII, 233 S. Hlwd.‎

Bookseller reference : 3343106

‎BUDGE, Siegfried‎

‎Der Kapitalprofit. Eine kritische Untersuchung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Theorie Franz Oppenheimers.‎

‎Jena, Fischer, 1920. XI, 155 S. OKart.‎

Bookseller reference : 3145566

‎BOSSHARD, Helen‎

‎Pestalozzis Staats- und Rechtsverständnis und seine Stellung in der Aufklärung.‎

‎Frankfurt, Lang, 1983. 181 S. OKart.‎

‎Rechtshistorische Reihe, 26.‎

Bookseller reference : 3614729

‎BENDIXEN, Friedrich‎

‎Währungspolitik und Geldtheorie im Lichte des Weltkrieges. Neue Folge von "Geld und Kapital".‎

‎München, Duncker & Humblot, 1916. V, 114 S. OKart. (Stempel auf Einband und Titel).‎

Bookseller reference : 3242698

‎BACK, Josef‎

‎Der Streit um die nationalökonomische Wertlehre mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Gottls.‎

‎Jena, Fischer, 1926. VI, 233 S. OKart.‎

Bookseller reference : 3144178

‎Harvard Law School‎

‎Law School of the University at Cambridge caption title‎

‎1849. Cambridge Mass. January 15 1849. Cambridge Mass. January 15 1849. Course Offerings at Harvard Law School Spring Term 1849 Harvard Law School. Law School of the University at Cambridge. Caption Title. Cambridge MA January 15 1849. 2 pp. Single 9-3/4" x 8" blue-paper sheet blank conjugate leaf lacking single column text. Horizontal and verical fold lines left margin a bit ragged franked on verso in contemporary hand: "Law School/ Cambridge." $450. Intended to be mailed to prospective students this brochure lists the lectures that will be offered in the term commencing Feb. 28 1849 by Professors Joel Parker and Theophilus Parsons and Lecturers Franklin Dexter and Luther Stearns Cushing. Students are promised nine or more lectures per week. The broadside also mentions that students will be able to participate in moot courts and receive training in legal drafting and parliamentary practice. It also states that students are provided with text books and have access to the 13000 volume law library and other Harvard facilities. The final paragraphs describe the course of study leading to a degree and fees. OCLC locates two copies at Yale University and the Massachusetts Historical Society both with the blank conjugate leaf. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 71632

‎MAGIC SCHOOL BU‎

‎Giant Germ : The Magic School Bus Chapter Book #6‎

‎Scholastic Inc. 2000. New. New book. Scholastic Inc. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WELLER9780439204200 ISBN : 0439204208 9780439204200

‎Navajo School of Indian Basketry‎

‎Indian Basket Weaving‎

‎Dover 1971. Very Good. Navajo School of Indian Basketry. Indian Basket Weaving. New York: Dover 1971. 103pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Dover paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : UNAVIND00MEL ISBN : 0486226166 9780486226163

‎MORONOBU or SUKENOBU SCHOOL.‎

‎AMANJAKU DEN: A PERVERSE EROTIC JAPANESE LEGEND. A Bizarre and Unque Erotic Jap‎

