Boston: Small, Maynard, 1900. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 298. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in green and gold, and signed MLP, Spine corners little rubbed, some pencil scribling erased from the endpapers, a very good copy, The author's fourth book. Feminist, author and lecturer, Gilman was born in Hartford, Conn..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1900. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 298. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in green and gold, and signed MLP, Spine corners little rubbed, ownership signature of Mrs. Annie Oakley (not the famous markswoman) in 1901 on half title, a very good copy, The author's fourth book. Feminist, author..... More
Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1898. First edn. Large 8vo, pp 416. Illustrated. VG, cover rather worn and soiled. Another copy, same condition. A biography of Willard, who was a prime-mover and president of the Woman's temperance union. Includes character sketches and tributes from a variety of people who had..... More
Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1898. First edn. Large 8vo, pp 416. Illustrated. Cover rather worn and soiled, rear hinge tender, o/w VG. A biography of Willard, who was a prime-mover and president of the Woman's temperance union. Includes character sketches and tributes from a variety of people who had..... More
Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, (1898). First edn. Large 8vo, pp 416. Illustrated. Gray cloth, stamped in gilt. Cover somewhat worn, front hinge tender, o/w VG. A biography, by her private secretary, of Willard, who was a prime-mover and president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Includes character sketches and..... More
NY: Fleming H. Revell, (1917). 8vo, pp. 283. Illustrated wtih photographs. Ex library with pocket, spine label, and stamps. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. One hinge tender, cover little scuffed at edges, o/w VG. Gulick was a pioneer in women's higher education in Spain. More
New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers, (1981). First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 269. Notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Illustrated wtih photographs. Tan cloth. A nice copy in little chipped dj. More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1962. 8vo, pp. 137. [Credo series.] VG in scuffed and chipped dj. The authro argues for keeping the Classics in contemporary education. More
NY: Appleton, 1911. Reprint. 8vo, pp. x, 379. Dark red cloth. Slightly water-stained at bottom edges of some leaves, cover somewhat scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy. Hlall was an associate of Sigmund Freud's, President of Clark University and Professor of Psychology and Pedagogy. More
Detroit: Gale, 1973. Reprint of the Heath 1886 edition. Small 8vo, pp. xv, 309; 109-135. Index.Foreword by Francesco Cordasco. Maroon cloth. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy. Historically important in the field of education. More
Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1830. Second edition. 8vo, pp. 136 plus 11 pp. ads. Original tan boards with brown cloth spine. Spine title paste-on missing, spine and edges worn, interior toned, but a VG tight copy. Scarce. The first American book on pedagogy by the founder of the first..... More
New Rochelle NY: Change Magazine, 1973. Periodical. Small 4to, pp. 49-51. Paper wraps. Cover spotted and little scuffed, o/w VG. An article on a program at The New School for Social Research. More
Magic Circle Press, (1976). Large 8vo, pp. 124. O;;istrated wotj [prtraots/ Black cloth stamped in silver. Cover little bumped at upper cornrs, o/w a Vg tight copy in somewhat scuffed and chipped dj. More
NY: McGraw-Hill, (1972). First printing. 8vo, pp. xliv, 978. References. Copiously illustrated with tables and graphs. [Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.] Blue cloth. Edges slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy in chipped and soiled dj. Heavy. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1954). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 215. Notes, bilbiographical note, index. Illustrated. VG in somewhat chipped and soiled dj. An example of the voluntary social effort in Victorian England, the College is the oldest adult educational institute in the U.K. More
Cambridge MA: The Old Mole and the Africa Research Group. 4to, pp. 88. Paper wraps. Illustrated. Tears on the edges of pp. 11-12, some chipping of cover, paper somewhat browned, o/w VG. More
Middletown CT: Wesleyan University, (1971). First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 216. A VG tight copy. Authors include John Cage, Frank Kermode, Buckminster Fuller. More
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1984. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 288. Name on end paper, a fine copy in dj. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. 8vo, pp. 243. Frontis portrait. VG. Norsworthy was an educator at Teachers College. More
Folio, Each issue is printed on news print and is 4 pages.May 19, 1894 through May 18, 1895. 31 issues Vol. V #'s 20,21,23,24,25,27,29,32,34,36,37,38,39,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49; Vol VI #'1,2,3,4,56,7,11,13,20. Several issues show marginal tears, one is torn in two along the central fold. Willard and Livermore, America Women pp 379-380. Mrs. Hill..... More
Willimstown MA: Williams College, [1969]. 8vo, pp. 17. Paper wraps. VG. A report on the College's African-American Society's take-over of a campus building in order to underscore its damands for administrative, curricular and admissions policy changes. More
Northampton MA: Hopkins, Bridgman, 1852. 8vo, pp. viii, 486, plus catalog. With several illustrations. Brown cloth with decorative stamping in gilt, AEG. Ex library. Binding quite worn, with separated front and back secured with trnasparent tape. Interior quite tight. Fair. More
Northampton MA: Hopkins, Bridgman, 1852. Third edn. 8vo, pp. viii, 486, plus catalog. With several illustrations. Brown cloth with decorative stamping in gilt, AEG. Binding quite worn, with cover separated. Fair. More
Old Westbury NY: Feminist Press, (1981). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 327. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a section on the teachers who went south to teach ex-slaves after the Civil War. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed dj. More
NY: Pitman, 1967. 3rd printing. 8vo, pp. 189.VG in little stained dj. Holt feels that children have a natural style of learning that is warped or destroyed by later training. More
