Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. 8vo, pp. 365, plus catalog. [American relligious leaders.] Blue cloth. Cover slightly worn at edges, o/w VG. Hopkins was a president of Williams College in Western Massachusetts from 1836 to 1872. More about MARK HOPKINS
Hollywood: 1939. Facsimile reprint of 1880 work. 12mo., pp. 73. Wraps, VG. A teacher writes to her female pupils of schoolroom manners and dreams. More about LETTERS TO HETTY HEEDLESS AND OTHERS
Amsterdam: Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1775. First continental edition after the first edition in Russian of 1766. 8vo, Two volumes, pp. 408, 110; 375. Bound in full calf that shows some light rubbing to head bands and edges, free endpaper loose in volume one. A nice clean copy. Illustrated with 4... More about LES PLANS ET LES STATUTS,; des differents etablissements ordonnes par sa Majest, Imperiale...
NY: Hastings House, (1948). Samuel Chamberlain. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 104.Map. With text by Donald Moffat. Pictorial cloth. Cover yellowed and little scuffed on edges, endpapers little stained, o/w a VG tight copy in little chipped and soiled dj. More about FAIR HARVARD
Princeton NJ: Princeton University, (1950). Special edition. Large 8vo, pp. not numbered. Green cloth with gray spine stamped in green. Cover little rubbed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat worn dj. More about PRINCETON IN SPRING; Camera impressions by
(Massachusetts): NOW, Eastern Mass. Chapter, 1971. Eight 8-1/2x11 sheets, one side, plus cover sheet, stapled at upper left. (It is not clear whether this is the Massachusetts House, or the U.S. House.). More about COSTS OF SCHOOL DISCRIMINATION; Testimony on House Bill 3576, Joint Committee on Education, March...
Kyoto: Doshisha University, 1955. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 439. Author's presentation on title. A fine copy, cover slightly worn at edges. OP. A biography of Denton and an account of the history of Doshisha University of Japan, and of Denton's tenure as a teacher there. (Doshisha began as a missionary seminary.). More about MARY FLORENCE DENTON AND THE DOSHISHA
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 82. Patterned paper over boards. cover slightly worn, o/w VG. A note on the flyleaf says: Ann Cobb is "Virginia" in the series of stories called The Quare Woman, which ran in the Atlantic Monthly in 1922. These are true stories of... More about KINFOLKS; Kentucky mountain rhymes
Philadelphia: Privately printed, 1926. No. 107 of an edition of 1200. Large 8vo, pp. viii, 850. Author's signature on pastedown. With biographic sketches and portrait photographs of 500 of Faires' former pupils and a fold-out classroom plan. Paper over boards, three-quarter cloth. Rear hinge tender, front just beginning at bottom... More about MEMOIR OF REV. JOHN WILEY FAIRES, A.M., D.D.; Founder and principal of the Classical Institute...
Jackson MS: University Press of Mississippi, (1992). First printing. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 249. Index. About as new in slightly scuffed dj. More about CONVERSATIONS WITH ROBERT COLES
Boston: Little, Brown, (1998). First Edition. Square 4to, pp. 176. Photographs by Nixon, with three essays by Coles. Fine in dj. An exploration of the lives of children in three Boston-area schools: a Cambridge elementary school, Perkings School for the Blind, and Boston Latin. More about SCHOOL
Boston: Antiquarian Book Store, 1887. First edn. 12mo, pp. 80. Brown cloth, fine. A sketch of early education. More about JOHN TILESTON'S SCHOOL.; Boston, 1778-1789; 1761-1766. Also his diary from 1761 to 1766
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First Edition. 4to, pp. xvi, 148. Index. Includes diagrams and instructions for simple costumes. Blue cloth, stamped in orange. Review slip glued to pastedown. Cover little faded, o/w a nice copy. More about CHANTONS UN PEU; A collection of French songs, with games, dances, and costumes, grammar drill...
