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(Anatomically) Classified Indian Club Exercises and Drills: for the gymnasium, school room and individual
Small green cloth 12mo, 68pp + (4) printed blanks for "Indian Club Drills" notes. Mild rubbing and darkening to cloth, else Near Fine. Jones was the Physical Director at YMCA Nashville and author of Classified Gymnasium Exercises. An instructive guide for introducing "Indian Clubs" as...
Les Points de Marque de Modes et Travaux. Volume 1 de la collection "Recko"
Accordion-fold, 9.75 x 4.5 inches. 8 panels printed on both sides in red and black. No date, ca. 1920s-1940s. 3" closed tear along one of the folds, light rubbing to edges, overall Very Good.
Kunstschriftmappe Beispielen... (Lettering/Calligraphy guide and practice book in original envelope)
Kunstschriftmappe Beispielen fur Ly=Schrift. Ly-heft 1: Renaissance-Schrift von Rudolf Blanckertz; Ly-heft 2: Uebungsheft fur Renaissanceschrift. Oblong softcover 8vo, 24pp + 16 page blank booklet of thin laid paper with black and white guideline sheet to place underneath for practice. Housed in original envelope with minimal...
Memory and Intellectual Improvement Applied to Self-Education and Juvenile Instruction
Twenty-fifth edition, revised. Green cloth 12mo, 231pp + (4) ads. Various black and white illustrations. Good to Very Good with light soil throughout; cloth rubbed with small losses at the crown and tail of rear joint. Previous owner's name penciled on ffep.
Weaving and Paper Plaiting: Spear's Kindergarten Series
One of the most exciting boxes of kindergarten material we've seen, thanks to excellent condition and uncommon contents. The paper weaving material is beautiful and fresh, and the plaiting materials exemplify the interconnectedness of Froebel’s gifts & occupations. Using elements of weaving (15), slats (16),...
A Phrenological Chart of the Character and Talents of Miss Mary E. Shaw
No place, no date. Late 1880s-early 1890s based on evidence of Campbell’s active years. [6] leaves with 11 manuscript pages of writing, 10 x 8 inches. Stitched along the spine; Fair condition with a 2x4" loss gnawed from the bottom edge of the last leaf,...
Paper Cutting (student album of kindergarten work, Froebel Gift #13)
Album of paper cutting exercises, ca 1890s. Gilt-stamped pebbled cloth concertina fold album, 9.5 x 9.5 x 2.5 inches. 39 panels, several with designs on both sides. The album dates to the early-mid 1890s and was executed by student Anna Olga Müller, the daughter of two German naturalized...
With Scissors and Paste: Consisting of Designs for Cutting and Pasting with Suggestions for the Work
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, 1926. Paperback. Very good +. Softcover 8vo, 12pp + 26 plates printed recto-only. This copy also has a few paper cuttings laid-in. Minor creasing/wear to wraps. Very Good+ copy of the revised edition of "The Plan Book with Scissors and Paste"...
Archive of 18 manuscript weaving pattern drafts by a woman in Texas, ca. 1840-1860s
Eighteen manuscript drafts for weaving on a harness loom, including patterns for dimity and overshot. The average draft measures around 2 x 15 inches; the smallest is 4 inches and the longest is 29 inches. Many of the drafts are stitched or pinned together from...
Home Gymnastics for the Well and the Sick
...adapted to all ages and both sexes, with directions how to preserve and increase health, also how to overcome conditions of ill health, by simple movements of the body. Translated from the eighth German edition, this appears to be the first English language edition. Brown...