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John Pascoe (1820-1889) of Veryan (and latterly Castle Rise, Claremont, Truro), Cornish poet and Wesleyan minister

[John Pascoe of Veryan, Cornish poet.] Two autograph volumes of transcriptions of original poems, made on the eve of his death for Mrs Ball of the City Hotel, Truro, with extensive biographical notes for her, and a letter of presentation.

The two volumes contain transcriptions of a total of 65 original autograph poems, most of them unpublished, with extensive explanatory and biographical notes (sometimes running to several pages) composed especially for the recipient of the volumes, Mrs Ball of the City Hotel, Truro. In two...

£1,600.00
J. J. Findlay [Professor Joseph John Findlay, Director, The Fielden Demonstration School; Manchester University]

[Printed pamphlet; Manchester University] The Fielden Demonstration School. Interim Report to the Committee and the Subscribers, Presented by Professor Findlay, the Director of the School.

7pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples. Shelfmark, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Subtitles: 'Premises', Staff', 'School Arrangements', 'Corporate Life of the School', 'Method of Practice for Students', 'Course of Study', '...

£60.00
Hugh Arnold and Dudley Heath, Hon. Secretaries, The Junior Art-Workers' Guild [The Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London; Board of Education Library]

[Prospectus printed by the Chiswick Press.] The Junior Art-Workers' Guild. What it is - and where it stands. An Appeal to Craftsmen.

7 + [1]pp., 8vo. In grey-green printed wraps, with vignette and title on cover. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with loose stitching. Light pencil annotation in margins. Shelfmark, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Subtitles: 'Early History of the...

£120.00
Hon. W. T. Harris [William Torrey Harris] (1835-1909), LL.D., United States Commissioner of Education, American educator and lexicographer; Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), Columbia University, New

[Hon. William Torrey Harris, United States Commissioner of Education; Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University, New York.] Volume containing thirteen offprints and pamphlets on education, including eleven by.Harris and one by Butler.

The thirteen items bound in a modern grey buckram binding with shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. The pamphlets in good condition, on aged paper, in worn binding, with last item disbound. Each pamphlet numbered in red ink at head of title-page, the first with a...

£300.00
Gaspard, Baron Gourgaud [Gaspar Gourgaud] (1783-1852), French soldier who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to St Helena; Sydney Gillard; Norman Edwards; Napoléon Gourgaud (1881-1944), connoisseur

[Gaspar, Baron Gourgaud.] Typescript of 'Napoleon The Prisoner of St. Helena. By General Baron Gourgaud' (published with deletions as 'The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud'). With autograph notes by Edwards and ALS from a later Baron.

732pp, 4to, with the translation proper (paginated to 654), preceded Edwards's introduction (35pp, including five pages of 'references') and a section on 'The Gorgaud Problem' (42pp), the later featuring as an appendix (pp.337-356) in the printed version. Each page is typed on a separate leaf,...

£1,500.00
Froebel Educational Institute, Colet Gardens, Talgarth Road, West Kensington, London, W14

[Printed items; Women's teacher training college] Eight Prospectuses and related material

All items 4to, unbound, fold marks, some dusting, label of "Board of Education" on back page, with Library stamp of first page, with some handwritten information. Item 1. Prospectus for The Training College for Teachers, 4pp., with enclosure(loose) of a list of "Posts obtained by Students, who...

£220.00
[The National Union of Women Teachers, London; The Burnham Proposals, 1944]

[Printed handbill.] The Burnham Proposals, 1944. Memorandum issued by the National Union of Women Teachers for consideration by - Members of Parliament; and Members of Local Education Authorities.

2pp., 8vo. Handbill. In fair condition, on aged, creased and worn paper. Shelfmarks (of the Board of Education Reference Library, London). Discussing the proposals: 'Differentiation on Account of Sex', 'Differentiation on Account of the Age of Pupils', 'Differentiation on Account of Area' and '...

£50.00
[The University of Leeds, England; women's education; teaching]

[Printed prospectus.] The University of Leeds. Training of Women Teachers for Secondary Schools.

4pp., 8vo. In grey-green printed wraps. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples. Shelfmark, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. The pamphlet can be roughly dated from the fact that Michael E. Sadler is named as Vice-Chancellor, a post he occupied between...

£50.00
[Cherwell Hall, Training College for Women Secondary Teachers, Oxford; St Hilda's College, Oxford; Catherine Isabella Dodd (1860-1932), educationalist]

[Printed prospectus, with photographic illustrations.] Cherwell Hall, Oxford. Training College for Women Secondary Teachers.

[16]pp., landscape 12mo. With nine full-page photographic views ('Cherwell Hall - South East View', 'The Gateway', 'Cherwell Hall - The South Lawn', 'Porch at Front Door', 'The Entrance Hall', 'The Library, Cherwell Hall', 'The Iris Walk', 'A View in the Grounds, Cherwell Hall, showing Magdalen...

£60.00
[Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London]

[Two printed prospectuses, both titled.] Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, London. Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, S.W.7.

Both items 10pp., 12mo, and uniform in brown printed wraps. In good condition, lightly-aged with rusty staples, stamp and shelfmarks of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Identical in layout, and including 'List of Professors', 'Examiners in Diction | 1910-1917', 'List of those...

£100.00
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