king chauncey (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: 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.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. King, Chauncey R (illustratore). Paperback. The very first Anthology of Ichor from UnEarthed Press. Includes featured authors: Ryan Kinkor Jamie Marriage, Phil Richardson Paul DeCirce. Beware, the devil is watching you. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.