Very nice, clean catalog for this Virginia Christian military academy designed to prepare boys for college. Spiral bound to lie flat and brown pebbled boards with gilt to face. Measures 8"x11" and has 117 pages. No names or wriiting and pristine pages -- high quality coated paper. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs. Curiously, there is no date, but the President of the school at this time was Colonel James Caldwell Wicker who in 1950 as head of Fork Union made a splash in educational circles with a new type of curriculum. Th s appears to be from the 50's also, but l... View More...
Clean blue card cover printed in back with gold medallion stating the year of 1940. Tied with gold cording and tassel. Measures 5"x7-3/4" and is likewise clean inside. In addition to the usual signatures and filled-in info about the class, there is a charming array of calling cards each slipped into its own designed spot -- a total of 14. At the back there is also a special pocket for momentos in which is found a handwritten menu for the class banquet which was held at the Lake Shore Hotel. In addition to pertinent info about the event, there is also a crisp folded coaster from the hot... View More...
Very nice book -- clean and tightly bound. Pages pristine -- cover shows toning at edges, flat corner creases to both front corners and two tiny edge tears. Published to present information on the production of "Whistling In the Dark", a play produced and acted by the Periwig Club, the upcoming "Prom" or Promenade as it was called, and the state of the various athletics departments. Includes drawings, bios of the cast, a Periwig history, and large full-page photographs of Headmaster and Mrs. Heely, the basketball team and coaches, leaders of the Periwig Club, the swim team, the... View More...
Tightly bound and very clean with nice beveled edge to both boards. Brown cloth shows small bit of wear to corners and to crown and tail of spine, but no cracking to hinges, either fornt or back. Pages are also very clean with very light overall foxing to two blank pages at fornt and back. Eells was a 19th century American philosopher, essayist ,and orator who founded the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity in 1832 at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Book offers biographical information, the story of the fraternity, a copy of an address given by him at Miami University on the study of the classi... View More...
Beautiful book, spiral bound to lie flat. Comprised of large photos -- many full page -- with captions which collectively trace the history of Marrietta College located in Ohio's Washington County. All photos are in black and white and printed on glossy, quality paper. Book measures 9-1/4" tall and 12-1/2" across. Other than a small bit of corner wear, it's clean and nice with no names or writing. 97 pages. View More...
A very nice and very early issue of The Harvard Illustrated Magazine -- only the second of the first volume to be published. Measures 7-1/2"x9-3/4" and is very clean and tightly bound. Faults are confined to a small bit of wear to tail of spine, a snipped corner at upper back. a crease and softening to lower back corner, and a bit of paper from the cover adhered to first page near gutter. Pristine cover and pages. Illustrated nicely with photographs and art including a full page color image of the American flag and two other works of art sporting a color wash. Main article topics inc... View More...
A very scarce and interesting bit of ephemera. The main booklet (No. 344-A) is oversized at 8-1/2"x11". It is very clean and tightly bound. Only defect is faint dampstain and some mild crinkling to very bottom edge of pages, affecting a height of less than half an inch. Illustrated nicely with drawings and several black and white photographs with text -- 24 pages. Also laid in is a leaflet, also produced by Holophane entitled "Computation of Proper Wire Size Based On Delivering Rated Voltage to the Lamps Instead of Safe Current Capacity of Wires." Also includes a color page la... View More...
ITEM # 8500 FIFTY YEARS OF BUCHTEL 1870 - 1920 A.L. SPANTON EDITOR PUB 1922 BY BUCHTEL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 446 PGS HARD BACK THE STORY OF THE FOUNDING AND DEVELOPMET BUCHTEL COLLEGE , THE FORERUNNER OF AKRON UNIVERSITY IN AKRON OHIO BOOK IN FINE CONDITION , NO D.J. [ OHIO ] View More...
THE TITLE TELLS IT ALL THESE ARE THE RULES COMPILED BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FOR MAKING TITLE AND AUTHOR IN THE LIBRARY'S CARD CATALOG IN THE PRE COMPUTER DAYS PUB . 1908 BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT RED BOARDS SHOW VERY LITE RUBBING View More...
