The Opening of Boston Girls High School

(Boston Girls High School). An Account of the High School for Girls, Boston: with a Catalogue of the Scholars. Boston: Thomas B. Wait, 1826. 1st ed. 8vo. 20 pp. Sewn. Sewn, as issued with half-title. Outer leaves dust-soiled, corners curled, but a very good, uncut copy. $175.00

Shoemaker 23887. With the signature on the half-title of one of the scholars, Ann T. Perkins, possibly the daughter of T.H. Perkins, philanthropist and founder of the Perkins Institute for the Blind (1833). The first high school for girls in Boston.