‎Edo c.1700-50 n.p. Brown & silver covered boards very clean 7 double-page b.w. erotic woodblock illustrations mounted on mica flecked paper 18 x 25 cm. accordion folded illustration size: 31 x 12 cm. FIRST & ONLY UNRECORDED COPY! . . . . A VERY RARE UNRECORDED EARLY BOOK . . . A BIZARRE & UNIQUE EROTIC BOOK . . . UNSIGNED BUT CLEARLY THE WORK OF A MASTER ARTIST . BY SUKENOBU OR HIS :SCHOOL: . A unique and hitherto unfound odd and most unusual erotic book of the early-mid-18th century. One of the most bizarre erotic books ever done in Japan. . The graphically explicit work portrays men and women with genitals on their foreheads engaged in heterosexual and homosexual intercourse. There is no other book with such unusual and strange illustrations. . . THE TITLE: THE LEGEND OF AMANJAKU or AMAN NO JAKU: Chinese Title: TIAN XIE GUI YUN . THE MEANING OF AMANJAKU: Japanese Buddhist literature is abundant with variations on the theme of "Aman-No-Jaku" aka. "Amanjaku" "Manojaku" commonly understood to be a "Heavenly Evil Spirit." . This spirit or demon-like creature in Japanese folklore is usually depicted as being a male during the day and female at night. The demon is usually depicted as a kind of small Oni devil and is thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires and instigate him into perpetrating wicked deeds. . Amanjaku is also depicted in Chinese and Japanese mythology the AMANOJAKU is a changeling a water spirit that infiltrates the human world to play cruel tricks on people by reading their minds and twisting their requests or desires to be used against them. . The "AMANOJAKU" is also known the "Lord of the River" and in Japan serves Bishamonten one of the four Deva kings of Buddhism as a minor demon. See Wikipedia below. . In Japanese the term "Amanojaku" also refers to a person who is deliberately contradictory someone who argues for the sake of arguing or can be used in common Japanese conversation to refer to someone who is a "Perverted Demon." . THE ILLUSTRATIONS: THE BUDDHIST THEME:. This work is unusual in that the genitals of common people are located on their foreheads. A symbolist meaning can be in Buddhist concept that sex and sexual hedonism is openly on the minds of 'lay' people. The Buddha and his disciples on the other hand do not have sex organs on their foreheads meaning their organs are covered and in a different usual location. This can symbolize 'self control' over such biological energies. Devout Buddhist disregard sex as a pleasurable pastime and devote themselves to monastic focus. By contrast "lay" people are distracted with hedonistic pleasure a path away from rather than towards the Dharma or teachings of Buddhism. . In a sense this work illustrates the overwhelming force of evil or the "Amanojaku" and how it distracts people from the "Righteous Path" towards the Dharma and the ultimate goal of attaining Nirvana. It can be posited that this work is designed to give understanding to "lay" people by way of visual example of what forces direct their energies away from the Buddhist teachings in an effort to redirect them towards the "Righteous Path" and life style. . EXCEPTIONALLY RARE UNIQUE WORK: . The work is exceptionally RARE unusual and erotic there are no other example showing genitals on the foreheads of any other Japanese book cited anywhere in the bibliographic literature or record. . This work is certainly RARE in subject content and quantity. Though it was woodblock printed and unsigned which was usual for Japanese erotic works which were banned by the Shogun we have not found anything similar or recorded anywhere in the bibliography. Being woodblock printed one assumes there are other copies in existence. The average printing from woodblocks were somewhere between 100-200 copies. However in this instance no others exist. We have the strong feeling the book could have been the production of a famous Japanese illustrator and perhaps financed by a Buddhist temple again there are no known facts about this rarity. . THE EROTIC ILLUSTRATIONS: . Number 1: This work begins showing the Buddha flanked by two of his disciple monks. The title is written in four Japanese Kanji in Kambun & Chinese characters. The Buddha and his two disciples listen to two elderly Buddhist believers: one is a male he has and erect penis on his forehead. The other is a woman she has a vagina on her forehead. Neither the Buddha nor his two disciples monks show genitals on their foreheads. The couple have come to consult with the Buddha about their grievances. . Number 2: Shows a man and a woman in a Tatami matted room both wear lovely 18th century decorated Kimono. They embrace each other and are engaged in making love from their foreheads which show an erect penis and testicles inserted into the woman's forehead where her vagina is located. Adjacent to the young couple is an older woman who has become aroused by the adjacent couple's making love. The old woman uses a dildo tied to a post which she hugs while inserting the dildo into the vagina on her forehead. . Number 3: Shows a couple laying on a blanket their Kimono pulled down and opened and used as a top cover. They engage in love-making and kiss. The man has an erect penis on his forehead the woman a vagina on hers. There is some used Chirishi toilet paper just above her head on the floor used to wipe the love fluids. There is a folded package of yet unused Chirishi in readiness. Chishiri shown in Japanese Shunga erotic prints prints & paintings is an 'erotic symbol' indicative of sexual excitement with lots of love fluids flowing. Ergo the need for paper to