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2000ref. 410762000. UCLA Law Review. Los Angeles School of Law University of California Los Angeles. Vols. 1 to 39 42 to 46 47 part 1 51 part 1 1953-2004 Together 77 books. Sixteen 16 linear feet of shelf space. Ex-private law firm library tan buckram very good. Special $695. unknown books
2003ref. 387532003. 7 linear feet shelf space. 7 linear feet shelf space. Rutgers Law Review. Newark N.J.: Rutgers Law School. 122 softbound issues: 26 no. 1 to 55 No. 2 Fall 1972-Winter 2003. Original paper wrappers. Ex-private law firm library very good. Together 122 issues seven 7 linear feet shelf space. $495. The Rutgers University Law Review is the flagship law journal of Rutgers Law School and is a professional publication devoted to critical discussions of current legal problems. Issued five times a year it includes lead articles by practitioners and scholars as well as student contributions in the form of notes and case comments. unknown books
1868ref. 13286Selma AL: J.P. Armstrong Printer 1868. Broadside 12.25 x 8.25 inches printed in three columns. Numerous old folds substantial wear and foxing some wrinkling edges scuffed and chipped but ample margins remain small hole in upper right corner. Good only. A striking unrecorded broadside publishing the lyrics to six songs intended to be sung by students of the Selma Union Sabbath School on an "excursion pic-nic" in the Spring of 1868. The songs printed here include "Festive Song" "Sunday School Volunteer Song" "The Happy Song" "By-and-Bye" "Around the Throne" and "Beautiful River." Little is known about the Selma Union Sabbath School; the only newspaper records we could locate concern the same picnic advertised on the present broadside held at Marion Alabama on May 12 1868. The Selma Morning Times published an advertisement in a few issues that week. Not in Ellison Hummel or OCLC. J.P. Armstrong, Printer unknown books
1943ref. 38468Great Falls MT: Great Falls High School 1943. Staplebound wraps. Good. Quarto 26.5 cm pp. 146. Ex-library contains many student notes dedications and signatures. Pages are dog-eared wrappers well-worn. Great Falls High School paperback books
1852ref. 42361New Haven 1852. Folio broadside 9-1/2" x 15." Twenty-one rules printed in two columns divided by a border the whole surrounded by a decorative border. Lightly toned several spots minor blank corner or extremity chips. Good plus or so. Dated in type at the end "New Haven March 1852." The Rules cover school practices "Six hours a day shall be the number of school hours" recess responsibilities of teachers "Every Teacher shall faithfully and exclusively devote themselves to their duties" expulsion permitted "when reformation appears hopeless" holidays tardiness. OCLC 822577625 1- CT State Library as of August 2026. unknown books
1919ref. 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
1971ref. UNAVIND00fpDover 1971. Fine. Navajo School of Indian Basketry. Indian Basket Weaving. New York: Dover 1971. 103pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Dover paperback books
1995ref. 595026New York: Arcade Publishing 1995. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Introduction by Anna Quindlen. Glossy wrappers. Fine. Reprints each letter sent for the project adjacent to the selected poem; contributions by Jane Alexander E.L. Doctorow Allen Ginsberg Kenneth Koch Angela Lansbury David Mamet Ismail Merchant Joyce Carol Oates Isabella Rossellini Steven Sondheim Kurt Vonnegut Elie Wiesel Elizabeth Winthrop Tom Wolfe and many more. Arcade Publishing unknown books
1947ref. 010564Philadelphia: John C. Winston 1947 16 pgs including cover. 9 x 6 inch 23 x 16cm Color printed paper wraps. A prospectus for the learning-to-read system "Easy Growth in Reading" sold by John C Winston Company. The prospectus gives details for each reading level including a helpful chart which demonstrates how many new words are introduced for each level of the program. The booklet is illustrated in color throughout with examples of the artwork which appears in the books. Artists include such well-known names as Armstrong Sperry Erick Berry Henry C Pitz Corinne Malvern etc. No date circa 1947. Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo. John C. Winston unknown books
1996ref. USCHIWA00mwSchool Zone 1996. Very Good. School Zone. I Want to Be a Clown. Grand Haven MI: School Zone 1996. 31pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. School Zone paperback books
1928ref. 16971Chicago: Denoyer-Geppert Company n.d. ca. 1928 First edition of catalogue no. 6. This issue not recorded in OCLC. Beige paper wrappers attractively printed in yellow blue and black with illustrations of the globe Grecian columns and scientific tools like compasses and biological specimens. . Quarto. Richly illustrated on almost every page with hundreds of figures. Also with over two dozen color-printed illustrations of scientific and medical educational tools maps and globes "history pictures" anatomical and biological models botanical charts and more. With removable yellow card paper order form bound in. A bright near-fine copy of this rare catalogue of advanced educational and scientific tools. The Denoyer-Geppert Company later the Denoyer-Geppert Science Company was established in 1916 by Otto E. Geppert and L. Philip Denoyer as a source for high-quality equipment for science and history classrooms. The company eventually became the leading distributor of anatomical models for advanced classroom and laboratory use but their initial specializations were globes and maps. Denoyer-Geppert Company, unknown books
1827ref. 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
