A Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond
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1774réf. 45029Leipzig Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius 1774. Bound in 2 very fine contemp. full calf raised bands richly gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels in leather on spines with gilt lettering. gilt border on all covers. Blindtooled decorations on covers in Cambridge-style "mirror-binding". Edges gilt. Stamp on foot of titlepages. 22312;16296 pp. and 11 folded engraved plates. Light browning to some quires and to top of titles otherwise fine. Scarce first edition of the famous German educators mathematical textbook - his suggestion to how mathematics should be taught in his educational reform. Basedow’s views were based on the writings of men such as John Amos Comenius John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His practical teaching methods were more expansive in their implications for education than those of any of his immediate predecessors in the field and by the early 19th century they had become a fundamental force in Germany’s public school systems.Basedow blev i 1753 ansat af J.H.E. Bernstorff ved Sorø Akademi som professor i moral og de skønne videnskaber. Her kom han bl.a. i forbindelse med den danske oplysningsforfatter og Sorø-professor Jens Schielderup Sneedorff hvis værker han oversatte til tysk. Sneedorff blev selv inspirereret af Basedows pædagogiske idéer. hardcover
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1839réf. 33043Boston: New England Female Moral Reform Society 1839. Very Good. Boston: New England Female Moral Reform Society 1839. First Edition. Octavo; self-wrappers unopened. 16pp. Toning and creasing to edges with a few minor nicks; about Very Good. The New England Female Moral Reform Society's stated goal was the "prevention of licentiousness" prostitution the moral double standard regarding both and protecting young women from the "unprincipled destroyer who seduce and ruin the unsuspecting." Indeed this issue devotes a section to "Street Beggars" who are imposters attempting to lead astray the young and unsuspecting. The paper continues in telling the story of two young women who were led to "a house of ill fame" by one such imposter and were saved from a member of the society and thus saved "from this sink of iniquity. from her 'whose house is the way to hell going down to the chambers of death.'" Also of note here is the ongoing "Letters to Sarah E. Grimke" portion of this publication which runs several pages in this issue gently arguing several points regarding the role of women in society. The letter concludes with a post script that the author has just received Grimke's pamphlet "Equality of the Sexes" acknowledges her sincere obligations and urges everyone who reads this publication to also read Grimke's. Scarce in retail. New England Female Moral Reform Society unknown
1862réf. 76501Philadelphia: Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons 1862-1871. First editions. Octavo. Various paginations but all complete. Publisher’s printed green wrappers two issues have had their wrappers reattached a few instances of erosion to spine but never affecting integrity. Overall in very good condition.There were two main series of this publication. The first series began in 1845 under the title Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy and in 1862 a second or “new” series was begun leaving off the Pennsylvania no doubt in hopes of national readership. It was a yearly publication. This two-series format continued until the journal ceased publication in 1920 after which it was succeeded by what is now known as The Prison Journal. The Pennsylvania Prison Society founded in Philadelphia in 1787 was the first private agency to concentrate specifically on correctional issues. The society's journal was one of the earliest periodicals devoted solely to studies of correction and crime. The articles run the gamut of subjects related to these fields from discussions of penal philosophy to inmate interviews and even down to the brass tacks of the costs involved in running a prison. . The journal not only provides information on prison conditions and the evolution of the American penal system particularly in Pennsylvania but also offers a detailed record of the penal reform movement in this country. They were remarkably foresighted. This can be seen in the following two quotes; "The readers of this Journal need not be told that we are not very sanguine in our expectations of the permanent reformation of the mass of convicts. There are doubtless instances enough of success in such efforts to warrant and encourage them and we are not to suppose that they are ever wholly useless. The true position for us to take is this. The earlier we address ourselves to the cultivation of right principles and habits in a human being the more hopeful is the prospect of success" and this little gem "May we not easily forget that between a score of men in our prison cells and twenty score of men that may be selected from society at large the only difference is that the former are detected rogues and the latter are perhaps greater rogues undetected" It was a bold movement away from prison as a punishing experience toward a kinder belief that prisoners must once again become useful members of society. Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons unknown
1886réf. 47659London: Longmans Green & Co. and Liverpool: The Financial Reform Association 1886. 8vo; contemporary half calf over marbled boards with red morocco spine label; front and rear boards detached inexpert repairs made made with buckram but contents are clean and sound; good. Longmans, Green & Co. and Liverpool: The Financial Reform Association unknown
