Search Results: the daughter at school by todd john

T. Nelson and Sons. Hardcover. B005WCD93Q 1853 T. Nelson and Sons hardcover. Acceptable. Spine missing, otherwise intact. Gift inscription from 1854 on first front end page. . Fair.

Northampton, MA: Hopkins, Bridgman, & Co., 1854. Blindstamped brown cloth. Covers very lightly rubbed, spine & cover edges lightly sunned; endpapers lightly foxed: VG+/no dj. 12mo. Illustrated with frontispiece engraving and vignette title page.

Northampton: Hopkins, Bridgman, & Co., 1854. Hard Cover. 'May I hope that the daughter, who, away from her home, just entering upon the untried scenes of school, shall open this little volume, will find something to guide, to encourage, to stimulate and ennoble her, so that she shall return to her home in after days, like the king's daughter, 'all glorious within'; and that the anxious mother, on putting it into the carefully-packed trunk, will feel that her child has not gone wholly unattended by any friend. --Pittsfield, September 1, 1853' (p. iv). x, 256 p., front., added t.-p., 18 cm.; publisher's blue embossed boards; small split at bottom of spine, some light foxing, inconspicuous stain on rear cover; VG. 33719.

London : John Nelson and Sons., 1874. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A late nineteenth century conduct guide aimed at girls. Written by the Reverend John Todd. Todd wrote many popular moral tales such as The Student's Manual. This work intended to help young girls who are sent away to school. Chapters include 'education the first thing', 'the school-girl at study', how to study', 'health at school' and 'formation of habits'. In a full decorative cloth binding with gilt stamping to the front board and spine. Externally, generally smart with minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine as well. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional light scattered spots. Very Good

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1853, First edition. Though the author, the Rev. John Todd (1800 – 1873), was American, this edition predates the first American edition (Northampton, Mass: Hopkins and Bridgman) by a year. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt. All edges gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Old bookseller's ticket to corner of front pastedown. Gift inscription, dated 1854, to front flyleaf ("To Catherine Agnes Johnston from her affectionate Aunt Mary Matt"). . Octavo. Engraved title-page with illustration of a young woman. Slight toning. A very good, bright copy of the scarce first edition. In the preface, Todd states that he wrote the present work for young women leaving home for schooling in seminaries. Todd, a founding trustee of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, discusses the importance of educating young women in mathematics, rhetoric, Latin, Greek, and theology, as well as the benefits of a seminary education over homeschooling with a potentially untrained mother or an expensive,… Read More