Category: Education

View Categories / Education

Sort

Showing 161-180 of 207

Report of the Second Decade, 1945-1955. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

By: Powell, Lawrence Clark

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, California, University of California: 1956

Seller ID: 11526

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

25 pages; illustrations; blue paper wrapper with title on the cover (6 x 9 inch) stapled. Also included is the 'Director's Compliments' card for Lawrence C. Powell. A report on the Clark Library and its activities during the decade covered. Fine clean copy.
View More...

The Old University of Mexico (Cover Title)

By: Priestley, Herbert Ingram

Price: $10.00

Publisher: University of California Chronicle:

Seller ID: 3925

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Circa 1935. Reprint from the University of California Chronicle, Vol XXI, No. 4). Rubber stamp lettering, very small letters, on front cover above the author's name, "With the Compliments of the Author". From the first paragraph: "Enthusiasm for education characterized the earliest establishment of the Spanish colonies in America. Wherever the priests went, a school was soon established for the instruction of the natives or a college for the clericals who were already at work as well as for those who were soon to take holy orders. From the colleges sprang the universities." ...
View More...

Speech of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University, Before the Board of Overseers of That Institution, February 25, 1845, on the Minority Report of the Committee of Visitation, Presented to That Board by George Bancroft, Esq., February 6, 1845

By: Quincy, Josiah

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown: 1845

Seller ID: 016748

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Cover title : "President Quincy's Speech on the Minority Report of Mr. Bancroft". Paper wrapper, string bound. Moderate rubbing and chipping, some minor soiling on cover. Intact and readable. 64 pages. Inscription on title page, "Hon. Edward Everett with the respects of Josiah Quincy." Josiah Quincy III (1772-1864) was a prominent educator and politician. He was President of Harvard from 1829-1845. This booklet contains the text of a speech he gave in response to a critical report submitted by George Bancroft (1800-1891), historian and statesman who was serving on the Harvard B...
View More...

Intellectual and Political Currents in the Far East

By: Reinsch, Paul S.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1911

Seller ID: 019538

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's blue cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4." 395 pages, complete. Index in back. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Pages are clean; binding is tight. A clean, fine copy. Paul S. Reinsch (1869-1923) was an American political scientist and diplomat. He served as U.S. Minister to China from 1913-1919. In this book, Reinsch writes his observations on the changing politics of Eastern culture during the early twentieth century. Chapters in this book include: "Asiatic Unit," "Energism in the Orient," "Intellectual Leadership in Contemporary In...
View More...

In Our Covent Days

By: Repplier, Agnes

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1905

Seller ID: 8416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's slate green cloth with gilt lettering. Autograph quotation signed by author on dedication page: "Angles Repplier. Philadelphia. Dec. 1905. 'In the dark ages when we went to school, no one had yet discovered that play is more instructive than work.'" Non-authorial inscription on front end paper: "Florence Bascom from Helen J. Robbins. December 25, 1905." Charming essays on the author's early years, with much on her Catholic school years. Some rubbins, tip and bottom of spine. 257 pages.
View More...

Domestic Portraiture; or, the Successful Application of Religious Principle in the Education of a Family, Exemplified in the Memoirs of Three of the Deceased Children of the Rev. Legh Richmond

By: Richmond, Legh; Bickersteth, E. (Introduction)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: London, England, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside: 1835

Seller ID: 019763

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original 3/4 brown leather binding with brown cloth boards. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2." 327 pages, complete. Gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Leather is a bit worn. Pages are clean and intact except for some foxing on the pages. Covers are intact. Rev. Legh Richmond (1772-1827) was a Church of England clergyman and author. This book discusses proper moral living and how to raise children with Christian values. Reprinted correspondence of the Richmond family included. Introductory remarks by Rev. E. Bickersteth.
View More...

Believe it or Not!