1932réf. 64720London UK: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd. 1932. 8vo. xxxix 1 41-287 1 pp. Black publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges of textblock w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art by Douglas Moll some dustsoiling edgewear couple minor chips & tears slight creasing still a VG/G copy w/ presentation stamp of publisher on title. First British edition publisher’s presentation copy of this startling biography of a World War I vet sentenced twice to the terrors and hardships of a Georgia chain gang. In desperation and suffering from PTSD “Shell-shock” he stole less than $ 6.00 from an Atlanta grocery and was sentenced 6-10 years on a chain gang. He manages to escape and flee to Chicago where he became a successful publisher only to be turned in by his wife and thrown back onto the chain gang and escapes again to New Jersey who refused to extradite him. Later made into the film starred Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Preston Foster Helen Vinson David Landau and others together with this memoir fueled a storm of protest across America resulting in reform of the chain gang system. The original British edition is quite scarce. Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., hardcover
1915réf. 62581Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers 1915. 8vo. v 1 234 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 1 large folding floor plan charts. Blue embossed & ribbed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing edgewear still a NF copy w/ presentation slip bound-in from the Board of PPIE Managers for Massachusetts. First edition of this report which highlighted the tremendous achievements by the State of Massachusetts during the Progressive era as well as their very popular tea room which was one of the best-attended attractions during the run of the World’s Fair. The Massachusetts Booth emphasized their reforms in education for vocational training and reducing poverty new educational methods improvements in Mental Health “Insanity Hospitals” Public Health reforms to improve the blind as well as dental agricultural and medical reforms. In addition there was a fine exhibit on Massachusetts road building for the early “Good Roads” campaign reforms prior to World War I. Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, hardcover
1955réf. 53815New York: Vantage Press 1955. 8vo. 373 1 pp. Photo frontisp. plates. Blue cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. minor toning to fore-edges light toning to endpapers still NF/VG copy. Revised edition of this brutal memoir which served as the basis for Jack London’s Star Rover. This autobiographical account provides an invaluable first-hand look at the brutality that characterized the American prison system in the West at the beginning of the 20th century including the extensive uses of torture devices such as the strait jacket and the derrick which were later banned. Jack London began corresponding with Morrell before his release from prison and drew much of Morrell’s experiences with astral projection during his brutal imprisonment for his 1915 novel. Mildred McEwan Ward left the Univ. of California in order to publish accounts of Morrell’s ordeal and the full story of his life as a member of the Evans-Sontag California Feud Bandits. Vantage Press, hardcover
1903réf. 52594Rockford IL: Calvert-Wilson Co. Press 1903. 12mo. 95 1 pp. Two photo plates 1 floor plan. Olive-green pictorial publisher’s cloth w/ iron jail cell gate in white on front cover white lettering NF copy signed by Lewis on ffep. First edition signed of this fascinating anthology of writings and poetry advocating penal reform including excerpts from Clarence Darrow’s Resist Not Evil. Lewis 1857-1949 was a cigar store owner in Rockford IL and local gadfly who supported “socialist” causes like prison reform and free parks. This work was published by the author to encourage the Rockford city fathers to construct a new jail which was subsequently built at First and Walnut. Calvert-Wilson Co. Press, hardcover
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réf. 7695Cambridge 1999 or Later Reprint Revised and Updated edit. Hebrew / English with Readings. Hb. As New Cambridge 1999, or Later Reprint unknown
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1856réf. 373747Jules Guillaume Fick Geneva 1856. Full Vellum. Very Good Condition. This rare 1856 edition resurrects a fiery Reformation tract by Franois Bonivard the former Prior of St. Victor in Geneva and a vocal critic of papal authority. Originally penned in the 16th century Bonivard's Advis et Devis is a sweeping denunciation of papal idolatry tyranny and political cunning tracing the rise of the papacy through pratique et finesse craft and manipulation. The title alone is a manifesto: a condemnation not only of Rome's spiritual claims but of its worldly ascent bolstered by false miracles distorted reformers and the machinery of deception. The 1856 printing by Jules Guillaume Fick a Genevan publisher active in theological and polemical works is notable for its typographic austerity and symbolic frontispiece a woodcut archway labeled la porte large & le chemin spacieux qui mene a perdition the wide gate and spacious path that leads to perdition. This visual metaphor sets the tone for the text's moral urgency and rhetorical force. Though the book is printed in French its spirit is unmistakably Calvinist echoing Geneva's role as a bastion of Protestant reform and intellectual dissent. Bonivard's work is more than theological invective it's a window into the political theology of the Reformation where spiritual critique was inseparable from civic resistance. His attacks on les difformes reformateurs distorted reformers suggest a layered critique not just of Rome but of those who claimed reform while perpetuating corruption. The 1856 edition likely served both archival and agitational purposes reasserting Protestant identity in a century grappling with religious revivalism ultramontanism and the legacy of Enlightenment skepticism. For collectors this volume sits at the intersection of Reformation polemic Genevan print culture and 19th-century religious historiography. Its vellum binding untrimmed edges and stark layout reinforce its status as a deliberate revival a book meant to be read debated and remembered. Bound in full vellum yapped edges. Ties now absent. Edges untrimmed. Binding dusty and marked but very firm and sound. Contents very clean and firm. Size: 14.5 x 22 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Special Interest. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Jules Guillaume Fick hardcover
