BICKERSTETH, REV. E.

Domestic Portraiture; Or, The Successful Application of Religious Principle in the Education of a Family.

London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1861. 9th edition. The Successful Application of Religious Principle in the Education of a Family; Exemplified in the Memoirs of Three of the Deceased Children of the Rev. Legh Richmond. 17cms x 11.5cms. Pp.xxiv/375, endpapers browned. Blue cloth with gilt title and decoration to front and spine, slight sunning to spine. G+.

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Book number: 44188

Catalogue: Education: : 19th Century

Keywords: Bickersteth Domestic Portraiture Successful Application Religious Principle Education Family Christianity Morals Spiritual Prosperity Health Mental Cultivation Manners Accomplishments Saviour 46993 Education: : 19th Century

GUY, THOMAS (1784-1867) .

Guy's School Geography, On a New and Easy Plan: Comprising Not Only A Complete General Description, But Much Topographical Information.... Adapted To Every Age and Capacity, and To Every Class of Learners...

London: Printed For Baldwin And Craddock; And For Whittaker, And Co, [no date - c. 1833] . 0. "Thirteenth Edition. Corrected to the present time.". 12mo. pp.6/[2pp.]/pp.180 + 7 fold-out maps. A very good full leather binding. Rubbed gilt titles to front board: "Guy's Geography - Price 3/-" . Corners and hinges carefully strengthened. Light soiling to endpapers. Previous owner's name name to verso of the front board: "Annie Bentley". Small loss to leading edge of world map (See pictures). Clear English text throughout. All maps creased and soiled with careful strengthening to edges and folds. VG. ** Date of publication from COPAC (British Library).

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Book number: 47181

Catalogue: Education: : 19th Century

Keywords: 48709 Guy's School Geography Thomas Guy Printed for Baldwin and Craddock Education: : 19th Century

HARDING, W. (WILLIAM) / TAYLOR, SAMUEL FL. 1786-1816.

Taylor improved, Universal Stenography, Or A New And Practical System Of Shorthand Writing Formed Upon Rational Principles And Combining Simplicity, Brevity & Perspicuity. : For the use of schools & private tuition.

London: Published by Wm. Harding, Pulpit Office No. 3, Paternoster Row, S. Bennett, Nottingham, Willmer, Liverpool, Mozley & Son, Derby, Wrightson, Birmingham, F. Houlston and Son, Wellington, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, et al. [nd - c. 1831] . 0. "A New Edition Enlarged & Improved." Later library binding. 12mo. 7.5" x 4.25" x 0.25" . pp.xi/pp.12-58/[2pp.] + 6 engraved plates + frontis + engraved title-page. Black buckram boards with blind stamp library name to front board: "Borough Of Holborn Public Library". Gilt titles to spine (incorrectly dated 1828). Library label to verso of the front board: "Metropolitan Borough Of Holborn Reference Library". Engraved frontis of Cato's Speech (in English and Shorthand), lightly foxed and soiled. Engraved title-page , also lightly foxed and soiled: "Engraved on steel by H. Midlane, 23 Red Cross Sqr. City, London". Also, with black ink-stamp: "Withdrawn". Advertisement states this is the 13th edition (p.v.). Preface is dated "Dec. 1831" (p.xi.) . "List of authors on stenography" (p.14) . Clear English text on toned and soiled paper throughout. Curiosly there is also a folded leaf of hand-written notes (in a contemporary hand) bound in at the end.

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Book number: 51161

Catalogue: Education: : 19th Century

Keywords: Published by Wm. Harding Taylor, Samuel Universal Stenography, or a New and Practical System of Shorthand Writing 52754 Education: : 19th Century

SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903 ) .

Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical. By Herbert Spencer .

London: G. Manwaring, 8, King William Street, Strand, 1861 . 0. First edition. Brown leather spine and corners, over brown buckram boards. 8.75" x 5.5" x 0.75". 8vo. pp.vi - Prospectus / pp.vi /[2pp.] / pp.190 / [2pp. - Adverts] . With an advertisement for works by the author and a 6-page prospectus for a proposed series of works entitled "A system of philosophy" by the author. Clean text throughout. Small library stamp to verso of title-page. Also, library label to verso of the front board: "Cardiff Free Library". A very good half leather binding with gilt titles to spine. Just wear to the hinges. VG. ** "Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species. The term strongly suggests natural selection, yet Spencer saw evolution as extending into realms of sociology and ethics, so he also supported Lamarckism.

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Book number: 50400

Catalogue: Education: : 19th Century

Keywords: 51884 G. Manwaring Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical. By Herbert Spencer Education: : 19th Century

WILKINS, AUGUSTUS S. [ AUGUSTUS SAMUEL WILKINS 1843-1905 ] .

National Education In Greece In The Fourth Century before Christ. By Augustus S. Wilkins, M.A.

London: Strahan & Co, 56, Ludgate Hill, 1873 . 0. First edition. 8vo. A very good original cloth binding. pp.12/pp.167/[4pp. - Adverts] . Plain green cloth covered boards, with gilt titles to spine. Top & tail of spine carefully repaired. Original brown endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Engraved armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "W. H. Thompson." Half title present, with adverts to the verso. Printed title-page, with colophon to verso, plus a small ink stamp; "Withdrawn - University of Keele". Clean English text throughout. VG ** "William Hepworth Thompson (27 March 1810 – 1 October 1886) was an English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. " - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 46160

Catalogue: Education: : 19th Century

Keywords: 14784 William Hepworth Thompson Augustus Samuel Wilkins National Education in Greece Strahan & Co Education: : 19th Century