CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 1892; Class book thirty-three years
(New Haven CT): Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1925. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 384. Illustrated with photos. A fine copy. More
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NATIONAL PARK SEMINARY; (Incorporated) A Junior College for Young Women 1934-1935.
Forest Glen, Maryland: (1935). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 166, Illustrated cloth binding and profusely illustrated with B&W photos and 6 color plates including birds eye views of Washington and the Maryland campus. Cover little soiled, but a very good copy of an impressive college catalogue. Includes course lists, references, faculty..... More
[Photograph] GROUP OF EIGHT WOMEN
c. 1870. Photograph with curved top, about 8-1/2 inches wide by 5-5/8 inches at its tallest point, mounted on cardboard. No identifying marks. Lower right corner of backing missing, but photo intact. The women appear to be school teachers. In front of them is a low table with school bells..... More
QUESTIONS DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE STUDY OF LYMAN'S HISTORICAL CHART; with a key to the names mentioned in the chart and a list of geographical names of ancient and middle history with their corresponding modern names. Revised, enlarged and improved.
Philadelphia: National Pub. Co, 1875. 12mo, pp. 125, VG. More
MOTHER CAROLINE AND THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME; In North America. Volume I.
St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan, 1928. First printing. Vol. I only. 8vo, pp. xiv, 305 plus index. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Ex library, with stamps and spine label. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. More
TERMINAL DEGREES; The job crisis in higher education
NY: Praeger, (1984). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiii, 253. Notes, index. Textured paper over boards. Review laid in. Top edges spotted, a little pencil marking, o/w a VG tight copy. More
OUR SCHOOLS / OUR SELVES; A magazine for Canadian education activists. Vol. 3, No. 3. December 1991
Toronto: Our Schools/Our Selves Education Foundation, 1991. Periodical. 8vo, pp. 177. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Cover little scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy. Features articles on "Racism and education: fighting back." More
DICK & JANE AS VICTIMS; Sex stereotyping in children's readers
Princeton NJ: Women on Words & Images, 1972. Fourth printing. 8vo, pp. 57. Tables, bibliography. Paper wraps. Aa nice copy. More
A JOURNEY TO HEALTH LAND
Boston: Ginn & Company, (1924). Taite, Blanche Fisher. Small 8vo, pp. v, 194. Illustrated in black and orange by Blanche Fisher Taite. Orange cloth stamped in black. Ex library with stamp, and discard note in crayon. Cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. More
AMHERST IN JAPAN
(Amherst, MA): (Amherst College). 8vo, pp. [11]. Paper wrap, stapled at spine. Illustrated with photographs. Cover little chipped and creased, o/w a VG tight copy. A brochure detailing the Amherst connection with Doshisha University in Japan, and soliciting funds for a new student building to be headquarters for the Amherst..... More
JAILBREAK 1968
Boston: New England Free Press, 1968. Small 4to, pp. 7. Paper wraps. Cover little stained, o/w VG. A manifesto against the school system, especially in New York City. More
TELLLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HISTORY
NY: Norton, (1994). First printing. 8vo, pp. 322. Index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Top edge of rear cover slightly bumped, o/w A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. Three historians speak about their craft and modern criticisms of it. More
IN MEMORY OF ...; IS PRINTED THIS SELECTION FROM HER LECTURES.
Cincinnati: Clarke, 1891. First edn. 8vo, Pp. 267. Fine copy in publisher's cloth. Appleton taught in Baltmore, MD, and Cincinnati before starting her own school in Cincinnati in 1855, which continued until 1875. After the close of the school she gave annual literary lectures (here reprinted) including these on Alexander..... More
I PASSED THIS WAY
NY: Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 499. Illustrated with photographs. Map on endpapers. Donor's presentation on blank. Remainder stamp on bottom edge, o/w a nice copy, no dj. A memoir of growing up in New Zealand and of teaching there and elsewhere. More
I PASSED THIS WAY
NY: Knopf, 1979. First Edition. 8vo, pp. ix, 499. Map on endpapers, illustrated throughout with photographs. Donor's presentation at top of front flyleaf. A VG tight copy. Memoir of the New Zealand teacher. More
SPEARPOINT; "Teacher" in America
NY: Knopf, 1972. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 224. Owner's name and address on flyleaf, o/w a nice copy in little stained dj. More
THE NUN OF THE CA' FROLLO; The life & letters of Henrietta Gardner Macy
NY: William Farquhar Payson, (1931). 8vo, pp. 321. Illustrated with photographs. A good, tight copy in somewhat stained and chipped dj. Macy, an American artist, established a school in Venice for the children of the poor. More
LIFE AT VASSAR; Seventy-five years in pictures
Poughkeepsie NY: Vassar Coop. Bookshop, (1940). First Edition. 4to, pp. 124. With 141 illustrations. Tan cloth, printed in red. Cover, edges, somewhat soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
RAP; Black studies and the academy
Chicago IL: University of Chicago, (1993). First printing. 8vo, pp. xi, 110. Index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in little scuffed dj. More
BATIK AND OTHER PATTERN DYEING
Chicago: Atkinson, Mentzer, 1920. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. 139. Index. Illustrated. Intended for use in schools. A VG tight copy. More
THE EFFECT OF THE PHYSICAL MAKE-UP OF A BOOK UPON CHILDREN'S SELECTION
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1922. 8vo, pp. 163. Appendix. An envelope containing newspaper review laid in. Paper wraps. Cover soiled, edges somewaht chipped and worn, a few leaves carelessly opened, o/w VG. PhD thesis submitted at Columbia University. More
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
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