A Souvenir of the Year 1838 - Order of Exercises at the Public Annual Exhibition of the Hawes School, at the South Baptist Church, Tuesday, August 14, 1838
by Rogers, James B
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Rear cover detached bt otherwise intact. Front cover with engraving of school is edgeworn and soiled. Internally clean and fresh
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Rear cover detached bt otherwise intact. Front cover with engraving of school is edgeworn and soiled. Internally clean and fresh. Pike Chelsea 1886 Wraps, 12mo. 4pp. An 1886 facsimile of the program of a musical exhibition by students of the famous South Boston school. According to the contemporary preface, this was an experiment to bring vocal music into public schools and was "...the Magna Charta of musical education in this country." Exceedingly rare with no copies found in OCLC or anywhere else.
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- Bookseller
- 12th Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS 52984 I
- Title
- A Souvenir of the Year 1838 - Order of Exercises at the Public Annual Exhibition of the Hawes School, at the South Baptist Church, Tuesday, August 14, 1838
- Author
- Rogers, James B
- Book Condition
- Used - Rear cover detached bt otherwise intact. Front cover with engraving of school is edgeworn and soiled. Internally clean and fresh
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pike
- Date Published
- 1886
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Austin, Texas
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- Facsimile
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- 12mo
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- Soiled
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