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
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
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
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
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
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