clean up the results of erotic love-making. . Number 4 shows an adult man with an erect penis on his forehead penetrating the anus of a younger man who's smaller but erect penis is seen on his forehead as he faces his lover. The younger man has no pubic hair yet indicating his youth. . Adjacent to these two men is a woman in the next room. The door is open she is a secret voyeur of the two men. Her vagina is also on her forehead. A Shogi board and two bowls for stones is located in the front left of the illustration. Gay activities in Japanese society were accepted as a norm and were not especially unusual. However to find graphic examples in Japanese erotic books are exceptionally rare and seldom found. . Number 5: Depicts a fully clothed man on his knees he bends over a sleeping woman. He has a very large erect penis and begins to penetrate a woman with her vagina on her forehead. She is fully clothed and sleeping on a wooden "pillow" which supports her elaborate hair coiffeur. . Number 6: Depicts a lively scene of two men and a woman. One man with a very large and erect penis pulls the woman's arm toward him while she fends him off with a straight arm to his head. A second excited man also with a large and erect penis on his forehead masturbates and ejaculates in ecstasy. The woman has a vagina on her forehead. The scene is likely an intended rape of a young girl. She looks away in an effort not to allow him to pull her close enough to insert his penis into her exposed vagina. . Number 7: Illustrating a lonely old man in bed. He has an erect penis on his forehead and holds a kind of pot with a large opening. He faces down and inserts his penis into the pot for gratification. . THE TEXT: The text in Shunga erotic Japanese books & prints is often an erotic dialogue describing the erotic action. Often these words are onomatopoetic mimicking the sounds of people in orgasm or making comments about making love or the pleasure and good feelings. The size and hardness of the penis or the flavor and the juices of the vagina and its supple feelings of euphoria when engaged in love-making. All wear 18thcentury period Kimono. . MODE AND FASHION OF THE MID-18TH CENTURY: The room furnishing and Kimono of the participants in this work all wear 18th century period Kimono with period decorations. The style of Kimono and room screens reflect this period. . BINDING AND MOUNTING: Binding: The book has probably been rebound sometime after the 1750's with a more recent thin brown decorated paper with a silver chrysanthemum and a Mon family crest with gold and black on both front and rear covers. Each cover has a distinctly different kind of illustration but of the same theme. The corners and edges are a bit worn some loss to the paper as usual for a work from this period. . Mounting: At an earlier time each page was expertly mounted on a stiff Washi hand-made Japanese paper into an accordion folded book. Each illustration is bordered with a rare and stunning crushed oyster-shell powder mixed with rice-glue and overlaid on the border paper. The stunning effect is a rare shimmering pearl-like color and hue with a remarkable effect. This rare and largely unknown effect has been used for print backgrounds by some of the later masters. . This was no ordinary mounting and appropriate for an exceptionally and most unusual RARE book ! . Contents: By and large the contents are clean solid with a two old worm holes for the first 6 of 7 pages. These are small and towards the edge and does not detract from the overall quality of the illustration. On page 7 there are a few center margin old minor worm holes. All of these have been restored when the prints were laid down on the thick Washi paper creating book format. The work is otherwise solid and firm. There are a few 'rubs' on the old Washi paper which was made from very soft Kozo fibers common to any item of this period on this on handmade papers of the period. . CONDITION OF THE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: . These are very early black and white woodcut prints. Each print has an excellent and vivid impression key blocks are black and superbly printed with strong images. The paper is old and has the patina of paper from that age the usual minor mild surface rubbing or thumbing in the lower corners which is common. . We tend to be overly critical of any flaws found on our books and believe it is better to overly describe rather than avoid such discussion any imperfections. Suffice to say by and large this is an excellent item in very nice condition something that any collector or museum would be proud to own. Please review photos posted to our website. . R A R I T Y OF SUBJECT: The placement of the genitals on the forehead gives one a lot of room to theorize on the meaning of such artistic expression. In our 50 years of experience in dealing Japanese woodblock printed books and painted original art this is the first and only example with such imaginative and symbolist expression. With the beginning of the work showing the Buddha and his two disciples lacking any genitals on their foreheads one can simply assume that in a Buddhist way they have given up carnal desire as represented by common people who's foreheads display genitals perhaps meaning that sex is on their minds or they simply view others as sexual objects eager to make love and engage in carnal thoughts and activities. Obviously seeing an erect penis on some man whiles others see what he thinks and feels is an insight to his innermost thoughts and desires. In all cases in this book the men all show an erect penis. The women are