Search Results: Education: Teaching/High School & College Students/Curriculum from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Behavioral Publications, 1972. First Edtion . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Presents results of a study of 229 activist & nonactivist students at 3 American colleges in the late 1960s, describing the social, political, & moral factors that, more than left- vs right- vs centrist political orientation, impact the decision to participate in political & social action. Hardcover book with plain red boards is completely clean & tight, pages white & unmarked--pages: appears never opened, DJ shows yellowing & minor/chipping all around. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Two volumes in one! As New! Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is what you're looking for! Completely clean & unmarked, bindings straight & strong; no DJ as issued. Virtually flawless! A chance to build your library with essentially new books that have been long out of print or not seen the light of day in decades! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1985. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Collection of 17 scholarly articles of the development of African-American children, focusing on the black family, early school experiences, the construction of black identity, socialization, & more. In 375 pages with Name & Subject Indices, Foreword, Afterword, extensive Bibliography. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1980, this hardcover book has red cloth-covered boards with black design & lettering to front & spine. No DJ, as issued by publisher. As it has been in storage since received Brand New for review, it is in Fine condition: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarkedOur photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Warsaw, Poland: Interpress Publishers, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Traces the history of this esteemed Polish university from the Middle Ages & surveys its current (1970s) collections of art, sculpture, tapestries, precious metals, scientific instruments, & more. 167 pages, well illustrated throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, SIGNED with a dated inscription by AUTHOR on ffep (photo 2), who was a professor at the university & head of its museum. Oversized hardcover with soiled beige linen boards, bumped & rubbed extremities, somewhat shaken. Sewn binding is secure, but front hinge is starting to tear. Generally very clean inside, with moderate page tanning, heavier around edges, but completely unmarked. NO DJ.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Twelve/Hatchette Book Group, 2009. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. After two decades, this remains the definitive work on the Columbine school shootings that occurred on Apr 19th, 1999, dispelling many myths that arose in the immediate wake of the shootings & asking hard questions about gun violence, that unfortunately, has only proliferated since this tragedy. In 417 pages with Index, this is a FIRST EDITION, first printing from Apr. 2009. Hardcover book is in Near Fine condition, just lacks that Brand New crispness! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Only flaw is one dogeared page, unfolded. The unclipped DJ is VG+, downgraded due to a bit of rubbing, a shadow in upper-outer corner of front cover from where old price sticker was removed, & tiny area of sticker pull near bottom inner edge of front cover. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Please see… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1958. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Collection of 3 lectures on secondary & higher education in the US, by a professor of sociology, with a new Preface created especially for this First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1958. In 174 pages + 3 pages of ads for other Anchor titles in rear. This is another Anchor paperback (A135) for the Gorey completist, with both the cover art & typography done by him. From a single collection, this book is in Fine condition: as bright & clean & tight as Brand New & feels unopened! Pages show whisper of tanning to edges, but unmarked. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag FREE! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Contains the entirety of the Rectoral Address delivered to graduates from St. Andrews University in Scotland on 3 May 1922. Orig. published in 1922, this is a later printing (1930). Slim hardcover (49 pages) with olive green paper over boards & darker green lettering & design to front cover is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages very modestly tanned but completely unmarked. Corners sharp, binding strong & straight. Only real flaw is tearing to paper at head of spine.The price-clipped DJ is downgraded to only Fair due to significant chipping & edgewear all around; nicely protected now in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

