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[Printed pamphlet.] Report of the First Conference of the National Federation of Ratepayers (Incorporated). (Non-political and Unsectarian.) Subject: "The Cost of Education."

Author: 
[The National Federation of Ratepayers (Incorporated), London]
Publication details: 
[The National Federation of Ratepayers, London.] Offices: 9 Bedford Mansions, Bedford Square, W.C. 1909. [Printed by C. F. Hodgson & Son, 2 Newton Street, Kingsway, W.C.]
£60.00

32pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and aged wraps with front cover crossed through in red ink and hole to back cover. Shelfmarks, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

[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.

Author: 
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
Publication details: 
All published in the United States, including seven offprints from the Education Review, New York. Dating from between 1892 and 1900.
£300.00

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 shelfmark. ONE: [John W. Noble; William T. Harris.] 'In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting A report of the Commissioner of Education upon the conditions of the public schools in the District of Columbia.' 15pp., 8vo.

[Printed parliamentary paper.] School-Houses (Scotland). Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 27 March 1839; - for, An Account of the Expenditure [...] for the Erection of School-Houses or Model Schools in Scotland; [...]'

Author: 
[British House of Commons parliamentary paper on 'School-Houses (Scotland)', 1839; Model Schools in Scotland]
Publication details: 
Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 3 June 1839.
£120.00

30 + [1]pp., foolscap 8vo. Stitched. In fair condition, with shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. The full title reads: 'School-Houses (Scotland).

[Printed paper.] The Historical Development of School Readers and of Method in Teaching Reading.

Author: 
Rudolph R. Reeder, Ph.D. Instructor in Theory and Practice of Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University
Publication details: 
Columbia University Contributions to Philosophy, Psychology and Education, Vol.8 No.2. The Macmillan Co., 66 Fifth Avenue, New York. May 1900.
£45.00

92pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and chipped wraps. Shelfmarks, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London.

[Hon. William Torrey Harris, United States Commissioner of Education.] Volume containing twelve offprints and pamphlets on education,

Author: 
Hon. W. T. Harris [William Torrey Harris] (1835-1909), LL.D., United States Commissioner of Education, American educator and lexicographer
Publication details: 
All published in the United States (Washington, D.C.; Nashville, Tennessee; Asbury Park, New Jersey; Milwaukee; Chattanooga; Buffalo, New York; St Paul, Minnesota). Dating from between 1889 and 1898.
£400.00

The twelve items bound in a modern grey buckram binding. In good condition, on aged paper, in worn binding, with stamps, shelfmark s and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. ONE: Presented by Wm. T. Harris. 'Report of the Committee on Pedagogics. The Educational Value of Manual Training.' A paper read before the National Council of Education, at Nashville, Tenn., July, 1889. 14pp., 8vo. TWO: W. T. Harris, Chairman; E. C. Hewett; John W. Cook; E. Oram Lyte; N. A. Calkins.

[American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, Philadelphia.] Four printed items: 'Annual Report of the Secretary' for academic years 1898-9 and 1899-1900; 'Annual Report of the Board of Directors 1900'; 'Ten Years' Report', 1890-1900.

Author: 
[American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
Publication details: 
American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
£120.00

All four items unbound. The two annual reports (both 16pp., 12mo) in fair condition, on aged paper; the other two items with wear and damage to outer leaves. The 'Ten Years' Report' is 44pp., 12mo; and the 'Annual Report of the Board of Directors' is 12pp., small 4to. All four items with stamps, shelfmarks and labels of the Education Department Library, London.

[Printed pamphlet.] Ergänzungsheft zum Handbuch der Blindenwohlfahrtspflege herausgegeben von Syndikus Dr. Carl Strehl. 2. Ergänzungsheft: Hauptprobleme der Blindenpädagogik.

