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1928Best.-Nr. 20836Boston: Merrymount Press 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. sandlewood cloth. Aeg. Near fine. 57 pages. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. Limited edition one of 600 published by the Merrymount Press designed by D.B. Updike. Title page and interior text printed in red and black in standard and italic type. HUTNER 93. The year 1928 was a fabled year for the Press concerned with ideas for printing `The Book of Common Prayer' There are affinities here with both trial pages for the latter work and for the prayer book itself.it is a miniature masterpiece." Double gilt front cover border panels lettered in gilt with center gilt floral motif. Faint sunning to backstrip. Merrymount Press hardcover books
1941Best.-Nr. 166461941. Photo Album Education Co-educational Primary School in Tokyo. Three-Wood Common Elementary School1941 during World War 2 right before Pearl Harbor. Photo Album of Gelatin silver print photos. Original textured paper wrapper. Album opens right to left. 6.9 x 9.75 in. Album cover is dated "March of the 15th year of the Showa Dynasty" in Japanese. 7 photographs measuring 4.5 x 6 in. Each class photo includes names of sitters printed on rice paper in Japanese. Of note in the 6 class photographs of school children and faculty are the mix of men and women as teachers and the mix of girls and boys as students. In the first image of the entire school boys and girls are lined up next to each other although they stand in rows of their own single-gender classes. Two class photos have additional small portraits of students who were absent for picture day. In Japan at this time education was not compulsory beyond primary school but childhood was regarded as an important time to foster learning growth and intellectual curiosity for both boys and girls. Very good condition. unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 222371940. Puerto Rico Education Industrial era Puerto Rico elementary school class photo archive. Three vintage silver gelatin black-and-white photographs each mounted on photo studio original boards with decorative borders. Two are early prints circa 1940s; the third is dated 1961. Each measure about 7" x 9". This evocative trio of Puerto Rican school photographs captures diverse elementary-age students posed in front of their local schools documenting a pivotal era of transformation in the island's social and educational landscape. One of the earlier cabinet cards features a group of students seated outdoors with a teacher or administrator standing behind them; the setting includes neoclassical columns and a colonial street with visible signage. Another card marked "Escuela No. 29" shows a racially integrated group of students with the school's flag held at the center of the image. The final print dated 1961-declared "Año de la Educación" Year of Education in the printed caption-presents a classroom posed beneath a prominently displayed Puerto Rican flag reflecting both a growing sense of national identity and post-war political shifts toward public investment in education. These photographs span a transformative period in Puerto Rico's 20th-century history as the island transitioned from an agricultural economy to a more industrialized state-supported system under Operation Bootstrap Operación Manos a la Obra. Begun in the late 1940s and accelerated through the 1950s and early 1960s the program prioritized urban development mass education and labor force modernization. The 1961 card framed by official state messaging reflects this emphasis-part of Governor Luis Muñoz Marín's vision of expanding universal literacy and integrating Puerto Rican youth into a skilled industrial economy. At the same time these images document the continued presence of racial and class diversity within public schools signaling the layered complexities of colonial modernity and U.S. influence on the island's educational and political systems. Mild surface soiling and edge wear to the mounts with light silvering to the gelatin surfaces of the two older prints. Overall very good condition. A rare and compelling visual record of Puerto Rican childhood education and racial integration during a formative mid-century era of political and economic redefinition. unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 225531923. Women's HistoryWomen's EducationWomen in Science and Medicine Tufts Medical School 1923 graduating class portrait featuring two female graduates. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph. 1923. Approx. 19 x 7.5 in. framed to 22 x 10.5 in. Dark wood frame hanging wire attached. Panoramic class portrait capturing the 1923 graduating class of Tufts Medical School notably featuring two female graduates at a time when women still constituted a small minority in the field of medicine. The image shows 44 students and faculty in full academic regalia with the two women clearly visible among their peers positioned in the front row and at the far left both wearing the same cap and gown ensemble as their male counterparts. Their inclusion offers a rare and tangible visual record of the slow but growing inclusion of women in American medical education in the early 20th century a development that remained the subject of considerable social resistance. While coeducation in medical schools became more common after World War I women remained significantly underrepresented. