Exhibiting Cultures: The Poets and Politics of Museum Display
Washington: Smithsonian, 1991. Illustrated. x + 468 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, (1991). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
EDUCATION
Yale; A History.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974. Illus. 588pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly dampstained, cloth lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974. More
Democracy and the Student Left.
Boston: Little Brown, 1968. 239 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1968). First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome.
Philadelphia: Hickman & Hazzard, 1822. In two parts. To which are prefixed two essays, concerning the Roman Learning and the Roman Education. Embellished with fifteen engravings. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf; joints weak, spine darkened & somewhat cracked. Phila.: Hickman & Hazzard, 1822. First American Edition. Kennett's most important work, originally published in 1696. and considered one of the enlightened analyses of ancient Rome, particularly in respect to education. Fine engravings by R. Campbell. More
Williams Sketches
Williamstown: 1898. x, 327pp. 12mo, green cloth, spines ends and edges of corners rubbed, title page slightly chipped on right margin, otherwise very good. Williamstown, 1898. First Edition. Twelves sketches written by students of Williams College on student life there. The other authors are Percival H. Truman and Henry R. Conger. The four sketches by Arthur Ketchum and the five by Henry R. Conger are all each signed by the authors. The three by Percival H. Truman are not signed..... More
Among Schoolchildren
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1989. Frontispiece by Karen Stolper. 340 pages, thick 8vo, gilt-stamped maroon leather, all edges gilt. Franklin Library, 1989. A near fine copy. Limited first edition, signed by the author. More
The Library of the Medical Institution of Yale College and its Catalogue of 1865.
74pp. 8vo, cloth. New Haven, Ct., 1960. First Edition. More
Harvard and Its Surroundings
Cambridge: Charles W. Sever, 1880. Many Illus., map. 95pp. + 4pp. of local ads + 4pp. of publisher's ads. Small 12mo, original red cloth, head of spine and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, cloth lightly soiled, light dampstain to top margin of introduction page. Cambridge: Charles W. Sever, 1880 Guidebook to Harvard University. Many of the illustrations are of Harvard University's buildings. More
Natural Enemies??? Youth and the Clash of Generations.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1969. xli, 533 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (chipped, edgeworn, spine sunned). Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1969). Spine sunned, toned text block, internally clean. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality
New York: Knopf, 1976. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. x, 823, xxiii pages. Very thick 8vo, grey and maroon cloth backed boards, d.w (small tear at upper left and minor discoloration at top edge). New York: Knopf, 1976. Minor discoloration at top edge but, internally clean. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Music and Human Experience
New York: Schirmer Books, 1980. Illustrations and musical notation throughout. xxx, 510pp. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Schirmer Books, (1980). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation.
New York: Crown, 1995. 286pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Crown, (1995). First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation.
New York: Crown, 1995. 286 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Crown, (1995). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Lives of children who grew up in poverty in the South Bronx. More
Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 240 pages. 8vo, navy cloth, top edge blue. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Fifth printing. A very good(+) copy with a touch of spotting to top edge of pages; lacking dust wrapper. More
Medieval Aspects of Renaissance Learning
New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. 195 pages. 8vo, black cloth. New York: Columbia University Press, (1992). A fine copy but for small remainder marks on bottom edge. More
Some Chapters in Cambridge Medical History.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. 119pp. Thin 12mo, red cloth, paper spine label. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. Very good (+). More
Original manuscript composition notebook by a student.
Philadelphia: Leary's Book Store. 38pp. Thin 8vo, pr. wrs., front wrapper lightly dampstained, back wrapper lightly soiled, some margins lightly soiled. Philadelphia: Leary's Book Store, circa 1870. A completely filled in student's composition note book in neat manuscript hand. The front wrapper depicts an engraving of Leary's Cheap Book Store at its first location at 158 Second Street in Philadelphia. Below it is a brief advertisement for the store including that they have for sale over 100,000 books. Leary's Book..... More
75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollections of 31 Harvard Men
Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. Illus. 52pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., back wrapper dampstained, wrappers lightly soiled, pages throughout are wavy, back wrapper wavy. Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. Recollections of the Leavitt & Peirce tobacco store. More
History of the School of Nursing of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1892-1942.
New York: Putnam, 1942. Color frontis. plus 56 other plates, one folding. xiv + 286 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, faded. N.Y., G.P. Putnams, 1942. Very good. More
A Forest of Pencils; The Story of Schools Through the Ages
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, front cover slightly warped and lightly soiled. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1973). More
The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. ix, 406pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1999). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. History of educational testing in American schools. More
The Big Test; The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. 406pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1999). Very good History of educational testing in American schools. More
Death of the Clinician: Requiem or Reveille.
Springfield: Thomas Crowell, 1982. 359ppp, 8vo, mustard cloth, d.w. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1982. A fine copy with a warm presentation by the author on the fly-leaf. More
The Yale Collections.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1946. Illus. 54pp. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. Survey of Yale University's collections in its museums and in Sterling Memorial Library. More
William Friday; Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Illus. 494pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1995). Very good Presentation copy. More