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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.32 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Very good. Paperback. 53pp. disbound with residue on spine, foxed throughout, else very good. The author provides a history of Wisconsin settlement and observes "the population of this State has a large proportion of foreign born citizens.we gladly hail them freemen and fellow citizens.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First edition. 8vo. [3], 55-64, 215-226, [5], 6-19, [6], 6-20, [5], 6-25, [6], 6-40, [3], 6-45, [8], 6-46, [1], 2-4, [7], 6-40, [5], 6-50, [4], 4-21, [6], 1154-1169, [3], 3-22, [3], 422-444, [3], 372-434, [5], 6-28, [5], 6-38, [7], 8-40, [2] pp. Later half black leather over patterned boards with the spine in five compartments with gold lettering. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. The title pages for 1868 and beyond state the institution was located in Janesville. With three full-page wood-engravings, images of the Institute for the Education of the Blind. This is a collection of reports from the Wisconsin Institution for the Education of the Blind, ranging from 1853 to 1870. Bound without the wrappers. The later reports include rosters of pupiles of the school, and each report lists the leaders of the institute. Finances are recorded in detail here, with expenditures, where the pupils are from in Wisconsin, and general rules of the Institution (for example, one report states that pupils aged 10 to 14 were ideal candidates for admission to the school). Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, "About WCBVI". The school was founded in 1849 and is the first public institution chartered by the Wisconsin State Legislature. The school now accepts pupils aged 3 to 21 and teaches academic and vocational skills. It is incorporated with the Janesville Public School system. It was founded as a residential school with a dormitory, and still operates this way today. A fascinating record of education for blind and visually impaired children in the nineteenth century. Spine heavily chipped and rubbed, the front pastedown has a bookplate from the Wisconsin State Historical Society and a marking in orange pencil. Rear hinge has been expertly repaired.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (illustrator).…

4°. M. 85 Taf. u. 1 Abb. 394 S. OBr. Rücken angerissen u. m.Fehlstellen. Umschl. Teils randgebräunt. (U.S. Geol. Survey . Prof. Paper 40). Sprache: Englisch 0 gr.

394 pp., 85 plates, 4to. Full calf.Published in the series, Professional Papers, together with: W. Mendenhall, Geology of the Central Copper river region. Alaska. 133 pp., three coloured folded maps, 15 plates. Spine worn, binding weak. Internally very good, clean.

394 p., 85 pls, 4to, paperbound (covers missing).

394 p., 85 pls, 4to, paperbound (covers missing).