DEAFNESS

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[Offprint.] Upon a Method of Teaching Language to a Very Young Congenitally Deaf Child. By Alexander Graham Bell, Ph.D.

Author: 
Alexander Graham Bell, Ph.D. [The American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb]
Publication details: 
Third edition. Extracted, by permission, from the American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, April, 1883, vol. xxviii, pp.124-139. Washington, D. C. Gibson Brothers, Printers. 1886.
£250.00

16pp., 8vo. Including full-page facsimile 'Specimen of Impromptu Conversation' and of 'the plan, recommended by George Dalgarno, of writing the alphabet upon a glove'. In grey card wraps. In good condition, on aged paper, with label and stamp of the Science & Art Department of the Educational Library on the front cover. In tasteful modern grey paper wraps with white printed label on front. No copies of this third edition on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat (but a total of fourteen copies of the first edition).

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[Offprint.] Fallacies concerning the deaf, and the Influence of these Fallacies in preventing the Amelioration of their Condition. [...] With remarks by Dr. E. M. Gallaudet and Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard.

Author: 
Alexander Graham Bell; Dr. E. M. Gallaudet; Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard [The Philosophical Society of Washington; The American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb]
Publication details: 
An Address delivered before the Philosophical Society of Washington, October 27, 1883. Reprinted from the American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb for January, 1884. Washington D.C. Gibson Brothers, Printers. 1884.
£350.00

39pp., 8vo. Front cover of printed wraps present, with 'With the Author's Compliments' printed in top left-hand corner. In fair condition, lightly-aged, with shelfmarks, label and stamp of the Science & Art Department of the Education Library. In tasteful modern quarter-bound boards of light and dark grey paper, with white printed label on front.

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[Printed pamphlet.] On Reading as a Means of Teaching Language to the Deaf by Alexander Graham Bell.

Author: 
Alexander Graham Bell [National Conference of Superintendents and Principals of Institutions for the Deaf; Mississippi Institution, Jackson]
Publication details: 
An Address delivered before the sixth National Conference of Superintendents and Principals of Institutions for the Deaf held at the Mississippi Institution, Jackson, Miss., April 14-17, 1888. Washington: Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders. 1889.
£350.00

7pp., 8vo. With front cover of grey printed wraps. In good condition, on aged paper, with label and stamp of the Science & Art Department of the Educational Library, London on front cover. In tasteful modern grey paper wraps with white printed label on front. Epigram beneath title: 'I would have a deaf child read books in order to learn the language, instead of learning the language in order to read books.' Uncommon: no copy on COPAC and nine copies (all in American libraries, including three at Harvard) on OCLC WorldCat.

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[Printed book.] Des Sourds-Muets. Introduction a l'Étude Médicale et Philosophique de la Surdi-Mutité.

Author: 
M.-E. Hubert-Valleroux [Marcellin Émile Hubert-Valleroux (c.1812-1884)], Docteur en Medecine de la Faculte de Paris, Membre de la Societe Medico-Pratique, etc.
Publication details: 
Paris: Librairie de Victor Masson, Place de l'École-de-Médecine. 1853. [Imprimerie de Gustave Gratiot, 30, rue Mazarine.]
£100.00

viii + 126pp., 8vo. In good condition, on aged paper, in modern brown cloth binding, with title in gilt on front board. With stamps and shelfmarks of the Science Museum Science & Art Department Educational Library, and Board of Education Reference Library, London, stamped "Reserve stock". French text. Scarce: only two copies listed on OCLC WorldCat.

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[Pamphlet] "The Proper Adjustment of Methods in the Education of the Deaf" [Read at the World's Congress of Instructors of the Deaf, Chicago, 1893]

Author: 
Edward M. Gallaudet, President of the National Deaf-Mute College
Publication details: 
[1893]
£120.00

Not bound, 8pp, 8vo, label of Education Department. Reference Library on back page, punch-hole top left, stamps on front, top edges chipped, edges grubby, text clear and complete. Two copies recorded on WorldCat (RIT Library and Calgary).

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[Pamphlet] "Values in the Education of the Deaf" [Read at the Seventh Conference of Principals and Superintendents of American Institutions for the Education of he Dear, held at Colorado Springs, Colo., August 7-11, 1892

Author: 
Edward M. Gallaudet, President of the National Deaf-Mute College
Publication details: 
Colorado Springs, Colo., The Index Print, 1893.
£120.00

Original brown paper wraps, 20pp, 8vo, label of Education Department. Reference Library on back page, punch-hole top left, stamps on front, good condition, text clear and complete. Two copies recorded on WorldCat (Edinburgh Unoiv. and Harvard).

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[Printed pamphlet.] Proceedings of the Twelfth Convention of the Empire State Association of Deaf-Mutes, held in the City Hall, Rochester, N. Y., August 29-30, 1888.

Author: 
[The Empire State Association of Deaf-Mutes, New York.]
Publication details: 
Rome, N. Y. [New York] Printed at the Register Office. 1888.
£120.00

48pp., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. With stamp and label of the Educational Library, Science & Art Department, London. Disbound, and with printed front wrap only on light-blue paper. Scarce: no copies on OCLC WorldCat or COPAC.

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