Education from R & A Petrilla

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… Read more

Canal Dover, Ohio: Seibert Printing, 1907. Original document. Softcover. Fine. (8)pp. printed in sepia ink; vignette illustrations. Bound in pictorial, embossed card covers, tied, 5" x 3.5". On the front is a photo of the teacher, with an American flag, books, globe, and lamp of learning. The memento of the 1907 school year lists Gertrude… Read more

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].

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… Read more

Philadelphia: E.C. & J. Biddle, 1850. First Edition. Very Good. 66pp. Contents: Constitution of the American Association for the Advancement of Education; Report of the committee on evening schools; Report by Samuel M . Hamill, A.M., of Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Report by R. L. Cooke, of New Jersey; A report by the… Read more

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… Read more

New Haven, Conn: Yale Business College, 1887. Original manuscript. Softcover. Very Good. Folio. Contains 12pp full of handwritten invoices to various persons and companies, dated March and April, 1887. Details items sold and prices for various textiles, including silks, cashmere, cottons, calico, plaids, etc. "Written by J.C. Buck & Co." inked on front cover. … Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

Portland: Printed at the Argus Office, 1820. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 34pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5.25" [American Imprints 711].

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… Read more

Andover [MA]: Warren F. Draper, 1850. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very Good. pp: 26, (2). Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5" Park asserts that more colleges and professional schools "are needed, especially in our Western States, to resist the encroachments of foreigners upon those great… Read more

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… Read more

1893. Good. Photograph mounted on cabinet card, 6" x 8", titled in ink: Friends' Select School - June 16, 1893. Below the photo are two rows of numbers, corresponding to the 14 young women and one young man in the group. On the verso, each graduate is identified by name, with the photographer's notation, "Taken… Read more

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… Read more

Washington DC: GPO, 1883. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 30pp. Bound in printed wrappers; slight tanning to left side of cover. 9" x 5.75"

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.

Princeton: Princeton U Press, 1914. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. 35pp. Bound in cloth-backed printed boards; light spots on spine. 9.25" x 6.25" The author was a member of the Class of 1848.

Princeton / London: Princeton U Press / Oxford U Press, 1919. First Edition. Original Cloth & Boards. Very Good. pp: viii, 87. Blue cloth and printed gray boards; some foxing to edges of text block. 7.75" x 5.25"

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.