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Description: This is Edwin Way Teale's illustrated with 142 photos that he had taken in 1945. Along with an introduction to each chapter; his photographs help to annotate the context in which Thoreau worked and explored. Teale was there at the time that Roland Wells Robbins was excavating the exact site of Thoreau's cabin at Walden and so there is a photo Roland at work. The photos also present a view of the changes of the 100 plus years since Thoreau had written Walden.
Presumed 1st edition
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York (1946)
Condition: Fair condition. No dust jacket. Penciled notes. staining inside, cover is separating from book - see pictures.
Size: 6 3/4" X 10"
386 pages
This is from the book's forward:
"Unfortunately for many Americans who know Italian cookery only through the common run of Italian restaurants, this joy in a good table is not an ingredient that lends itself readily to commercial success … The good Italian restaurant is a joy indeed, but one is not always easy to find. And unless you do find one, there is only one way to get a good Italian meal, you have to prepare it at home! ... Miss Rose Source has had the good fortune to be born the joyous daughter of a joyous mother, and to learn at their source, the celebrations of the true Italian home kitchen. In THIS book, she compiled her learning for all to share! "
Chapters: Antipasto, Wines, Soups, Salads, Meats, Poultry, Fish and Seafood, Vegetables, Rice, Cheese & Eggs, Dressings & Sauces, Breads ...
2 booklets of Mass Agricultural College - 9th Annual Report 1872 & Brief History Semi-centennial 1917 Massachusetts Agricultural College (Mass. Aggie) was a land grant college originally chartered in 1863 eventually to become University of Massachusetts by the year 1947.
Ninth Annual Report of the Trustees Massachusetts Agricultural College 1872 - The cardstock cover is a replacement.
Wright & Potter 1872
Introduction; Report on Sugar Beets Raised upon the College Farm; Report on Farm Operations; Trustees; List of Students & Graduates 1871; Budget; And a summary of the meterological Observations for 1871 - 43.5 inches of snowfall - 92.8 degr. high for the year | -9.5degree low for the year
Includes an engraving of "Massachusetts Agricultural College" - R Sayer DGL (on lower left) W.H. Morse S.C. (on lower right)- showing a glass greenhouse conservatory; a mansard roof house; possibly a fountain; various other buildings lined across the back; and a cultivated field to the left.
Condition: Fair to good condition - front free endpaper has water stain. fore edge of pages becoming brittle.
Brief History of the Massachusetts Agricultural College Semicentennial 1917 by L.B. Caswell
Besides the text, there are several photographic illustrations including a view of the grounds in 1868 (which appears to be a photograph, but could be a print. It is from the exact same vantage point as the engraving in the 1872 publication but with several different details; a view of the grounds in 1917; Photographs of the first 8 College President; a photo of 6 members of the winning regatta crew of 1871and photos of 6 of the buildings.
Condition: good condition inside - there are missing chips on the cover.
Size: 5 5/8" X 8 5/8" amp; 6" X 9"
108 pages & 72 pages
1873 Second Edition, 5" x 7 3/4"
Crack in binding front end paper and yellowing including a few stains.
Otherwise it's ready for your use prior to taking your admission test.
From the preface: "The following questions make a complete set of the Examination Papers (except on the subject of Geometry) which have been used for admission to Harvard College since 1860. No papers on Geometry are given previous to 1866, as the requisites ofr admission to theat department were changed in theat year. The papers on Trigonometry previous to 1871 are for examination for advanced standing; since then, for admission to Course II."
I wonder how many people were accepted to Harvard based on their study of this book. The original owner's name & other information is penciled in the front page. Hard to make it out, but he wrote Class '74 so presumably he got this in time to prepare for the exam.
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Early Primary Education Lesson Plans for 1927 in Manual Arts for 1st & 2nd Grades
by Mary Ledyard & Bertha Breckenfeld
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Company 1927 (first copyright 1910)
Lucy Savage Wilson - Illustrator
Cover Design - May Gearhart
124 pages
12" x 9 1/2"
Outline of hand work originally tested and used with children in first and second
grades in the Los Angeles Public Schools in 1910. Exercises are described
for particular months and recommend tools, models, material requirement per
pupil and "principles of design and methods of construction". There
are corresponding pages illustrating the various layout and patterns, such as
those pictured here. Essentially a book on lesson plans for the entire school
year. Projects include making stars, hearts, birds, kites, etc. Also contains
many instructions for bead stringing, paper weaving, spool knitting ...
