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Hadow, William Henry (1859-1937); J. Compton; W.J. Parker (Foreword); Borough Council (Barking, Essex) Education Committee. The Schools of Barking; A brief survey, with photographs and plans, issued on the occasion of the formal opening of the Eastbury, Cambell, Erkenwald, Roding, Dawson and Monteagle Schools by Sir Henry Hadow, C.B.E., M.A., D.Mus., L.L.D., D.Litt., F.R.C.M., on 6th October, 1932. Barking, Essex: Borough Council (Barking, Essex) Education Committee | Printed at their Works at Iford by “The Drayton Press.”, [1932]. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 40. Small 4to., measuring 7.5″ x 9.75″. Stapled card covers bearing crest in raised gilt to the front cover, and blind-stamped rules to the margins. Fascinating architectural history of British schools. Replete with sharp black and white photographs of the various school buildings, their respective interiors, and corresponding architectural plans and drawings. Also comprises of a complete listing of members of the local ‘Education Committee’, and a complete listing of the various schools which comprised the Borough of Barking, as well as their approximate capital and operating costs. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked. Correponds to OCLC #752483686 (see also British Library Citation No. 000202129) with only two known institutional holdings; no copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing. Near fine. Card Covers. (#1626) $145.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
