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Elmira, NY: Gazette Co., Printers, 1884. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 36 pages. 9" x 5.75" Lists board of education members, faculty , students, and courses of study for each of the four years, along with duties of principal as well as teachers and students, and rules and regulations.

Dakota, Illinois: College of Northern Illinois, 1892. Original manuscript. Very Good. Printed form, accomplished by hand, reporting Bobb's grades in Algebra, American History, Greek, Latin, and English History, for the term ending 29 November 1892. Signed by H.L. Beam, President. Accompanied by seven (7) excuses from compulsory Chapel, the reasons written in pencil and signed by Dwight Bobb. In the original mailing envelope addressed to Dr. D.B. Bobb of Dakota, Illinois. "The Interior Academy of Northern Illinois, formerly known as the Northern Illinois College, was founded in Dakota in 1881, under the leadership of the Rev. Frank C. Wetzel, pastor of the Reformed church of Dakota. Rev. Wetzel conducted the work for six years and then left ... The academy has since been presided over by Professor W. W. Chandler, Rev. H. L. Beam...." (History of Dakota Township by Addison Fulwider, 1910). Dr. D.B. Bobb emigrated from Pennsylvania to Illinois with his parents in 1845, was graduated from Chicago… Read More

Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1860. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 17pp. Bound in printed gray wrappers, sewn. 9" x 5.75" Dr. Wood was Professor of the Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Drs. Shorb and LaRoche authored a number of other papers in their field.

Hamilton, (O.): Printed by James B. Camron, opposite the Court House, 1825. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 25pp, errata on final page. Begins: "Today, we are assembled, as the patrons and friends of literature, to aid an infant seminary, whose birth has been involved in a long night of numerous and almost appalling difficulties....Here, lately a wilderness, has the sun of science began [sic] to dawn....When our situation this day is compared with that of Oxford in Old England or with that of Camridge of New England, we are the rough and poverty stricken and the half tutored barbarians...." Sewn signatures, untrimmed and unopened as issued. 9" x 6" Miami University of Ohio has been called the Yale of the Early West. [American Imprints 21440].

London: Hamilton, Adams and Co, 1844. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 48pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5" The author admonishes seminary graduates and new ministers to pay attention to classical studies and philosophy, refers to the "at last successful battle for the emancipation of the negro slave" in the Colonies, &c. [WorldCat locates four library holdings in the US.].

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (xii, 188); frontispiece and three plates from photographs. Bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine. 7" x 4.5" A readable study of boy gangs and their activities in early 20th-century Boston.

Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1895. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 8pp, piano music, 3/4-time in five flats. Four small piercings along spine. 13.75" x 10.5" "Dedicated to Alma Mater, `Old Amherst the True.'" The decorative cover includes a photographic view of The Old Chapel Tower from across the Amherst College campus. [This sheet music is from the estate of Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer Douglas Moore, with an ancestor's name stamped on the cover.].

Boston: William Collier and Lincoln & Edmands, 1829. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp, including Appendix. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5.25" Babcock was associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Salem. The Appendix here comprises the Constitution of the Education Society of Young Men of Boston, formed in 1819. [American Imprints 37531].

New Haven: Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1870. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 21pp. Printed paper covers. 9.25" x 5.75" Emory Washburn (1800-1877) served as Governor of Massachusetts, 1854-1855, and wrote a number of legal treatises. He taught at Harvard, was instrumental in the founding of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, &c.

London: Printed by John Hasler, 1846. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 31pp. Contains the texts of eight papers, including: On the Separation of the Literary and the Theological Course, by Rev. F.W. Gotch; The Practicability and Expediency of Requiring All Students to Pay, at Least, for Their Board, by Rev. B. Davies; Theological Education in Germany and America, by Rev. B. Davies; etc. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5.25" [WorldCat reports holdings at only Brown U and Oxford U.].