a bit more difficult to fathom. Their vaginas are simply visible on their foreheads and no fluids are visible or other evidence of their carnal desire or sexually excited stated. All of the men have public hair adjacent to their sex organs while all women are lacking any pubic hair completely. This is an erotic symbolism giving full view to women's genitals. . "BANNED" or "PROHIBITED" BOOKS: Shun Pon Haru Bon: In the case of this item it is very likely that it was printed in a much smaller discreet quantity than the 200 copies possible off the blocks. Due to the "banned" nature of such books there is no date publisher nor place cited. One is simply left to determine the date and artist by stylistic analysis. It is well-known that during the Tokugawa period 1603-1868 erotic prints and books were "BANNED" or "PROHIBITED" by decree of the Shogun. One of the influencing factors was that during this period some Shoguns were changing their views and being influenced by Christians who entered Japan during this period. The Shogun did not want foreigners and Jesuit missionaries to think that Japan was a crass and base nation. Naturally foreigners soon learned that prostitution was rampant and so this strange logic from the Shogun never had much affect on the Christians and surely not on the Japanese. . The Shogun enforced severe punishments for persons involved in drawing printing carving blocks and publishing erotic books and prints. With out the "Kiwame" or censor's approval seal all such items were "Banned" outright by the Shogun decree. . While these "Prohibited" books and prints were widely circulated in an "underground" society there are ample examples of famous artists taking on commissions to produce erotic books and prints fun or profit. The record and bibliography is loaded with these examples. "Banning" such erotic works simply meant that the number printed were limited to smaller numbers and distribution was done under the table discretely circulating such books privately among collectors. During these times it was not necessary for artists to sign their such artistic creations by-and-large the population had a very good idea who the artist was by being familiar with their style and other works it was simply a "public secret" who the artist was. Often the artist poked fun at the Shogun with political jokes and assumed names to confound any chance of being discovered by the authorities. . Over the centuries this knowledge decreased and is now the domain of the art historian or scholar to identify and determine the actual artist. Stylistic analysis remains the standard method for unsigned works. . THE ARTIST/SCHOOLS: While there are no signatures or seals indicating the artist's name or even his alternate Go studio name we believe this work is part of the "Primitives and First Century of Ukiyo-e School 1660-1765" period. See Lane below. The women's coiffeur is very similar to those found in this period as well as the drawing style technique and genre. It is this cataloger's opinion that this work was likely the creation of one of the Moronobu School masters. Perhaps done by Sukenobu Yoshikiyo Morishige Sugimura Moronobu Kiyonobu Masanobu or others from this period. We believe this work was likely done from around 1710-1750. It was also likely that it was done by one of the artists listed below. . LIKELY ARTIST ATTRIBUTION: . MORONOBU SUKENOBU SCHOOL: Nishikawa Sukenobu 1671 -August 20 1750 often called simply "Sukenobu" was a Japanese printmaker from Kyoto. He was unusual for a Ukiyo-e in being based in the imperial capital of Kyoto. He did prints of actors but gained note for his works concerning women. His Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame: Appreciating 100 Women in two volumes published in 1723 depicted women of all classes from the empress to prostitutes and received favorable results His Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame: Appreciating 100 women in two volumes published in 1723 depicted women of all classes from the empress to prostitutes and received favorable results Leading members of this school were: Nishikawa Sukenobu the founder; Nishikawa Suketada; Kawashima Nobukiyo; Nishikawa Terunobu; and Takagi Sadatake. . NISHIKAWA MORONOBU SCHOOL: Nishikawa Moronobu 1618-July 25 1694 was a Japanese painter and printmaker known for his advancement of the Ukiyo-e woodcut style starting in the 1670s. Leading members of the MORONOBU school were: Nishikawa Moronobu the founder; Hishikawa Morofusa; Hishikawa Moroyoshi; Hishikawa Moronaga; Hishikawa Moroshige; Hishikawa Morohira; and Tamazaki Ryujo. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . This title is NOT listed in any of the below resources: SHIBUI Kiyoshi. UKIYO-E NAISHI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAPANESE EROTIC ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. H. KERLEN. CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Richard Lane: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD THE JAPANESE PRINT; pages 28 40-60 show examples of the Ukiyo-e primitives 1660-1765 especially the Moronobu school pp.60-88 et al. . NOT LISTED IN: . KSM SHIBUI Kiyoshi: UKIYO-E NAISI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAPANESE EROTIC ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. Modern Reading: UKIYO-E NAISHI KERLEN H.: CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Not in any other usual bibliographies on Japanese E-hon woodblock printed books. . See: WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanjaku . hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 86003001