1873ref. 160861873. Freeman Edward Augustus. Autograph letter signed April 2 1873 recommends Scottish educator and historian Margaret A. R. Macarthur for appointment as headmistress of a new girls' school in Manchester explicitly arguing that her abilities warranted a position "more independent than that of a private governess." Freeman a historian who would later become Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford had employed Macarthur as governess to his daughters for nearly five years and writes from direct experience of her teaching. His recommendation documents the professional transition available to an educated woman from domestic governess work to leadership in the expanding field of girls' secondary education and identifies history and languages as Macarthur's particular strengths. Freeman Edward Augustus. April 2 1873. Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Lord." Somerleaze Wells Somerset England. Four pages on a single folded sheet. Having seen his correspondent named as a "Patron of the new Girls School to be set up at Manchester" Freeman asks whether he has influence over appointments and recommends Macarthur for headmistress. "She is a woman of powers far above the common" he writes "and I can witness that she has practiced them well in the only two departments of which I am able to judge namely those of History and language." Freeman adds that although Macarthur did not know Latin and Greek directly "she knows all about them their relation to French English etc." As evidence of his confidence in her historical abilities he explains "I have set her to write one of my series of small histories a History of Scotland which I hope will soon be out." He concludes "I am sure she would do credit to the place. We are most anxious to find some post for her more independent than that of a private governess." Margaret A. R. Macarthur born in Scotland in 1842 subsequently published History of Scotland in Freeman's Historical Course for Schools confirming the literary project Freeman describes while it was still in preparation. The letter thus precedes publication and records Freeman using Macarthur's authorship as evidence of her qualifications for educational leadership. Although the supplied information states that Macarthur was not appointed to the Manchester position the reason given-that better-qualified candidates prevailed-cannot be established from the letter itself and is therefore omitted. Fine condition. Freeman's detailed recommendation preserves contemporary evidence of a woman educator seeking advancement beyond private governess work and of published historical scholarship being cited as a qualification for the headship of a girls' school. unknown books
1868ref. 160851868. Newton H. Autograph letter signed on a handbill for the Lant Street Ragged Schools for Boys and Girls April 13 1868 documents free education for poor children and adults in Southwark and records substantially higher attendance among girls than boys. Newton identified as Vicar of St. Michael's Mission Schools Lant Street writes to a donor concerning the schools' work while the printed handbill describes an institution located "in the midst of the poorest population in Southwark" and reports approximately 850 attendances daily. The surviving enrollment figures give particular evidence for girls' participation: 243 girls attended the upper school room compared with 167 boys in the lower school room while afternoon attendance numbered 233 girls and 162 boys. Newton H. April 13 1868. Autograph letter signed on verso of a printed handbill for The Lant Street Ragged Schools for Boys and Girls Borough Southwark. The handbill describes the schools as "the largest with about 850 attendances daily and the most important in South London" and supplies separate attendance figures for boys and girls. It also records an evening school of approximately 65 "grown persons of both sexes" who were taught to read and write showing that the institution combined children's schooling with adult literacy instruction. Newton annotated the printed portion in his own hand including the notation "Ragged Schools male & female." His manuscript communication to a donor links the printed statistics and public appeal directly to the school's fundraising activity and administration. Ragged schools developed in nineteenth-century Britain to provide free instruction to children excluded by poverty from other forms of schooling commonly combining elementary education with religious and charitable work. The Lant Street handbill records that work before the Elementary Education Act of 1870 established a national framework for elected school boards in England and Wales. Its sex-specific figures are especially informative for the history of women's education: girls exceeded boys in both reported daytime sessions while the evening school extended literacy instruction to adult women as well as men. The handbill and Newton's signed letter preserve two aspects of the institution on the same sheet-the statistics used to describe its educational work and a clergyman's direct appeal to a supporter. No condition defects are specified in the supplied description. A contemporary record of schooling adult literacy charitable fundraising and female attendance among the poor of Victorian Southwark. unknown books
1901ref. 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
1914ref. 221381914. A rare 1914 yearbook from Angola High School in northern Indiana offering a textured view of small-town academic life in the pre-WWI Midwest. First Edition with rich photographic documentation the volume captures the community's scholastic athletic and social priorities during a transformative period in American secondary education. The inclusion of student humor poems and faculty write-ups gives insight into local character and generational voices on the eve of national and global upheaval. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white halftone photographs. 4to approx. 11 x 8.5 in. Photographic spreads feature student portraits athletic teams musical ensembles and extracurricular groups complemented by editorials and illustrated sections reflecting the values and aspirations of the senior class. These early yearbooks were not only keepsakes but civic documents showing the evolution of youth culture and education before the rise of national media standardization. The presentation reflects the pride of a growing Midwestern town and the increasingly formalized role of high schools in shaping public identity. A visually engaging and historically resonant document from the dawn of modern American adolescence capturing Indiana educational and community life with period charm and authenticity.General light edgewear and Very good. unknown books
