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[Pamphlet.] The Result of the Neglect of Religious Instruction in Elementary Schools. An Address delivered at the Folkestone Church Congress, Wednesday, October 5th, 1892.

Author: 
Rev. B. F. Smith, Archdeacon of Maidstone [The Church Congress]
Publication details: 
Reprinted from the Official Report of the Church Congress by Bemrose & Sons, Limited, Derby; and 23, Old Bailey, London. [1892.]
£45.00

4pp., 12mo. In grey printed wraps. With stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

[Pamphlet.] The Education of Engineers in America, Germany, and Switzerland. Excerpt Minutes of Proceedings of the Meeting of the Institutution of Mechanical Engineers, in London, 24th April 1903.

Author: 
Professor W. E. Dalby [William Ernest Dalby], M.I.Mech.E. [J. Hartley Wicksteed, President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers]
Publication details: 
Published by the Institution, Storey's Gate, St. James's Park, Westminster, S.W. [1903.]
£75.00

69pp., 8vo, paginated 281 to 349. In brown printed card covers. With shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

[Pamphlet by the City of Manchester Technical Instruction Committee.] Report of a Visit to Technical Colleges, Institutions, Schools, Libraries, Museums, and Works in the United States and Canada, April and May, 1898.

Author: 
J. H. Reynolds, Director and Secretary, Technical Instruction Committee, Manchester
Publication details: 
Manchester: Henry Blacklock & Co. Limited, Albert Square. [1898.]
£60.00

67pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. With stamp, shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged and lightly-worn paper. No copy in the British Library; six copies on COPAC.

[Pamphlet.] A Scheme for meeting the Religious Difficulty in all Public Elementary Schools, and for affording adequate Financial Relief to Voluntary Schools.

Author: 
George A. Spottiswoode [Spottiswoode & Co., printers]
Publication details: 
3 Cadogan Square, [London] SW. 10 December 1894. Printed and Published by Spottiswoode & Co. New-street Square, London.
£60.00

8pp., 12mo. Stitched. With stamps, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at Oxford.

[Pamphlet.] Technical Education: A National Necessity. Its Uses and Advantages.

Author: 
Henry Corby, B.A., M.D., M.Ch., F.O.S.L., Professor, Queen's College, Cork
Publication details: 
Cork: J. Mahony, Cork Printing Hall, 36 & 37, Cook St. 1896.
£70.00

38pp., 8vo. Stapled. In printed wraps. With stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

[Pamphlet.] Mental Overstrain in Education. Reprinted frrom The Lancet, August 22, 1896.

Author: 
G. E. Shuttleworth, B.A., M.D., &c., President Thames Valley Branch, British Medical Association, formerly Medical Superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster
Publication details: 
Printed at the Lancet Office, 423, Strand, [London] W.C. [1896.]
£45.00

11pp., 12mo. Stitched. With stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC in the library of the Royal College of Surgeons.

[Pamphlet.] The Voluntary School Bill, 1897. The "Association Clauses" examined, and a suggestion as to the definition of the "Areas".

Author: 
E.T. Leeke, M.A., Chancellor and Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education; R. Caldwell Minton, Organising Teacher for the Diocese of Lincoln
Publication details: 
Lincoln: Keyworth & Sons, Printers, Swanpool Court. 4 March 1897.
£60.00

10pp., 12mo. Stapled. With 'Urgent & Important' notice (1p., 12mo) on 'The Voluntary Schools Bill' by the same authors (dated 'Lincoln, March 8th, 1897.') loosely inserted. With stamp, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, or on COPAC.

[National Union of Teachers pamphlet.] The Salvation of Education in the Rural Areas. An Address delivered to the Meeting of Rural School Teachers at the Britghton Conference of the N.U.T., 1934.

Author: 
D. T. Jones, M.A., LL.B., Director of Education for Pembrokeshire
Publication details: 
National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1. [1934.]
£60.00

18pp., 8vo. Stitched. With stamp, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education. Otherwise in good condition, on aged paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

[Printed pamphlet.] Technical Education. Reprinted from "The Scottish Review".

Author: 
Dr. A. P. Laurie [Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861-1949)], Principal, Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh
Publication details: 
Edinburgh, London, Dublin, and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons.
£50.00

31pp., 12mo. Stitched. In good condition, on aged paper. With stamp, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC or WorldCat.