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges women made up just 4.4% of all U.S. medical school students in 1920. Tufts Medical School which has remained coeducational since its founding in 1893 was among the progressive institutions that accepted female students early on. The presence of women in this image is particularly significant against the backdrop of evolving gender roles following the passage of the 19th Amendment just three years earlier in 1920. Their appearance in a class photo from a prestigious medical institution not affirms the inroads women made in education during this era. Lower right corner includes the imprint of "Rowe Photo 35 Court St. Boston". Photo retains strong contrast and detail. Wood Frame shows scattered scuffing. Overall very good condition. An exceptional image of early women physicians breaking barriers in a male-dominated profession. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 746331972. U.C.L.A. Law Review. Los Angeles School of Law University of California Los Angeles. Bound volumes 1 to 7 1953-1960 blue buckram with 48 miscellaneous softbound original issues: volume 8-1 1961 to 13-2; vol. 13-3 to 14-5; 15-2 to 16-3; 16-5; 17-2; 18-3 to 19-3 1972. Together 55 books. Six 6 linear feet of shelf space. Ex-private law library very good. $295. In 1953 Chief Justice Earl Warren welcomed the UCLA Law Review's founding volume by stating that "to a judge whose decisions provide grist for the law review mill the review may be both a severe critique and a helpful guide." The UCLA Law Review seeks to publish the highest quality legal scholarship written by professors aspiring academics and students. In doing so we strive to provide an environment in which UCLA Law Review students may grow as legal writers and thinkers. Founded in December 1953 the UCLA Law Review publishes six times per year by students of the UCLA School of Law and the Regents of the University of California. unknown books
2003Best.-Nr. 387552003. Seton Hall Law Review. Newark New Jersey: Seton Hall Law School. Vol. 1 to 33 No. 3 1970-2003. Original paper wrappers. Ex-private law firm library very good. Special $295. Seton Hall Law Review is a nationally recognized scholarly legal journal that publishes critical and analytical articles on significant topical legal issues. Students not only edit the lead articles but also write a Comment on recent judicial decisions and developments. The Law Review is published quarterly and is edited and managed by its student editorial board and staff. Most members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated writing ability through a competition each summer that is based on a combination of competition scores and grades. unknown books
1917Best.-Nr. 108411London:: Macmillan and Co. Very Good. 1917. Hardcover. Translated from the Italian by Douglas Ainslie. First edition. Cummington School of the Arts Cummington MA stamp on the bottom edge of the text block on the front paste-down and on the rear free endpaper. Katherine Frazier's the school founder signature and date June 1929 and a small school library book-plate on the front free endpaper. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine. No dust jacket. ; 606 pages . Macmillan and Co., hardcover books
1901Best.-Nr. 234877New York: Charles Scribners' Sons 1901. First edition. Yale Bicentennial Publications. xviii ii 538 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in very good gray printed dust jacket. First edition. Yale Bicentennial Publications. xviii ii 538 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Charles Scribners' Sons unknown books
1830Best.-Nr. 1162Plymouth England undated circa 1830's 8vo 9.25" x 7.5" 69 unnumbered pages recorded in ink on watermarked "J Lavender 1826" wove paper followed by many blank leaves Contemporary marbled paper over boards backed in green sheep Binding rubbed scuffed & soiled rear hinge started modest foxing & toning otherwise Very Good A really stunning example of ink on paper which includes calligraphy beautiful italic cursive script occasional drawings & other decorative elements Young Master Siestone has recorded his course of study in vulgar fractions covering addition subtraction multiplication & division including rules examples & practical applications: "The hold of a ship contains 442 gallons of water This was emptied out by two buckets the greater of which holding twice as much of the other was emptied twice in three minutes but the less three times in two minutes and the whole time of emptying was 12 minutes" Pigot's Directory for 1822 - 1823 lists the academy of William Visick on Little Hoe Lane in Plymouth. Not published hardcover books
1902Best.-Nr. 187902Paris: Helio Edition 1902. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear and soiling to boards corners rubbed and dinged leather spine missing front and rear covers loose front end papers loose age toning and smuding mainly along edges plates are otherwise clear. Oversized and bound in 3/4 burgundy leather and burgundy cloth boards; marble illustrated end papers; 12 2 pp; 144 pp of plates. Text is in French. At head of title: École nationale des beaux arts .Préf. de J.L. Pascal. Ouvrage publié sous la direction de V. Boucaut. Helio Edition hardcover books
