EDUCATION & TEACHING from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney: Edinburgh Publishing, 1958. Paperback small quarto, good condition, stapled (rusted), thin card covers, black & white text-photos, few drawings, covers slightly faded & marked, pages lightly toned, spine & corners front covers little worn, rear cover lightly foxed, small part top edge & bottom corner rear cover little crushed, top corners few pages creased, light stains front cover,… Read more about this item

Sydney: Northbridge Public School, 1998. Paperback large quarto, thick card covers, saddle-stapled, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos & advertisements, minor edgewear. 75 pp. This book celebrates the 75th birthday of Northbridge Public School in the Sydney northern suburbs. In her preface, the editor states that this is not meant to be a definitive history of Northbridge… Read more about this item

Sydney: University of Sydney, 1975. 1st ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black boards with gilt title on spine, black & white photos, colour frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, creasing front free flyleaf & title page, foxing top edge book, minor foxing & light toning reverse side jacket (slight edgewear, top spine chipped, slight loss top… Read more about this item

Sydney: Sydney University Engineering Alumni, Faculty of Engineering, 1999. Paperback large wide octavo, good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, black & white text-photos, staples slightly rusted, spots toning front cover, spine little rubbed, corner tips front cover little creased, minor creasing & edgewear. 32 pp. Recollections of a graduate from the Sydney University Engineering School at Oxford in the… Read more about this item

Perth, Nedlands: School of Music, University of Western Australia, 1994. 1st ed.. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, two black & white text-photos, few light marks rear cover, staples slightly rusted, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). 12 pp. From front cover: Explores the crisis facing contemporary culture and considers the ways in which… Read more about this item

Melbourne: University High School / Wm. Caulfield & Sons (Printer), 1961. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, very good condition, green cloth boards (gilt title), black & white photos, frontispiece, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, light foxing flyleaf & title page, tiny spot front endpapers, small mark rear board, corner tips covers little rubbed. 178 pp. This book gives… Read more about this item

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1996. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 180 pp. Entertaining anecdotes about life in government schools from about 1850 to 1950, collected and edited by Mary McPherson, information officer from NSW Department of School Education. (This copy: Paperback wide octavo.).

Devon: Triarchy Press, 2010. Reprint ed.. Paperback small, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 118 pp. The authors combine their top-level experience of leading and managing international academic and research institutions with wisdom gleaned from 50 senior colleagues around the world. An amusing guide to leaders and aspiring leaders in academic and research institutions about how to accept and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1931. 1st ed.. Hardback small, red cloth covers, good condition, title page & edges lightly foxed, pages toned, spine faded, cover corners creased, rear hinge partly split (two pages partly loose), few small ink marks fore-edge, edgewear & rubbing, minimal pencil annotation. 136 pp. First edition. This handbook is for the use of students preparing… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Methuen Educational / Griffin Press (Printer), 1971. Reprint ed.. Paperback small octavo, flexible cover, very good condition, colour drawings, spine ends little scuffed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear corners, rubber stamps. 60 pp. The stories in this school reader for the Department of Education, New South Wales, are: No More Swimming, Boat Day, The Bluebird, The Circus, Wiri… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1912. Reprint ed.. paperback small, good plus condition, card cover (concealed staples), drawings, pages little creased (during manufacture), covers & pages lightly toned, edgewear, spine repaired (archival tape), owner's written name front cover, bookplate. 80 pp. A scarce early issue of this popular history of Australasia for Australian school children. This revised edition was originally… Read more about this item

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2015. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front cover little creased, minor edgewear corners & spine. 253 pp. The author tells her story about spending a year at a boarding school in the bush, at the age of fourteen. The 16 girls were left largely unsupervised, they were a mixture of badly-behaved students and… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1954. 1st ed.. Paperback thin trade, good condition, illustrated card covers, black & white drawings, corner tips covers & some pages little creased, pages lightly toned, slight loss top corner tip front cover, cover little loose (pages firm), minor edgewear. 30 pp. A school reader story about two boys named Sandy and Sammy, and their new… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1955. Paperback small quarto, good condition, illustrated flexible card covers, black & single-colour drawings, centre page spread loosely inserted, edge tears few pages repaired, spine scuffed (school tape removed), staples rusted, minor edgewear corners. 32 pp. Charming picture story (school reader) about the traditional adventures of two Aboriginal children named Arua and Tidja in the… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1955. 1st ed.. Paperback thin trade, good condition, illustrated card covers, black & white drawings, spine ends little rubbed, corner tips covers & few pages lightly creased, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 30 pp. A delightful school reader story about an owl who has a cold and the other animals try to convince him that he… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1954. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, illustrated card covers, black & white drawings, spine ends little worn, top spine rubbed, corner tips little creased, front hinge little split (pages firm), pages faintly toned, small mark one page, minor edgewear. 30 pp. A charming school reader story about two mice who lived with a boy named… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1955. 1st ed.. Paperback thin trade, good condition, illustrated card covers, black & white drawings, spine ends little rubbed, corner tips covers & few pages lightly creased, pages faintly toned, slight bump base spine, two ink stripes bottom edge, minor edgewear. 30 pp. A delightful story about a rabbit named Snowdrop who was looked after very… Read more about this item

Sydney: Department of Education, New South Wales (NSW), 1957. Paperback wide trade, very good plus condition, flexible red covers, stapled, colour drawings, minimal edgewear. 40 pp. This booklet is the third unit of a series issued by the N.S.W. Department of Education for kindergarten, first and second grades. The book introduces a new family whose activities extend beyond home… Read more about this item

Sydney, Chatswood: Willoughby City Council, 2014. Paperback small quarto, stapled, very good condition, illustrated thick card covers, colour drawings, top corner rear cover creased, white background lightly marked rear cover, base spine little rubbed, minor edgewear. 62 pp. This book of short stories is part of an educational project designed to facilitate 'kids teaching kids' about local wildlife in… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA), 2011. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, tables, bottom corner front cover & few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 277 pp. This book is about the volunteer association in Japan committed to the problem of the many refugees generated in Cambodia's civil war. It provides help, based on education… Read more about this item