[Pamphlet.] "Higher Tops." A Paper prepared for the consideration of the County Education Committee by A. J. Dawson, Clerk to the Committee.

Author: 
A. J. Dawson, Clerk to the Committee, County Council of Durham Education Department
Publication details: 
Newcastle-on-Tyne: Co-operative Printing Society Limited, Rutherford Street; also at Manchester and London. 1917.
£60.00

25pp., 8vo. With an additional five plates of coloured tables. Stapled. In pink printed wraps. With stamp, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education reference library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged paper, in chipped and worn wraps. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, or on COPAC.

[Pamphlet.] Articles by Principles of Public and Preparatory Schools. The Work of the Navy League in Schools. Reprinted from The Navy League Journal.

Author: 
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford; the Rev. the Hon. Canon Lyttelton, et al
Publication details: 
London: Published by The Navy League, 13 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London] SW. 1907.
£70.00

68pp., 12mo. Stapled. In light-blue printed wraps. Reprinting 26 articles by a number of different authors. With stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

[Pamphlet.] The Education of the Workers' Children. Being the substance of an Address to the London Trades Council on 13th June, 1907.

Author: 
A. A. Thomas, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, Standing Counsel to the National Union of Teachers
Publication details: 
'Printed by request.' Second edition. Published by the National Union of Teachers at their Offices, Bolton House, 67 & 71 Russell Square, London W1. [1907.]
£60.00

8pp., 12mo. Stitched. With stamps, label and shelfmark of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at the Bishopsgate Institute.

[The Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School (Secondary), Halifax.] 67th Annual Report Booklet. List of donors, abstract of accounts and reports. For the year ended 31st July, 1931.

Author: 
[The Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School (Secondary), Halifax, founded 1864]
Publication details: 
Halifax: F. King and Sons Limited, Bowling Dyke Mills. 1931.
£70.00

40pp., 8vo. Stapled. In yellow printed wraps, with photograph of the imposing school on the front cover. With stamp, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. No copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

[Pamphlet.] The Forty-fifth Report of the Destitute Children's Dinners Society, established 1866. With a List of Donors and Subscribers.

Author: 
[Destitute Children's Dinners Society] [Freeman & Son, printers, 107 Wilton Road, Victoria Station, London, SW]
Publication details: 
London: Freeman & Son, Printers, 107, Wilton Road, Victoria Station, SW. From July 1st, 1910, to June 30th, 1911.
£70.00

24pp., 12mo. Stapled. In grey printed wraps. With stamp, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Library, otherwise in good condtion, on lightly-aged paper. No copy in the British Library, or on COPAC.

[Pamphlet in the University of Liverpool series 'The Social Survey of Merseyside'.] No. 5. Social Factors in Secondary Education.

Author: 
[David Caradog Jones and Janet E. McCrindell] [The Social Survey of Merseyside, University of Liverpool.]
Publication details: 
Daily Post Printers, Wood Street, Liverpool. 1932.
£60.00

44pp., 8vo. Stapled. In red printed wraps. With shelfmark, stamps and label of the Ministry of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and lightly-creased wraps. No copy at the British Library; copies on COPAC at Leicester, Leeds, Liverpool, the LSE and Institute of Education.

[Pamphlet.] Cripple Children's Training & Dinner Society. Report, 1903. [With two duplicated items loosely inserted: 'Rules for Helpers during Dinner Hour' and 'Form of Application for Free Dinner'.]

Author: 
[Cripple Children's Training & Dinner Society.]
Publication details: 
Printed by H. Williams and Son, 222 Gray's Inn Rd., London, W.C. 1904. [Both duplicated items without date or place.]
£100.00

12pp., 12mo. Stapled. In grey printed wraps. With stamp, shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copies in the British Library or on COPAC. Both duplicated items are 1p., 8vo, on a separate leaf, and both reproduce manuscript. Both are in good condition. The first, in portrait, is headed 'Cripple Schools' Dinners Sub-Committee. | Rules for Helpers during Dinner Hour. 12-1.30 p.m.' Listing eight rules, including: '5.

[Printed booklet.] Report to the Lancashire County Council on some Silk, Horological, and Mining Schools of France, Germany, and Switzerland (October and November, 1893).