New York, New York: Ballantine, 1957. Paperback Original (PBO) . Soft cover. Good. Expose by an award-winning journalist who went into the Deep South to uncover the truth about the fight against the Supreme Court's decision in the 1954 Brown case to desegregate the schools. A paperback original (PBO) from Bantam (#220), it is based, in much shorter form, on a controversial series of articles orig. published in the "Saturday Evening Post." 181 pages. Condition is solidly Good: generally very clean with mild-moderate edgewear all around, rubbing to extremities, many small creases. Binding straight & strong. Pages moderately tanned, heavier around edges, commensurate with age & paper quality. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: John B. Alden, 1885. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Dedicated to "the real little housewives whose gentle listening and thoughtful questioning enabled the writer to write this book," this is a series of lectures delivered by Ruskin, one of the 19th-century's most renowned writers & philosophers, to his students at the progressive school for girls at Winnington Hall in Cheshire, England. "On the surface a discourse on crystallography" designed to introduce girls to science, "it is [actually] a metaphorical exploration of social and political ideals'' (Wiki). 158 pp., patterned endpapers. Orig. printed in London in 1866, this is an early American edition from 1885. His hardcover 24mo has green cloth-covered boards stamped & lettered in gilt to front with an intricate red-brown design. Condition is VG: very clean, stitched binding secure but gutter cracked at dedication page, bit of tearing around stitching at title page. Pages… Read More

Sandusky, Ohio: American Crayon Company, 1946. Soft cover. Very Good. Monthly magazine published by the American Crayon Company of Sandusky, Ohio, from the 1930s-early 1950s. Founded in 1890, the company merged with the Prang Educational Company around 1915, adopting its mission to make art accessible to the common American household and child by way of the public classroom. This magazine served as that classroom. Priced at $.25 (with an annual subscription for $1.00), each issue was filled with instructions for teaching different art techniques & projects in the elementary & high school classroom. We are offering 10 loose, nonsequential issues of Everyday Art dated 1946-1948 (1946: Jan/Feb, May/June, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec; 1947: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June, Sept/Oct; 1948: Mar/Apr, May/June. Approximately 22 pages each. 8vo (6" x 9") in colorful decorative wrappers, stapled binding. Condition on each is VG: minor edgewear, & all show a very mild dampstain to bottom edges. Else,… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1948. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Chamberlain, Samuel. Full of vintage sepia photos on every page, c. early-mid-20th century, of Harvard University. In publisher's decorative gray/white/black pictorial cloth, this is a FIRST EDITION from 1948. Condition is VG: very clean, binding tight & square, pages modestly tanned. Lovely old book smell. Long inscription takes up entire ffep with a poem from Fra Giavanni. NO DJ, likely as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day!

Waynesboro, Virginia: Park Station, 1947. Soft cover. Very Good. Descriptive catalogue for the 1947/48 academic year of Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, VA, a finishing school for young ladies. Designed by renowned New York architect Stanford White, & originally functioning as a hotel in 1890, then converted to the Brandon Institute, a coeducational facility in 1913, it opened as Fairfax Hall in 1920, & operated in this capacity until it closed its doors in 1975. The school's primary purpose was to "develop its students into the highest type of womanhood." Enrollment was limited to 140 students who got to live in a "home-like" woodland setting situated on a plateau above the town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley. Highlights included a picturesque open-air pool, spacious reception hall with open fireplace, student rooms, classrooms, dining areas, a colonnade perfumed with honeysuckle and wisteria, & a "sunny, cheerful… Read More