By: Ripley

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Simon and Schuster: 1929

Seller ID: 14494

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

63 pages; drawings; color stiff paper illustrated wrapper (5 x 8 inch). Small tear (1/2 inch) at the top of the cover.Small chhip front right hand bottom corner. The 1929 issue in a series of books issued by Simon and Schuster from the famed comic strip. This issue's cover is a 'Lindbergh' facto with an illustration of the 'Spirit of St. Louis'. Very good clean copy.
View More...

John Erskine : a Modern Actaeon

By: Robinson, Henry Morton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company:

Seller ID: 016711

Binding: Audio Book (Cassette)

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Circa 1927. Staple bound, cardstock cover with illustration of bookplate with a knight on horseback on front. Some chipping along edges, not affecting text. 31 pages. 2 x 3 black and white photograph of John Erskine glued inside front cover. From title page, "Together with Mr. Erskine's Radio Speech of September 18, 1927, a short biography, and a bibliography". John Erskine (1879-1951) was an educator and prolific author. He was an English professor at Amherst College and Columbia University, and was one of the influences leading to the "Great Books" movement.
View More...

Typed Letter Signed - L. S. Rowe

By: Rowe, L. S.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, 1913

Seller ID: 021527

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original letter handwritten in black ink on one leaf of beige stationery of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Signed by L. S. Rowe: "Sincerely yours, L. S. Rowe." Datelined December 15, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4" folded. 13 1/2" x 9 1/4" unfolded. One page, complete. Paper and handwriting are very clean and intact except for a couple horizontal and vertical fold lines. A Fine copy. Leo Stanton Rowe (1871-1946) was a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania from 1896-1917, the U.S. Assistant Sec...
View More...

Autograph Letter Signed By G.W. Atherton on Rutgers College Stationery

By: Rutgers College; Atherson, G. W.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J., 1873

Seller ID: 6364

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

3 page letter, 5 x 8", to a Dr. Parsons telling him of the College's unanimous decision to offer him the Professorship of Mathematics, describing the selection process, hoping "it may prove that your life work is here", extending "open hands and hearts" of Atherton and his wife to Parsons and his wife, offering any help, and stressing that "time is very important for us now, and if you do not come, or do, I hope you will be able to decide early."
View More...

Letter to the Teachers of San Francisco; Introducing the Bill Prepared by the Pension Committee of Fifteen, Together with the Bill; Read the Letter, Read the Bill; Bring This Pamphlet with You to the Meeting

By: San Francisco Teachers' Pension Committee

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Neal Publishing Company: 0

Seller ID: 020021

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Beige pamphlet with black text. No date, circa 1913. 6" x 8 3/4." Ten pages, complete. A bit of tearing at the spine. Pages are otherwise very clean and intact. A pamphlet that teachers are encouraged to read before they attend a meeting about a bill that would address teachers' pensions and a pension bill. The pamphlet includes a letter by Agnes Regan, Chairman of the Pension Committee of Fifteen, which summarizes the pension bill. The pages that follow describe the main points of the bill in more detail.
View More...

The Music Teacher's Assistant, Being a Few Friendly Words to Young Teachers Supplemented with a New Pronouncing Dictionary of Nearly 30,000 Musical Terms and a Table of the Principal Abbreviations Used in Music.

By: Sawyer, Henry S. (Editor and Compiler)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Chicago, IL, The McKinley Music Company: 1900

Seller ID: 021751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover. 4" x 6." 107 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight fading on the spine and lower-left corner of front cover. Crease on back cover. A concise music book aimed at those who are beginning to teach music.
View More...

Powdered Vegetable Drugs

By: Schneider, Albert

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Pittsburg, Pa, Calumet Publishing Company: 1902

Seller ID: 14514

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

323 pages; figures; red cloth binding, gilt lettering. Wear and fading to the cover, former owner's name in ink on the front flyleaf. Preface - "This work is primarily intended as a text-book for the use of students in colleges of pharmacy." Contents: Chapter 1 - General suggestions on the examination of vegetable powders; Chapter 2 - Causes modifying the characteristics of powdered vegetable drugs; Chapter 3 - Powdering of vegetable drugs; Chapter 4 - Adulteration or Sophistication of vegetable drugs; Chapter 5 - Microscopical examination of powdered vegetable drugs; Chapter 6 - Keys ...
View More...

