AN ADDRESS; Delivered September 6, 1831, before the Adelphic Union Society of Williams College; the evening preceding the annual Commencement
Williamstown, MA: Bannister, 1831. 8vo, pp. 36. Wraps removed. VG. More
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THE CHOCOLATE CHILDREN
Boston: New England Free Press, (1966). 8vo, pp. 9. Paper wraps. Originally published in This magazine is about schools, summer, 1969. A nice copy. A visit to a boys' school in Hershey, PA. A commentary on regimentation in the school and in the town. More
THE HOUSE OF INTELLECT
NY: Harper, (1959). First Edition. 8vo, pp. viii, 276. Notes. A few markings in ink, o/w VG. Essays. More
WHERE HAS ALL THE IVY GONE?; A memoir of university life
Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xi, 395. Author's presentation on half-title: "For Perry Fuller, | whose University | it also is, and | whose "ivy" he | helps to cultivate | Sincerely, | Muriel Beadle | October 1972" Frontis map. Blue cloth with black cloth spine..... More
YALE LECTURES ON PREACHING; Delivered before the Theological Department of Yale College...as the first series ih the regular course of the "Lyman Beecher Lecturship on Preaching"
NY: J. B. Ford, 1872. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. xii, 263, plus advertisements. Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Ex library, with bookplate. One hinge tendera little pencil marking, cover little worn, o/w VG. More
THREE HUNDRED ... & COUNTING; Book Arts Press Lectures, 1972-1990. An informal exhibition...
NY: Book Arts Press, Columbia University, 1990. 8vo, pp. 32. Illustrated with facsimiles of flyers for various lectures. Paper wraps. [Occasional publication No. 8.] A nice copy. More
HISTORY OF MANUAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION UP TO 1890
Peoria IL: Manual Arts, (1926). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 461. Chrolology, sources, index. Illustrated. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt. A VG tight copy. The development of manual arts and art education and their relationship to industry. More
HISTORY OF MANUAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION, 1870-1917
Peoria IL: Manual Arts Press, (1937). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 566. References, chronology, index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. A VG tight copy. More
WOMEN IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA,; A study of opinion and social usage.
NY: Columbia, 1935. First Edition. tall 8vo, pp. 343. Ex-library with bookplates fore and aft. A very good copy. "The purpose of this study is to show certain aspects of the position of women in eighteenth-century America-in theory and in fact. Such treatment of theoretical material is almost of necessity..... More
THE CULTURE OF PROFESSIONALISM; The middle class and the development of higher education in America
NY: Norton, (1976). First printing. 8vo, pp. xii, 354. Appendix, index. Top edge spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in little soiled dj. More
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
NY: Simon and Schuster, (1987). 8vo, pp. 392. Index. A nice copy in slightly chipped and scuffed dj. More
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
NY: Simon and Schuster, (1987). 8vo, pp. 392. Index. Foreword by Saul Bellow. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A VG tight copy in slightly chipped and scuffed dj. More
THE IDEAL SUNDAY SCHOOL,; a paper read before the League of Unitarian Women, NY, Feb., 1889.
NY: 1889. 8vo, Pp. 10. Little soiled printed wraps, VG. Inscribed by the author. More
IN PURSUIT OF THE PhD
Princeton NJ: Princeton, (1992). Second printing. Large 8vo, pp. xx, 442. Appendices, references, index. Illustrated with graphs and charts. Black cloth. Edges slightly spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in llttle soiled dj. A major study. More
THE INVISIBLE LINE; In: Graduate Comment, a magazine of Wayne State University, Volume XII, No. 1 1969
Detroit MI: Wayne State University, 1969. Periodical. Small 4to, pp. 56. Paper wraps. Very slightly bent at top right, back cover creased, owner's name inside front cover, o/w a VG tight copy. An issue dedicated entirely to women's issues, focusing mainly on education and professional experiences. More
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN:; A life in the young republic
Princeton NJ: Princeton University, (1989). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xvi, 377. Notes, index. Illustrated with portraits. Slightly spotted on top edge, o/w near fine in dj. More
OUR SCHOOLS / OUR SELVES; A magazine for Canadian education activists. Vol. 4, No. 2. Jan/Feb 1993
Toronto: Our Schools/Our Selves Education Foundation, 1993. Periodical. 8vo, pp. 163. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Cover little scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy. Features articles on NAFTA and its effect on Canadian education. More
APOSTLE OF DEMOCRACY; The life of Lucy Maynard Salmon
NY: Harper, (1943). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 315. Index. Illustrated with photographs. Blue cloth with paper spine label. A nice copy. Salmon taught at Vassar College, starting in 1887. More
THE RELEVANCE OF EDUCATION
NY: Norton, (1971). First printing. 8vo, pp. xvi, 175. Edited by Anita Gill. Slight moisture-staining on cover and edges, o/w a VG tight copy in some soiled and little chipped dj. More
A RECORD OF ELLEN WATSON
London: Macmillan, 1886. Third edn. 8vo, pp. 288. Frontis portrait. Little moisture-staining on first few leaves, o/w VG. Watson went from England to South Africa to teach school. The book, a mixture of narrative and her letters, dwells heavily on her religious life. More
ADDRESS...; Before the Literary Societies of Williams College, August 1, 1864
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1864. 8vo, pp. 32. Paper wraps. Cover chipped and worn, interior VG. The subject was The relations of the educated man with American nationality. More
THE CENTENNIAL SITUATION OF WOMAN; Address of ... at the Commencement Anniversary of Mount Holyole Seminary , Massachusetts, June 22, 1876.
Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1876. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 45. Removed from a bound volume. Good clean sheets. Printed presentatiom slip from the author tipped in. Bullock argues the men and women have their own strengths and spheres and that women do not belong in the public one! Bullock graduated from..... More
BARBARA BODICHON 1827-1891
London: John Murray, (1949). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 219. Illustrated. Cover worn, o/w VG. Bodichon was an educator and social reformer. More
THE INTELLIGENCE OF A PEOPLE
Princeton NJ: Princeton University, (1973). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 408. Appendices, bibliography, index. With several illustrations. Review laid in. Some pencil notes throughout, edges slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy in price-clipped and somewhat worn dj. More
JOURNAL ANECDOTIQUE DE MADAME CAMPAN;; or, Conversations recueillies dans ses entretiens. Par M. Maigne. Suivi d'extraits de sa correspondance, ses penees sur l'education, &c. &c.
Paris, et Londres: Colburn, 1825. First edn. 8vo, pp. 388. Bound in leather-backed marble boards, library bookplate, a very nice copy. Campan (1752-1822) was a French educator and companion of Marie Antoinette. She had been associated with the court from 1767 when she was hired as reader to the Princess..... More