New York, New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. The fifth in the series of Foxfire books from the first wave of the environmental movement in the late 1960s-early 1970s, aimed at fostering independent, sustainable living in harmony with nature & creating an alternative school. This large 8vo softcover with light gray wrappers lettered in darker blue to front, spine, & back is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1979, in 511 pages, including Index, with photographs & line drawings throughout. Condition is Fine: looks & feels Brand New & never opened with just a whisper of surface shelfwear to top edge of front cover. Completely clean, binding strong straight, pages white & unmarked. A stunning copy for your favorite old hippie!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: NYU Press, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An anthropology professor explores the context of gang rape & how it is supported by Greek culture & norms of "brotherhood" which privilege men & degrade women. In 203 pages. A First Edition, first printing, this hardcover book has been stored since acquired Brand New for review (review notice laid in). Condition is Fine (our highest grade): completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with just a hint of rubbing along bottom edge.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Duarte, California: Hope Press, 1996. First Trade Paperback . Soft cover. Fine. Renowned geneticist explores the title subject, arguing that "our increasingly complex society, with its requirement for more & more years of education, is selecting for the genes associated with behavioral disorders" like learning disabilities, disruptive behavior, & addiction. Orig. published in hardcover, this is the First Trade Paperback Edition from 1996, in 304 pages with Index. Just removed from storage where it has been since received for review as a Brand New book, its condition is Fine: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white & unmarked. Very slight shelfwear. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Harlin Quist, Inc., 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG+/Very Good+. Collection of poems written by children from various schools & classrooms that "capture what it's like to be small, penned up, bossed around.they shine with the whole truth." Each is complemented with a full-page drawing by 1 of 29 illustrators. Essential reading for parents & teachers everywhere! A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1971, possibly SIGNED by the author (his name only) on dedication page. In 60 + [4] pages. Oblong hardcover 16mo has a black cloth-wrapped spine lettered in silver with brightly decorated paper over remaining boards, the illustration of a teacher at her desk with half a horse's face matched on the accompanying DJ. Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean & bright & unmarked save for light, random foxed spots & toning, slight musty odor. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages lightly tanned around edges. The price-clipped DJ is VG+, with… Read More

London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1946. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Renowned sociologist & sometime member of the Office of Strategic Services in the US offers this insightful analysis of the creation of Hitler Youth & their perversion by Adolf Hitler from a legitimate youth movement into anti-Semitic Nazis. The fate of this cohort of an entire young generation of Germany in the wake of Hitler's defeat & their potential for rehabilitation are explored. In 286 pages, with Index & extensive Bibliography in rear. Pen-and-ink drawings throughout. Hardcover book with green cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering & design to spine is in VG condition: completely clean, binding strong & square, pages off-white. DJ is missing Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST);… Read More

First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. New. Brand New book, still sealed, so we have no information other than this from the publisher: "Few people know that the Gardena High School [Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles] student body has what is a preeminent art collection of Western landscapes, the product of an innovative collaboration between the students and community that lasted for almost 40 years. Each year from 1919 to 1956, Gardena High School seniors, following the recommendations of student art committees, purchased one or two works of art as class gifts. Artists gave the students price breaks, and the entire Gardena community joined in year-long fundraising drives to make the purchases possible. The goals of this hundredth-anniversary publication and exhibition are to document the remarkable history of community collaboration that formed the Gardena High School Art Collection and to preserve the collection for future generations." Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive,… Read More

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Second & last book in this very short-lived (2-book) series for YA girls featuring Gloria Doane. Written by one of the Stratemeyer Syndicate's most prolific children's series writers (she also did the Bobbsey Twins), this one under her own name, it has 240 pages with glossy frontispiece, 3 internals, + 4 pages listing other children's series in rear. A First Edition, unknown printing, from 1923, this hardcover12mo has blue-gray cloth over boards stamped with lighter blue lettering & a cameo image to front, darker blue lettering to spine. Condition is VG- (minus): quite clean, but faded at lower spine with spots of fading all over spine. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages modestly tanned, heavier around edges, but completely unmarked save for small sticker with former owner's name glued to ffep. Title page has soil in center in an area where it looks like an old… Read More

Akron, Ohio: Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1911. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Hayn, Walter. Third book in the beloved series featuring this "splendid, fun-loving & kindhearted girl from Oakwood" as she & her chums make their way through high school adventures. No date, but research places it at 1911; publisher is Goldsmith, so not the very first Altemus editions, but same vintage. In 208 pages, with its original DJ! With soft red cloth-covered boards embossed with a black design & lettering, this book is in VG condition: very clean, with very mild rubbing to extremities, pages tanned commensurate with age, but unmarked. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Light dampstain to lower spine, does not impact interior. Slight corner bumping & pushing to both ends of spine. the unclipped DJ is also VG, colorful & bright, but with chipping/splitting at lower spine & light soil/rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free!Our photos… Read More