Education for the poor (18 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 19th century study of the living conditions of the poor in the Scottish highlands and islands. The report highlights the social and economic challenges faced by these communities, and advocates for increased resources and support to improve their quality of life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 19th century study of the living conditions of the poor in the Scottish highlands and islands. The report highlights the social and economic challenges faced by these communities, and advocates for increased resources and support to improve their quality of life.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Bound in full leather, gilt lettering on spine (fading), viii, 180p, 14x8,5 cm. Good, hinges partial visible, age-toning. Printed by P.D. Hardy . and sold at the Society's Depository, [not after 1836] (Dublin). Rare and scarce; not in Worldcat.

1st edition. Good soft bound copy in cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 130p; 17cm. Subjects: Old Testament. Bible; Education. Religious; Education. Ireland. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Good soft bound copy in cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 130p; 17cm. Subjects: Old Testament. Bible; Education. Religious; Education. Ireland. 1 Kg. …

2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair, condition on lightly aged and discoloured paper. Folded twice. Signed 'J. S. Brownrigg'. He will makes sure that the points raised by De Winton are fully considered at a 'good meeting' the following Monday of 'our Standing Committee and the Committee of the Church Parliamentary Party'. While one of the points will be 'easily met by moving the exclusion of Clause 17', he is afraid that 'a new Committee elected under the provisions of the Bill would be hardly better than the present governing Body in Welsh Counties'. He will be happy to learn how De Winton proposes to get over 'this difficulty'.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. 4to. A nice copy. Marked boards. New spine and eps. Light spotting. the odd mark. Book.

8vo. pp. 16. Unbound as issued? The object of the Society, established in 1811 was "to instruct the Children of the Poor in suitable learning, works of industry and the principles of Christian religion according to the Established Church." Apart from building and supporting schools throughout the country, the Society also maintained a central school in London where "the system of mutual tuition is in actual operation on a large scale and where a number of adult Teachers, both male and female, are practically instructed in the method of applying that system." The pamphlet prints a financial report, list of subscriptions and a report on the progress of the Society. The society and its training school predated any of the British education acts.…

Single sheet handbill printed on the recto only. Neatly pasted onto a sheet of thicker paper (slightly crumpled in places and with old neat fold lines).   [London: no printer's name given,  A handbill advertising a series of "instructive" lectures on various subjects for the very poorest people living in London in the middle of the 19th-century.   The lecture subjects include chemistry, phrenology, astronomy, geology and physiology. The lecture on "The South Sea Islands" was delivered on February 8th 1853 by Samuel Tamatoa Williams (1826-1906) who was born in the Leeward Islands to the missionaries John and Mary Williams, Samuel returned to England in 1833 with his parents (and a native of Samoa named Leota) but his father returned to the Polynesian Islands in 1837 and was killed and eaten by cannibals in the New Hebrides in 1839.   The introduction to the lectures is delivered in the typical language of the missionary societies with the intended audience told, "The lectures are arranged to take place once a fortnight, so as not to occupy too much of your time, and it will depend on you if they shall be continued on succeeding years.Read attentively the list below, and resolve that you will, even if it cost you a little trouble, BE PRESENT AT THEM ALL, and believe us you will gather much interesting information.".…