Author: 
Dr. J. I. Bauer [Joseph Ignaz Bauer], Lehrer an der Blindenanstalt Nürnberg [Vereins der blinden Akademiker Deutschlands, Marburg]
Publication details: 
Marburg a L.: Verlag des Vereins der blinden Akademiker Deutschlands e. V. 1928.
£50.00

90pp., 8vo. In grey stapled wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn wraps. Shelfmarks, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Uncommon: no copies in English-speaking libraries on WorldCat.

[Printed handbill reproducing two letters to the editor of the 'Belfast News-Letter'.] Primary Education.

Author: 
Arabella Fennell [of Deramore Drive, Malone, Belfast]
Publication details: 
Reprinted from "Belfast News-Letter," February 27 and 28, 1906.
£60.00

4pp., 12mo. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Would the University and Colleges proposed by Mr. Bryce be undenominational?

Author: 
Anonymous [James Bryce (1838-1922), 1st Viscount Bryce; Dublin University Defence Committee]
Publication details: 
'No. 13.' Printed by Ponsonby & Gibbs, University Press, Dublin. [Printed for the Dublin University Defence Committee.] [1907.]
£60.00

14pp., 12mo. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples, and stamp, label and shelfmark of the Board of Education Reference Library. The Dublin University Defence Committee is nowhere mentioned, but the pamphlet is uniform with another numbered 12, which was printed for the Committee (also by the University Press). Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet on Irish matters.] Letters on Primary Education.

Author: 
Arabella Fennell [of Deramore Drive, Malone, Belfast; teaching in Ireland; Irish primary education and schools]
Publication details: 
Belfast: William W. Cleland, Limited, Falcon Electric Press. 1905.
£100.00

34pp., 12mo. In light-green printed wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, in aged and worn wraps with slight damage to front cover, and rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] The Queen's University of Belfast. Session 1912-13. The Faculty of Science. Regulations Relating to Degrees and Subjects of Examination.

Author: 
[The Queen's University of Belfast, Faculty of Science]
Publication details: 
Belfast: Mayne, Boyd & Son, Ltd., Printers to the University. 1912.
£60.00

60pp., 12mo. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

Three printed items relating to Stranmillis Training College, Belfast: 'Syllabus 1927-1928'; 'Prospectus'; and 'Government of Norther Ireland. Ministry of Education. Stranmillis Technical College. Programme. 1930-32-32'.

Author: 
[Stranmillis Training College, Belfast; Government of Northern Ireland, Ministry of Education]
Publication details: 
Syllabus, printed by 'N. W. Ltd.', dated '5/28' [May 1928]; Prospectus, also printed by 'N. W. Ltd.', dated '7/28' [July 1928]; Programme, printed by 'W. & G. B. Ltd.', dated '11 30' [November 1930].
£100.00

The three items attached to one another by ribbon through punch holes in top inner corners. All three items in fair condition, aged and worn, and carrying shelfmarks, stamps and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Syllabus: 9pp., 8vo. In cream card wraps with photograph of the College on front cover. Prospectus: 7pp., small 4to. Programme: 21pp., 8vo. With photographic frontispiece of the College. In blue printed wraps. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Alternative Schemes for the Solution of the University Question in Ireland.

Author: 
[The Dublin University Defence Committee; 'the University Question in Ireland'; James Bryce (1838-1922), 1st Viscount Bryce]
Publication details: 
'No. 18.' Printed at The University Press, Dublin. [Printed for the Dublin University Defence Committee.]
£80.00

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. The Dublin University Defence Committee is nowhere mentioned, but the pamphlet is uniform with another numbered 12, which was printed for the Committee (also by the University Press). Scarce.

[Printed parliamentary paper.] National Education (Ireland). New Rules and Regulations, 1900-1. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.

Author: 
[National Education (Ireland). New Rules and Regulations, 1900-1; parliamentary papers]
Publication details: 
Dublin: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Alexander Thom & Co. (Limited), Abbey-Street. 1901.
£60.00

"Rules appliicable to all principal and assistant teachers". 9pp., crown 8vo. On aged and worn paper, with front leaf loose. Shelfmarks, labels and stamp of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland. Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on the Educational Services in Northern Ireland. Presented by Command of His Excellency The Lord Lieutenant.

