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
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
Williamstown MA: Williams College, 1969. Horizontal small 8vo, pp. 60. With several illustrations. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
Jackson MS: University Press of Mississippi, (1992). First printing. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 249. Index. About as new in slightly scuffed dj. More
Boston: Antiquarian Book Store, 1887. First edn. 12mo, pp. 80. Brown cloth, fine. A sketch of early education. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
