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Great Barrington, MA, 1973. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 48pp; few illus from photographs, maps. This is Volume 13, No. 6 of the Institute's "Economic Education Bulletin". Located in Great Barrington, the Institute's stated purpose is to provide "dependable information on economic and financial subjects" to business and to the "industrious and thrifty individuals.who pay most of the Nation's taxes." 8.75" x 6". more information

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Harrisburg A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer 1855., 1855. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Lavendar wraps worn along spine, else in good condition. 9" x 5.5" pp: 19, 160 The 160-page appendix comprises reports of superintendents by county. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Boston: Nat'l Assn Independent Schools, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Prior owner's name at top of title page. pp: 86, (8). Reports on student disenchantment and unrest during the classic period of "student restlessness"--the late 1960s in America. 9" x 6". more information

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Philadelphia Crissy & Markley, Printers 1855., 1855. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in good condition. 9.5" x 5.75" pp: 6 + (4) Estimates teacher salaries, rents, furniture, etc. for 26 schools in the first school district of Pennsylvania in 1856. Illustrated by four tables. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Boston: Brimmer School, 1921. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: 56+16(ads); many illus from photos and drawings. Nice memento of this small school for young women, with group portraits of hockey, baseball, basketball and tennis teams, &c. Includes portraits and biographical sketches of the 13 graduates along with the traditional yearbook fare. 6.75" x 9.5". more information

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Pullman, WA: Alumni & Associated Students, 1928. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xv, 556; many plates from photographs. The author had been president of the College from 1893 to 1916. A large, well-made book with lots of photo-views and portraits. 9.5" x 6.25". more information

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Hartford: Published by class alumni, 1885. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: iv, 156; 2 original photographs. Presentation copy to Hon. George G. Barclay of Philadelphia, a member of the class of 1830, inscribed and signed by Cone. Bound at the back are two original, sepiatone photographic images, each 4.5" x 8" with tissue guards. On pages 155-156 of the text, Cone explains: "Meeting at the Class Secretary's, September 30 and October 1, 1885. James B. Cone being somewhat of an amateur photographer, it was proposed that photographs of those present should be taken upon the piazza, and the two accompanying groups [portraits] were the result of the experiment. The group of gentlemen consists of Barnard with his luxuriant white beard, Loomis, Andrews, and Bissell, all standing, with Comstock in front of Bissell, and Cone next, the two last seated. The group of ladies consists of Mrs. Andrews, whose face is in profile, Mrs. Cone and Mrs. Bissell, all seated, with Miss Eva Comstock standing between the two last, and Mrs. James B. Cone behind Mrs. Andrews, the group being guarded on the right and left by Comstock and Cone standing, Comstock uncovered and Cone with hat on, both, however, being wholly unconscious that they were within the field of the camera." This is a very readable, first-person account of the early days at Yale, beginning with the author's matriculation in 1826. 9.5" x 5.75 more information

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Putney, Vermont, 1940. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 24pp. The Experiment enabled American students to live with students in Europe, Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Peru, and Quebec, with an eye toward promoting mutual understanding and respect among countries. 9" x 6". more information

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Harrisburg A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer 1855., 1855. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.5" pp: 103, (1) Includes a useful 22-page index to the school laws, and forms to follow in preparing school bonds and certificates. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Newcomen Society, 1956. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 24pp; 8 vignettes. This history of Northeastern University is by the President of that institution. 9" x 6". more information

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Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1853. Later printing. Original cloth. Very Good. 357pp; Pennsylvania RR map at back. Chapters include: Getting Money by Farming; Getting Money by Merchandising; How to Get Rich by Speculation; Inventions; Patent Medicines; etc. Ends with a 19-page list of wholesale houses in Philadelphia and Cincinnati. 8" x 5 more information

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NY: Newcomen Society, 1953. 2nd printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 32pp; engraved views in text. This 1953 talk, given at Tucson by the President of U Arizona, includes history of the state as well as the University. 9" x 6". more information

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Philadelphia E.G. Dorsey for Contributors 1838., 1838. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Old, faint dampmark, else in good condition. 8.5" x 5.25" 40pp The Refuge schooled incorrigible boys and girls, and orphans, then indentured them to employers whose letters are quoted here. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Baltimore: Armstrong & Berry, 1839. Second Edition. Full leather. Very Good. 124pp. Bound in old sprinkled calf with leather spine label. Hersey calls parenting "the great work" of teaching children obedience: "If parents will begin in time, and observe a righteous and consistent course of conduct.very little whipping will be necessary." Has chapters on education, industry, economy, society, food, dress, employment, marriage, etc. [American Imprints #56268 locates three copies.] 6" x 3.75". more information

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Harrisburg A. Boyd Hamilton, St Printer 1860., 1860. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Spine covering repaired with archival tape, else good condition. 9.25" x 6" pp: 116, 174 Part I has the state and individual county reports. Part II is statistical tables by district, state normal schools, etc. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Corning, NY: Corning Journal Print, 1900. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Covers the academic course of study, the library, physical culture, singing, the board of education, janitors, nature study, stereopticon slides, tuition, the Wellington medal, etc. 50 pages. Crease in cover; wraps somewhat discolored. 8.5" x 5.75". more information

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Corning, NY: Corning Journal Print, 1900. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Covers the academic course of study, the library, physical culture, singing, the board of education, janitors, nature study, stereopticon slides, tuition, the Wellington medal, etc. 50 pages. 8.5" x 5.75". more information

