Lectures on Education
by MANN, Horace
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's original olive cloth. 12mo. 338 pages A near-fine copy with no bookplates or previous ownership inscriptions. Some ink stains on the margins of the first several pages (and a little splash on the rear board) and moderate foxing on the rear endpaper and across the last several pages. Housed in a custom green custom cloth clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery. A beautiful copy with virtually no wear. Mann was the first great American advocate of public education, who believed that in a democratic society education should be free and universal, nonsectarian, democratic in method, and reliant on well-trained professional teachers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134
- Title
- Lectures on Education
- Author
- MANN, Horace
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- WM B. Fowle and N. Capen
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1845
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Education, American History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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