Author: 
[Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland; Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1878-1949), 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Minister of Education (Northern Ireland) from 1921 to 1926]
Publication details: 
Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed. Belfast: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office on behalf of the Government of Northern Ireland. [1922.]
£80.00

104pp., 8vo. In blue printed wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples and one dogeared corner. Shelfmarks, stamps and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland. Final Report of the Departmental Committee on the Educational Services in Northern Ireland. Presented by Command of His Grace the Governor of Northern Ireland.

Author: 
[Ministry of Education for Norther Ireland; Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1878-1949), 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Minister of Education (Northern Ireland) from 1921 to 1926]
Publication details: 
Belfast: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office on behalf of the Government of Northern Ireland. [1921.]
£100.00

126pp., 8vo. In blue printed wraps. On aged and lightly damp-stained paper, in heavily chipped and worn wraps, with rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed parliamentary paper.] Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Agricultural Statistics, Ireland, 1905. Report on Irish Migratory Labourers.

Author: 
[Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland: Agricultural Statistics, Ireland, 1905]
Publication details: 
Dublin: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Alexander Thom & Co. (Limited) Abbey-Street. 1906.
£100.00

48pp., 8vo. In light-green printed wraps. On lightly-aged paper, in worn and chipped wraps. Stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce.

[Periodicals; pamphlets; King Alfred School] 'Report of the Council' (a run of 10 items) and 'The King Alfred Magazine (5 items, nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 15). With pamphlet, Gerald C. Maberly, "Some Ideals of The King Alfred School Society" with application

Author: 
[The KIng Alfred School Society]
Publication details: 
[Report) 1901-1910; [Magazine] 1911-1919.
£250.00

All in printed green paper wraps, 8vo, with Board of Education stamps, labels (reverse) and numbers, most unobtrusive), colour dulled, but items in good condition. A. [Report] pp.15-32, subjects include accounts, lists of "Hon. Fellows, Members and associates", information about events such as conferences, etc., Library Catalogue (education) etc. B. [Magazine], 20-34pp., includes articles by John Russell, J, L. Paton, etc., Proceedings of the Council and Society, Annual Reports, List of former and present pupils, and of Vice-Presidents, Members and Associates (inc. W.

Two printed items by Egerton Ryerson, one a presentation copy: 'The Common School Acts of Upper Canada' and 'General Provisions of the Law and Rules and Regulations for the Establishment and Maintenance of Public School Libraries in Upper Canada'.

Author: 
'The Chief Superintendent of Schools' [Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (1803-1882), Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada]
Publication details: 
Both items: Toronto: Printed for the Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, by Lovell and Gibson. 'The Common School Acts': Second edition. 1853. 'General Provisions': 1854.
£250.00

The two items bound together in green morocco quarter-binding with marbled boards. On aged paper, with front board and title leaf of first pamphlet detached from rest of volume, and lacking spine. Label, shelfmark and stamp of the Board of Education Reference Library. ONE: 'The Common School Acts of Upper Canada; and the Forms, Instructions, and Regulations for executing their Provisions; together with the Particulars Addressed to the Various Officers concerned in the Administration of the School Law; By the Chief Superintendent of Schools.' 143 + 1pp., 12mo.

[Printed item.] The Revised School Law, Part II. Official Regulations and nearly two hundred Decisions of the Supreme Courts, relating to school matters [...].

Author: 
J. George Hodgins, LL.D., Barrister-at-Law, Deputy Minister of Education for Ontario [nineteenth-century Canadian schools]
Publication details: 
Toronto: Copp, Clark & Co., 47 Front Street East. 1878.
£80.00

Full title: 'The Revised School Law, Part II. Official Regulations and nearly two hundred Decisions of the Supreme Courts, relating to school matters affecting Township, County, City, Town and Incorporated Village Municipal Councils; School Section Boundaries; City, Town and Village Public School Boards; Arbitrations and Awards; Public School Inspectors; Boards of Examiners; Also, the Acts relating to Roman Catholic, Protestant and Coloured Separate Schools. With a copious analytical Index to Parts I. and II.' viii + 171pp. (paginated 111-281).

