Joseph Lancaster

Improvements in Education

London, J Lancaster, 1806. Leather. A sixth edition copy of Joseph Lancaster's renowned early nineteenth century treatise on education. Joseph Lancaster was an English Quaker and public education innovator, renowned for developing a variant of the monitorial system with a recursive method of instruction and delivery. As a precursor to the modern-day method of 'peer tutoring', within this method students were rewarded for successfully passing on information to the next pupil. Printed and Sold by J. Lancaster Free School Borough Road; Darton and Harvey Gracechurch Street and Hatchard Piccadilly This work succinctly details Lancaster's methods and was written by Lancaster shortly before he travelled to the United States to lecture and promote his ideas. The height of popularity of his system came in the first decades of the nineteenth century, and in 1808 "The Society for Promoting the Lancasterian System for the Education of the Poor" was created. This is a very important work in the history of education. Rebound in a lovely quarter cloth binding with marbled paper boards and morocco label tipped to spine. Externally lovely with minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Hinges reinforced. Bookseller's label tipped to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned but bright, with the odd spot to the occasional page and age toning to textblock. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 653M12

Catalogue: Social Sciences

Keywords: Education Lancaster Society Leather Lancaster None

Gunnar Landtman

The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea a Nature-Born Instance of Rousseau&Apos;S Ideal Community

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this work on the people of British New Guinea by philosopher Gunna Landtman. An uncommon first edition of the work.In the publishers original cloth with gilt illustration to the front board. With a frontispiece and 113 monochrome illustrations over plates and vignettes. The work was written by Finnish Philosopher Gunna Landtman. Landtman was also a sociology and philosophy professor and is considered to be the first modern sociological anthropologist. Landtman lived with the Kiwai Papuans for two years, where he gathered research for this work. This work looks at the life's of the Kiwai Papuans through the eyes of Rousseau's theory of the ideal community. This theory states that the most ideal society is based of men being true to their human nature, which he explains means freedom of will. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally in very good condition with slight fading to the spine, bumping to the spine resulting in rubbing and minor rubbing and marking to the boards. Offsetting and the odd spot to the end papers. Internally generally firmly bound with the chords showing to the frontispiece but firm. Bright pages. Pages generally clean with the odd spot, heavier to the title page and light offsetting to the half title and the publisher's advertisements. Light spotting to the fore edge and age toning to the top edge. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 874Z14

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: first edition British New Guinea Gunnar Landtman Illustrated British New Guinea None stated

Gunnar Landtman; Alfred C. Haddon

The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea. A Nature-Born Instance of Rousseau&Apos;S Ideal Community

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce 20th century ethnographical work on Kiwai Papuans by sociologist and philosopher Gunnar Landtman A first edition of this scarce ethnographical work on Kiwai Papuans, the Mawatta, and the Masingle peoples. With 113 illustrations, collated but not complete, as three plates are missing between pages 22 and 25, and two plates are missing at pages 30 and 31. Having lived with the Kiwai Papuans between 1910 and 1912, Finnish sociologist and philosopher Gunnar Landtman follows his volume on Kiwi Papuan folklore with this examination of their ways of life. Comprised of 33 chapters, Landtman discusses a broad range of topics from housing, hunting, and harvesting, to astrology, meteorology, and social organisation. The work also contains records of the habits and beliefs of the Mawatta people on the mainland of Papua New Guinea. The book was rebound by the Fife Education Committee County Library. There is a torn bookplate with advice for users of the Fife Education Committee library to the front pastedown, and purple ink stamps to the recto of the front endpaper, and the title page. Small ink markings to the verso of the title page. Pages v and 19 have small tape repairs. Rebound in a half calf library binding. Externally, generally smart with a little rubbing to the boards. Spine lightly bumped to the head, with some marginal wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with the occasional mark throughout. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .

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Book number: 843N24

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Kiwai Papuan Rousseau Ideal Commuity Gunner Landtman Folklore Rousseau Ideal Commuity Not stated

Edward William Lane

An Account of the Manner and Customs of the Modern Egyptians

London, Henry Frowde, 1842. Cloth. The third edition of Lane's illustrated study of the 'Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians&apos. A fascinating study into the lives of Egyptians, illustrated throughout. A smart copy of the two volume third edition of Edward William Lane's fascinating account of everyday life in Egypt in the nineteenth century. Written by Edward William Lane, an orientalist and translator, who is best known for this work, and for his translation of 'One Thousand and One Nights&apos. He begun studying Arabic when he was young, and he was inspired to travel to Egypt in 1825 when he was 24. He lived there for two and half years, mingling with the locals, adopting the culture, and taking notes of everything he saw, did, and heard.With vignette illustrations to each volume.Lane's research was limited by the fact that gender segregation prevented him from observing Egyptian women, an aspect of Egyptian life that was of particular interest to his readers. He was forced to rely on the information provided by Egyptian men.With the armorial bookplate of 'Duncan' to the front pastedown of volume II. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing to back strips. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rear hinge of volume I, and front hinge of volume II, starting, with boards holding firm. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot and light handling marks. One gathering of volume II working loose. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 826F6

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: egypt africa Egyptian History modern egypt africa Not Stated

J.-L. De Lanessan

La Tunisie

Paris, Felix Alcan, 1887. First edition. Leather. The nineteenth century French statesman Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan lays out his plans for colonial expansion in this leather bound volume. Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan's reflects on colonial expansion in this first edition. Published in French. Lanessan was a French statesman and naturalist. After serving in the navy and wartime medical service, Lanessan took a doctorate degree and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Paris. Prompted by the approaching Paris exhibition, Lanessan went on a government mission to the French colonies in 1886-1887, which led to the publication of the present volume. In a quarter calf binding over patterned boards. Externally, smart. Very lightly rubbed to the boards, with a little creasing of the paper where the paper meets the calf. Lightly rubbed to the spine label. A little bumped and rubbed to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from the first fifty pages, which have a pink mark to the fore edge, pages are age-toned but clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 863N16

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: La Tunisie Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan Politics First Edition Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan Leather Binding None