1915ref. 2197New York: American Book Company 1915. JUVENILE ILLUSTRATED. 12mo 7 ½" x 5 ¼"; 176pp; glazed tan cloth over board lettering in black vignette of two children with a dog on the front; ownership dated "Christmas 1926" on ffep; fp bird vignette on title page; half-tone and tinted half-tone illustrations throughout text; some speckled color loss to boards and light soiling very good plus. One of the charming easy-to-read children's books in the Peter and Polly series. Illustrated throughout highlighting the dress and activities of children in the first quarter of the 19th century but relatable to today. American Book Company unknown books
1897ref. 187971897. The 1897 Hartford High School Annual The Owl Yearbook. This 19th century hardcover yearbook includes many great photographs and text showing students in high school activities and sports humor literature and local advertisement from Hartford small businesses. Many Photograph club includes : Varsity Football; Track Team; Drama "Mr. X" Banjo Club ; Mandolin Club; and the Debate club; This Yearbook gives a great idea of American high school life at the end of the 19th century. Very good condition. unknown books
1841ref. 164511841. Catholic Girls' School Ugbrooke. Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrook 1841 a formal rule book documenting the provision and governance of Catholic education for girls from working and dependent families associated with the Ugbrooke estate in Devon. Founded in 1824 by Lady Clifford the school was principally financed by Lord Clifford with teachers reporting directly to him; surviving research indicates that tuition was effectively free for families unable to contribute and that Lord Clifford also provided medical attention and clothing for pupils. The 1841 regulations define this educational system more precisely stating that the school was intended "solely for the education of the female children" of present or former tenants servants and laborers of the Clifford family as well as tradesmen employed by the family. As such the pamphlet provides primary-source evidence for the study of girls' education Catholic schooling estate paternalism class and the institutional regulation of female childhood in early Victorian England. Catholic Girls' School Ugbrooke. Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrook. Chudleigh: J. E. Searle 1841. First edition. 8 2 pages. 8vo. The regulations were approved by the Right Reverend Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrooke Devon which was placed under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph; the rules are dated March 25 1841. The pamphlet establishes who qualified for admission and records the formal ecclesiastical and estate framework governing the school demonstrating how educational access for girls was organized through relationships among the Catholic Church the Clifford household estate employees and their families. Ugbrooke itself had a particularly longstanding Catholic identity: the Clifford family's chapel was rededicated for Catholic worship in 1673 and Mass continued there through the period in which the girls' school operated. The regulations appeared well before universal elementary education in Britain and document a localized model in which girls from tenant servant laboring and tradesmen's families received schooling through the patronage of a Catholic landed family. The school's adoption of Joseph Lancaster's teaching system further places it within contemporary experiments in economical mass elementary instruction while its governance remained distinctly tied to the Clifford estate and Catholic religious authority. Earlier bibliographic cataloging located only two institutional copies at Emory University and the National Library of Australia although institutional holdings can change and this should not be treated as a definitive current census. No specific physical defects are supplied; overall very good. A focused primary source showing how class gender religion and estate patronage shaped access to formal education for girls in early Victorian Devon. unknown books
1845ref. 73377Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society 1845. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 242-264pp. Publisher's wraps rubbed foxed overall pencil markings on the front else good. Massachusetts Sabbath School Society paperback books
1853ref. 71891853. WEST JERSEY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Catalogue of the Teachers and Pupils of the West Jersey Collegiate School. 1852-`53. With a Prospectus. Mount Holly 1853. 14 p. Wrappers. Boys school in Mount Holly. unknown books
1857ref. 71911857. WEST JERSEY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Annual Catalogue of the Teachers and Pupils of the West Jersey Collegiate School for 1856-7. With a Prospectus. Mount Holly 1857. Cover-title 12 p. Wrappers. Boys school in Mount Holly. unknown books
1863ref. 14981863. NEW JERSEY. NORMAL SCHOOL STATE. Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees . for the Year Ending February 9th 1863. Trenton 1863. 110 1 p. Floor plans. Removed. Present-day Trenton State College. unknown books
1876ref. 128531876. NEW JERSEY. REFORM SCHOOL STATE. Twelfth Annual Report . for the Year Ending October 31st 1876. Trenton 1876. 27 p. Removed. The state reform school at Jamesburg Middlesex County. unknown books
1940ref. 46921940. MODERN SCHOOL OF STELTON. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1915-1940. Stelton 1940. 4to. 32 4 p. Wrappers. Libertarian school and colony at Stelton Middlesex County popular with Jewish immigrants. Much on Francisco Ferrer. unknown books
