FORSTER. JACKSON, Patrick.

Education Act Forster: A Political Biography of W.E. Forster (1818-1886).

Associated University Presses, 1997. Hardcover. Sticker mark to spine of dustjacket, o/wise very good condition. 375pp. ISBN-10 0838637132. ISBN-13: 9780838637135.

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Book number: 75806

Keywords: english england politics political britain british 19th nineteenth century victorain liberal party political science

(Girard, Stephen). Arey, Henry W.

The Girard College and Its Founder: Containing the Biography of Mr. Girard, the History of the Institution, Its Organization and Plan of Discipline, with the Course of Education, Forms of Admission of Pupils, Description of the Buildings, &C. &C. , and the Will of Mr. Girard. By Henry W. Arey, Secretary of the Girard College.

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, 1852. 1852. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover with decorations stamped in blind on both covers & raised bands on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped with the head & tail of the spine creased. There is light staining to the covers & a small black stain to the front cover. 85 & [3] pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. There is occasional foxing, mainly to the prelims & to a few rear leaves. Very good.

First edition

Girard was from a French family in Bordeaux. He became an officer in the French mercantile marine and eventually came to Philadelphia where he founded the Girard College for Orphans. An inscription on the front endpaper states that this copy of the book was bought at Girard College on October 23rd, 1852 and that the owner, Duncan Thompson, "on that day was admitted by permit given him by J. J. Boswell to enter the above named college and taken through all the rooms and buildings connected with it. / This Book gives a very definite description of the buildings." James J. Boswell is listed as a member of the Board of Directors of the College. Very good .

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Book number: 17262

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; EDUCATION; COLLEGE; GIRARD COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS; THE GIRARD COLLEGE AND ITS FOUNDER; STEPHEN GIRARD; BIOGRAPHY; HENRY W. AREY; HISTORY OF EDUCATION; PHILANTHROPY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST E

Hersh, Burton

The Education of Edward Kennedy, a Family Biography; Foreword by James Macgregor Burns

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xiii, (v), 510, index; Illustrated, photographs; burgundy cloth, lettered in red, white and blue, in a dust jacket. In depth biography of Senator Kennedy at the time he was a possible candidate for the Presidency. Miles, Image Makers #1236. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 14233

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Cold War; Kennedy; Krushchev; Presidents; Ted Kennedy; Elections; Politics & Politicians

Kahn, Arthur D.

The Education of Julius Caesar; a Biography, a Reconstruction

New York, Schocken Books, 1986. x, 514p. dj. .

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Book number: 023513

Keywords: Julius Caesar Classics

Reid, W

American and English Studies Volume I & II Government & Education Biography, History and Journalism

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 volumes Ex-library with neat labels on front eps. Mid-blue cloth, with bright gilt lettering on spine. Very minor foxing. A good copy. Immediate despatch from the UK. Good+.

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Keywords: HISTORY

THOMAS, J.E.; ELSEY, BARRY (EDS.)

International Biography of Adult Education

Nottingham, Department of Adult Education, University of Nottingham. 1985. (ISBN: 9781850410010). Hardcover. Used, Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. The jacket is lightly shelfworn, with two or three slight nicks to the edges. The spine and front spine side are sunned on the jacket and to a much lesser extent on the hardcover. Light marks on the page block and one or two pages. Binding is sound; all text is clear. CM. Good.

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Book number: 479785

Catalogue: Teaching & Education

Keywords: 9781850410010