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WALKER ( Thomas ), of Melbourne. The Lyceum ; or the education of the children of liberals. A lectur

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WALKER ( Thomas ), of Melbourne. The Lyceum ; or the education of the children of liberals. A lectur

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
WALKER ( Thomas ), of Melbourne. The Lyceum ; or the education of the children of liberals. A lecture … delivered in Melbourne, January 1st, 1882. Melbourne : Published by W. H. Terry, Freethought and Spiritualistic Book Depot, 1882FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, 16-pages and upper coloured printed paper wrapper (which bears the title and imprint as above), large 12mo, disbound, small Bristol University stamp on wrapper, otherwise in very good state COPAC locates only the Bristol copy and a microform copy at Cambridge. WorldCat locates only microform copies. Apparently, not in any Australian library.ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1) BAYLEY ( Edric ). The work of the School Board for London, 1888-91. October 1891. Printed by C. Talbot (1891). FIRST EDITION, pages 23, (1, blank), 8vo, unbound as issued : small stamp in two places and the first and final page a little dusty, but still a very good copy. COPAC has the Bristol copy only. Bayley was a prominent member of the board.(2) COLQUHOUN ( John Campbell ). Remarks on Sir John Pakington's Education Bill. In a letter to the right hon. S. H. Walpole, M.P. Thomas Hatchard, 1855. FIRST EDITION, pages 22, (2, blank), 8vo, recent paper wrapper : a very good copy. Pakington’s education bill, which contained the germ of the present system of school boards, met with little favour from his own party, and Lord Robert Cecil declared that, ‘as far as religious instruction was concerned, he looked upon the bill as the secular system in disguise’. In February 1857 Pakington again introduced an education bill but later withdrew it. Colquhoun (1803-70), chairman of the general committee of the National Club, of the Church of England Education Society, and of the Irish Church Mission to Roman Catholics.(3) ADULT EDUCATION. Metropolitan Association for Promoting the Education of Adults, in union with the Society of Arts, 19, John-Street, Adelphi, W.C. Established November, 1862. W. Trounce, printer [1864]. Pages 48 and (4), 4 adverts, with tipped in printed slip regarding the annual prize donated by the Princess of Wales, 8vo, original printed paper wrappers : with a small stamp on the title-page, otherwise a very good copy in original state Unaccountably scarce. Not in COPAC or BL and WorldCat has microfiche copies only.(4) EDUCATION. A letter to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., (First Lord of the Treasury) on educational legislation, by a nonconformist M.P. Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Manchester : Johnson & Rawson. 1873. FIRST EDITION,27-pp,8vo,unbound,sewn as issued:small stamp on title,but very good Neither COPAC (four copies) nor WorldCat (2 copies) suggests an author. Asking that education be the first question of a liberal government and for the appointment of a minister of education.(5) BEGGS ( Thomas ). Three lectures on the moral elevation of the people. Reprinted from the "National Temperance Magazine", by T. Cook, 26, Granby-street, Leicester. Published by Brittain and by T. Cook, Midland Temperance Press, Leicester. [1846?]. Pages (2), 82, sewn as issued and unbound : a little dog-eared and first and last page evenly dusty, small stamp on title-page : a good to very good copy. Goldsmiths' 34788, suggesting [1846?]. Beggs, secretary to the Health of Towns Association, published "An inquiry into the extent and causes of juvenile depravity" in 1849.(6) COLE ( Christian F. ). Education : a lecture, delivered in Holy Trinity Church Schoolroom, Kissey Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Manchester ; John Heywood, 1880. FIRST EDITION, 32-pages, small 8vo, original printed paper wrapper : library numbers on the upper wrapper, otherwise a very good copy(7) JACKSON ( John ). Upright versus sloping writing. Being an inquiry into the respective merits of sloping and upright or vertical writing. Third edition. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, circa 1889. With a folding plate, 8-pages, roy 8vo, disbound, in clean and very good state Title from upper original wrapper, here preserved, though in rather chipped and frayed state.(8)MELBOURNE PRINTED; EDUCATION; JUVENILE; ENGLAND; LONDON; HISTORY; LAW; TEMPERANCE; SIERRA LEONE; CALLIGRAPHY; ;