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By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: S.N.: 1994
Seller ID: 1813005
Condition: Near Fine
1994 Large Hardcover. 304 pp. A collage of articles, photographs, verse, and descriptive text telling the story of R.L. Thomas High School from 1962-1994. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.: 1982
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2268733
ISBN: 0020641001
Condition: Very Good
Second printing. Ink note on half-title page, pencil marginalia. 1982 Soft Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xii, 84 pp. Analyzes the purpose of public education in a democratic society and recommends changes in American public schools designed to improve both the quality and equality of education. View more info
By: Adler, Mortimer J.; Van Doren, Geraldine
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Collier Books: 1990
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2276231
ISBN: 0020301758
Condition: Very Good
First printing. Minor crease to bottom corner of front wrapper, spine head lightly bumped. 1990 Trade Paperback. xxxiii, 362 pp. Spanning the breadth of his career, from 1939 to 1989, this book is the response from Mortimer J. Adler to the question What can be done about American education? For Adler the best education is one that offers the best education possible for all. View more info
By: Agnes, Michael; Laird, Charlton
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Macmillan: 1996
Seller ID: 2202303
ISBN: 0028605748
Condition: Near Fine
Faint stain to top page ridge. Fine. 1996 Hard Cover. xv, 734 pp. Unique in layout and format, this ground-breaking resource combines two great Webster's New World reference works in a single volume. Each page is divided into a dictionary section and a thesaurus section. The dictionary section provides concise authoritative definitions, while the thesaurus section below lists corresponding thesaurus entries. You can check the spelling and definition of a word and also research its synonyms -- all at a single glance! Included are over 58,000 dictionary entries, including widely used scientific,... View more info
By: Allen, James P.
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 2000
Seller ID: 2283827
ISBN: 0521653126
Condition: Fine
No jacket. A fine copy. 2000 Large Hardcover. xii, 510 pp. This is an introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary, as well as twenty-five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. It also offers scholars of linguistics a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt. View more info
By: Allen, William
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Horatio Hill & Co.: 1830
Seller ID: 2203760
Condition: Good
Former library copy--usual marks; no jacket, rear hinge starting. 1830 Hard Cover. 272 pp. CONTENTS: Inaugural Address, 1820; Annual Addresses to Seniors: True Dignity of Character, 1820; Value of the Christian Revelation, 1821; The Ignorace of Man, 1822; The Love of Country, 1823; The Knowledge of Man, 1824; Humility, 1825; Christian Faith, 1826; The Love of God, 1827; Eternal Life, 1828; The Method of Holiness, 1830. Dudleian Lecture, 1830. Notes. View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $15.00
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.: 1838
Seller ID: 2290915
Condition: Good
Boards rubbed, spine sunned, pages foxed throughout, ink & pencil marks on endpapers (text unmarked). 1838 Small Hard Cover. vi, [7]-288 pp. 16mo. A book from the early 19th century meant as a guide to lead the boy into manhood. Includes sections on: Classical learning, industry, The Imagination and the Importance of its proper regulation, A good heart necessary to enjoy the beauties of nature, Filial love, Fraternal love, The want of Decision of Character, On Buffoonery in Conversation, etc. View more info
By: Arnold Arboretum
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Arnold Arboretum: 1970
Seller ID: 2208285
Condition: Near Fine
A nice copy. 1970 Soft Cover. 87 pp. Arnold Arboretum Harvard University: A Cumulative Index to Arnoldia, Volumes 1-29 (1941-1969).KEYWORDS: HARVARD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ARNOLD ARBORETUM GARDEN GARDENING BOTANY HORTICULTURE REFERENCE View more info
By: Bacon, Marion
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Vassar Cooperative Bookshop: 1940
Seller ID: 2276898
Condition: Very Good
One inch tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel, half inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel, a few minor stains to jacket, front jacket flap price-clipped. Ink name on front endpaper. 1940 Large Hardcover. 124 pp. Life at Vassar, in 140 pictures and captions based on college records, recalls a past of which every Vassar graduate was part. Vassar College (/?væs?r/ VASS-?r) is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the first degree-granting institution of higher educatio... View more info
By: Bail, Hamilton Vaughan; Morison, Samuel Eliot
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harvard University Press: 1949
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2163499
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Boards faintly soiled. 1949 Hard Cover. xviii, 264 pp. 66 plates, including reproductions of photographs, illustrations, and maps, follow text. A history of over 200 years in the life of Harvard University, from its construction in 1638 through 1860. View more info
By: Bailyn, Bernard
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Vintage Books: 1960
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2161077
Condition: Very Good
First paperback printing. Wrappers lightly toned. 1960 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xii, 147 pp. Two essays on the development and influence of education on the formation of American society, the second of which examines gaps in cultural awareness and makes recommendations about how to correct these. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Viking: 1978
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2291336
ISBN: 0670545007
Condition: Near Fine
Third printing. No jacket. A few faint smudges on boards. 1978 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Shaker children must have had a rollicking good time as they recited their way through this alphabet verse, or abecedarius, an incongruous world of animals created for the practical purpose of teaching reading.--Afterword. Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, with an afterword by Richard Meran Barsam. View more info
By: Blitz, Jonathan P.; Little, Charles B.