Image for A General Dictionary of the English Language. One Main Object of Which, is , to Establish a Plain and Permanent Standard of Pronunciation. To Which is Prefixed a Thetorical Grammar,

A General Dictionary of the English Language. One Main Object of Which, is , to Establish a Plain and Permanent Standard of Pronunciation. To Which is Prefixed a Thetorical Grammar,

By: Sheridan, Thomas

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: London, England, Printed for J. Dodsley: 1780

Seller ID: 12294

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Two volumes; 3/4 leather modern binding. I: [16], unnumbered pages (A through knuckled). II: unnumbered pages.(Lab through zotomy). Thomas Sheridan (1719-1788) was a Irish stage actor, an educator, and a major proponent of the 'elocution' movement. This dictionary, known as the 'Respelled Dictionary' was his major publication. Handsome two volume set.
View More...

The Golden Book of California : A Record of the First Seventy-Five Years in the Life of the University of California

By: Sibley, Robert [editor]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, California Alumni Association: 1937

Seller ID: 14661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

1294 pages; illustrations; indexes; blue cloth binding (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inch). Contents: University of Today, of Yesterday; scholarly Standing; California Almanac; index of educational and financial announcements. Series of indexes; Sponsors of the Golden Book; California Songs. Issued upon the University's seventy-fifth annual.
View More...

Past Meridian

By: Sigourney, Mrs. L. H.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1854

Seller ID: 14363

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Good

iv, 239 pages; blue cloth binding, wear to the exterior (4 5/8 x 7 1/8 inch). Ruminations on the problems of life after the age of 50. Good clean copy.
View More...

The Service School Manual, M.V.M.[Massachusetts Volunteer Militia]. Extracts of Military Law, Government, Administration, Customs and Essentials, Map Reading, Aid to Civil Power and Sanitation.

By: Simmons, William S. [compiler]

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Boston, Mass., Wright & Potter Printing Co.: 1907

Seller ID: 10320

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

271 pages; tables, folding signs & symbols; publisher's gray cloth with title on the cover in black. Manual for state military personnel of Massachusetts during the beginning of the 20th century. Fine clean copy internally fresh.
View More...

Extract from an Address on the Training of the Teacher of Mathematics.

By: Slaught, H.E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Allyn and Bacon, Publishers: 1908

Seller ID: 11900

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

8 pages; paper wrapper (5 3/8 x 6 5/8 inch) with title on the cover. A brief account of the best methods for teaching mathematics at the high school level. Fine clean copy.
View More...

Robert Frost & Bernard DeVoto

By: Stegner, Wallace

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Stanford, California, The Associates of the Stanford University Libraries: 1974

Seller ID: 14220

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

125 copies printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. [9] pages; illustrations, facsimiles; green stiff paper wrapper (7 x 9 inch) with title on the cover. "Published on the occasion of the Robert Frost Centennial Exhibit, April 28 - August 31, 1974". Story of there friendship and later breakup. Fine clean copy.
View More...

The Quill: Published Annually by the Student Body, Nevada City High School, Nevada City, California. Volume XX. June 1923.

By: Student Body of Nevada City High School

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Nevada City, CA, Nevada City High School: 1923

Seller ID: 020823

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's brown wrapper with staple binding. Gilt lettering on front cover. 7" x 10 1/4." Sixty-five pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Twelve pages of eighty-six local advertisements included in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Staples are undamaged and have not rusted. An annual publication written by students of Nevada City High School (NCHS). Includes portraits of the senior class of 1923 and other students and faculty. Group portraits of the freshmen, sophomore, and junior classes also inclu...
View More...

$0.00 (0 Items)

Category: Education