Hanover [NH]: Printed by W.A. Patten, 1842. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 28pp. Includes establishment of the library, gathering local periodicals, deceased fellows and members, etc. Bound in printed green wrappers, corners chipped. Signature of Samuel Fletcer, Esq at top of cover. 9" x 5.5" [American Imprints 42-3794. Sabin 2012. WorldCat locates three holdings of this first report: Columbia U, Indiana U, U Florida.].

Princeton, NJ, 1909. Original edition. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. Large folio, 4pp, printed on heavy stock. Several front-page stories, including: "Remains Unearthed--Excavation for Sage Dormitory Results in Expected Recovery of Fitz Randolph Graves." Contains several dozen interesting ads for services and products appealing to Ivy League undergrads of the day, such as tailor-made shirts and suits, "college footwear," billiards, bed linens, Turkish cigarettes, restaurants, photographer, &c. Two original folds; opens to 17.5" x 11.75

Boston: James Munroe, 1853. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 100pp; tied signatures. Printed self-wrappers; light edge-chipping. 9.25" x 5.75" Choate, attorney-general of Massachusetts at the time, here recalls the life and accomplishments of his fellow lawyer and Dartmouth grad, Daniel Webster.

Boston: Albert J. Wright, State Printer, 1876. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. (30)pp. 9.25" x 5.75" Presentation copy. Written at top of cover: "Hon. Emory Washburn / Compliments of Gardiner Tufts / Visiting Agent." This report includes: Seeking Places for Children; Children Supported by Cities and Towns; Adoption, and Miscellaneous Work; &c.

Hanover: Published by Vote of the Class, 1861. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 44pp. 9.5" x 5.75" Contents: Oration by William W. Colburn; Poem by Henry J. Crippen; Class Chronicles by Joseph V. Chase; Prophecies by Ned Davis; Ode by George W. Estabrook; Address to the President by John P. Olney. Several of the men went on to serve as officers in the Civil War.

various places: EAIA, 1944. First Editions. Softcover. Very Good. The 16 items, dated 1944-1973, are: 6 issues of "The Chronicle," an illustrated journal, 1944-1972 passim; 6 membership directories, 1965-1973; four memorabilia from annual meetings at Monroe (NY), Old Sturbridge, and the Essex Institute. "The Chronicle" averages 16 pages per issue and contains well-researched articles on early American industries, with drawings and photos. Various sizes.

Burlington, VT: Free Press Print, 1856. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 52pp. 9" x 5.75" Association copy. Written at top of cover: "Hon. E. Washburn / with respects of W.S. Neill." Emory Washburn (1800-1877) served as Governor of Massachusetts, 1854-1855, and wrote a number of legal treatises. He was instrumental in the founding of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. [Gilman, Bibliography of Vermont, 194.].

Columbia, S.C.: Printed by I.C. Morgan, 1842. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 20pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper; few spots of foxing on first two leaves. 8.25" x 5.25" Discusses the curriculum of theological training. Proposed in 1821 as an academy to train young ministers, the first operating funds raised were $25 in 1824. It is now Furman University. [American Imprints 42-4264].

Cincinnati: Lodge, L'Hommedieu & Co., Printers, 1835. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 14pp, disbound, paper remnant along spine. 8.75" x 5.25" [American Imprints 35464].

Medford, Massachusetts: Jackson College, 1923. Original editions. Printed self-wrappers. Good. Five printed items, 4 pages each, 8vo to 16mo. Includes: Pen, Paint & Pretzels presents a Three-Act Comedy ("The Champion") in the Jackson Gymnasium, 1923; "The Wisdom of Neptune" Operetta in three acts, 1926; "The Playboy of the Western World" by J.M. Synge, Jackson Gymnasium, 1927; The Masque of Jackson College presents "Will Shakespeare" an Invention by Clemence Dane, 1926; Repertory of the Musical Clubs of Tufts College, programme, 1926-1927; Annual Freshman-Junion Dance, 1925 (dance card with tassell and signtures).