[Printed item.] The Laws relating to Grammar and Common Schools, in Cities, Towns, and Villages In Upper Canada; Together with Decisions of the Courts, and other Information.

Author: 
J. George Hodgins, LL.B., Deputy Superintendent of Education, Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, editor [nineteenth-century Canadian education]
Publication details: 
Toronto: Printed for the Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, by Lovell and Gibson. 1860.
£120.00

88pp., 12mo. In green printed wraps, with front cover carrying the title, which continues: 'Edited under the authority of the Chief Superintendent of Education, with Notes and References, by J. George Hodgins, LL.B., Deputy Superintendent.' In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. With shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Only four copies on OCLC WorldCat.

[Canada, Privy Council, printed pamphlet.] Documents in reference to the Abolition of Separate Schools in the Province of Manitoba.

Author: 
[Canada, Privy Council; Catholic Session Board of Education of Manitoba; Hon. Mr. Prendergast, M.P.P.; Legislative Assembly of Manitoba; Bishop of Three Rivers; Archbishop of St. Boniface]
Publication details: 
Printed by Order of Parliament. Session 1891. Ottawa: Printed by Brown Chamberlin, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1891.
£120.00

[2] + 74pp., 8vo. In blue printed wraps. In fair condition, aged and lightly creased, in worn wraps. With stamp, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Eight documents, by: Catholic Episcopate of Canada; Catholic Session Board of Education of Manitoba; Hon. Mr. Prendergast, M.P.P.; certain Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba; Bishop of Three Rivers; Archbishop of St. Boniface; Roman Catholics of Manitoba. 7 copies of this English version (there is also a French one) on OCLC WorldCat, all in North America.

[Printed item] Special Report of the Measures which have been adopted for the Establishment of a Normal School; and for carrying into effect generally, The Common School Act, (9th Vict. Cap. XX) with an Appendix.

Author: 
'By the Superintendent of Schools for Upper Canada [Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (1803-1882)]'
Publication details: 
'Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly.' Montreal: Printed by Lovell and Gibson, Saint Nicholas Street. 1847.
£120.00

72pp., 12mo. With four fold-out tables. Stitched. No covers. With labels and shelfmark of the Education Department Reference Library, London (one of which, on the title-page, covers the words 'Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly.'). On aged and worn paper. The report proper covers pp.4-20, and is signed in type 'EGER. RYERSON.' Four copies found on OCLC WorldCat.

[Printed offprint in German.] Aufforderung an die Frauen zur Gründung von Erziehungs-Vereinen.

Author: 
[Illustrirte Monatshefte für Familienglück, weibliche Bildung und Humanitätsbestrebungen, Dresden] [Women's educational associations in Germany]
Publication details: 
Dresden: H. Klemm's Verlag. 1854. [From 'Illustrirten Monatshefte für Familienglück, weibliche Bildung und Humanitätsbestrebungen', June 1854.
£45.00

8pp., 4to. The final page carrying an advertisement for the magazine. On worn and aged paper, with stamp, labels and shelfmark of the Education Department Reference Library [Educational Museum]. Scarce: no copies found on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

[Printed item] The Negro Common School. Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University; together with the Proceedings of the Sixth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University, on May 28th, 1901.

Author: 
W. E. Burghardt DuBois, Ph.D., Corresponding Secretary of the Conference, ed. [Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems; Atlanta University, Georgia]
Publication details: 
Atlanta University Publications No. 6. University Press. Atlanta, Georgia. 1901.
£300.00

[4] + ii + 120pp., 8vo. In green printed wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, in worn wraps. With stamps and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. A scholarly work, the 35 sections subdivided into 'Historical', 'Growth by States', 'Present Conditions' and 'Conclusions', and with tables throughout. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copies on COPAC at the London Library and Cambridge.

[Printed items.] Run of annual reports of the Comité d'Instruction Publique, États de l'Ile de Jersey [Public Instruction Committee, States of Jersey] (text in English and French), with report by Medical Inspector and report on two schools.

