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Arithmetic, Designed for Academies and Schools, Uniting the Inductive Methods of the French with the Practical Methods of the English System
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New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1848. Hard cover binding, leather spine, 360 pp. A fascinating manual for teachers of mathematics - could be used for gifted students, home-schooled students, with some really "new" twists on teaching mathematics and history combined. Not only are many of the manual techniques "forgotten" - what are we ever going to do without calculators! - but the problems themselves will lead to fascinating inquiries. For example, "The tune of Yankee Doodle was ... more information
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$45.00
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Ask Me Another! The Question Book
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New York: Viking, 1927. 9th printing. Hardcover binding, 192 pp. Extensive questionnaires on important topics. Light soiling to boards. Rub to corner of one page. Clean internal copy, without ownership markings. Very good condition.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information
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$33.00
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BUSINESS SPELLER AND VOCABULARY
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New York: American Book Company, 1913. No publication date, c. 1913. Red cloth binding, 205 pp. Series of lessons on spelling and vocabulary with emphasis on words used in various trades. Name inside, soiling, some light silverfishing. Very good condition.. Early. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information
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$26.00
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Bases for Effective Learning
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Washington, DC: National Education Association, 1952. Thirty-first Yearbook. Bulletin of the Department of Elementary School Principals. Volume XXXII, No. 1, September 1952. 8vo. Soft cover. 390 p. Illustrated. Index. These yearbooks presented ideas to enhance effective learning and teaching in elementary school. This edition examines the role of the principal, working cooperatively with parents and teachers, school-community relations, the well-adjusted classroom teacher, the well-adjusted child, ... more information
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$22.00
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Beginning and Sustaining School/College Partnerships
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Winchester, MA, USA: New England Association of Scools and Colleges, 1991. Examples of exemplary partnerships with practical advise for developing and sustaining them. Front cover has rub across top, else very good condition. Good in wrappers.. Wrappers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. ... more information
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$15.00
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Black Studies in the University, from the controversial Yale conference
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New York: Bantam, 1969. First edition in wrappers. From cover rubbed and discolored. Appears unread, else in very good condition.. First Edition in Wrappers. Wrappers. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information
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$14.00
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Building Your Own Nature Museum for Study and Pleasure
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Scarborough, ON, Canada: Prentice-Hall Canada, Incorporated, 1984. Fine in wrappers. [b113]. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$8.00
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Children's Writing : An Approach for the Primary Grades
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Newark, DE, U.S.A.: International Reading Association, 1979. Crisp new book; owner's blindstamped seal on title. 73 pp. Specific suggestions for developing writing among young children. Near fine condition.. Reprint. Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. ... more information
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$10.50
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Children's Writing : An Approach for the Primary Grades
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Newark, DE, U.S.A.: International Reading Association, 1979. Crisp new book; owner's blindstamped seal on title. 73 pp. Specific suggestions for developing writing among young children. Near fine condition.. Reprint. Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. ... more information
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$10.50
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Conference of American Teachers of International Law Held at Washington, D.C., April 23-25, 1914, Upon the Invitation of the American Society of International Law at Its Eighth Annual Meeting
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Washington, DC: Byron S. Adams, 1914. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. 83 p. Proceedings of the conference, including an introduction and opening remarks by Elihu Root, an American lawyer and statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the United Sates Senate, as well as U. S. Secretary of War and U. S. Secretary of State. Moderate shelfwear. Very good.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$40.00
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Crests from the Ocean-World; or Experiences in a Voyage to Europe Principally in France, Belgium, and England in 1847 and 1848; Comprising Sketches in Miniature Worlds, Paris, Brussels, and London
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Boston: Tappan and Whittemore, 1853. 8vo. Cloth. 408 p. Frontispiece engraving of the London Bridge. By "A Traveller and Teacher" -- written by Alonzo Tripp, a mariner and educator originally from Yarmouth, Massachusetts, who traveled widely to promote education. This book notes scenery, national character, incidents along the way, costume, social life, public monuments, churches, palaces, gardens, galleries, museums, libraries, French Life on shipboard, the revolution in Paris, and a profess... more information
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$50.00
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Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Reprint of first edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 251 pp. Ex-library. Good in very good dustjacket, in fresh mylar cover.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. ... more information
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$22.00
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Danny Dunn, Scientific Detective
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1975. Jacket rescued, in very good condition and under new mylar cover. A couple of small repaired tears. Book is rubbed inside front boards and on endpapers, where library marking were, and is marked inside. Decorated boards, solid condition. Good in very good dustjacket.. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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$50.00
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Death at an Early Age ; The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. First printing. 8vo. Cloth. 240 p. Kozol's classic work on the devastating effects of the Boston public schools on African American children in the 1960s. Moderate shelfwear. Jacket has small tears and chipping. Very good in good+ dustjacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$35.00
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Diets and Riots : An Interpretation of the History of Harvard University
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Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1936. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 127 p. A gastronomical history of Harvard University -- the story of 200 years of hunger for food and knowledge. Moderate shelfwear. Very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$22.00
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Education and Ecstasy
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Cloth. 239 p. A landmark book that celebrates the unity of learning and living -- with practical suggestions on how our schools can make this vision a reality. A powerful book. Owner's name, stamp. Shelfwear. Dustjacket chipped. Very good in good dustjacket in mylar cover. RARE.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$70.00
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Essays in Memory of Barrett Wendell, By His Assistants
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. 320 p. Barrett was an American academic and author of a well-received series of textbooks. He was an instructor and professor at Harvard University from 1880 through 1917and also served as a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum, a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His colleagues here pay tribute to Wendell the teacher and man. Minor shelfwear and slight fa... more information
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$40.00
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The Faretra System of Rapid Business Writing
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Boston: Burdett College, 1920. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Soft cover. A course of graded lessons in rapid, plain, muscular-movement writing with complete instructions for study and practice. Designed for use in schools and colleges, where an easy, tireless, and legible handwriting is desired. It will also serve as a guide for the home student. Moderate cover wear. Interior clean. Samples of previous owner's work practice sheets are enclosed, along with original card. Very good. RARE.. First Editio... more information
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$40.00
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The Garden of the Sphinx: 150 Challenging and Instructive Puzzles
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New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. Translated form the French by Charles Scribner Jr, this book has many imaginative puzzles suitable for middle and high school students. 185 pp. Fine condition,. Reprint. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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$22.00
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Genetic Epistemology
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 84 pp. Owned by backgammon and poker expert Paul Magriel, and bears his signature. Jacket has edgewear. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ... more information
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$30.00
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