Condition is fair. This is a reading copy. The pages are clean, but the binding
is mostly missing and many pages are loose. All the pages are here.
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Description:
Antique vintage autograph book - Olive velvet
Owned by Warren Halliston. 21 signed entries between May 15, 1900 to September 23 1900. This includes Warren's calligraphic writing on first page Another 2 entries are from a much later owner.
South Lancaster Academy is a Seventh Day Adventist academy in Massachusetts that opened in 1882 and still exists today.
Condition: Pages are clean, but binding is weak
Size: 5" X 7 3/4"
90+ pages
Description: Ex-library
Yale University Press, 1939.
Biographical essays on Elisha Williams (4th Rector of Yale University); Ezra Stiles (7th President of Yale); Benjamin Silliman (scientist, educator); Edward J. Phelps (founding member of the American Bar Association); Timothy Dwight (Yale President 1886 - 1898); Henry Augustin Beers (author, literary historian, poet, and professor at Yale)
Condition: Good clean condition, except for library stamps and discard stamps on front and back end papers. Slight tear on top of spine
Size: 6 1/4" X 9 1/2"
145 pages
Presumed First Edition - Rare
Beautiful Thoughts from French & Italian Authors with English Translations and Lives of the Authors
Pub. Edward Howell, Liverpool, 1866
Hardcover. Originally three quarter leather. The spine was missing and I made a reasonable replacement with Torinoko Gampi japanese paper - Fraying to the remaining leather.
Marbled covers and endpaper, with all edges marbled as well.
Edges worn to boards on the spine tips and corners, with surface rubbing to the covers.
A few pencil marks otherwise the pages clean. The first several pages through the preface have some chipping along the edge. Some pages were reconnected with Japanese repair tissue (kitakata). I noticed while photographing that pages 341 to 348 (from within the middle signature are no longer connected. So most of the book is tight, but alas, not all. See pictures
Size: 4 3/4" X 6 3/4"
613 pages
Erlauscht und Erdacht (Conceived and overheard)
Kritische Gänge (Critical Inputs)
als manuskript gedruckt - printed as a manuscript
In all likelihood, this was privately self published. Most likely he did not have many printed. There is a paste in hand written page which I am unable to decipher. I have seen no other reference to this work online.
from the contents page (my rough translation are in parentheses)
Inhalt (Contents)
zum geleit - Guide
über die begriffe "Genial" und "bedeutend" About the Concepts "ingenious (inspired, resourceful)" and "important (notable, distinguished)"
über geistige entwicklung About Mental Development
über irrtümer About Fallacies
über Zufall - About Chance
über beifall klatschen - About Applause (Cheer Clap ??)
über müssige politische gespräche About Idle political Discussion
über energieprinzip - Energy Principles
aphorismen - Aphorisms
Paul Oppenheim (b. June 17, 1885 in Frankfurt, d. June 22, 1977 ) was a German chemist, philosopher, independent scholar and industrialist. After studying natural sciences and chemistry at the University of Freiburg Oppenheim earned his doctorate in chemistry and philosophy. He emigrated to the US in 1933 and he is known for the Hempel-Oppenheim schema (Deductive-nomological model) - see wikipedia for more details ...
82 pages
Edited by I. Klinov & L. Kuperstein
Laam Israel Pub. Co, Tel Aviv, 1952.
Hardcover.
Condition is good. Spine is split at several pages. There is some hinge pivoting..Pages
are clean. The cover is starting to tear at the lower binding.
Inscription on front flyleaf in hebrew 4/9/1955.
144 pages.
Leatherette covered boards with title on copper-colored plate.(probably copper
plate)
Minimal text and captions in English, Hebrew and French. Numerous black and
white photos.
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