Author: 
Thomas Snape, William Lees McClure, J. A. Bennion [Lancashire County Council; T. Snape & Co., printers, Preston]
Publication details: 
County Offices, Preston. 13 January 1894. [Preston: Printed by T. Snape & Co., 141, Church Street and Bolton's Court. 1894.]
£120.00

53pp., 8vo. Stitched. In grey printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Stamps, shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education library to wraps. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at Oxford.

[Printed pamphlet.] Journal of the Farmers' Club. Foreign Agricultural Education.

Author: 
The Farmers' Club, Salisbury Square Hotel, Fleet Street, London, EC [J. R. Eve, vice-chairman]
Publication details: 
The Farmers' Club, Salisbury Square Hotel, Fleet Street, London, EC. October 1899.
£56.00

20pp., small 4to. Stapled. Without wraps. From the Board of Education reference library, and with its shelfmark at foot of first page. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and none on COPAC.

[Privately-printed pamphlet.] A Letter to Sir Frederick Bramwell, F.R.S., Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City and Guilds of the London Institute, on Foreign Technical Schools, by Philip Magnus, Director and Secretary of the Institute.

Author: 
Philip Magnus [Sir Philip Magnus (1842-1933)], Director and Secretary of the London Institute
Publication details: 
Printed, by request, for the Members of the Council, but not intended for publication. [Circa 1882.]
£95.00

17pp., 8vo. Stitched. With label and shelfmark of the Education Department Reference Library. The letter is dated on 19 June 1882, from Gresham College, London, EC. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, or on COPAC.

[Printed booklet.] City of Manchester Education Committee | Report on the Reorganisation of the Public Elementary Schools, with reference to the provision of Municipal and Non-Provided Senior School Accommodation.-

Author: 
Manchester Education Committee [Report, 1938]
Publication details: 
[City of Manchester.] Approved by the Education Committee, July 18th, 1938.
£90.00

73pp., 8vo. In grey printed card wraps. With fold-out map. Internally good, on aged paper; chipping to wraps and front cover detached. Stamp and shelfmark of the Board of Education Library on title-page, and label of the Library on rear wrap. In brown OHMS envelope with manuscript details on front. No copy at the British Library, or on COPAC.

[Printed pamphlet.] City of Manchester. Technical Instruction Committee. Report of the Deputation appointed to visit Technical Schools, Institutions, and Museums in Germany and Austria. July and August, 1897.

Author: 
Manchester Technical Instruction Committee [James Hoy, Chairman; J. H. Reynolds, Director and Secretary]
Publication details: 
Town Hall, Manchester, 16 September 1897. [Manchester: Henry Blacklock & Co. Limited, Printers, Albert Square.]
£90.00

18pp., 8vo. Stapled. In blue printed wraps. Internally in good condition, on aged paper; the wraps worn, creased and chipped. With stamp, shelfmark and label of the Education Department Reference Library. No copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at Bristol.

[Printed offprint, 'Reprinted - by permission - from the "Labour and Progress" column of the Manchester Evening News'.] Technical Education. Messrs. S. Z. de Ferranti's Scholarship Scheme.

Author: 
F. Brocklehurst, M.A. [Technical Instruction Committee of the Corporation of Manchester; Manchester Evening News]
Publication details: 
Issued by the Technical Instruction Committee of the Corporation of Manchester. July 1900.
£60.00

10 + [1] pp., 12mo. Stitched, in grey printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with central vertical fold line, and stamp, shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Library. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copy on Copac at the London School of Economics.

[Pamphlet.] Report on Commercial Education. Presented to the Associated Chambers of Commerce. 1887.

Author: 
J. Percival; W. Summers; H. Felkin; J. B. Paton [Associated Chambers of Commerce]
Publication details: 
London: Isbister & Co., Ludgate Hill. [1887.] [Thomas Forman and Sons Printers, Nottingham.]
£120.00

52pp., 4to. Stapled. Aged and worn, with slight loss to fore-edge of title. With label, stamp and shelfmark of the Education Department Reference Library. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at Leeds.

[Printed address.] What do Co-operators want from the State in the Matter of Education? Delivered at the Educational Conference, held at Scarborough, in connection with the 53rd Annual Co-operative Congress on Satureday, May 14th, 1921.