1900Best.-Nr. 372178Philadelphia 1900. 1 page On Slater letterhead. Blank verso has paper residue where once mounted paper is quite tanned along left margin with creasing few short tears and small chips in blank margins else a good copy. 1 page On Slater letterhead. Dr. Simon Green Atkins the son of former slaves founded the Slater Industrial and State Normal School in 1892 in Winston-Salem North Carolina. The school became Winston-Salem Teacher's College in 1925 and it was the first African-American institute in America to offer degrees in elementary education. Reading in part: "Dear Friend- I hope we may see you and some of your friends at the meeting to which you will find and sic invitation enclosed not present. Our students will also appear in Association Hall Germantown the following evening.Your kindly interest in our cause will be greatlyt appreciated. unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 15047New Orleans: Not published. 1929 - 1930. Edition Unknown. Commercial binders. Very good. 4to. Mimeographed notes for lectures on pharmacology one volume recto only appx. 150 pp given by Alden and Haskins. The second volume has notes for neurology neuropathology and otolaryngology one volume recto only appx. 200 pp. with manuscript additions and occasional drawings by Myerson MacDonald Loman and Inglis. The student was Reuben Rothblatt of Boston; his annotations appear throughout. Not published. unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 182781932. Silver gelatin portraits of faculty and graduating class from the University of Manitoba Medical School. Canada 1932. Measures 16 x 12.5 inches. 42 student subjects including a single female student. 2 faculty members with illustration of school building between them. Mounted to photographer's board. Photographer's info in bottom corner "Campbell." After fierce educational activism throughout the 19th century led to the admission of women into medical schools at the turn of the century the twentieth century saw a decline of women in the profession. By 1949 only 5.5% of students entering medical schools were women. Students are shown in graduation gowns with sashes across their chests. student's name are listed including Female medical student as "V. McDorman." In very good condition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 18870Large archive of 61 School Merit Awards and other late 19th Century cards. Each card sizes range from 2.5" x 1.5" to 5" x 2.5." These small illustrated cards were given to students as tokens of congratulations and scholastic achievement. Illustrations include snowy scenes nature landscapes children dogs flowers and birds. Rewards of merit in addition to being examples of a nineteenth century classroom tool reveal the progress of printing in America as well as the priorities of educators of the time. Illustrations include snowy scenes nature landscapes children churches flowers and birds. Many of them are signed with the student' names. Beautiful archive in very good condition. A few of these cards were given in condolence to grieving relatives of a deceased loved one but the vast majority were for School Merit Awards. Beautiful and in very good condition. unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 30145Darmstadt: Musikinstitut Darmstadt 1964. 83cm by 59.7cm 33by 23.5 inches. Offset printed black and orangeon white stock by Peter-Presse. Old folds with some tiny loss at some tape remnants to the top corners at the rear else very good. Original poster for the 19th Darmstadt International Summer Courses For New Music. List of events includes lectures on composition by Milton Babbitt Gyorgy Ligeti Henri Possseur Mauricio Kagel And Hans Helms a congress on notation and performances. Founded in 1946 and held now every two years the Darmstadt holiday courses is a multi-week event in Darmstadt where composers and instrumentalists explore and convey the latest trends of new music in seminars and concerts. Musikinstitut Darmstadt unknown books
1827Best.-Nr. 65175Charlestown MA 1827. Single sheet folded to 30.5 x 19 cm. 4 pp. including a one page manuscript petition signed by 14 citizens two blank pages and addressed on last. An appeal to the school trustees to make available a suitable building for the instruction of 50 or 60 students composed "of youth of both sexes from the different religious societies in Town" to learn sacred music under the guidance of Col. D. R. Newhall of Boston "a gentleman of acknowledged ability." The petition acknowledges that "sacred music being considered a very important part of public worship when well conducted it would seem that every facility should be granted to those who undertake to obtain a knowledge of the science." Donald Nitz' article "The Norfolk Musical Society 1814-1820: An Episode in the History of Choral Music in New England" Journal of Research in Music Education Vol. 16 No. 4 Winter 1968 pp.319-28 discusses the transformation in American musical culture in the first few decades of the 19th century: "A group of reformers composed of clergymen immigrant European musicians and educated laymen made great efforts to bring about this change" to homophonic orthodox English idiom and away from the more "crudely-wrought but highly original and expressive fuguing tunes of William Billings Daniel Read Jacob French and many others." This transformation of the "sacred musical culture" was brought about through the propagation of musical societies and singing schools in small towns throughout New England unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 