IN THE DAYS OF MISS BEALE;; A study of her work and influence
London: Burrow, 1931. First Edition. 4to, pp. 194. Illustrated. Cover, especially spine, quite worn, inside solid. VG. A history of the Cheltenham Ladies' College. More
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A RECORD OF THE COMMEMORATION, October Eighth to Tenth, 1893,; On the Centennial Anniversary of the founding of Williams College
Cambridge, MA: John Wilson, 1894. Large 8vo, pp. 330. Includes index and list of persons registered to attend. Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Cover slightly worn at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. Program, orations, addresses, etc. More
HISTORY OF MOUNT HOLYOKE SEMINARY,; South Hadley, Mass. during its first half century, 1837-1887
South Hadley MA: Mt. Holyoke, 1887. Second edition. 8vo, pp. xi, 377. Illustrated, with an extra picture laid in. Dark brown cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Cover quite worn and held together at spine with transparent tape. Interior OK. Fair. More
A WHOLE-SOULED WOMAN; Prudence Crandall and the education of Black women
NY: Norton, (1990). First printing. 8vo, pp. x, 278. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated. Crandall opened the first private boarding school for Black girls in New England. More
A WHOLE-SOULED WOMAN; Prudence Crandall and the education of Black women
NY: Norton, (1990). First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 278. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges faintly spotted, o/w a nice copy in dj. In 1833, Crandall opened the first private boarding school for Black girls in New England. Vigilante violence forced its closing in 1834..... More
THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN; 1881-1931
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 479. Appendix, index. Dark blue cloth. Owner's name on flyleaf. A VG tight copy in well worn dj. More
ELEMENTS OF ZOOLOGY; A text-book
NY: Scribner, Armstrong, 1875. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 503. Illustrated with 750 wood engravings. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Rust cloth, stamped in black. Cover little faded, and scuffed at edges, but a nice tight copy. Tenney taught at Williams College. More
UNTIL VICTORY;; Horace Mann and Mary Peabody
Boston: Little, Brown, (1953). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 367. Illustrated. Cover little worn and stained, o/w a VG tight copy. A biography of the educators. More
THE POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN;; Or, elements of woman's success drawn from the life of Mary Lyon and others. A book for girls
Boston: Gould and LIncoln, 1859. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xvii, 353. Brown cloth, blind-stamped and printed in gilt on the spine. Cover faded and somewhat worn at corners and ends of spine, endpapers stained, some foxed, o/w good. Advice about filling woman's "proper sphere." More
HANDWRITING IN MERICA; A cultural history
New Haven: Yale, (1996). First printing. 8vo, pp. xiv, 248. Notes, index. Illustrated. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. More
MANHOOD AT HARVARD; William James and others
NY: Norton, (1996). First printing. 8vo, pp. 318. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. Training boys to be men in the decades after the Civil War. More
ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT,; with a biographical sketch of the author by Matthew Lans.
NY: Mutual Book Co, (1900). First Edition, second state with the correction of the word "five" on p 16. 12mo, pp. 28 (1). Bound in green cloth stamped in black and red, little stained on the cover and rubbed at the extremities of the spine, a very good copy, untrimmed..... More
OPENING OF LYMAN WILLISTON HALL [Mt Holyoke Female Seminary]; Address of ... and Exercises of Dedication
Springfield, MA: Clark Bryan, 1877. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 28. Illustrated with one plate showing architectural floor plans of each of the 4 levels of this museum/science building. Removed. More
MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF JOHN BASCOM; At the University of Wisconsin
(Madison, WI): University of Wisconsin, 1911. 8vo, pp. 52. Paper wraps tied with cord. Cover chipped, interior VG. More
DIARY OF A SCHOOL-TEACHER.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954. First edn. 8vo, pp. 344. Translated from the Russian by Rose Prokofieva, illustrated by B. Vinokuru. Green cloth, very good. Reflections and narratives of the experience of of a Soviet teacher. More
ON A NEW ENGLAND CAMPUS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vii, 280. Illustrated. Blue cloth. Owner's name on flyleaf. Cover somewhat scuffed, front hinge tender, o/w VG. Reminiscences about Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley MA. More
AMERICAN DIARY
Madison WI: University of Wisconsin, 1963. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xv, 181. Biographical directory, index. Illustrated with two photographs. A nice copy in price-clipped and slightly chipped dj. In 1808, the British Webb, with husband Sidney, visited the U.S., with a particular interest in its city governments. Sidney Webb was..... More
APPOINTMENT DENIED; The inquisition of Bertrand Russell
Amherst NY: Prometheus, (2000). First printing. 8vo, pp. 233. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and a cartoon. Top outer corners of several leaves very slightly bumped, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed dj. Russell was appointed to a position on the faculty of New York's City College, but..... More
THE POWER AND PROMISE; Of humane education
Gabriola Island, Canada: New Society, 2004. 8vo, pp. 173. Resources, index. Author's presentation on title; "To Leslie, | With warmest wishes, ZW" Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a nice copy. More
MISS MARKS AND MISS WOOLLEY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First printing. 8vo, pp. 268. Illustrated with photographs. A nice copy in somewhat soiled and faded dj. A portrait of the relationship of Emma Woolley, president of Mt. Holyoke College for 36 years, and Jeannette Marks, an author and English professor at the college. Their relationship..... More
THE STORY OF A GREAT SCHOOLMASTER
NY: Macmillan, 1924. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 176. Illustrated with three photographs. Cover little worn, o/w VG. More
NURSERY EDUCATION; A survey of day nurseries, nursery schools, private kindergartens in the United States. Report of the Committee on the infant and preschool child.
NY: Century, (1931). Illustrated with graphs and charts. Blue cloth. Ex llibrary with bookplate and stamp. Edges and cover soiled, label taped on spine, cover little worn at edges, o/w VG. More
WOOD-WORKING TOOLS;; How to use them
Boston MA: Ginn, Heath, 1884. Kendrick, D. T., et al. 8vo, pp. ix, 102. Illustrated by D. T. Kendrick, among others. Red cloth. Cover somewhat soiled and little worn at edges, a few leaves carelessly opened, o/w VG. Prepared for industrial school use.industry. More
EDUCATING OUR DAUGHTERS; A challenge to the colleges
NY: Harper, (1950). 8vo, pp. x, 166. References, index. Brown cloth. Cover little worn at edges, taped at top of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. More
EMMA WILLARD AND HER PUPILS; or Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary 1822-1872.
NY: Mrs. Russell Sage, (1898). First Edition. 4to, pp. 893. Blue cloth, Illustrated with portraits. Hinges loose, first fasicile separate. A fair/good copy. From the library of scholar Gerda Lerner with her bookplate. A record of the school and the students that attended. Willard's Troy school was one of the..... More