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Best.-Nr. 16078Devonport. 13 April 1839. HMS Gorgon was designed by Sir William Symonds and launched in 1837. Her direct-acting engines in which the engine's cylinders are placed under the crankshaft built by Seaward and Company were the first to be fitted in any vessel. She was scrapped in 1864. 4pp. 4to. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and worn but with the signature torn away. Addressed with seal in black wax to 'Benjamin Sharpe Esq 19 Fleet Street London' Sharpe's father had been resident partner at that address in the banking firm of Gosling & Sharpe. The first paragraph reads: 'Dear Sharpe I have just returned from the Gorgon and my visit to her has verified the substance of our Conversation on Thursday last. Her present armament consists of 4 32-pounder bored guns & 2 84-pounders 10-inch on the weather deck. if properly armed she would also carry 12 32-pounders on the main-deck but she is deficient in these. Her draft of water is about 15th. & 15 . 6 which I believe is what she ought to draw if her armament were complete with the full compliment of men water provisions munitions &c.' The letter continues with detailed criticism with reference to a trail 'in the river in July last with Ld Minto & other lords of the Admiralty on bd' the fact that 'her displacement had been sadly miscalculated'an incident on the coast of Spain her engines and paddle-boards. 'To judge of Gorgon whether she be a failure or otherwise she should be tried as an armed vessel carrying 16 32-pounders & 2 swivel guns . We have no more money that we know what to do with - no more workmen than we <> to keep pace with our wants in the shipwright department - & yet we are sacrificing both to the vain endeavours of adventurers in naval architecture while there are plenty of persons in the service who might be advantageously employed in preventing the occurrence of these & other discreditable blunders if it were not the fashion to prefer speculative notions to the plain & unerring principles of the <> of naval Construction'. Devonport. 13 April 1839. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 111118Worcester Mass. The School Arts Magazine 1930. 36 plates loose in lightyl worn original folder including 4 in colour. Each plate hase previous owner's light name stamp not affecting image. A very good copy Worcester, Mass., The School Arts Magazine 1930. unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 53773Philadelphia: Board of Education School District of Philadelphia 1971. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 198pp. Ink name on front free endpaper wraps rubbed and darkened with some superficial spots of damage to the front else very good. Board of Education School District of Philadelphia paperback books
1974Best.-Nr. List923aBoston: Ad Hoc Committee for December 14 1974. Printed poster 17 x 11 inches folded. Somelight wear crease to center ownership marks to verso very good plus condition overall. With the ownership stamp of J. Wesley Miller with “J.W. Miller - duplicate” written in ink. Federal District Judge W. Arthur Garrity ruled in 1974 that Boston must integrate its school system. The group ROAR or Restore Our Alienated Rights led a broad effort against integration supported by the School Committee most members of the City Council and many teachers and police. Early efforts to block the desegregation efforts centered around South Boston High School where some parents of white students harassed and threw stones and bottles at arriving African-American students scenes repeated in some other white middle class neighborhoods. On December 14 over fifteen to twenty thousand people marched on Boston Common in support of the desegregation efforts. Offered here is a poster from the event published by the Ad Hoc Committee for Dec. 14. The poster shows an image from the Central High School desegregation efforts in 1957 above an image from Boston in 1974. No copies located though one is likely held at Miller’s unprocessed as of 2021 archive at UMass-Amherst. A note on the front reads “10-11x-1974” suggesting that he found the poster over a month before the planned event. Ad Hoc Committee for December 14 unknown
1974Best.-Nr. List923aBoston: Ad Hoc Committee for December 14 1974. Printed poster 17 x 11 inches folded. Somelight wear crease to center ownership marks to verso very good plus condition overall. With the ownership stamp of J. Wesley Miller with “J.W. Miller - duplicate” written in ink. Federal District Judge W. Arthur Garrity ruled in 1974 that Boston must integrate its school system. The group ROAR or Restore Our Alienated Rights led a broad effort against integration supported by the School Committee most members of the City Council and many teachers and police. Early efforts to block the desegregation efforts centered around South Boston High School where some parents of white students harassed and threw stones and bottles at arriving African-American students scenes repeated in some other white middle class neighborhoods. On December 14 over fifteen to twenty thousand people marched on Boston Common in support of the desegregation efforts. Offered here is a poster from the event published by the Ad Hoc Committee for Dec. 14. The poster shows an image from the Central High School desegregation efforts in 1957 above an image from Boston in 1974. No copies located though one is likely held at Miller’s unprocessed as of 2021 archive at UMass-Amherst. A note on the front reads “10-11x-1974” suggesting that he found the poster over a month before the planned event. Ad Hoc Committee for December 14 unknown books