Author: 
J. T. Davis, Central Education Committee, Co-operative Union Limited
Publication details: 
Printed by the Co-operative Printing Society Limited, 118 Corporation Street, Manchester; and published by7 the Co-operative Union Limited, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester. 1921.
£75.00

11pp., 8vo. Stapled. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with slight rust to staples, with stamp, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education Library. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.

[Book published for Pinnock and Maunder, Mentorian Press, London.] Pinnock's Catechisms. A Catechism of Heraldry; Explaining the Nature and Use of Arms and Armoury, Rules of Blazoning and Marshalling Coats of Armour; Heraldic Terms, &c. &c.

Author: 
[Pinnock and Maunder, Mentorian Press, London; William Pinnock (1782-1843)]
Publication details: 
Fourth Edition. Undated (1820s). London: Printed by Davidson, Old Boswell Court; for Pinnock and Maunder, Mentorian Press, 267, (St. Clement's Church Yard,) Strand.
£90.00

67 + [4] pp., 16mo. In original printed wraps, with four page catalogue of the publishers' 'Explanatory and Interrogative School-Books' at rear. In fair condition, on aged paper worn at edges, in worn and chipped wraps, with small ownership signature on front cover. The title announces that the volume is 'Illustrated with numerous Engravings in Wood', and these are in the body of the text. Uncommon: no copy of any edition at the British Library.

[Printed pamphlet.] Council for Organising British Engineering Industry. Report of the Committee on Engineering Education and Research.

Author: 
[Council for Organising British Engineering Industry, Manchester]
Publication details: 
[Manchester: Thomas Wyatt, printer, 279 Deansgate. 1916.]
£60.00

27pp., 8vo. Stapled. Without wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, with staple hole through all the leaves. From the Board of Education Library, and with its pencil shelfmark at the head of the first page. No copy in the British Library, or on COPAC.

[Handbill] Papers for Young Men. No. 1. By the River

Author: 
Anon. [YMCA]
Publication details: 
[YMCA], no date
£56.00

[4]pages, 8vo, grubby and foxed, last page (blank) with vestiges of glue from being laid down in album. A note is printed at the end, "Young Men, who may receive or read this paper, are affectionately invited to the Bible Classes of the Young Men's Christian Association [...] | W. Edwyn Shipton" (venues given). No other copy traced - COPAC lists another series of the same name only (published by Nisbet). Discussion of Jesus Christ, using metaphor of a river.

[Pamphlet; Preservation of Rural England] Report of the Trunk Roads Joint Committee

Author: 
[Council for the Preservation of Rural England and The Roads Beautifying Association]
Publication details: 
Published by Council for the Preservation of Rural England, Printed by The Garden City Press Ltd, at Letchworth, Hertfordshire. [1937]
£135.00

36pp., 8vo, with photos and a folding "Diagram of the Dover Glasgow Road", green printed illustrated paper wraps, slight damage ot spine, condition mainly good. Initial sof previous owner on front cover. Three copies on COPAC (Nottingham, Kew, Brimighma, NOT BL).

Printed satirical handbill, written in apocalyptic style in prose and verse, on an engraving of 'The Peoples Frend & Hed-Vo-Cate' (i.e. The People's Friend and Advocate), one of the 'intended Inhabitants' of Pandaemonium.

Author: 
[SatirIcal Georgian handbill, satirising 'The Peoples Frend & Hed-Vo-Cate' [i.e. 'The People's Friend and Advocate']]
Georgian satire
Publication details: 
Without place or date. [British; 1820s?]
£280.00
Georgian satire

1p., 12mo. On 24.5 x 18.5 cm. piece of thin wove paper. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper with damage to extremities. A scarce and intriguing survival, about which nothing has hitherto been discovered. Printed in heavy black type characteristic of the early nineteenth century.

[Pamphlet; economic] General Election, 1885 | On the Present Depression in Trade

Author: 
[Economics] L. Freer, Jr [Pseud?]
Publication details: 
Printed and Published by G. Reveirs, Graystoke Place, Fetter Lane, London, EC, [1885]
£110.00

8pp., 8vo, unbound as issued, sewn, first and last pages grubby, small closed tears, right edge, contents mainlky good.Against Free Trade, giving comparative figures. No copy listed on COPAC.

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