373051998. Seton Hall Law Review. Newark New Jersey: Seton Hall Law School. Vol. 1 to 29 1970-1998. Volumes 1 to 19 bound; volumes 20 to 29 part 1 original paper issues. Ex-private law firm library Very good. Special $350. Seton Hall Law Review is a nationally recognized scholarly legal journal that publishes critical and analytical articles on significant topical legal issues. Students not only edit the lead articles but also write a Comment on recent judicial decisions and developments. The Law Review is published quarterly and is edited and managed by its student editorial board and staff. Most members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated writing ability through a competition each summer that is based on a combination of competition scores and grades. unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. List01121Richmond: N.A.A.C.P. 1957. 8vo wraps 30 pp. Some light wear staple holes to edge original owner's address and postage mark on back cover overall very good plus. An uncommon NAACP publication published right after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision with a range of articles on racism and segregation in Virginia and the efforts to desegregate schools there. The pamphlet is made up of several essays entitled "Behind the Segregation Curtain" "The N.A.A.C.P. - Defender of Constitutional Freedom" "The Truch about what led to School Cases" "Lookng at Work of the NAACP in the Fight for Integrated Schools in Virginia" "Integration - An Avenue to Liberty for Both Groups" "The Way to Genuine Good Race Relations in Virginia" and "Our Way of Life in Virginia." The essays are all written anonymously. The pamphlet argues for the use of reason in reversing racial prejudice and suggests appealing to the intelligence of people as a means for combating the problem. Uncommon with four copies held institutionally. N.A.A.C.P. unknown books
1846Best.-Nr. 57694Buffalo: Buffalo High School Association n.d. 1846. Oblong 8vo 67 leaves with pro-forma engraved forms on rectos without accomplishment; quarter old sheep hinges split and boards worn and nearly loose old non-original label mostly perished on front board final four leaves reappropriated as a scrapbook for local recipes the rest of the certificates generally fine. Inscribed on the front pastedown: "In Chancery 8th Circuit. In the matter of the Dissolution of the Buffalo Literary and Scientific Academy. Produced and proven before me as "Stock scrip book" "F" on hearing June 24 1846" The Buffalo High School Association later the Buffalo Literary and Scientific Academy was established in 1827 with ambitious plans for providing a "scientifick literary and military academy." It offered courses in "topography construction of maps navigation fencing ethicks natural theology evidences of Christianity and metaphysicks." Rates for attendance were high and the level of matriculation could not sustain the school. In 1863 Oliver G. Steele wrote "It was the great pet of the city. It was however too expensive for the time failing to reach the great body of our people; and changes of teachers and policy soon brought its career to a close." An act to dissolve the corporation and to provide for the just disposition of the property was passed in 1846. See "Buffalo's First High School Had its own Defense Program" by Walter McCausland Buffalo Courier-Express 1943. Buffalo High School Association, n.d. unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 93068Dallas Texas: Published by the Journalism Students of Booker T. Washington High School 1942. Very Good. 2 issues High School newspaper. photos 4p. 51 x 33 cm. Horizontal fold presumably as published. Pages moderately browned darkest along edges and fold. Both issues have small tears in margins near center fold. Red name stamp at top of first page on the November issue. Segregated high school for African Americans. The April issue includes a short article on page 2 about the failure of the school to offer any sports teams for girls "Washington Girls Plead for Part in Playing Sports". The numbering on these two issues suggests that this student nespaper was published every three weeks or so when school was in session. Published by the Journalism Students of Booker T. Washington High School unknown books
1918Best.-Nr. 23014Paris: Imp. Nationale 1918. First Edition of parts 1 & 2; revised edition of part 3. Bound in library cloth ca. 1920 with the front original green stiff card stock wrappers in place. Very good. 8vo; I - 343 1 - blank pp 2 large inserted folding tables; II - 237 3 - blank pp. 1 inserted folding map; III - 207 1 - blank pp. Each front wrapper with the word "Confidential" printed on it. There are also additional text revisions undertaken with the use of printed applied overlays. The text is illustrated throughout the three volumes. A complete set of detailed instructions for the use of artillery; particularly the French 75 mm and 155 mm. gun. These English language notes are based on the 1917 French originals from the artillery school at Saumur. The contents for a unit of instruction carrying on from reconnaissance and occupation of positions organization of batteries and adjustment of fire for effect. These are supplemented with appendices that cover such things as liaison and aerial observation emphasized as important to the battle front etc. Imp. Nationale hardcover books
