Education & Homeschooling from The Book Shed

New York: Oxford University Press, 1944. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Good/good. A book club edition of the fourth printing of 1950. Wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket which is spoiled, creased and rubbed with with loss along edges; some soiling to page edges. A classic English language reference book. Every effort is… Read more about this item

Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The 1895 General Edition. Some shelf wear and and some staining to the covers, but the interior is quite clean, tight and bright. A 19th century American school atlas in better than the usual condition Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Every effort… Read more about this item

Clifton, NJ: Augustus M. Kelley, 1974. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. First printng of this edition, 1974. Very light shelf wear to the book. Clean and unmarked. "Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel 1782 – 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, spine sunned. Lightly marked ex-library, 2 line (Library name and town) emboss to the title page, numeral to top of preface. Rebound in three-quarter morocco over cloth, five raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, deckled… Read more about this item

New York: Greenberg Publishers, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Very light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, gift inscription of 1935; no jacket. As often for the period a bit of racism is injected. This time in the play adapted from Robinson Crusoe. The stereotypical Friday speaks in dialect and is ordered… Read more about this item

Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1940. Hard Cover. Good/None. Keith Ward. A Dick and Jane reader. Illustrated by Keith Ward. Printing of 1944, 448.2. First published in 1940 Light wear to the tips, corners, and edges of the book, bit of rubbing to front cover, original owner's name twice once in script and once in juvenile form, some slight page… Read more about this item

New York: Follett Publishing Company, 1949. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bristol, Esther B. and Alden, Betty (illustrators). Shelf wear to spine tips and corners, few pages show bit of spotting, some page corners creased. Book One in the Follett Social Studies Series. Fourth Printing of 1953. "The primary purpose of the book is to help children become better… Read more about this item

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1970. Revised. Hardcover. Good /no jacket. some wear to tips and corners, page edges soiled, previous owner's name to rear endpaper, lightly rubbed. Text clean and unmarked. Fifth printing, 1971. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good. A book club edition of the Second Edition. Wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket which is creased and rubbed with a few short closed tears; some soiling to page edges. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and… Read more about this item

New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1886. First edition. Paperback. Good. Original card covers, much wear to the book, spine partially perished, previous owner's name and address glued to front endpaper, a few pages proud. Complete, 24mo, less than 6 in. First printing, same date, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking… Read more about this item

New York: Huntington & Savage and Mason & Law, 1851. Hardcover. Poor. Disbound, covers detached, no spine, lacks front endpapers and preliminaries, title page has a hole, pages including title page are soiled and stained, otherwise complete. Copyrighted in 1848 by William W. Ellsworth and Henry White, executors of Noah Webster, deceased. Sub-titled "Abridged from the… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: H. P. Company. Good. Two 5.5 X 6.25 inch cards printed in color each with a thumb tack hole along the top edge and some soiling. The U.S. Flag card ( "one Nation, indivisible" ) shows the Capitol and the Washington Monument. The Christian Flag card shows a gothic steeple over a landscape. Perhaps by H. P.… Read more about this item

Keene, NH: J. and W. Prentiss, 1826. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Later printing of 1833. wear to tips, corners and edges of book, spine label illegible, endpapers show soiling, scribbling, rear endpaper removed, pages foxed, sevral small tears, creases. Complete with six plates at the rear. 12mo, full leather. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. wear to tips,corners and edges, clean and unmarked in blue and gilt cloth. A classic text on the English language. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking… Read more about this item

New York: Harpercollins, 1995. Fifteenth edition . Hardcover. As New/as new. As New in all respects. A later printing of the revised 15th edition. 8vo, 1182 pp. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1937. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. corners worn, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper; jacket tips, corners and edges worn, tear to top edge of front panel closed with archival tape. A trade edition, jacket is priced, intact. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, NY: Adelphi Academy, 1921. Paperback. Good. cover edges creased and chipped all around, a previous owner's signature to front free end paper. Annual catalog of Adelphi Academy, founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1863. The original building is now a private K through 12 school located at Lafayette Ave, St.James and Clinton Place in Brooklyn. Illustrated with… Read more about this item

Boston: Ginn & Co, 1935. Paperback. Good. light creasing to covers and one corner, a few pages stained, wrinkled. Very clean, unmarked, 50 page, first reader. Teaches basic sentence construction and words, using Daddy, Dick, Jimmy, Peggy, their kittens and a dog named Pal. In wrappers with black cloth spine. Anna Dorothea Cordts wrote many books teaching basic… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. minor shelf wear to the book; jacket spine darkened, chipped, a few closed tears, intact. "Though of particular usefulness in conjunction with The American Language, this Supplement is nevertheless an independent work and may be read without reference to its predecessor." 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read more about this item

New York: Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co, 1871. Hardcover. Good. marbled page edges, small bookstore label to front ep, covers soiled. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.