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Harper & Row, New York, 1946. Stated First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition/Good. Book Antioch College is known for its unique Work-Study approach to higher education. Located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, it is the alma mater of many distinguished graduated, including Rod Sterling and Coretta Scott King. Although the college was briefly closed, its alumni rallied to re-open the school in order to keep its approach alive. From the dust jacket blurb: "This book is the record of one of the outstanding contemporary experiments in college education. . . . Through a careful and systematic account of the whole Antioch plan, how it has evolved in the twenty-five years since it was first put into effect in 1921, the authors detail the policy and practice which have brought a fresh vitality to the pattern of college life and learning." There are seven appendices provided details of and supporting data for Antioch's educational approach. A business card of Dr. Henderson… Read More

Typis J[ohn] Grismond, & prostant apud R[ichard] Royston, London, 1662. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good+ Condition. Pamphlet This is the text of an address Mayne delivered at Oxford University at the end of the term on May 27, 1662, speaking on the subject of the conduct of life. His own experience must have provided a context for his advice. According to the entry on Mayne in the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, he was a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, and had two college livings in Oxfordshire, but was disposed during the Commonwealth. At the time of this address, two years after the Restoration, he had himself been restored to church offices. According to the entry, “At the Restoration he was made canon of Christ Church, archdeacon of Chichester and chaplain in ordinary to the king.” ESTC shows eleven copies in the British Isles (held by British Library, Cambridge University (2), Carlisle Cathedral, Durham University,… Read More

Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good-. First edition (No Additional Printings) of Buckley's first book in which he "demonstrates the secularist and collectivist impact of Yale education." It launched his career as a conservative commentator and critic. Four years later (1955) he began publishing the conservative journal National Review and for three decades was the host of the television program "Firing Line." In addition to his political works, he also wrote spy novels From the book's blurb on the rear flap: Buckley "believes that responsible men and women must energetically defend and encourage whatever values they cherish. He believes that any attempt to preserve our civilization which does not take into account the influencing of students is doomed to failure." Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 240 pages. The textblock is tight, bright and unmarked, except for a previous booksellers pencil… Read More

The Manual Arts Press, Peoria, IL, 1937. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Book VG HB in G DJ, now protected by archival Mylar cover. 566 p.: illus. (incl. ports., plans); diagr.; 24 cm. Firebrick-colored cloth over boards, embossed frame with gilt title on front cover and spine. Presumed first edition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text contains marks and notes scattered throughout, in pencil. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. Plain paper (uncoated stock) dust jacket is dirty with loss at corners and large (1/2") chips at bottom of spine. Previous owner's name and address on front free end paper, along with dates and reading assignments. Heavy water stains on the spine, from the middle around the fold to the right edge of the back panel; a line of water staining down the middle of the spine, as well, though not affecting any text. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Education;… Read More

[publisher not identified], [London], 1688. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Pamphlet A contemporary collection of documents chronicling King James II’s attempt to change Magdalen College of Oxford University into a Roman Catholic institution. When the presidency of the college became vacant, the protestants elected John Hough to take the position, but James ordered the fellows to elect a Catholic, Anthony Farmer, as their president. J. R. Bloxam expanded the collection in his Magdalen College and King James II, 1686-1688 (1886). In the introduction he describes James’ actions in the conflict as “an overt and undisguised step towards opening the chief seminaries of the Church of England to Roman influences and occupation” (p. viii). Although there is no editor named, the binder’s label on the front cover attributes it to Henry Fairfax, who is often named as the likely editor.… Read More

J. Lamson and T. Odiorne, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1793. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Evans 26440. pp. ix, 200, (2), 130. Three works printed as two and bound together in a single volume. Improvement of the Mind, Part I (pp. [1]-200), Part II (pp. [1]1-55), Discourse (pp. [59]-130). Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 330 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight. Hardcover in full polished calf with a contemporary red leather panel on the spine with the title "Watts on The Mind." Corners turned in. Hinges in good shape and intact; the leather is not worn through at the hinges as is the case with many 18th century leather-bound books. The paper is toned from age and there is foxing and other stains in the first 130 and last 30 pages. The six leaves of the first signature (including the front free end paper, title page, Introduction and Tables of Contents) have a half-inch tear at the bottom of the gutter. One leaf (pp. 117-118) has an old… Read More

The Antioch Press, Yellow Springs, OH, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - Used/Poor. Book . 232 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth spine over grey boards with facsimile signature of author on cover. The author was president of Antioch College and had been elected Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara. From the blurb on the front fold: "The last few years have witnessed a widespread debate on the practices and policies of American education. Soviet technical advances, the advent of the space age, and tensions of modern life have prompted a deep concern about education, the well-spring of democracy. . . . Dr. Gould . . . believes the only way to approach these problems is in terms of [the high goals of education]. The result is a viewpoint which inspires new hope fires new enthusiasm for the role education has to play in the world today and tomorrow." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 232 pages. Item Type: Book. Spine is shelf-worn at top and bottom… Read More

Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1973. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book . VG HB in VG DJ. x, 262 p. 23 cm. Blue cloth over boards with bright gold title on spine. Clipped DJ has Yale price sticker on front flap; light foxing. "Based on state records and corporation minutes of the four colleges, this history of the shifting alliances between colleges and their state legislatures is an important contriution to an understanding of the development of higher education in America." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 262 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Education; Philosophy & Social Aspects; . ISBN: 0300016069. ISBN/EAN: 9780300016062. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 382. . 9780300016062

Scott, Foresman and Company, Chicago, IL, 1940. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition/None (as issued). Illustrator: Campbell, Eleanor. Book . VG saddle-stiched booklet. Early Dick, Jane and Baby [later named Sally] pre-primer. 48 p.: col. ill.; 20 cm. Illustrated wrapper (Spot & Tim [Teddy Bear] above title with Puff [kitten] below; b&w on red background) reinforced at fold with publisher's red cloth tape. 1/4" missing from top front corner; light 4" diagonal crease at lower corner. Child's name in pencil on inside front cover. Text block tight, bright and unmarked. Eleven stories on numbered pages. 1940 only date listed. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 48 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Campbell, Eleanor. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Education; Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading; United States; 1940s; . Main Picture: Gray, Baruch & Montgomery (1940), We Look and See (early printing) - Front Cover.… Read More