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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Rare title 8vo size trade paperback; 146 pages with some color illustrations and including indices Contents include: Guide to the Student Text Guide to the Teacher's Edition Organization of the Student Text Comprehensive Tests Student Pages and Teacher's Commentary Edgewear, light wear to covers. Spot on front cover, inside front… Read more about this item

Grand Rapids, MI: Instructional Fair, 1993. New Old Stock 4to size staple-bound softcover; 48 pages. From back cover: "Helping your class to learn how to think logically, clearly and creatively is extremely important. (This book) is a great way to teach or reinforce those skills. You'll find world puzzles related to parts of speech, codes,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 327 pages including index From dust jacket: "(The author) challenges the facade of scientific infallibility the (Education Testing Service or ETS) company has erected between itself and the public. He documents numerous defects in the conception, construction, scoring, and interpretation of… Read more about this item

Massachusetts Department of Educationq, 1937. 8vo size blue clothbound (looks like silk) hardcover with bright gilt titles on front cover; 202 pages with some black and white illustrations. Horace Mann (1796 - 1859) was an American educator, educational reformer and later politician. He advocated and reformed Common (public) Schools and Normal Schools and his reforms were adopted nationwide.… Read more about this item

Harvard Law School Association, 1918. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine and gilt decoration on front cover; 412 pages with full page black and white engravings on glossy stock, includes index Contents include: History of the School Instruction The Library Portraits and Prints The Students The Harvard Law School Association… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 514 pages including index. From jacket: "This book provides a landmark account of American medical education in the 20th century, concluding with a call to reform a system currently handicapped by managed care and by narrow, self-centered professional interests. (The author) describes the evolution of… Read more about this item

Providence, 1943. This volume contains a supplement which includes the names of officers and members elected between 1931 and February 1943. This is a presentation copy. The presentation page is bound into the book after the title page. Presented to Miriam Rose of Class of 1946. The page is signed by R. Bruce Lindsay and William… Read more about this item

by public school students of the Bronx, New York and What Kids Can Do Private Press 8vo size staple bound booklet with black and white photographs illustrating both covers; 52 pages with many black and white photographs throughout the book of the student contributors to this publication. Contents include: A conversation with Bronx high school students in… Read more about this item

Dallas: Brown Bridges Press, 2002. 12mo size wire spiral bound softcover; 90 pages From back cover: "This book is packed with dozens of ideas for ways you can transform your diversity awareness into practical action." Table of Contents includes: Holding Yourself Accountable Learning About Others Communicating with Others Leading a Team Resolving Conflict… Read more about this item

Milton, Massachusetts: Milton Academy, 1948. Blue cloth with bright gilt titles on front cover. 185 pages. Contents include: Founding of the Academy Harrison Otis Apthorp World War I Expansion World War II Addresses from: Sir Richard Livingstone; William G. Saltonstall; Dean Millicent Carey McIntosh; Provost Elliott Dunlap Smith and Walter Lippmann. Edgewear, bumped head and heel of… Read more about this item

1974. Introduction by Sally Carrighar. Author and Naturalist Sally Carrighar (1898 - 1985) attended Wellesley College for two years, but illness forced her to leave before graduating. Private Press 4to size softcover; 149 pages followed by index illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Contents include: Stone Hall Hill Norumbega Hill Tower Court… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Stated First Edition with full number line 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 196 bright, white pages From jacket: "Compared to children from other industrialized countries, our nation's children are scholastic underachievers. But in our quest to keep our children "well-rounded" we leave little time for homework and other activities considered… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1995. 8vo size trade paperback; 227 pages with some black and white photographs From back: "Whether they're decorating Easter trees, carving jack o lanterns, or celebrating Wagner's birthday by incinerating a model of Valhalla on a outdoor barbecue...American's know how to create and how to celebrate holidays. (The author's) guide to such… Read more about this item

Dartmouth, 1990. Folio sized hardcover with dust jacket; 122 glossy pages with black and white and color photographs and illustrations; moss green endpapers. From jacket: "A new kind of college book, about Dartmouth, made of many fine photographs and a few great words. Dartmouth begins with freshman trips and continues though homecoming bonfires, Winter Carnivals, crams and… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1950. The Yale Scene photographed by Samuel Chamberlain with text by Robert D. French 1950 edition published on Yale's 250th Anniversary 4to size blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 114 pages most with full page black and white photographs From jacket: "A famous photographer and a beloved Yale professor have… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Signed (first name only) and inscribed by co-author Harvey Silverglate on fep First Edition with full numberline. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 415 pages From jacket: "Universities once believed themselves to be sacred enclaves, where students and professors could debate the issues of the day and arrive at a… Read more about this item

Brookline, Massachusetts, 1988. Stated First Printing 4to size horizontal clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 209 pages with many black and white photographs, some full page photographs Foreword by James M. Storey Contents are Grouped by Years: 1888-1910 1910-1923 1923-1937 1937-1948 1948-1959 1959-1971 1971-1988 The Park School was founded in 1888 in Brookline, Massachusetts by Caroline Pierce.… Read more about this item

Teachers College Press, 2000. Foreword by Deborah Meier 8vo size trade paperback; 132 pages with a few black and white photographs From back: "Crucial to the current public debate about schools, curriculum, testing, academic standards and teacher training are the voices of successful teachers, like (the author) who speak to the dangers of an overemphasis on… Read more about this item

Lexington Books, 1987. 8vo size trade paperback; 361 pages with a few black and white photographs Book has four sections: Basic Developmental Process Developmental Variations, Influences and Problems Child Care Education The Shape of the Future Moderate wear to covers, including scrapes on both covers and light crease on spine. We noted ink underlining on four… Read more about this item

Arcadia Publishing, 2008. The Campus History Series 8vo size trade paperback; 127 pages profusely illustrated by black and white photographs From back: "In 1893, pioneering orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Augustus Thorndike and Dr. Edward Bradford, saw the need to educate children whose physical challenges prevented them from attending school. As an experiment, they founded the Industrial School… Read more about this item