1916Best.-Nr. 166221916. Carpenter Rachel A. M. Photograph album of St. Mary's School Wantage 1916 to 1918 documents the daily life of girls at an English school during the final years of the First World War. Twenty-three photographs record organized sports theatrical performance swimming leisure school uniforms faculty friends and the grounds of St. Mary's with handwritten captions and dates identifying every image. The album preserves a student's record of girls' education beyond the classroom including field hockey cricket tennis swimming and dramatic performance activities that formed an increasingly visible part of female secondary education in early twentieth-century Britain. Twenty-three gelatin silver photographs dated 1916 to 1918 mounted on 14 card-stock pages in original green cloth boards titled "Photo Sketches." Album measures 6.25 × 7.5 inches; photographs range from 2 × 2.75 inches to 3.5 × 5.5 inches. Carpenter identifies friends by full names initials and nicknames including "Tufty." Several views show students in uniform at leisure while others depict the field hockey cricket and tennis teams swimming in "the Baths" faculty members and campus grounds. Three photographs record the cast of a school production of Blue Beard performed during the summer term of 1918; the album retains a program for the production. Founded in 1873 as a girls' school St. Mary's belonged to the expansion of formal secondary education for girls in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England. Carpenter's photographs show how that education included organized athletics theatrical performance recreation and student social life during the wartime years of 1916 to 1918. The named and captioned photographs provide unusually specific evidence of individual pupils school activities and the rhythms of campus life. Condition not stated in the supplied description. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1887819th Century Archive of 23 School Merit Awards. These illustrated cards were each given to students as tokens of congratulations and scholastic achievement or good behavior. Sizes range from 3.5" x 2.5" to larger at 9" x 6.5." These small tokens of congratulation given to students for good behavior and scholastic accomplishments have been utilized by teachers for generations in America. The practice was most popular during the nineteenth century when printing techniques evolved to make this form of reward easily available. Rewards of merit in addition to being examples of a nineteenth century classroom tool reveal the progress of printing in America as well as the priorities of educators of the time. Illustrations include snowy scenes nature landscapes children churches flowers and birds. Many of them are signed with the student' names. Beautiful archive in very good condition. unknown books
1914Best.-Nr. 180951914. Certificate awarded to the Vicereine of India Lady Hardinge of Penshurst upon her visit to the Indraprastha Hindu Girls School in Delhi. 1914. Measures 10" x 16" inches. Text enclosed in ornately decorative box with the school's seal centered at the top reading "The Hindu Girls School Delhi First deserve then desire 1904." The certificate's attractive green script reads in part "To her excellency Lady Hardinge of Penshurst May it please your Excellency It is with feelings of the profoundest joy and gratitude that we to-day welcome Your Excellency to the Indraprastha Hindu Girls School Delhi.Your Excellency's loving interest in the advancement of the women of this land and motherly affection for the children your care for the suffering poor the exemplary fortitude which you have shewn in the time of danger and the heroic devotion to your husband--our ideals of womanhood--have endeared your name to every woman and child in India and we pray you to accept our reverential and warm-hearted welcome to-day." Lady Hardinge of Penshurst Winifred Selina Sturt married her first cousin Henry Sturt a racing magnate and close friend of Edward Prince of Wales. She served as a Woman of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales before her husband by then a Baron was named Viceroy of India. The concurrence of monarchical rule and colonialism put aristocratic families with close ties to the royal family put aristocratic Europeans in positions of power worldwide no matter their qualifications. The family moved to India where Lady Hardinge worked to advance women's education. She was instrumental in starting the Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi the first medical school exclusively for women in India. She died in November of 1914 just 8 months after receiving this certificate. Signed by the school's President Lady Superintendent and Secretary. Creased along lines where paper was folded. 3 small holes along left side do not affect text. 1" tears along top do not affect text. Tape attached to verso. Very good condition. unknown books
1919Best.-Nr. RFACSTU00twUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1919. Very Good. Faculty of the School of Medicine. University of Pittsburgh. Studies on Epidemic Influenza comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1919. 294pp. Illustrated. 4to. Brown buckram with gilt lettered backstrip. Book condition: Very good. Hospital library bookplate on front pastedown. rubber stamps on all edges of textblock. Internally very clean. Folding charts and color plates. Scarce. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine hardcover books