Very handsome book, pristine inside and out. No names or writing other than the SIGNATURE and inscription of the author on the title page. It reads thus, "To ----'s Daddy with my best wishes, Steve Benson." The book opens with a chapter by Martin Crossley Evans who worte the history of the school's early beginnings. The rest os covered by Benson, relete with numerous black and white photographs. The school pulled back from the classical mode to open a new kind of school which focused on modern languages and sciences. Book measures 8-1/2" x 11-1/2" and has 168 pages. Dustjacket will arrive in ... View More...
Book itself is clea nand tightly bound with no cracks to hinges and pristine pages throughout. Former owner wrote his name and the date 1950 on the front free endpaper. The author wrote on the title page at top thus: "With every good wish, Romeyn Berry." The dustjacket paper is still crips, but edges of white endflap-s are browned a bitand there ischipt to bother corners to all four corners at front and one at back (see photos), but looks very handsome in brand new mylar. Book is a memoir of college and university life filled with anecdotes, nostalgia, and plain solid reporting. 337 p... View More...
I somehow missed this book when it came out, but it's a great read. It's about a a young professor, the author, who took 17 students on a sleep-over bus as part of Hofstra University's traveling course, Art and Culture Across America. This was the maiden voyage and it included reading 12 books by great American writers, saw Bob Dylan in Seattle, gambled at a Vegas casino, danced to Bourbon Street jazz in New Orleans, visited Elvis Presley's Graceland and William Faulkner's Rowan Oak. But that wasn't all -- they meditated at a Buddhist college, branded cattle, hiked the Rockies rode the rapids... View More...
Very clean inside and out with virtually no wear and no names or writing. Measures just 4-1/4"x5-1/2" and is well illustraed with black and white photographs of various types of school architecture -- actual buildings from around the U.S.. Text is divided into five chapters: preliminary requirements, the building, the classroom, special rooms, and heating and ventilating. 287 pages, plus back matter. View More...
Crisp, clean book, pristine inside and out and with no names or writing. Measures 9"x11-1/2" and has 325 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, some vintage. Bookmark from school bookshop laid-in. A detailed history. View More...
Crisp, beautiful copy with just small spots of isolated edgewear. Not commonly found. A compilation of 15 opening convocations by Henry Copeland who served as president of Wooster College in Wooster, Ohio from 19977 to 1995. Also includes his innaugural address. 171 pages. View More...
Everything about this book is clean and bright with no defects of note. The jacket will arrive in a brand new mylar cover. The author SIGNED on the title page with no inscription. At first glance I thought it might be useful for historic reference and the evolution of college. But it is much more than that. It's a book to keep with memories of the college clubs, "Animal House Antics". college publications, sports, and more. he book measures 6-1/4" x 9-1/2" with 220 pages.Lots of names in the back of the book. View More...
ITEM # 7864 STEPPING FORTH INTO THE WORLD BY EDWARD J.M. RHOADS PUB BY HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS 2011 312 PGS 6 X 9 CARD STOCK COVER THE STORY OF THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES 1872-81 . 120 CHINESE BOYS SENT TO NEW ENGLAND TO LIVE AND STUDY FOR 10 YEARS . BOOK IN FINE CONDITION [ WORLD HISTORY ] View More...
A very nice clean book with no names or writing and no bumps to boards. Printed on a cream colored paper and illustrated throughout with documents and photos. The book traces the history of the first such school in the Western Reserve of Ohio, even predating Oberlin College, and follows it through to 1981. In the begimnning the school was lauded for its location which was miles from a grocery or srinking establishment and had about it an aura of religiousity. The school opened its doors to girls in 1972 and six arrived. 171 pages. View More...
Crisp NEW two volume set. Clean as a whistle inside and out with original advertising from author/publisher laid-in. An insider's look at school days in Lakewood, Ohio. Illustrated with great photos, posed and candid, and school ephemera. Much text consisting od a little history and a lot of memories from those who'd been there over the years. Books measure 8-1/2"x12" and have 695 pages collectively. View More...
I've been buying Ohioana since 1987 and I only now found this title. The schoolgirl look on the cover caught my eye, though I was surprised that it was about education in New Phildelphia. Yes, it's a serious look at the evolution of a school system. But there's good history in here too -- the part apout Union School and its fire and the story of the 1450 pound school bell. The book mesures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 132 pages. There are also many historic photographs and graphs View More...
