Berlin: Senator für Jugend und Sport, (1964). Softcover. Collection of 1 filmstrip, 10 original photographs, 4 vinyl records, 6 booklets, and 4 newspapers relating to the 'proper political view and education' of youth in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) in East Germany. All items are resting in sturdy 12 1/4"... More
NP: NP, 1934–1936. First edition. Softcover. Various seizes and formats. Collection of some thirty ephemera and documents, including original photographs, relating to the German-British Youth Exchange in the mid 1930s. The exchange programs between Germany and England were initiated in 1934 and discontinued in 1939. This private collection contains pertinent... More
Berlin: R. Duhrkoop, 1907. R. Duhrkoop. Softcover. Elephant folio. 8 pp., sixty-two plates in photogravure (images are approx. 6.5" x 9"), one mounted photo and one original mounted photo with letter, poster and text. Text lists division of all professors by school, including architecutre, physical engineering, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, chemistry... More
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Baden-Baden: Oscar Schellbach-Verlag, 1957. First edition. softcover. Signed by author on title page of first volume and each sleeve of long playing records. Small Folio. 12 vols. at ca. 500pp, 12 long playing records. Original blue quarter cloth over textured blue wraps with gilt-stamped lettering on cover accompanied by 12... More
Berlin: Konkordia-Schule Spandau, 1961. Softcover, Hardcover. Octavo, unpaginated. Two of the copies in quarto, 29 (6)pp. Original string bound color illustrated wraps with brown handwritten lettering on cover and two string bound blue cloth over glossy color illustrated paper covered boards. 35 handwritten accounts and one original drawing for each... More
Prague: E. W. Enders, 1825. Ex-Library. Softcover. Octavo. 183 (4) pp. Original stiff marbled wraps. Educational guidance for children to achieve physical and moral well-being presented by the author, a medical doctor and dietitian. Includes marriage counseling, advice for the elderly for their enjoyment of life, and general advice for... More
Flensburg: Verlag von Deutschlands Großloge II des I. O. G. T. 1905. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 8pp. Original artistic blue and white color washed paper wrappers with emblem and lettering in black on cover. Lecture on the relation of alcohol and art by Prof. Peter Behrens based on the research... More
Cambridge: Printed by Roger Daniel for John Williams, 1642. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. (12) 441pp. Rebound in brown leather with gilt lettering on label and heal of spine; raised bands. Marbled edges. Engraved title page followed by engraved plate of the Prince of Wales' feathers and second title page... More
New York: Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, 1925. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 136pp. Original gray stiff wraps with black ruling and lettering on cover and spine, protected in modern mylar. Publisher's device on title page. Modern Child Care Series Monograph No. 1. Manual for the purpose of guiding and directing... More
Strasßburg: Chef der Zivilverwaltung im Elsaß, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 37 pp. Original illustrated wraps with brown lettering on cover. Curriculum for the school yer 1940/41 issued by the Department for School and National Education in Elsaß. Contains 8 foldouts for each year of primary school, each with detailed... More
Hamburg: Verlag von Deutschlands Großloge II, c. 1910-1912. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 32pp. Original gray wrappers with black lettering on cover. Introduction and orientation to the effects of alcohol on artistic creativity, including an analysis of the effect on the viewer, the observer of art. The basis for Elster's analysis... More
Leipzig: Hahn & Co, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 40,56,[2]pp. Original quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards. Color frontispiece, illustrated title-page. Cover and title-page illustration are b/w reproductions of drawings by Fried Wittber. Binding protected by modern mylar. Late 1920's hand coloring book for German pre-school and elementary students. Illustrated... More
Columbus: Samuel Medary, State Printer, 1844. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. Double-page plate, 39 (1)pp. Original string-bound wraps with black lettering on cover. Double-page frontispiece, Manual Alphabet. Contains Report of Trustees, Report of the Superintendent, listing of American Institutions for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, from their last... More
Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Arbeitsfront, ND (ca 1938). First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 22, [2]pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black lettering on front cover. This booklet was published by the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labor Front), the National Socialist trade union organization which replaced the various trade unions of the Weimar Republic... More
Rome: Laboremus, 1939. Small 8vo. 64pp. There is slight creasing and chipping along the edges of the covers. Very light rubbing along the spine. A discussion of the educational system in Italy and the change in this system due to the fascists. Includes photographs and statistics. Very good condition. More
Paris: Edite par les Soins de la Revue d'Histoire Moderne, 1936. Softcover. 8vo. 240pp. Original wrappers. Page edges untrimmed. Slip laid in to free front endpaper: "With the compliments of Harvard University. Cambridge University". Booklet summarizing the [French] book in English, with order form at end, laid in at free... More
Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. 416 pp. Illustrated profusely w/color photographs by Seikyo Shimbun. Text in English and Japanese. Tan silk patterned boards w/black text imprinted on cover and spine. Photographs and texts describe the mission and projects of the International Value-Creating Society and document Ikeda's travels and public... More
Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. 39 (1)pp. Original gray wraps with illustrated border and b/w lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Beautifully color illustrated first mathematics book for the elementary school in Germany. The color illustrated part of 32 pages contains numerous different... More
New York: Industrial Extension Institute, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper. Octavo. xvi, 445pp. Bound in modern green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Factory Extension Institute title page with logo. Factory Management Course volume 7. Early work on "man-management" covering employment... More
Los Angeles: Geo, Rice & Sons, n/d. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Half cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Wear to edges and corners. Discoloration and staining to boards. Signed by previous owner. Los Angeles High School Yearbook of 1901. Delightfully illustrated with b/w reproductions... More
Los Angeles: NP, n/d. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. White cloth illustrated in blue. Corners rubbed. Discoloration and staining to boards. Minor abrasions to inside of front-, and rear boards. Signed by previous owner on free front endpaper. Los Angeles High School Yearbook of Summer 1902. Delightfully illustrated with b/w reproductions of... More
Los Angeles: NP, n/d. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Half cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards. Some tearing and chipping on spine. Wear to edges and corners. Minor discoloration and staining to boards. Los Angeles High School Yearbook of Winter 1902. Delightfully illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and drawings. One loose color... More
Berlin: A. W. Zickfeldt, 1939. First edition. Hardback. Quarto. 79 (1) pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over beige cloth with gilt illustration on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Basic curriculum of first four years drawing and craft education in elementary school. Profusely illustrated with b/w drawings. The foreword, invoking the... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1885. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXX, 333, [1], [3]pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. The present work is a captivating survey of the German Universities for the last 50 years between 1835 and 1885. It forms the second part of... More
Zurich: Schulamt der Stadt Zürich [Education authority of the city of Zürich], 1939. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 140pp. Followed by 72 pages of b/w photographs. Tan wrappers with black lettering to cover. Staining, scuffing and rubbing to wrappers. 1" tear to left bottom cover (next to spine). Translation: Municipal Schools... More