1792réf. 365038Annual Register London 1792. Softcover Booklet - Unbound Pages. Very Good Condition. The Birmingham Riots of 1791 also known as the Priestley Riots were a violent uprising that took place between July 14 and July 17 1791 targeting religious dissenters'most notably the scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley. The riots were fueled by tensions over support for the French Revolution as Priestley and other dissenters were outspoken in their advocacy for political reform.The violence began when a banquet in support of the French Revolution was held at the Royal Hotel in Birmingham sparking outrage among conservative factions. The rioters attacked Dissenting chapels homes and businesses including Priestley's own residence Fairhill which was burned down along with his scientific equipment and papers. Many rioters became intoxicated while looting and some even perished in fires they had started.The London Corresponding Society founded in 1792 was a radical political organization that sought universal suffrage and parliamentary reform. It was closely linked to the ideals of the French National Convention which had abolished the monarchy and established a republic in France. The British government viewed the society as a threat leading to crackdowns on political dissent and the eventual suppression of radical movements. 21 pages of contemporary reports of the Priestley Riot the trials of rioters and aftermath. Contained in the complete sections of The Chronicle for 1791 and 1792 the History of Europe and other selected relevant pages along with 30 pages regarding the LCS and the Society of the Friends of the People. This is a collection of original articles from The Annual Register not reprints or copy. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Printed before 1800; Special Interest. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Annual Register paperback
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2004réf. 61978Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2004. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 588 p. Illustrations. Serial No. 108-206. This hearing examins the latest medical science regarding cervical cancer and ongoing Federal efforts to treat the disease and prevent infection from the virus that causes it. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2004réf. 61678Washington DC: U. S> Government Printing Office 2004. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 508 p. Illustrations. Serial No. 108-276. This hearing was held at Kailua-Kona Hawaii. This hearing is a continuation of the subcommittee's work on the problem of methamphetamine abuse--a problem that was ravaging the State of Hawaii and other parts of the United States. Meth in Hawaii came from superlabs in California and Mexico and from small local laboratories. The hearing sought to address "Firstly what to we need to do to reduce the supply of meth " and "Second how shouldwe deal with the environmental issues created in the wake of a meth lab seizure " U. S> Government Printing Office hardcover
2002réf. 44783Washington DC: GPO 2002. First Edition. First Printing. good. 114 wraps illus. several pages at back have crease/ripple. Hearings held on November 14 2001. Serial No. 107-45. GPO paperback
réf. 8711Financial Reform Association Harrington Chambers North John-street Liverpool March 1849. Printed at the Office of the "Standard of Freedom" 335 Strand London. 8vo: 32 pp. Pamphlet. Bound in modern marbled boards with paper label. Fair on aged paper with top outer corner of last few leaves slightly dogeared and with reverse of last leaf a little grubby. An important speech another edition of which exists published by Ridgway in 1848. A reply by John Towne Danson was also published by Ridgway in 1848 going through two editions. A preliminary paragraph on the first page describes how through Molesworth's 'obliging permission' the FRA is able to reproduce 'in an entire form' Molesworth's 'complete and searching . exposure of Colonial Administration and of the net profits accruing to this country from her extended Colonial empire'. [Financial Reform Association, Harrington Chambers, North John-street, Liverpool, March, 1849.] Printed at the Office of the "St hardcover
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réf. ria9798844036255_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; I made a solemn promise to Grand Master Brian "Buzz" Smith: if anything happened to him and he couldn't finish his book I would finish it. Buzz wanted his students to work together to complete it and that is exactly what I did. No one paperback
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1846réf. 39101Philadelphia 1846. 16 of 18 issues lacking 1 and 2 bound together in contemporary three-quarter calf with marbled boards. Pages numbered 33-288. Some leaves browned. General title page is absent; a small bookplate "Bodichon Scalands Robertsbridge" covers the caption title of No. 3. This is the bookplate of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon notable British artist feminist writer and women's rights activist who founded the first women's college at the University of Cambridge. Bound in contemporary quarter calf rubbed and marbled paper over boards. Occasional text browning. Except as noted Very Good. This periodical is a literary anthology of American and British reformist prose and poetry with significant anti-slavery contributions. The authors included John Greenleaf Whittier James Russell Lowell Ralph Waldo Emerson Nathaniel Hawthorne Henry Longfellow John Pierpont Lydia Maria Child Harriet Martineau Lydia Sigourney Alfred Lord Tennyson Elizabeth Barrett and William Lloyd Garrison who wrote three poems for the journal one while imprisoned for libel of a merchant he had accused of illegal slave trading. The anti-slavery pieces are not only poetic most famous being Whittier's "Branded Hand" but also include his essay on the "Slave Market at Washington" Child on the "Economy of Slavery" the "Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society" and principles of the 1838 "Peace Convention" organized by Garrison. LCP 10848. AI 46-7277 6. Not in Lomazow or Mott. unknown