Fairfield CT: Connecticut Circle, Inc., 1980. Periodical. Small 4to, pp. 136. A little foxing on edges of leaves, cover lightly spotted, o/w a VG tight copy. Articles on women at work; four portraits of relationships between mothers and daughter; and college programs designed for preparing women for satisfying, lucrative careers. More about CONNECTICUT November 1980; Women at work Satus 1980
Boston: Little, Brown, 1919. Black, Norman Irving. 8vo, pp. xiii, 284. Index. Illustrated by Norman Irving Black. Blue cloth with pictorial stamping in ivory and gilt, TEG. Cover a bit scuffed, and little worn at edges, front hinge near tender, o/w VG. More about THE STORY OF WELLESLEY
NY: Knopf, 2001. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vii, 143. Paper over boards. About as new in dj. The third book in the autobiography of the first woman president of Smith College. More about A WOMAN'S EDUCATION
Salem (MA): William Cook, January, 1860. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 9-16, Bound in original pictorial wrappers, stitched as issued. With two plates (included in the pagination) of a view of Broad Street, Salem and of the District Schoolhouse in South Danvers, Mass. Images finished in pencil as usual. Little chipped... More about THE PLOUGHBOY'S HARROW; number three by ... the author of The Neriah For The Metrical Apocalypse,...
Middletown CT: Center for the Study of Education and Politics, 1979. Periodical. 4to, pp. 40. Illustrated with several photographs. Paper wraps. Cover little scuffed, o/w a nice coppy. Also contains, among other pieces, The Science of Sexism, by Eileen Van Tassel, and New Morning, by Monte Leach and Mary Tappel... More about BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS TO US; In: Politics & Education Volume 2, No. 1 Fall 1978
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1921. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 41. Paper wraps. [Farmers' Bulletin 218.] Illustrated. Paper somewhat browned, binder holes punched at left side, a few stains on cover, o/w VG. More about THE SCHOOL GARDEN
Boston: Cummings and Hillard, 1818. Sixth edition. 12mo, pp. xx, 316, with several pages of textural illustrations and two full page engraved plates showing map projections. Bound in original leather backed board (some internal staining) but a better than very good copy. Imprints 43784. Originally published in 1813, this contains... More about AN INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY; on the plan of Goldsmith and Guy, Comprising...
Boston: Cummings and Hillard, 1818. Sixth edition. 12mo, pp. xx, 316, with several pages of textural illustrations and two full page engraved plates showing map projections.Bound in original leather backed board (internal staining, lacks a front flyleaf) a good copy. Imprints 43784. Originally published in 1813, this contains a 20... More about AN INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY; on the plan of Goldsmith and Guy, Comprising...
Toronto: Our Schools/Our Selves Education Foundation, (1992). 8vo, pp. 142. Bibliography. Paper wraps. [Our schools/our selves monograph series; No. 10.] Cover slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy. Explores the way social class is perpetuated in Canadian schools and suggests correctives. More about STACKING THE DECK; The streaming of working-class kids in Ontario schools
Paris: Maradan, 1816. Reprint. (First issued in 1784). 3 volumes. 12mo, [xl], 364; [iv], 418; [iv], 459. Bound in calf backed boards with raised bands in four sections with gilt stamping, a very good clean set. DeGenlis (1746-1830) was a French writer, educator and governess to the Duke of Chartres... More about LES VEILLEES DU CHATEAU,; ou Cours De Morale a L'Usuage Des Enfans; par l'Auteur d'Adele et Theodore
Paris: Maradan, 1811. First edition. 8vo, pp. [iv], lx, 374. Two letters in the word "comme" partially obscured on the title page. Bound in contemporary calf, backed boards, spine gilt, some modest stains to the half-title, a very good tight copy. DeGenlis (1746-1830) was a French writer, educator and governess... More about DE L'INFLUENCE DES FEMMES SUR LA LITTERATURE FRANCAISE; comme protectrices des letters et comme...
NY: Scribner's, 1935. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 327. Illustrated with photographs. Blue cloth. VG tight copy. A biography of one of the presidents of Williams College (1836-1872). It focuses on many anecdotes about life at the college and in the Berkshires of the time, including the information that trying to... More about MARK HOPKINS; A biography