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Harrisburg Theo. Fenn, Printers 1851., 1851. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.75" pp: vi, 15 Includes a useful four-page index to the school laws, and forms to follow for school bonds and certificates. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Germantown, PA: Greene Street Friends School, 1955. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. Lengthy gift inscription on endpaper. pp: (iv), 116, index; illus from photographs. 9" x 6". more information

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Springfield, IL: Kappa Delta Pi, 1934. Revised Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 36pp. Includes a roster of the 93 chapters, members of the "Laureate Chapter," and the names of national officers. 6" x 4.5". more information

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: x, 559, index. Comprises about 400 articles penned by 70 faculty and alumns, covering all aspects of Princeton University life. 9.5" x 6.25". more information

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Reading, PA: Reading Times Print, 1888. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 65pp, index. Lists the names and addresses of directors and standing committees for various schools in the city of Reading. Also lists: the schools and their locations; members of committees on school buildings; long lists of teachers with their years of experience, rank, grade, and home addresses [virtually all are women]; janitors; curricula for various primary and high-school grades; textbooks used; school rules; etc. 5.5" x 3.5". more information

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Washington: Bureau of Education, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 445pp w/index. The author was a specialist in "education as a means of preventing crime and pauperism." The bibliography runs 228pp. Has chapters on education and crime, criminology, criminal sociology, alcoholism, insanity and genius, prisons, &c. 9" x 5.5". more information

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1867. First US Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: viii, 279. A Cambridge University professor replies to some typical student questions. Topics include: Where Had I Best Travel?; How to Make History Interesting; What's the Use of Shakespeare?; On Entering the Army; How to Give Money Away; various aspects of English composition; etc., etc. 7" x 4.25". more information

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Paris: Mondover, 1929. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xvi, 153; illus from photographs, folding map. In its third year of publication, this guide adds a section on British schools to those of France, Germany, Switzerland & Italy, and includes photographic views of many of the schools and their grounds. 7" x 5". more information

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Columbia, SC: Opportunity School, 1963. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: xvi, 104; 16pp illus from photographs. This copy is signed on the endpaper by Wil Lou Gray at Columbia, SC, 1963. Gray founded the South Carolina Opportunity School in the Blue Ridge foothills in 1921. The idea was to allow adults with no formal schooling to live "in a cultural environment" which included table manners, an appreciation of good books, and an interest in public affairs while learning the three Rs, cooking, doing laundry, and otherwise keeping house. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1933. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xiv, 460, index; color frontispiece, 40 plates from photographs. This authoritative history of the College, published to celebrate its 150th anniversary, profiles the leaders and highlights changes during their tenures. Also discussed are literary societies, libraries, publications, fraternities, athletics, etc. 9" x 6". more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. Later printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp:(viii), 349; frontispiece, 10 plates from photographs. At age three, Alice taught herself to read. She earned an AB from U. Michigan at 21. By age 24, she headed the history department at Wellesley College, was vice-president at 26, and became Wellesley's president at age 27 in 1882. During her six years in that office, Wellesley changed "from a glorified boarding school to a genuine college," according to the D.A.B. Eventually, Alice moved on to U. Chicago, &c. 8" x 5.5". more information

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London John Richards 1841., 1841. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 9.5" x 6" (10)pp Passed by the 4th session of the 13th Parliament in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. more information

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Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, Printer, 1888. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Small piece torn from tip of endpaper. pp: 108 + 226; lithographed view, illus in text. Part I reports on Departments of Instruction; Part II, on the Agricultural Experiment Station. 9.5" x 6". more information

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Cincinnati: Published by the authors, 1854. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. pp: 125, (4). Dedicated to the shorthand pioneer and the author's brother, Isaac Pitman, this early work explains the principles of "phonographic reporting." Benn Pitman (1822-1910) founded the Phonographic Institute at Cincinnati, shortly after coming here from England in 1852. As a shorthand reporter, he covered some famous trials, including the trial of those who conspired to assassinate President Lincoln [see D.A.B.]. This rare book includes a series of progressive exercises and a vocabulary of shorthand forms. 6.75" x 4.75 more information

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New Rochelle, NY: America's Future,, 1965. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 22pp. The superintendent of the country's largest school system (California) presents his educational philosophy. He asserts that we need to replace "the foibles of Progressive Education" with a return to basics, modifying the teacher tenure system, teaching patriotism, bringing God back into the school curriculum, etc. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Rochester, NY: University of Rochester, 1948. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 99pp; illus from photographs. Describes the physical plant (music library, etc.), departments of instruction, honorary degrees, alumni awards, recordings, &c. 9" x 5.75". more information

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Elmira, NY: Gazette Co., Printers, 1884. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Lists board of education members, faculty , students, and courses of study for each of the four years, along with duties of principal as well as teachers and students, and rules and regulations. 36 pages. 9" x 5.75". more information

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NY: Oxford University Press, 1915. First Edition. Decorative cloth. Very Good. pp: (x), 232; frontispiece, 10 plates from photographs. The authors examine early colleges for women in America, providing a detailed history of Vassar College. 7.75" x 5 more information

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London: A.R. Mowbray/Morehouse, 1927. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xii, 222. Comprises two broad lines of inquiry: the working-class youth and the public school/university youth--no extreme examples, just "average boys of a great industrial city.and of the better suburban house and small country house." Looks at the home life, education, religion, and working life of both types. Also has chapters on falling in love and "the new middle class." The author was warden of Liddon House. 7.5" x 5". more information

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