Education Books

Parker West Nyack (1973). 200pp. Projects and teaching aids for air, earth, electricity, heat, light, life, and space. Also working machines, vibrating devices. 200pp. For secondary schools. Index. Fine. Illustrations. Hardback. Very good dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Scott, Foresman Chicago (1957). xvi & 684pp. Text for children's literature courses. Useful to parents and teachers. Slight aging of smooth paper. (Size: 9¾' tall x 7' wide) In six parts: Children Discover Books/ Sing It Again/ Once Upon a Time/ It Could Have Happened/ Stranger Than Fiction/ And Still They Read. Very good. Illustrations. Revised. Cloth. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Random House NY (1971). xvii & 293pp. An educator's search for his own education. First edition, 2nd printing. Fine. 1st edition. Cloth. Very good dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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(1971). Foreword by Clark Kerr. 98pp. Commission to study higher education and issue recommendations. Digests of nine reports concerning equality, equal opportunity, open-door policies, nation's health, options beyond high school, minority colleges, State responsibility, dissent on campus, future growth of U.S. higher education. Fine. Stiff wraps. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Teachers College Press, Columbia University (1999). Foreword by Louise Derman-Sparks. Acid-free paper. Autographed presentation note on verso of front cover signed by Casper's nick-name. Sara Blackburn named in acknowledgements. xviii & 213pp. Fine. 1st printing. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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Carnegie Commission on Higher Education (1973). Technical Report. vi & 84pp plus list of sponsored research studies. Fine. Stiff wraps. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Grosset & Dunlap (1941). Autographed presentation signed by author on half-title page. 'To A Swell Fellow, Doug Jarvis, With Best Wishes. Cloyd Clevenger, RAFTC, NATAL, 14/6/44.' Faded spine. Heavy rubs to spine head, light shelfwear elsewhere outside. Flying instruction for elementary, intermediate, advanced and acrobatic level students by old-time flyer with C.A.A. pilot license #141. Tear in edge of one early leaf, text not affected. ix & 294pp. Good. No dj. Illustrations by Clayton Knight. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Harper & Brothers (1915). Also has a short autobiographical note by Conwell in back. Lettering on spine faded. A short appreciation by John Wanamaker. 180+pp. A very famous inspirational lecture of the Federal Era between the Civil War and World War I. Conwell delivered it more than 5,000 times. My own father signed up for college courses after hearing it. Luckily he didn't give up his day job or his weekend gambling. People can still benefit from reading it. Anyone not motivated by exposure to Conwell is probably dead. Printed copies of Conwell's and John Wanamaker's signatures are reproduced amid the preliminary material of the book and on the dust jacket, but they have not been personally inscribed. Good copy. Frontis of Conwell and other illustrations. Cloth. Tattered dj. 12mo.. (more information)

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National Council of Teachers of English Urbana (1972 edition). (Size. approx. 9 x 4 inches) Center stapled. 24pp. Light corner creases in covers. Very good. Wraps.. (more information)

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University of Illinois Press Urbana (1987). Interdisciplinary. acid-free paper. x & 227pp. Near fine. 1st paperback ed. Stiff wraps. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions 1915. Ex private agency library. Student life in Japan, China, India. Dull outside. Light shelfwear outside. Glue mark on front endpaper. 223pp. Sherwood Eddy (1871-1963) American author, national secretary of YMCA. Participated in the missionary movement in Asia, Middle East and Russia. Good. No dj. Photo illustrations. Cloth. 12mo.. (more information)

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Crowell (2nd edition, revised. 1976). ISBN: 0-690-01181-4. xvi & 303pp. with index. Illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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university Press of Florida Gainesville (2001). Card inviting Sara to celebration of book's publication with autographed note signed by author's first name laid-in. Handwritten notes without signature laid-in. 243pp. Recommended by Kennedy Fraser. Near fine. Photo of author and her husband on front and rear panels of dust jacket. 1st printing. Cloth. Fine dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Ives Washburn NY (1962). 243pp. Why Harvard is important. By journalist. Very good. 1st edition. Cloth. Tattered dj. 12mo.. (more information)

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Beacon Press (4th printing, June 1970). SWith a new essay on Erik Erikson. Light creases on one outside cornerof early pages. One tick mark on content page. Small blue paper label on cover. 270pp. Else very good.. (more information)

