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Author, Title, Summary Price
Henry Blanc, author of "A narrative of captivity in Abyssinia : with some account of the late emperor Theodore, his country and people" (1868

[Henry Blanc, M.D., captive in Abyssinia] Signature with subscription of letter "H. Blanc"

Piece of paper cut from letter, c.10 x 3.5cm, good condiiton. Part of text, posibly about travels, survives on verso, "town incur such a large [expenditure?] - on such a secondary question as good drinking water. I told him we would [word lost] him, his action being". On the recto, the...

£28.00
Friedrich Bloh, Hauptlehrer in Hamburg

[Pamphlet; education] Zur Reform des Unterrichtswesens mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Mädchenschule.

48pp., 8vo. In brown printed wraps, good condition. Three copies on OCLC WorldCat.

£35.00
George Clint, (1770-1854), portrait painter and engraver

[George Clint, artist] Autograph Note Signed "Geo Clint" (with a twirl) to publishers, Vernor Hood & Sharp

One page, 12mo, bifolium, sl crumpled and stained, small closed tear in middle, text clear and complete. "Gentn.| Please to send me the Cash for the last Number (£5..00) and also a copy on octavo." Clint was obviously contributing to something (perhaps a periodical) but I don't know what.

£56.00
[University of Oxford]

[Printed bifolium] Notes on the academic history of Oxford since the Commission of 1877.

Dated in manuscript at head: 'G. E. M. | 16. v. 1907'. 4pp., foolscap 8vo. Bifolium. Apparently printed at the Clarendon Press with the Fell types. Sections on 'New Buildings', 'University Professors, Lecturers, and Readers', 'Honour Schools', 'Courses of Study: Diplomas', 'The Professions', '...

£120.00
[The Women's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Service Problem (London)]

[Pamphlet; women] Report of the Women's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Service Problem together with Reports by Sub-committees on Training, Machinery of Distribution, Organisation and Conditions. ('Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majes

36pp., 8vo. Stapled, good condition. Four copies on COPAC.

£45.00
Clarence John Blake, Professor of Otology, Harvard University

[Pamphlet; education] The Spirit of a Profession. Read before the Members of the Alumni Association of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics at their Summer Session, 1905. (Boston: Published by the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. [c.1905.])

15pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps, good. No copy on COPAC.

£45.00
[The War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry (London)]

[Book; women] Report of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry. (Appendices printed in separate Volume.) ('Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.'

x + 341pp., 8vo. In blue printed wraps. With stained title and wraps repaired with brown paper, otherwise in fair condition, lightly aged and worn.

£40.00
[The Federation of University Women]

[Pamphlet; education] [The Federation of University Women, 11 Tavistock Square, W.C.1 (London)] - Annual Report July 1st, 1917.

35pp., 12mo. Heavily worn, with punch-hole in corner. No copy on COPAC.

£56.00
[The Girls' Public Day School Trust, Limited (London)]

[Pamphlets; girls' education] The Girls' Public Day School Trust, Limited (London) Reports and other material

57 items, comprising: ONE. Run of 56 issues of the Trust's reports, 1892-1949 (lacking issues for 1906, 1922, 1931). Each issue designed to be foldable like a deed into a narrow packet, with title printed at right angles to text for purpose. Until 1939 foolscap 8vo, varying in length from 12pp....

£650.00
[The Association of Head Mistresses]

[Pamphlets] [The Association of Head Mistresses, 29 Gordon Square, London (Misses R. Young, M. E. Martin and G. Durden Smith, secretaries)] - 26 items, 1923-1957.

Comprising: ONE. An unbroken run of 18 issues of the Association's reports from 1923 to 1940, with the three issues for 1945, 1953-1954 and 1956-1957 (including a duplicate of the 1931 issue. TWO. Four issues of 'List of Members, Committees and Representatives' (each including 'Proceedings of...

£400.00
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