CHRONICLES OF A PIONEER SCHOOL FROM 1792 TO 1833 BEING THE HISTORY OF MISS SARAH PIERCE AND HER LITCHFIELD SCHOOL
by Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes (comp) Elizabeth C Barney Buel (ed)
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass. 1903 first edition. University Press. Hardcover. sm4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Miss Pierce. 465p. Many photo illustrations; Lrge color foldout chart of English History, etc. Lovely condition. VG Plus, no owner marks, no tears no stains no cracked hinges. no dj. School in Litchfield, Connecticut. Valuable source for history of education in United States. .
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- Title
- CHRONICLES OF A PIONEER SCHOOL FROM 1792 TO 1833 BEING THE HISTORY OF MISS SARAH PIERCE AND HER LITCHFIELD SCHOOL
- Author
- Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes (comp) Elizabeth C Barney Buel (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- history school massachusetts nineteenth women connecticut education
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