Price: $85.00
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry: 1999
Seller ID: 2272884
ISBN: 085404714X
Condition: Near Fine
No jacket otherwise a nice copy. 1999 Hard Cover. x, 399 pp. The field of chemically modified particle surfaces has seen many significant developments in recent years. Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Chemically Modified Surfaces covers the latest analytical and synthetic techniques for the development and understanding of these surfaces. Encompassing subjects including self-assembled monolayers, scanning probe microscopies, combinatorial synthetic techniques, plasma polymerizations and molecular modelling of modified surfaces, the book provides a unique snap-shot of state-of-the-art concept... View more info
Price: $9.00
Publisher: The Brethren Press: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1535676
Condition: Very Good
First edition. No jacket. Ink name & date on front endpaper. 1964 Hard Cover. 235 pp. 9 1/4 x 6 3/8. 8vo. Black & white photographs. A history of Manchester College, one of a number founded by the Church of the Brethren in the mid-19th century. Includes a great deal of information about the school, as well as some important history regarding the Brethren. Acquired as part of a large collection on the Brethren, from the working library of a divinity school professor. View more info
By: Bronson, Francis W.; Chubb, Thomas Caldecot; Hume, Cyril
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Yale University Press: 1922
Seller ID: 2206576
Condition: Very Good
Spine and boards lightly toned, faint stain along page edge of first few pages. 1922 Hard Cover. 106 pp. It was a happy idea of Mr. Francis Bronson and his colleagues on the editorial board of the Yale Record for the Class of 1922, to blow the dust off the files of fifty years, and save from the shadow of oblivion verses that echo the laughter of twelve college generations. This little book... has a value apart from its merits as a sheaf of light verse; it is a contribution to the history of fun at Yale.KEYWORDS: YALE UNIVERSITY IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE AMERICANA AMERICAN HISTORY EDUCATION View more info
By: Brown, Goold
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Samuel S. & William Wood, No. 261, Pearl Street: 1844
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2133088
Condition: Good
Boards rubbed with minor loss from spine label, lightly stained throughout, rear free endpaper removed, pencil notes on endpapers. 1844 Full-Leather. 13, xiv, 311, [1] pp. 12mo. Originally published in 1825, this 1844 stereotype edition is the first printing of this work to include endorsements preceding the title page, among which is one from Edgar Allan Poe, taken from the March 1842 issue of Pioneer, stating, 'A work perhaps the very best of its kind, and of which the accuracy is far more than usual.' FULL TITLE: Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged; with Examples for Parsin... View more info
By: Bruner, Jerome
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Harvard University Press: 1996
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2289078
ISBN: 0674179536
Condition: Near Fine
Second printing. Owner's stamp on half-title page and on rear wrapper recto. 1996 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xvi, 224 pp. What we don't know about learning could fill a book--and it might be a schoolbook. In a masterly commentary on the possibilities of education, the eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often fails to do so. Applying the newly emerging cultural psychology to education, Bruner proposes that the mind reaches its full potential only through participation in the culture--not j... View more info
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By: Burgis, Wm. [William]; Andrews, William Loring
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company: 1897
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2163501
Condition: Near Fine
First thus. Bookplate on front endpaper, gatefold frontispiece loose but included. 1897 Hard Cover. 38 pp. 4to. 1897 reissue of 1726 original. A collection of early images of Harvard University, originally produced in 1726, and re-released here with descriptive text, including correspondence between Thomas Hollis and former Harvard President E. Holyoke. View more info
By: Cable, W. Arthur; Sanger, Homer F.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The General Educational Board of the Church of the Brethren: 1923
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1535697
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Ink name & date on front endpaper. Binding tight, pages clean, text bright & unmarked. 1923 Hard Cover. 656 pp. 8 3/8 x 6 1/8. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles. Tipped in on the front endpaper is an insert regarding the Gish Publishing Fund, which was arranged by James & Barbara Gish, and designed to fund the printing of books and other material related to the promotion of the Church of the Brethren. Acquired as part of a large collection on the Brethren, from the working library of a divinity school professor. View more info
By: Calkins, Lucy; Ehrenworth, Mary; Lehman, Christopher
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Heinemann: 2012
Seller ID: 2200425
ISBN: 0325043558
Condition: Good
Ink marginalia and highlighting. 2012 Trade Paperback. vii, 214 pp. Lucy Calkins and her colleagues at the Reading and Writing Project have helped thousands of educators design their own pathways to the Common Core. Now, with Pathways to the Common Core, they are ready to help you find your way. Designed for teachers, school leaders, and professional learning communities looking to navigate the gap between their current literacy practices and the ideals of the Common Core, Pathways to the Common Core will help you: *understand what the standards say, suggest, and what they don't say; *reco... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: UMI: 1999
