New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], vi-xxvii, [2], 2453, [3] pp. Half contemporary sheep over marbled boards with gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. A scientific analysis and record of social experiments around education and best practices within the field. A touch..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-vi, [6], 3-135, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Lacks the dust jacket. Illustrated with a black and white photograph frontispiece and with six additional plates of black and white photographs. A 1929..... More
New York: Pratt, Woodford & Company, 1849. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xii, [1], 2-216, [6] pp. Contemporary sheep with the spine in five compartments, a black leather label lettered in gilt with gilt rules on the spine; all edges marbled. States "thirty-fourth edition" on the title page. Moderate rubbing..... More
New York: American Book Company [1861], 1861. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], 5-96 pp. Quarter black cloth over blue paper boards printed in black. With several in-text black and white illustrations. Advertises Webster's dictionary on the rear board. A charming example of children's educational material produced during the nineteenth century. Significant..... More
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1860. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 2-282, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Original brown cloth with a paper label printed in black on the spine; all edges decoratively speckled. Price of 4s. 6d. on the spine's paper label. Illustrated with..... More
New York: Sully and Kleinteich [1913], 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. 205, [3], i-xiii, [9] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green publisher's cloth with a green pasted-on illustration printed in black and white, a man reading to a young girl, black lettering on the spine. A textbook of vocabulary and historical tidbits..... More
Portland: Published by Sanborn & Carter, 1846. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 4-140, [6] pp. Quarter leather over green paper boards printed in black. With a few in-text illustrations. Completing the title page: " ... is clearly illustrated by diagrams, representing the number of tenses in each mode - their signs..... More
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8-376, [2] pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Case Western Reserve University, "Guilford, Linda (Lucinda) Thayer". Lucinda Guilford was a pioneering educator and worked especially hard to provide instruction to female students. She..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xii, 1-174, [2] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Part of the series The International Library of Psychology Philosophy and Scientific Method. A text on education and the various methodologies of examining students' knowledge..... More
New York: American Book Company [1897], 1897. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-vi, 7-160, [2] pp. Brown cloth with black lettering and decorations on the boards and spine. With a few in-text illustrations. Revised edition. Part of Harvey's Language Course, an educational reference for young readers and writers. More
Berlin: Bei Friedrich Späthen, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xvi, [1], 2-176 pp. Contemporary black patterned paper boards; all edges decoratively stained red. Text in German. A book of advice for educators in early nineteenth-century Germany. Traces of rubbing to the paper boards, a faint dampspot to the top..... More
London: George Keith, 1761. Later edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 17.5 c.m. x 10.5 c.m. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-94, [1], [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Contemporary sheep with twin gilt rules on each board, spine in six compartments. Illustrated with four copper-engraved plates. Completing the title page: "Wherein is contained great..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii-xix, [2], 2-343, [5] pp. Half contemporary pebbled brown sheep over marbled boards, gilt lettering and rules on the spine; top edge gilt. Painter examines educational practices and principles from ancient civilization to the turn of the twentieth..... More
London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1763. Early printing. Hardcover. 4 vol. 12mo. [5], iv-xix, [4], 2-310; [5], 2-266; [5], 2-268; [5], 2-292 pp. Later full paneled calf with gilt decorations to the turn-ins and gilt borders to the boards, spines in six compartments with gilt decorations..... More
Madison: David Atwood; Calkins & Proudfit, 1853; 1854; 1855; 1865; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 55-64, 215-226, [5], 6-19, [6], 6-20, [5], 6-25, [6], 6-40, [3], 6-45, [8], 6-46, [1], 2-4, [7], 6-40, [5], 6-50, [4], 4-21, [6], 1154-1169, [3], 3-22, [3], 422-444, [3], 372-434, [5]..... More
Boston: Printed for John West, by E. Lincoln, 1802. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [6], 7-159, [3] pp. Contemporary tree calf with the spine in six compartments, six gilt rules on the spine. Smith was the Professor of Learned Langauges at Dartmouth College. Evans 3080. A valuable record of classical education..... More
Madison, Wis. Capital City Pub. Co., Printers, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 2-215, [1] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the front board. Floral green endpapers and pastedowns. An interesting example of college-level mathematics education before the turn of the century. With a discard stamp from..... More