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New England Assoc. of Teachers of English . Center stapled. 47pp + ad. Issue dedicated to questions of school censorship and free expression. Very good. Wraps. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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McGraw-Hill (1972). A report for The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Detailed statistics and commentary on Students, Enrollment, Faculty, Income & Expenditures, and Productivity & Structure. xliv & 978pp. References. 'Uniquely compresensive.'. Near fine. Well organized tables. 1st printing. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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. Privately printed for the Class. The 'Class Cradle' is awarded to the first child to be born to a degree holder who was married since Class Day. Class Secretary: Thomas Stilwell Lamont. Lists Class members with short bios. x & 159pp. Report of Class Reunion of 1924. Very good+. Frontis. of The Class baby--Ribert Eliot Bronson, Jr. Born April 22, 1922. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Cambridge 1929. xxvi & 216pp. Rubs to cover corners and spine ends. Tear along foredge of spine. Report includes Arbitrator's Decision on claim of printer against Class. Privately printed for the Class by J.J. Little & Ives Co. NY. Class Secretary: George Carey Barclay. Short biographies of class members. Report of Class Reunion of 1929. Text block is very good. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Cambridge 1936. xx & 227pp. Frontis. photo of 'A Queer Race Horse' (Hippopotamus). Rubs on spine and front cover edges. List of Class members with biographies. Privately printed for the Class by J.J. Little & Ives Co. New York. Class Secretary: George Carey Barclay. Report of Class Reunion in 1936. Text block is very good. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Class Cambridge 1971. xv & 207pp. Report of Class opinion poll included. Copyright 1971 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. Printed by Harvard University Printing Office. Printed note laid-in requesting contribution of $10.00 per copy toward publishing expense. Light spot on rear cover. very good, No dj. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Cambridge 1955. Slightly faded backstrap. List of Class members with biographies. Copyright 1955 by Charles E. Mason. Printed at Harvard University Printing Office. iiv & 604pp. Class members include Clarence Dillon of Dillon Read, Harold Ober (Literary Agent for Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Gunther), Theodore Lothrop Stoddard (author), William Tilden (Tennis?), Claude Carlos Washburn (Novelist), Thomas Russell Ybarra (Journalist-Author). Near fine. No dj. illus.Illustrations. Map on front endpaper. Frontis of Dunster House. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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no pub. (Class) no place (Cambridge) (1954). 186pp. Rubs to foot & head of spine. Copyright by Joohn L. Allen. List Class members by Occupation, Geographically, and by House. Also biographies. Printed by Warren Press, Boston. Text block is very good. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Class Cambridge (1959). xxviii & 344pp. Few small spots on cover. Small nick in head of spine. Printed by Crimson Printing Co, Cambridge, MA. Copyright by H. Rushton Harwood, Jr. Biographies of class members. very good. Section of candid photos--20 years out. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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no pub. (Class) Cambridge (1969). xxviii & 308pp. Printed by the Crimson Printing Co of Cambridge, MA. Copyright held by President and Fellows of Harvard College. A Class report to itself on its 30th anniversary. A small red card addressed to 'Seniors' giving directions laid-in. Very good. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Class Cambridge (1974). xl & 300pp. Printed slip listing 'Deceased Members --Class of 1939' (As of May 1974) laid-in. Printed by the Crimson Printing Co of Cambridge, MA. Copyright held by President and Fellows of Harvard College. A Class report to itself on its 35th Reunion. Includes short reports of Class committees, Obituaries. But the longest section consists of reports about themselves by Class members in a section titled: About Ourselves by members of the Class. Class included Cleveland Amory, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Cline, Henry Hewes. very good. No dj. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Grosset & Dunlap no date. Book plate for Frank K. Houston on endpaper. Shelfwear outside: light rub to corners and nick in head of spine. Very light bump to upper outside corner. Slight darkening of paper. How long will a date palm bear fruit? How many portraits did Sully paint? What kind of chair should be used with a Governor Winthrop desk? What is Yogo? Two volumes in one: Answers to Questions and 5,000 New Answers to Questions. Original copyrights in 1926 and 1933. A little dated for some topics but still a lot of fun for a group to read through and share. Very good. no dj. Cloth. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Harcourt Brace (1952). Based on a survey of U.S. college grads made by Time Magazine and analyzed by Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Socioal Research. x & 277pp. Pencil notes on rear endpaper. Sociologist does secondary analysis of Time survey of it's readers.A famous report that was backed by Prof. Robert K. Merton. Very good. No dj. Charts. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development/ Carnegie Corop. of New York (1992). Autograph presentation, on half-title page, to Sara signed by author's initials. Sara Blackburn mentioned in Acknowledgements. 255pp. Bibliography. Index. Preface by David A. Hamburg. 'Guide to the reform of young adolescents' education in the middle schools.'. Near fine. Charts. Photo illustrations. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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1936. Printed by The Haddon Craftsmen. Gilt lettering and decoration. Minor shelfwear to outside corners and spine ends and sides. Paper over hinges starting but this is a firm and tight copy. xi & 707pp. Reduced size copies of signatures of class members on endpapers. Clips from magazines and newspapers have been pasted and taped in with some little damage to text and pages. Four items laid-in: 1)One page typed with autographed signature letter from Cornelius Lombardi to Benjamin H. Trask dated June 3, 1946, with pencil lettering on verso. 2) One page typed poem titled 'Dirge For Two Veterans, Words by Walt Whitman, Music by Gustav Holst.' dated May 15, 1943. 3) One page printed map titled 'Map of a Walk Among the Buildings at the Center of Yale University, Summer 1935.' Small 12mo pamphlet with stiff wraps, center stapled, of about 20pp. titled 'Service Record, Yale 1911' lists class members and their children in serviec at the time (sometime during World War II). Evidence from the Lombardi letter suggests that this copy was owned by Trask who was a lawyer practicing in NYC. Good. No dj. Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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