‎Cedargrove School Yearbook Staff‎

‎Guidon 1967 Cedargrove‎

‎Covina CA: Taylor Publishing Company 1967. Edition not stated. Quarto 28.5cm; white leatherette boards with green lettering and graphic; 56pp. Spine cocked; boards mildly soiled scratched; spine heel and rear upper leading corner bumped; extremities slightly chapped; interiors clean with light thumb wear. Very Good.<br/><br/>The 1967 Cedargrove School class yearbook; Cedargrove School was a middle school grades 6-8 in Covina CA; it is now Cedargrove Elementary School grades K-6. This yearbook contains b/w photo-illustrations of staff and students sports activities and "candids" with most subjects identified. No signatures. Taylor Publishing Company unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 46665

‎YEARBOOK Mission High School Yearbook Staff‎

‎1988 Mission High School: A New Generation‎

‎Los Angeles: Mission High School 1988. First Edition. 1988 edition of the Mission High School Los Angeles yearbook. Quarto 28.5cm.; glossy white paper boards with red and black print no dust jacket; 160pp. Contains student-written memoirs plus all b/w photo-illustrations of Mission High School student body faculty and activities. Text block is clean and sound with no signatures; Near Fine. Boards have some surface wear and smudging; ink signature on front panel else Very Good. Mission High School unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 46087

‎SCHOOL SEGREGATION SCHMIDT George‎

‎The Guild Forum Committee invites you to hear George Schmidt . The History of School Segregation in Chicago. Friday November 11 1977‎

‎Chicago: Guild Forum Committee 1977. Broadside bulletin board flyer 11" x 8-1/2". Mimeographed printed recto-only on standard white bond. Mild corner creases Near Fine. Announces a lecture under the auspices of the Guild Bookstore a cooperatively-run business which was Chicago's largest radical bookshop through the Seventies and Eighties. George Schmidt was the chairman of a group called S.U.B.S. Substitutes United for Better Schools. Guild Forum Committee unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 38465

‎ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL BRONX‎

‎Rough Rider 1981 Inscribed & Signed by Principal Phil Smith‎

‎New York: Roosevelt High School 1981. First Edition. Quarto 27cm.; publisher's blue pictorial imitation leather stamped in gilt; 168pp.; chiefly photographic illus. Some internal foxing else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the school principal Phil Smith dated 1990. Yearbook for the recently closed high school in the Bronx Roosevelt High School whose predominantly black student body suffered greatly from heroin use and gang violence during the 1970s and 1980s. Roosevelt High School unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 37384

‎AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION‎

‎The Infidel Class; or the Second Party of the Story of Archibald Thompson‎

‎Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union No. 146 Chestnut Street 1835. First Edition. 24mo 14.25cm.; contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards; 107pp.; frontispiece text illus. throughout. Boards rather rubbed with some loss of paper to rear cover a few tiny puncture holes to spine hinges broken old dampstain along gutter edge of rear hinge textblock loose in binding. About Good overall. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label to front pastedown. American Imprints 32301. American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 32025

‎JOSEPH WEYDEMEYER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE OF MISSOURI‎

‎Principles of Communism cover title‎

‎St. Louis: Joseph Weydemeyer School of Social Science of Missouri ca. 1930. First Edition. Quarto 28.5cm.; original tan pictorial staplebound wrappers a touch soiled; 111 mimeographed leaves. Vertical fold small loss to bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover and first two preliminary leaves not affecting text else Very Good and sound. Unrecorded syllabus for a course offered at the School later described by the House Committee of Un-American Activities as a Communist front established as early as 1920. On top of a reading list comprised of works by Marx Lenin and Stalin the students were also encouraged to read The Daily Worker Political Affairs and New Times. Unlocated in OCLC as of March 2015. Joseph Weydemeyer School of Social Science of Missouri unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 25754

‎19 cent Women Education Catholic Girls' School‎

‎Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School 1841‎

‎Catholic Girls' School Ugbrook England. Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrook. Chudleigh: J. E. Searle 1841. This book contains the regulations approved by the Right Reverend the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England for the Catholic Girls School at Ugbrook. Uncommon to find formal women's education regulations from this early in the 19th century. Very good. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 16451

‎School Records Kemble Parochial‎

‎The Birth of the English Public School System: 30 Years of Records of Kemble Parochial School Tracing the Dramatic Shift from Small Independent Schoolhouse to Systemized Mandatory Public Education‎