Author: 
Comité d'Instruction Publique, États de l'Ile de Jersey [Public Instruction Committee, States of Jersey]
Publication details: 
Comité d'Instruction Publique, États de l'Ile de Jersey [Public Instruction Committee, States of Jersey.] 20 annual reports: 1907, 1912-1930. Two others: 1900 and 1917. 21 items printed by J. T. Bigwood, Ltd., St Helier; the other by Labey & Blampied
£1,500.00

22 items, comprising an unbroken run of 19 issues from 1912 to 1930, together with the issue for 1907, and a copy of the 'Report of the Jersey National & St. Helier's Parochial Schools. 1898-1899' (1900) and the 'Rapport de l'Inspecteur Médical pour l'Année 1916' (1917). In a sturdy green cloth box ('Supplied for the Public Service'). All with stamps, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. All 22 items are uniform 8vo booklets, stitched in pink printed wraps, ranging in length from 17 to 67pp.

[Printed item] The Negro Common School. Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University; together with the Proceedings of the Sixth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University, on May 28th, 1901.

Author: 
W. E. Burghardt DuBois, Ph.D., Corresponding Secretary of the Conference, ed. [Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems; Atlanta University, Georgia]
Publication details: 
Atlanta University Publications No. 6. University Press. Atlanta, Georgia. 1901.
£300.00

[4] + ii + 120pp., 8vo. In green printed wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, in worn wraps. With stamps and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. A scholarly work, the 35 sections subdivided into 'Historical', 'Growth by States', 'Present Conditions' and 'Conclusions', and with tables throughout. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copies on COPAC at the London Library and Cambridge.

[Printed pamphlet.] Education of the Indian. By William N. Hailmann, Superintendent of Schools, Dayton, Ohio. [No. 19 in series 'Monographs on Education in the United States', ed. Nicholas Murray Butler]

Author: 
William N. Hailmann, Superintendent of Schools, Dayton, Ohio [Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in the City of New York, ed.]
Publication details: 
Division of Exhibits, Department of Education, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. ['This Monograph is printed for limited distribution by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.']
£150.00

36pp., small 4to. Includes eight full-page tables, pp.28-36. Stapled. In grey printed wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, in worn wraps, with slight damage at fore-edge of last leaf. Stamps, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library and the British Education Committee, Royal Commission, St. Louis Exhibition, 1904. In his preface Hailmann sees the 'attempts to colonize America' as a 'struggle set between brutal greed and a certain irrepressible spirit of fair play on the part of the intruding race in their intercourse with the Indians'.

[Printed item.] School Board for London. Report on Elementary Education in the United States of America. By Arthur W. Jephson.

Author: 
Arthur W. Jephson [School Board for London; education; schools; United States of America]
Publication details: 
[School Board for London.] Prepared in Accordance with the Resolution of the Board of 28th January, 1904. Sold at the Offices of the Board, Victoria Embankment, W.C. [P. S. King & Son, Westminster.]
£220.00

79pp, 4to. Illustrations, plans and tables in text. In frail condition, on aged and chipped paper, in like brown printed wraps (stamped 'SOLD COPY'). With stamps and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. In card folder stamped 'Supplied for the Public Service'. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copies on COPAC in the National Library of Wales and the Guildhall Library, London.

[Printed item.] Project of a Statute for the General Educational Scholastic Establishments of the Ministry of Public Instruction.

Author: 
[MInistry of Public Instruction, St. Petersburg, Russia] [Russian Empire]
Publication details: 
St. Petersburg. 1862. London: Printed by John Brittan & Son, Mitre Court, Temple. [London]
£220.00

[5] + 106pp., 4to. On aged and worn paper, in damaged and heavily-worn printed wraps. Stamps, shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. Entirely in English, and with no explanation of why it should be so. Scarce: the only copies on COPAC at the British Library, Oxford and Cambridge, with OCLC WorldCat only adding a fourth copy at Leipzig.

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