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CADMUS: Or, A Treatise on the Elements of Written Language [...] With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak

CADMUS: Or, A Treatise on the Elements of Written Language [...] With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak by Thornton, William

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CADMUS: Or, A Treatise on the Elements of Written Language [...] With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak
Author
Thornton, William
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good.
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[Philadelphia]: [American Philosophical Society], 1793. Very good.. Presentation copy extract of the first US publication on the education of deaf people. A prize dissertation proposing spelling reform into 30 letters to represent English, the enduring legacy of this article is in the related essay at the rear on teaching deaf people to speak. An extract from the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. III, this essay suggests different strategies depending on the age of the learner: just as in acquiring foreign languages, children have more practical facility than adults. But for older students, learning in conjunction with reading is important - though greatly complicated by the lack of standardized spelling (a problem that inspired the main portion of this pamphlet, and also tackled by Webster in this era). The essay also briefly mentions sign language. A friend of Thornton's, Thomas Gallaudet, would later found early educational programs for deaf students. A landmark in American engagement with disability education. Quarto. 9'' x 6.75''. Modern wrappers, disbound from larger volume. Illustrated with one table. 261-320 pages. Inscribed by Thornton on slip tipped onto the recto of first leaf (article begins on verso of leaf). Evidence of seal removal on first leaf. Leaves gently and uniformly toned, some areas of foxing.
Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna

Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna by Ayrton, Edward R.; W. L. S. Loat

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Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna
Author
Ayrton, Edward R.; W. L. S. Loat
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
fair to vg
Description
London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Folio. viii, 39pp., xxxviii plates. Original black cloth over tan boards with black lettering on cover, red on spine. Thirty-First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. "El Mahasna... after a cursory examination, we found that the place had been badly plundered, yet we decided to ask the Government for permission to, at least, test the ground. We knew that we should not have the time at our disposal to open every grave, plundered and unplundered, but we hoped to save the unplundered graves." (Excerpts from introduction, Petrie). Sepia-toned and b/w photographs of excavation site and artifacts, and line drawings of pottery. It is exquisitely illustrated with a total of 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Publications of Egypt Exploration Fund advertised at inside back cover. Binding with library barcode and sticker, library bookplate on inside front, library pocket and numeric stamp on inside back cover. Some wear with small chips at corners and along edges and rubbed. Three additional library stamps on verso of title page, page one and verso of last plate, plus library stamps at top and bottom of edges. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good condition.
Blaze Allan

Blaze Allan by Bos Ross, Lillian

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Blaze Allan
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Bos Ross, Lillian
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1944). Reprint. Hardcover. [good sound copy (albeit of a cheaply-manufactured book), tiny nick in cloth near top of rear hinge; jacket is lightly edgeworn, and has an old price sticker adhered to the upper corner of the front flap]. Novel set in the Big Sur country of California, about a young woman who rebels against her father's attempt to marry her off to a "dull [and] somehow repulsive" fellow, spurred on by her meeting a "courteous, handsome young Scandinavian, newly come to the Coast." A sequel to the author's 1942 novel "The Stranger," this is often referenced as the second installment in her multigenerational Big Sur Trilogy, so-called, although that rather elides the fact that this was her last published novel prior to her death in 1959 -- one volume short of a trilogy, in case you're counting. The third book, "The Road," wasn't published (well, self-published, through CreateSpace) until 2012; per Kirkus Reviews, it was "co-written by [Gary M.] Koeppel 50 years after Ross’ death." Presumably Mr. Koeppel was working from some kind of an unfinished manuscript (one online commenter noted that it was "written from notes left by the original author"; another observed that it was "full of typos and other errors"). .
Laser Sailing: for Beginners and Experts.

Laser Sailing: for Beginners and Experts. by Tillman, Dick.

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Laser Sailing: for Beginners and Experts.
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Tillman, Dick.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
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1975: New York , Yachting Publishing Corporation. . Very good condition in dj.. 24 x 15.5 cm. 127 pp. b/w illustrations.
The United States and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons.

The United States and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons. by BADER, William B. (Banks) (1931-2016).

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The United States and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons.
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BADER, William B. (Banks) (1931-2016).
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
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New York:: Pegasus, 1968., 1968. Sm. 8vo. 176 pp. Index. Printed wrappers. Very good. William Banks Bader was an American diplomat who served as the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs (1999 to 2001).

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