Albany: Printed by Croswell, 1833, 1834, 1837, 1838 and 1839. Together five reports plus three miscellaneous government documents, concerning the sovereignty of South Carolina (1833) and the other referencing the banking system. Thick 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. Contemporary calf spine and tips over marbled..... More
New York: Robert Craighead, Printer, 1840. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. 46, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers, detached from text block but present. Paper soiled at margins, otherwise a good copy. This copy is inscribed to “The Rev. John Richards with cordial regards, C. S...... More
Published by D. K. Hitchcock, 1836. 8vo. 180 x 120 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. [xii], 13 - 312 pp. Illustrated with two plates. Original publisher’s cloth; stained with water damage, spine label scraped; front preliminary leaves showing tide marks and tear to dedication leaf, without loss. First..... More
Keene (N.H.): George Tilden, 1844. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm., [8 x 4 ¾ inches]. 24 pp. Stitched as issued; edges and spine a bit frayed, otherwise a good copy. Often cited essay, which begins with clearly stated goal of helping teachers use new methods of education for students, during..... More
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1851. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 32 pp. Three tables, one folding. Original printed wrappers; a bit of soiling to wrappers and preliminary leaves and a few stains in the margins. The report for 1851 provides details..... More
Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1850. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. Disbound. Title-page a bit soiled and edges a bit browned. Rare first edition of Tucker’s plea that the New York State Legislature not repeal the law supporting universal education in the state. Linking..... More
Boston: Printed by Nathan Hale, 1827. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches]. 30 pp. Disbound. Boston School Board, organized originally in 1798, issued updated regulations which show the improvements and innovations of the educational system in the city. The text begins with the rules of..... More
Boston: William Ticknor, 1844. 12mo. 180 x 115 mm., [7 x 4 ½ inches]. 42 pp. Original blue printed paper wrappers. Charles Northend was the Principal of the Aborn Street School in Salem Massachusetts. His essay outlines his reaction to new theories of education that were circulating in the public..... More
Printed for the Author, [1818]. 8vo. 215 x 130 mm., [8 ½ x 5 inches]. 24 pp. Disbound, spine secured with cloth mending tape; edges fragile and a small piece of margin removed, probably by a hungry house mouse. Rare first edition. Peter Ulrick was a teacher at the St..... More
Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. [3], 478 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Diagrams throughout. Original brown cloth; a bit soiled and the text in gilt on spine a bit faded. Preliminary leaves, including title-page foxed, otherwise a...... More
Leavenworth: Printed at the Conservative Caloric Job Printing House, 1864-65. 8vo. 205 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 ¼ inches]. Contemporary leather spine and tips over marbled paper boards; spine and tips rubbed but sound. Volume II pp. [4], 371, plus 5 pp. ads; Volume I, pp. 73-128, 161-336. Includes..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1787. 12mo. 170 x 115 mm., [6 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches]. 202 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Contemporary calf, joints cracked and expertly repaired; paper stock brown with age and the edges a bit fragile, otherwise a good copy, in a contemporary binding. This..... More
Boston: Published by Carter & Hendee, 1829. 8vo. 195 x 125 mm., [8 x 5 inches]. [4], pp. 9-254. Original publisher’s boards, paper label; boards rubbed with some loss of paper cover, small chip to spine, text block brown with age; with faults a good sound copy. Inscription of “Sarah..... More
New York, 1868. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 28 pp. Stitched as issued. Title-page a bit dusty, otherwise very good. If a student becomes lethargic or dull when they reach puberty, “remove them from school, place them in hard labor, and give them no intellectual..... More
New York: Printed by W. Mitchell, 1832. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. 18pp. Stitched as issued; edges a bit soiled and with few folds, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. The duty of a minister is to speak out when temporal laws conflict with the..... More
New York: Published by the Tribune Association, 1866. Tall 8vo. 260 x 180 mm., [10 ¼ x 7 inches]. viii, 74 pp. Self-wrappers with printed title-page, stitched as issued; some soiling to the first leaves and a few chips to the corners and edges. With the signature of H. (Henry)..... More
Montpelier, Vt. Published by the Author, E. P. Walton, Printer, 1818. 12mo. 160 x 100 mm., [6 ½ x 4 inches]. 142, [2] pp. Contemporary calf, worn. Paper stock brown with age, edges of preliminary leaves and final leaves with small tears to edges; a few leaves with minor paper..... More
Boston: Published by Gray and Bowen, 1831. 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 ½ inches]. 64 pp. Stitched as issued, uncut; edges with a few minor tears. Very good copy. First edition, with the printer’s name on verso of the title-page; a second edition was published the same..... More
New York: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 1832. 12mo. 175 x 110 mm., [7 x 4 inches]. [6], 7-205 pp., plus 8 pp. ads. Original publisher’s cloth binding, paper label on spine; cloth partially faded, small tear to one joint, base of spine discolored; otherwise sound and..... More
Pawtucket, R.I. Published by William and Robert Adams, 1840. 12mo. 187 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ½ inches]. Publisher’s brown cloth, paper label. Cloth lightly faded, label rubbed; otherwise a sound and attractive copy. First American edition. An essay by the one of the Abolitionist Movement’s most important..... More
Boston: Temperance Press, Ford & Damrell, 1833. 8vo. 213 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 79, [1] pp. Stitched as issued, wanting printed wrappers; Title-page and final leaf lightly soiled, otherwise a good copy. First Edition. The evils of the lottery system are explained, both from a...... More
New York & Montreal: D. & J. Sadleir, (1853). 8vo. 175 x 120 mm., [6 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches]. 281 pp. Original brown cloth, embossed covers with text reading ‘Fireside Library’ on both boards, title and author gilt on spine; library stamp of St. Michael’s Church, Chicago on title-page..... More
Cincinnati: Robinson and Jones, 1845. 8vo. 190 x 125 mm. [7 ½ x 5 inches]. 184 pp. Illustrated with a lithographic portrait of the author by Rouse. Original cloth; scuffed and soiled, with some fading of the color; tide marks and some foxing. First edition. Attractive and early lithograph by..... More
Philadelphia: Ashmead,& Co., 1834, 8vo. 185 x 110 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. xx, pp-13 – 300 (collation complete). Publisher’s remainder binding in blue pebble cloth, leather labels on spine. Labels scuffed; paper bookplate of “Inness” on front pastedown; some light foxing. Ownership marks of James A. Inness..... More