1845Best.-Nr. 32200944to printed bifolio sheet 24 x 19.5 cm some marks and folds. Addressed to Joseph Hume M.P and signed by Richard Burchet R.W. Herman and W.D. Telfer. In 1845 Richard Burchett became the ringleader of students protesting to the Board of Trade about the teaching methods at the Government School of Design: this was the first attempt to improve the instruction in the principles and practice of ornamental design. The complaint became so serious that eventually a Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry was instituted in 1846 at which he and others gave evidence. Oddly by that time Burchett had already become a master at the school and so was giving evidence against his own employees to the committee. This copy was addressed to the radical Joseph Hume M.P who was a close friend of William Williams another radical M.P. who led the charge of incompetence by the School of Design in the House of Commons. After eight committee meetings it was agreed that the School was not in good shape 'the principles of Ornaments and the practice of original design as applicable to manufactures are not efficiently taught' and 'That a knowledge of manufacturing processes so as to enable the students to unite fitness and practicability in Ornament is not communicated.' Reforms were instituted but not in time for some woefully bad designs to appear at the Great Exhibition of 1851 for all the world to see. [London], 17 Bond Street, Commercial Road. 10th July
1962Best.-Nr. 179985Brookville OH: The School of Living 1962. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed in green ink on both sides fold-creased 1/2 inch closed tear along crease else very good. Advertisement for an upcoming publication outlining its various features and the School's perspectives. Founded by Ralph Borsodi the School of Living was and remains a Gandhian decentralist ecologically conscious communitarian group. The School of Living unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 241400Freeland MD: The School of Living 1975. 22p. stapled wraps 8.5 x 11 inches vertically creased address label on rear wrap else good condition. Decentralist communitarian publication affiliated with the ideas of Ralph Borsodi. The School of Living unknown books
Best.-Nr. 166292Brookville OH: School of Living 196-. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure 5.5x8.5 inches very good condition. School of Living unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 336196Freeland MD: The School of Living 1972. Magazine. 16p. stapled wraps 8.5x11 inches evenly toned lightly edgeworn address label and old piece of tape on rear wrap else good condition. Decentralist communitarian publication affiliated with the ideas of Ralph Borsodi. The School of Living unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 241398Freeland MD: The School of Living 1971. 8p. tabloid format newspaper folded in half as issued evenly toned address written in pen on front wrap else very good condition with subscription form laid in. Decentralist communitarian publication affiliated with the ideas of Ralph Borsodi. Cover story on the Bear Tribe "the first new Indian tribe in this century.the tribe was founded to make possible a movement to the land and a return to the Indian way of life The School of Living unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 231096Brookville OH: The School of Living 1966. Magazine. 28p. wraps and paper toned else very good condition binders tape along spine as issued 8.5x11 inches mimeographed. Includes a discussion "Pro and con Spooner-Tucker Rothbard" with contributions by Mildred Loomis Tom Marshall Laurence Labadie and others also includes Marie Anderson's "Religion in School of Living The School of Living unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 33220Washington D.C.: Press of Byron S. Adams 1952. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued and original staples. ii 13 1 pp. Near Fine. The Supreme Court heard argument in December 1952 but held the cases over for reargument in the following term. This is the Amicus Curiae brief submitted by the American Veterans Committee for the first argument. Supporting the District of Columbia children seeking to integrate the Washington public schools the Committee contends that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to be free from racial discrimination that equality of education is impossible under a regime of racially segregated schools that equality can be achieved only by abolition of compulsory segregation by race and that "The people of Washington are ready for and will accept integration of their public schools." The brief is signed in type by the Committee's National Counsel Phineas Indritz who was a distinguished civil rights and constitutional lawyer. Press of Byron S. Adams unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 33220Washington D.C.: Press of Byron S. Adams 1952. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued and original staples. ii 13 1 pp. Near Fine. The Supreme Court heard argument in December 1952 but held the cases over for reargument in the following term. This is the Amicus Curiae brief submitted by the American Veterans Committee for the first argument. Supporting the District of Columbia children seeking to integrate the Washington public schools the Committee contends that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to be free from racial discrimination that equality of education is impossible under a regime of racially segregated schools that equality can be achieved only by abolition of compulsory segregation by race and that "The people of Washington are ready for and will accept integration of their public schools." The brief is signed in type by the Committee's National Counsel Phineas Indritz who was a distinguished civil rights and constitutional lawyer. Press of Byron S. Adams unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 14001Auckland: School Publications Branch Education Department 1951. Printed cloth wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 95. Illustrated with numerous two-color drawings and two b&w photo reproductions. Prefaced with a message from the Prime Minister S. G. Holland in English. Text in Cook Island Maori and English. Paper-backed gray cloth covers with titles and decorations in red and black: mellowed creases to covers school ink stamp to cover and free endpaper. Prime Minister Holland: "Dear children of the Cook Islands . I trust that the Journal will give you much pleasure and that it will tell you something about the rest of the world and of the people with whom we share it. School Publications Branch Education Department unknown
1988Best.-Nr. LFA-126734999Une revue de 160 pages, format 170 x 240 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1832Best.-Nr. List3436Auburn New York 1832. Single four-page letter measuring 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with very small tears at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. A letter written from the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1832 from the soon-to-be Reverend Thomas Reed Rawson 1803-1877 to his soon-to-be wife Louisa W. Dawes 1810–1849. Dawes who lived in Cummington Massachusetts was the older sister of Senator Henry Laurens Dawes best known for the 1887 Dawes Act. Rawson opens by commenting on the death of one of his students and his time spent in Oswego “visiting in the most fashionable families”; he felt this taught him a great deal about “human nature” which in Oswego is “peculiar”. He seems to have been particularly perplexed by the spiritual character he encountered in upstate New York a locus of the Christian revival movement now called the Second Great Awakening: “You know I expected that the spirit of the west was a more active . spirit than what was seen in the N.E. states & hoped by breathing this pure atmosphere to enjoy great spiritual health. How erroneous was the impression! How greatly have I been deceived! . I acted as though it was so – as though man was man only in certain latitudes. I acted as though face answered to face only when seen in the waters of N.E. & consequently that the heart of a N.E. man had no analogy to what beats in the bosom of one born in a more western longitude.” Not only is Rawson nonplussed by New Yorkers’ religious qualities he is vehemently opposed to some of the new practices that arose from the religious revival there: “The state of things here I mean in all this country at the west is very peculiar. You have heard of ‘Old & New Measures’ I suppose. For myself I cannot approve of the latter. I find not a spirit in me to Fellowship them. Have been exceedingly tried by them as I have been in the midst of ‘new measures’ all winter. You can form but a faint idea of the excitement which is in this country in the religious community. In Oswego Co. the lay-men are going through the Co. holding meetings once a month in praying exhorting dispensing the duties of Clergymen &c. &c.; & it seems that the present state of things must result in a wide division in the churches. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ . As near as I can find out very sinister is the spirit that knows the new measures to that wild-pine which ran so extensively in the time of Edwards. The effects of it are seen in your town to this day.” The “New Measures” were novel practices for American Christianity that came about during the Second Great Awakening mainly due to Presbyterian minister Charles Finney. These include very lengthy meetings public naming of sinners and public confessions of sin and were controversial with those who preferred a more orthodox and restrained service. Rawson accurately predicts that the new practices would lead to a schism; starting in 1837 the Old School-New School Controversy split the Presbyterian church along these lines. He later worries that such a division in the church would allow “Catholicism to take the advantage” and that “Satan is bringing this about as rapidly as possible”. The appeal of a strong hierarchical Catholic church as opposed to a weak and divided Protestant one was a common worry among Protestants at the time. Rawson traces the “sinister spirit” of the new measures back to “the time of Edwards”: Jonathan Edwards a key figure in the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 40s. Given his