‎Kemble Parochial School Record Book 1871-1904. Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire. Collection of approximately over 100 documents on approximately 180 leaves many written on both sides comprising the complete records of the Kemble Parochial School. Unbound contained in original protective black cloth boards. Large legal "foolscap" size pages. Comprising both printed Circulars directed to the schools from the Education Department and handwritten copies of records the school was ordered to send as reports to the Education Department. This school is built from grant money received in the wake of the first of the Forster Acts known as the Elementary Education Act of 1870 which made education compulsory in England and Wales for all children aged 5 to 13. <br/><br/> The Forster Acts named for the sponsor of the original bill William Forster brought a sweeping change to elementary education in England by declaring public education for children to be mandatory. It also mandated that the schools should be publicly funded and overseen by regular inspections. The Kemble Parochial school founded at the very inception of this legislation provides a window into the dramatic shift to public education. The first document in this record is a Circular of Instructions and Rules for the construction of a school building. Through the handwritten retained copies of annual reports by Principal A.G.W. Wilts to the Inspector of Schools we are able to grasp the immensity of the change. Wilt first report comes in 1872 when the schools 18 students were taught in an old traditional schoolhouse by headmistress Ms. Hopkinson who did not have an official certification in teaching "This is an average country School carried on at present in rather inadequate premises but a new and handsome school-room and teacher's residence have just been erected.The mistress is a successful disciplinarian and has much natural aptitude for teaching." By 1875 the school has grown to 49 students though still under the tutelage of the unfortunate Ms. Hopkinson who continues struggling to obtain a teaching credential. By 1878 undergoing regular inspections it is reported that the school needs improvement in multiplication and to better follow the state mandated provisions as to Needlework. Their ranks swelled to around 80 students just before the end of the century before petering out and ending in 1904 with only 3 students registered. By then Ms. Hopkinson had been replaced by two subsequent teachers Ms. Lane and Ms. Reed who also struggle to obtain a Certificate while managing a large class.<br/><br/> Circulars from the Education Department show that the idea of public education while welcomed in many quarters arrived also with surprise and some distrust. In 1878 the Circulars report the most recent developments of the Forster Acts "As it has now become evident that by the operation of recent legislation the great majority of the labouring classes will be virtually compelled to send their children to Public Elementary Schools." A major controversy of the Forster Acts surrounded the requirement that the schools operate non-denominationally. While individual churches pushed for the right to educate children under their own religious tenets the Church of England feared that doing so would weaken state control of education. The archive contains notes of this church-state tension in a handwritten letter of 1880 in which the Rev. R.H. Taylor inquires of the Education Department "whether the School is now conducted as a public elementary school.Section VII of the Elementary Education Act 1870 having been conspicuously put up in the School. If not my Lords cannot direct H.M. Inspector to inspect the School annually as a public elementary school." <br/><br/>On the lighter side repeated entreaties from the Education Department in Whitehall during the 1870s call for "teachers of Schools will be willing to give their assistance in endeavoring by due warning to the scholars to put a stop to.the mischief caused by throwing stones at the insulators of telegraph wires." Threatened punishments to the "schoolboys" responsible for this "great evil" include "imprisonment and flogging." Documents are in very good condition on large size sheets of blue or white paper clear and legible. Some dog-ears and a couple pages of the archive have been chewed on the corners but most are complete. Names of all enrolled students appear yearly on the Examination Schedule. A very complete set of records and historical resource on the most dramatic transition ever to come to education; that of going from independent schoolhouses to systemized public education. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 16092

‎University of Cincinnati College of School‎

‎Catalogue of the Officers Students of Law School of Cincinnati College‎

‎1851. Cincinnati: A.H. Pugh 1878. Cincinnati: A.H. Pugh 1878. The First Law School West of the Alleghenies University of Cincinnati College of Law. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Law School of the Cincinnati College. Cincinnati: A.H. Pugh 1878. 55 1 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Faint vertical crease through center moderate soiling and a few small stains a few chips to edges and corners spine abraded wrappers partially detached part-erased inscription in pencil to verso of title page. Light browning to text occasional faint dampstaining to head of text block. $150. Founded in 1833 by graduates of Harvard Law School and Litchfield Law School the University of Cincinnati College of Law was the first law school established west of the Allegheny Mountains. This 1878 catalogue was published for prospective and incoming students. It contains general information about the school regulations course outlines and lists of required texts. Lists of students and alumni are included as well. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 70969

‎American School 19th Century; Hirst William L.‎

‎Portrait of William L. Hirst Oil on Canvas framed‎

‎1876. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4" A Notable Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Lawyer and Democratic Politician American School 19th Century. Hirst William L. 1804-1876. Portrait of William L. Hirst. 31-1/4" x 39-1/2" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3750. Hirst had a thriving private law practice and was active in Democratic politics. In 1853 Hirst was elected President of the Democratic State Convention. He was an early proponent of the City of Philadelphia consolidation. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books‎

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