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[Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's tan printed staplebound card wrappers; 31pp. Fine condition. More
[Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's tan printed staplebound card wrappers; 31pp. Fine condition. More
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973. First Edition. "To authorize the Secretary of health, education, and welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and activities designed to achieve educational equity for all students, men and women, and for other related educational purposes." Dated October 17 and November..... More
La Habana: Imprenta de la Universidad de la Habana, 1960. First Edition. Uncommon promotional brochure issued by the University of Havana, opening with the 1960 manifesto of the FederaciĆ³n Estudiantil Universitaria (FEU). IISH only in OCLC as of June, 2020. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's green pictorial staplebound wrappers; [2],30pp. Light toning..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan School of Education, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original blue pictorial card wrappers; [2],iii,[1],273pp.; printed from typescript. Soiling to upper wrapper, else Very Good and sound. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Third Edition. Robert Owen first purchased the textile mill at New Lanark, Scotland, from his father-in-law in 1799 and set about experimenting his socialist theories in the management of the business and its community. Owen's greatest success was revolutionizing the early education..... More
[New York]: Teachers College Press, 1969. Octavo (24cm). Pink cloth in magenta dust jacket; x,165,[1]pp; ads to rear jacket panel. Ownership stamps of Samuel E. Kellams to endleaves. Pinpoint rubbing to extremities, else Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed at edges, else Very Good or better. A discussion of student self-governance..... More
[Amsterdam]: NVSH Werkgroep Jeugdemancipatie, n.d., ca. 1980. RisquƩ ("NSFW" in modern parlance) promotional poster encouraging freedom of sexual development and sexual education for young (preadolescent) children. The photograph shows a near-naked boy and girl peaking into each other's underpants, the tops of their genitalia showing. Issued by the NVSH (Nederlandse..... More
New-York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. First Edition. Short biographical notes on various illustrious Columbia graduates, including Alexander Hamilton, a founding member of the society that would eventually be known as the Philolexian Society; John Jay; Gouverneur Morris; and even DeWitt Clinton, the orator's professional enemy. Missed by..... More
New-York: Jas. Van Norden, 1833. First Edition. Vitriolic letter signed by three of the four full-time professors who resigned from the University of the City of New York (i.e. NYU) following the mismanagement of the institution during the first two years of its existence. After Chancellor Mathews (referred to for..... More
[Temple Terrace, FL]: Educa Vision, [1998, but 2006]. Revised Edition. Quarto (27.25cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 163pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit soiled, light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Copyright date 1998 but "Edited March 2006" is printed on rear cover. More
Amsterdam: VRIJBRIEF: Tegenkrant van Amsterdamse Jongeren, ca. 1980. Poster issued by the anti-censorship students' rights organization, the photograph on the recto showing two male students peeling the tape from their mouths. Original photo-illustrated poster (43x61cm.) printed offset in purple and black on recto and verso; previous folds (as issued?), minor..... More
The Hague: Vrije Academie / Psychopolis, [1970]. First Edition. Annual "catalogue" for this experimental art academy in The Hague, founded in 1933 as a studio where "vrije" took on a double meaning: "...poor talented students could study without payment...[and] admissions requirements were not set...anyone could register...there was no set program..... More
New York: Council Against Intolerance in America, 1939. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's green card wrappers; 116pp.; staplebound bibliography pamphlet in chemise mounted inside rear cover. Light wear and a hint of toning, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to title page and rear cover, else Very Good and sound. More
Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee Institute, 1941. Reprint (1956). "Booker T. Washington 100th Anniversary Edition." 12mo (16.75cm.); original cream decorative staplebound wrappers; 16pp.; illus. Fine. Scarce souvenir edition. More
Boston: Jenks, Hickling & Swan, [1833]. Revised Stereotype Edition. 12mo (16mo); publisher's black sheep-backed boards printed within decorative border; 234,[6](ads)pp. Boards rather rubbed and soiled with brief exposure along extremities, lacking both free endpapers, brief pencil scribbles to pastedowns, else Good to Very Good in the original binding. Publisher's advertisements..... More
Washington DC: National Institute of Education / Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (26cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 398pp. Clean, tight, and unmarked copy, Near Fine. More
New York: League for Industrial Democracy, [1955]. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 38pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. "Review Copy" rubberstamped to upper cover with typescript promotional broadside laid in. More
Portland, ME: Sanborn and Carter, 1846. Fiftieth Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); one quarter black paper with brown paper sides, gilt on spine; iv,228pp. Comprehensive dampstaining, wear and soiling; pinholes to spine hinges; board extremities rubbed and chapped, corners bumped. Textblock foxed and damped; stray marks throughout; Ben & Bernarda Shahn bookplate..... More
Boston: New England Free Press, n.d. [1967?]. Quarto (28cm). Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; pp52-66; illus. Reprinted from issue no. 2 of Steps, the journal of the Free University of Berkeley. Trivial external wear, else fine. Leftist critique of Great Society-era inner city jobs programs in the Bay Area. More
[New York]: Jefferson School of Social Science, 1955. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); original yellow pictorial mimeographed wrappers; 10,[1] typescript leaves. Fine. Excerpted from an unpublished manuscript by the educator, Civil Rights activist, and leading member of the Communist Party, from which he resigned in 1957. This piece was originally prepared..... More
[New York]: Amistad, [2004]. First Edition. Large octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's two-toned paper-covered boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xxiv,[2],453pp.; illus. throughout. Some dust-soil to jacket, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1933. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original green printed card wrappers; [8],156pp. Wrappers a hint dust-soiled, small loss to bottom fore-edge corner of upper wrapper not affecting text; Very Good overall. "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of..... More
Boston: Lasell Junior College, 1987]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original blue cloth lettered in silver; xii,291pp.; illus. throughout, mostly photographs. Fine. Signed by the author on title page. History of Lasell, founded in Newton, MA, in 1851, which became a co-educational college in 1989. More
Beloit: Journal Office Print. 1851. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); removed; 19pp. Previous vertical fold, else a Very Good and fresh copy, albeit lacking original wrappers. Early academic catalog of Beloit College in Wisconsin, published five years after its founding. At the time of this publication the College consisted of just..... More
Milwaukee: J. Hamilton, 1850. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); removed; 52pp. Faint vertical fold, foxing throughout, most heavily to final leaves, else Very Good and sound. SABIN 11938; WISCONSIN IMPRINTS 21. More