GIRARD COLLEGE AND ITS FOUNDER: CONTAINING THE BIOGRAPHY OF MR. GIRARD, THE HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION, ETC. by Arey, Henry W - 1857

Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1876. 1st Edition thus? . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Slim volume. Gold & black-stamped deep sienna cloth, 7.25" x 5." . New and revised edition. Two steel engravings up front w/ foxed tissue guard. Penciled name FEP. Clean text. History of the famous school for the blind. 11711 shelf

C. Sherman & Son, Philadephia, 1865. good+ condition in brown cloth (some foxing).

Sherman & Co.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Owner's name on both endpages. Front matter dampstained at top corner. (Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, history, philanthropists, orphanages, biography)

Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Son. Good. 1861. Ex-library. Softcover. Ex-library copy with ink stamp on title page. Disbound, pages loose, no covers. ; Approx. 4 1/2" wide by 7 1/8". ; 87 pages .

C. Sherman & Son, Philadelphia, 1865-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 1856 edition. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows heavy wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, loss on the spine. Pages are tanned with minor scattered foxing and underlining/annotation.

Philadelphia:: Sherman & Co.,, 1869.. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth.. Cloth very worn with a few tiny losses. . 8vo,. Engraved frontispiece portrait and view..

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Philadelphia, 1857. 85 pages, clothbound, good condition. .

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer. Good+. 1857. Hardcover. Library stamps on end-papers, small hole on spine.. ; 12mo; 85, [2] pages; Two illustrations. .

Philadelphia, PA: C. Sherman, Printer, 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in blind. Modest soiling to covers, corners rubbed with minor exposure. 85,[2] pp. Scattered soiling, generally minor, to interior. Lacking front flyleaf..

Philadelphia: C. Sherman. Good with no dust jacket; Split at top inch of head of spine. Boards . stained and worn, foxing to first few leaves.. 1856. Later Printing. Hardcover. Title continued: The History of the Institution, its Organization and Plan of Discipline, with the Course of Education, Forms of Admission of Pupils, Description of the Buildings, &c. , &c. , and The Will of Mr. Girard. Original red blindstamped cloth with title stamped in gilt on front boards. Engraving of Girard College and lithograph full-length portrait of Stephen Girard as frontispiece illustrations. Girard was a shipping and banking tycoon who endowed Girard College in his adopted city of Philadelphia to educate financially needy white orphan boys. Girard College is still in existence, offering K-12 private education for low-income boys and girls of all backgrounds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pages .