Education

New York: Viking Compass, 1972. 176 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers. Previous owner's name on title page and less than 15 inside pages have margin marks and underlining. "Author explores the ways in which games can be used, not just for themselves or for pleasure, but to instruct, inform, and educate us all through the experimental and emotional freedom of active play united with the precision of abstract thought.". 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Toronto: Wycliffe College, 1927. 318 pages, dark blue cloth with gold printing.Solid copy with a slight spine lean, a shallow dent and a few thin scratches on front cover, about a 2/8" gouge in cloth on top right edge of front cover, and covers show light wear. Some light foxing along top edge of book block.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Robert, 1861. 294 pages with 24 pages of publisher's ads in back., green embossed cloth with gold prining on spine. Solid copy with a spine lean, small bumps on corners of covers, wear and soiling on spine, and covers show light wear. Previous owner's book plate on inside front cover, some pencil writing on back of front free end paper, and rest of interior is unmarked,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967. Two volume set, 226 pages & 158 pages. Square solid copies with small bumps on corners of first volume and interiors are unmarked. Dust jacket on first volume has small edge tears and crumpling along edges and shows light wear. The jacket on the second volume is much nicer and shows minor wear. "An original study which presents a broadly sociological description of English primary education as a whole. Written for students of education, it embodies a comprehensive survey of opinion and research.". Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Matawan, New Jersey: Educational and Psychological Associates Press, 1973. 123 pages. Square tight copy with reading creases along spine on front cover and light wear on covers. Previous owner's name and date on inside front cover, rest of book is unmarked.. 1st Printing?. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: University of Manitoba, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 2004. 233 pages. Square tight copy with lightwear on covers and interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Toronto: Toronto Free Press Publications. 26 pages. Solid copy with a bump on bottom right corner of booklet, a small corner crease on back cover, and covers show light wear. Interior is unmarked. Undated, but includes a letter from the Ukrainian Canadian University Students' Union dated 1964.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

U.S.: Ballantine F524K, 1961. Solid copy with a light spine roll, a dent on front cover, a small corner crease on back, and covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

U.S.: Collier 01417, 1967. 223 pages. Solid copy with a spine lean and covers show light wear. Interior is unmarked. "A reasoned attack on the exaggerated claims of mass 'objective' testing and its damaging effects on the vitality of the nation.". 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

U.S.: Bantam, 1978. 208 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers from rubbing. "Anyone who can read this book can teach someone to read!". 3rd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Chicago: Quadrangle, 1969. 139 pages, oblong shape. Square solid copy. Dust jacket has tears and creases along top and bottom edges and two small chunks missing on back. Otherwise jacket shows light wear. "The ghetto school has become the meeting ground for two people who do not speak the same language, do not live in the same environment, and who will probablyl never share the same future. The white teacher and the black pupil seem to share only a common confusion and a fear of each other's strangeness.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good- Very Good. Illus. by Berliant, Howard M. (photographer). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

London: Ward Lock, 1975. 176 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on dust jacket from rubbing. Interior is unmarked. "In this book Tom Lovett describes the development work in adult education undertaken jointly by the WEA and the Educational Priority Area Project amongst the working-class communities in central Liverpool.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

British: Pelican A698, 1964. 172 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers. Previous owner's name on inside front cover, rest of interior is unmarked. Book concerns the growth of the sciences and technical studies popularity at universities, which has created a crisis in the humanities.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Toronto: Joint Executive of the Students' Administrative Councils. 462 pages, green cloth with gold and black printing, embossed on front cover. Square solid copy with light wear on covers and interior is unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

North Manchester, Indiana: Central High School. 120 pages, dark blue embossed cloth covers. Solid copy with a light spine lean, small bumps on corners of covers and covers show light wear. Previous owner's name on front free end paper, rest of book is unmarked. A high school yearbook.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 1988. Square tight copy with a reading crease along spine on front cover and a 3.5" crease on bottom edge of front cover, otherwise covers show light wear. "This volume brings together 13 essays which suggest the range of knowledge truely literate individuals need to possess.". 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by John Thompson (Canada)