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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. By the American educator and author of the children's classic, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, who founded in San Francisco the first free kindergarten in the United States (1856 - 1923). Small 8vo, 235pp, ads (iv). Blue cloth, title stamped in black at front cover, with illustration of young girl with jump rope. Spine dusty, ends rubbed. Internally, very good.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861. Early American edition. Hardcover. Good + condition. Bookplate of Allene Gregory, author of "The French Revolution and the English Novel" and daughter of John M. Gregory—the first Regent of the Illinois Industrial University. She also wrote a biography of her father. A copy inscribed to J. M. Gregory with kind regards from (?) C. L. Jummains". Four major sections examine "What knowledge is of most worth?"; Intellectual Education; Moral Education; and Physical Education. 8vo, xv, 283 pp, ads (xxviii). Dark green stamped cloth covers, with gilt title dulled at spine. Spine lightly rubbed. Internally, owner bookplate inside front cover and inscription at ffep.

New Bedford, Mass: Published by the Class of 1852, 1909. Corrected copy of the memorial speeches to Daniel Coit Gilman (1831 - 1908), Yale class of 1852, founder of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, the third president of the University of California, first president of Johns Hopkins University, and founding president of the Carnegie Institution. The volume includes annotations and additions of Ephraim Cutter, as well as a presentation inscription by him. Ephraim Cutter (1832 - 1917), was an American physician and Yale graduate (class 1852) recognized for his inventions of a wide range of surgical instruments, his work in laryngology, and his discovery of the tuberculosis test for cattle. The inscription reads, "In Memoriam fr Jacob Cooper to Prof Lane Cooper, compliments of Y 1852 acad, E. Cutter, [illegible] West Falmouth, Mass 1910 Jan 13". Large thin 8vo, 39pp. Black gilt cloth, title in gilt at front board, no title at spine. Front board & spine faintly sunned; internally… Read More

New York: G. & R. Waite, 189x. Sml. 8vo, 288pp, 1pp ads. Old calf worn, front hinge loose. Henry W. Eastman's copy, signed with his bookplate.