Seller ID: 2291705
Condition: Very Good
No jacket. Edge of both boards bumped, page ridges lightly foxed. 1999 Hard Cover. iii, 347 pp. Boston College. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy. A dissertation. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher of the Continental tradition of philosophy. He is is best known for his contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Teachers College Columbia University: 1965
Seller ID: 2122431
Condition: Very Good
Light rubbing to wrappers. 1965 Mass Market Paperback. A history of education in America from the colonial period to the present day, with a special focus on changing attitudes that can be traced to economic growth and upheaval. View more info
By: Chapman, Matthew
Price: $7.00
Publisher: HaperCollins: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2286300
ISBN: 0061179450
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Minor general wear. 2007 Hard Cover. xv, 272 pp. In this fascinating story of evolution, religion, politics, and personalities, Matthew Chapman captures the story behind the headlines in the debate over God and science in America. In Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education, decided in late 2005, a Republican judge rendered a surprising verdict in a case that pitted the teaching of intelligent design (sometimes known as creationism in a lab coat) against the teaching of evolution. Taking place in a small Pennsylvania school district, the case had national repercussions, all the wa... View more info
By: Cobb, Lyman
Price: $75.00
Publisher: J.H. Hickok & Co. / Hickok & Blood.: 1836
Seller ID: 2197848
Condition: Good
Eleventh edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from corners, free endpapers removed, lightly to moderately foxed throughout. 1836 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 216 pp. Leather spine, printed paper over boards. A condensation of a contemporary pronouncing dictionary, designed for the use of schools. Spellers and readers like these were often used by autodidacts to achieve literacy and develop reading and elocution skills (e.g., Frederick Douglass used the Columbian Orator for this purpose). View more info
By: Cobb, Lyman
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Clark & Hesser: 1854
Seller ID: 2288956
Condition: Fair
Most of the spine is missing, front board nearly loose but still holding, rear board loose but included, pencil note on front endpaper. 1854 Small Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. ix, 168 pp. Part I. Contains the alphabet, variously exhibited; easy words from one to four syllables, in which the single and double consonants are separately classed, and all silent vowels or consonants and diphthongs excluded. Part II. Contains the various and peculiar sounds of the single vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs, all separately classed, both with regard to the terminating syll... View more info
By: Cohen, Jules; Joynt, Robert J.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: University of Rochester Press: 2000
Seller ID: 2206725
ISBN: 1580460836
Condition: Near Fine
Two gift notes to title page, page ridges very faintly foxed.Near Fine. 2000 Hard Cover. xiv, 339 pp. This commemorative volume tells the story of how a relatively small, university-based medical school over the course of 75 years became a national leader in medical research, health care, and their reform. Black & white photographs.Organized to reflect the three major missions of the University of Rochester Medical Center, this book reviews the distinctive achievements in teaching, research and clinical service over the 75 years of the Medical Center's history. Individual chapters on undergrad... View more info
By: Comstock, J.L.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Reed and Barber: 1839
Seller ID: 2260338
Condition: Fair
Spine repaired, loss from head and foot, edges rubbed, lightly foxed throughout. 1839 Full-Leather. 258 pp. A look at how the world saw the science of physics in the early 1800s. View more info
By: Cornell, S.S.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1875
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2203169
Condition: Fair
Loss from spine head and corner of rear board, boards rubbed and soiled, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1875 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 99, [1] pp. Includes black and white engraved illustrations throughout, as well as a number of maps hand-outlined in color. View more info
By: Cornell, S.S.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1864
Seller ID: 2262494
Condition: Very Good
1864 printing. Boards toned and lightly rubbed, ink named and town on front endpaper (dated Jan 1st 1865), small newspaper clipping mounted on opposite endpaper, endpapers lightly foxed, cube sketched in pencil on rear endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. [36], 8 pp. A collection of hand-colored maps, some of which are different from modern maps in interesting ways: e.g., a map of Canada labeling portions as Hudson Bay Company's Territory; a United States map labeling what is now Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as Idaho only, Oklahoma as 'Indian Territory', and showing no divisi... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Harper: 2008
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2201765
ISBN: 0061562327
Condition: Near Fine
1st printing. Near fine. 2008 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 320 pp. For years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fancies with his wonderfully irreverent, fun, and factual Don't Know Much About books. He has carried readers on wild and edifying rides through history, mythology, geography, the Bible, the Civil War, even across the universe. Now, following on the heels of his triumphant New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About Anything, comes Don't Know Much About Anything Else, his latest one-stop potpou... View more info