reference to “your town”—Cummington Massachusetts—Rawson is probably referring to the so-called “New England theology” that arose from the First Great Awakening. Among other things New England theology proposed new views on man’s free will and responsibility; similar views would create controversy in Rawson’s time as he explains: “I see my own heart to be depraved & wicked beyond all observation but the fruits of the spirit I think I do love & hope they are sweeter & more sweet to my taste. I say taste the New measure-men are not taste-men but believe in the ‘motive scheme’ — By taste is meant the implantation of a new principle – love to God & is affected by the Holy Spirit. The ‘motive scheme’ implies that the sinner turns himself about in by motive merely.” He is objecting to the idea that a sinner could redeem himself through an act of his own will—by his own ‘motives.’ Old School Presbyterianism holds a more orthodox Calvinist view wherein the redemption of the sinner is not up to the sinner’s will at all. Rawson makes an interesting comparison between New School views on the matter and states’ rights in the context of the then-ongoing nullification crisis: “The signs of the times declare most plainly to him who has wiped up his eyes that ‘the end has come upon the four corners of this earth’ i.e. the end of peaceful days for the present. Never was our Republic brought to a crisis like this. Nullification in the Political world is the same with Denunciation in the Religious world. This is my opinion; don’t know as have heard others say so.” The nullification crisis arose when South Carolina declared that several import tariffs were unconstitutional and thus nullified them under the states’ rights doctrine of state nullification. Rawson seems to be drawing a parallel between the revivalists’ idea of the role of one’s motives in salvation and states’ rights advocates’ idea of the relationship between the states’ wills and the federal government’s. Of course the states’ rights issue would soon reach an apotheosis. Rawson closes with some affectionate lines for Dawes and advice about her own teaching job; the crossed text updates her on the Christian conversions within his family. Overall the letter provides detailed insights into the views of a more conservative theology student on the Presbyterian controversy that was soon to come to a head. unknown
1832Best.-Nr. List3436Auburn New York 1832. Single four-page letter measuring 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with very small tears at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. A letter written from the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1832 from the soon-to-be Reverend Thomas Reed Rawson 1803-1877 to his soon-to-be wife Louisa W. Dawes 1810–1849. Dawes who lived in Cummington Massachusetts was the older sister of Senator Henry Laurens Dawes best known for the 1887 Dawes Act. Rawson opens by commenting on the death of one of his students and his time spent in Oswego “visiting in the most fashionable families”; he felt this taught him a great deal about “human nature” which in Oswego is “peculiar”. He seems to have been particularly perplexed by the spiritual character he encountered in upstate New York a locus of the Christian revival movement now called the Second Great Awakening: “You know I expected that the spirit of the west was a more active . spirit than what was seen in the N.E. states & hoped by breathing this pure atmosphere to enjoy great spiritual health. How erroneous was the impression! How greatly have I been deceived! . I acted as though it was so – as though man was man only in certain latitudes. I acted as though face answered to face only when seen in the waters of N.E. & consequently that the heart of a N.E. man had no analogy to what beats in the bosom of one born in a more western longitude.” Not only is Rawson nonplussed by New Yorkers’ religious qualities he is vehemently opposed to some of the new practices that arose from the religious revival there: “The state of things here I mean in all this country at the west is very peculiar. You have heard of ‘Old & New Measures’ I suppose. For myself I cannot approve of the latter. I find not a spirit in me to Fellowship them. Have been exceedingly tried by them as I have been in the midst of ‘new measures’ all winter. You can form but a faint idea of the excitement which is in this country in the religious community. In Oswego Co. the lay-men are going through the Co. holding meetings once a month in praying exhorting dispensing the duties of Clergymen &c. &c.; & it seems that the present state of things must result in a wide division in the churches. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ . As near as I can find out very sinister is the spirit that knows the new measures to that wild-pine which ran so extensively in the time of Edwards. The effects of it are seen in your town to this day.” The “New Measures” were novel practices for American Christianity that came about during the Second Great Awakening mainly due to Presbyterian minister Charles Finney. These include very lengthy meetings public naming of sinners and public confessions of sin and were controversial with those who preferred a more orthodox and restrained service. Rawson accurately predicts that the new practices would lead to a schism; starting in 1837 the Old School-New School Controversy split the Presbyterian church along these lines. He later worries that such a division in the church would allow “Catholicism to take the advantage” and that “Satan is bringing this about as rapidly as possible”. The appeal of a strong hierarchical Catholic church as opposed to a weak and divided Protestant one was a common worry among Protestants at the time. Rawson traces the “sinister spirit” of the new measures back to “the time of Edwards”: Jonathan Edwards a key figure in the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 40s. Given his reference to “your town”—Cummington Massachusetts—Rawson is probably referring to the so-called “New England theology” that arose from the First Great Awakening. Among other things New England theology proposed new views on man’s free will and responsibility; similar views would create controversy in Rawson’s time as he explains: “I see my own heart to be depraved & wicked beyond all observation but the fruits of the spirit I think I do love & hope they are sweeter & more sweet to my taste. I say taste the New measure-men are not taste-men but believe in the ‘motive scheme’ — By taste is meant the implantation of a new principle – love to God & is affected by the Holy Spirit. The ‘motive scheme’ implies that the sinner turns himself about in by motive merely.” He is objecting to the idea that a sinner could redeem himself through an act of his own will—by his own ‘motives.’ Old School Presbyterianism holds a more orthodox Calvinist view wherein the redemption of the sinner is not up to the sinner’s will at all. Rawson makes an interesting comparison between New School views on the matter and states’ rights in the context of the then-ongoing nullification crisis: “The signs of the times declare most plainly to him who has wiped up his eyes that ‘the end has come upon the four corners of this earth’ i.e. the end of peaceful days for the present. Never was our Republic brought to a crisis like this. Nullification in the Political world is the same with Denunciation in the Religious world. This is my opinion; don’t know as have heard others say so.” The nullification crisis arose when South Carolina declared that several import tariffs were unconstitutional and thus nullified them under the states’ rights doctrine of state nullification. Rawson seems to be drawing a parallel between the revivalists’ idea of the role of one’s motives in salvation and states’ rights advocates’ idea of the relationship between the states’ wills and the federal government’s. Of course the states’ rights issue would soon reach an apotheosis. Rawson closes with some affectionate lines for Dawes and advice about her own teaching job; the crossed text updates her on the Christian conversions within his family. Overall the letter provides detailed insights into the views of a more conservative theology student on the Presbyterian controversy that was soon to come to a head. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 207561Paris, Chez Desenne, au Palais-Égalité et au Lycée des Arts, 1797 in-8, 24 pp., dérelié.
1891Best.-Nr. 2092902143300143Mono fumei 1891. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 26 Size: 32cm Mono fumei paperback
1899Best.-Nr. 6407Helena MT 1899. Broadside 25 cm x 15 cm / 10" x 6" printed in black ink on pink paper. Near fine. 'The Rivals A Popular Comedy by Sheridan. Presented by the Senior Class of Helena High School. Monday Ev'ng May 1. Electric Hall. Admission 50 and 25 cts.' Broadside for a high school production of Sheridan's 'The Rivals.'. unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 217269Shanghai.: 上海教育出版社. Shanghai Education Publishing House. 1988. Complete set of 18 coloured posters to accompany Volume 7 of the Chinese language course textbook for Year 6 students. Mostly 52.5 x 76.5cm some 38 x 52.5cm. All stamped with the name of a school "Jiading Town Second Central Primary School Materials Room" on reverse. Occasional foxing to reverse pin-tack holes and slight staining to some edges. Upper corners of Number 17 is chipped with some loss and previous cello-tape repairs. Colours in images of all posters are clear and bright and overall in good condition. Brief captions in simplified Chinese characters. The set of posters includes a wide variety of images from Lenin with soldiers to illustrations of animals and from illustrations of stories from the past to one of a modern high rise building. Of particular interest is picture 18 with a three-generation one-child family happily taking delivery of a new fridge in a high rise apartment with children's toys fresh flowers and a large TV all part of the scene. The father is wearing jeans. Overall they provide a picture of modern happy people living in a modern economy with plenty of consumer goods. . 上海教育出版社. [Shanghai Education Publishing House]. unknown
1982Best.-Nr. LFA-126716941Tome 140 - Première Livraison : Janvier-Juin 1982 : 132 pages, format 160 x 245 mm, illustrée, brochée, Librairie Droz, bon état
1983Best.-Nr. LFA-126716942Tome 141 - Deuxième Livraison : Juillet-Décembre 1983 : 271 pages, format 160 x 245 mm, illustrée, brochée, Librairie Droz, bon état
2020Best.-Nr. 2081502111903197Chinese book office 2020. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A5 Soft Cover Chinese book office paperback
