Search Results: Educators

New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Very good+ (very light edgewear at spine, somewhat "dusty" page edges, otherwise fine) in price-clipped and heavily edgeworn dust jacket with one-inch chunk missing at top of spine (put in protective mylar to prevent further deterioration and improve appearance; quite passable now). Biography of William Allan Neilson, long-time president of Smith College (1917-1939) and key figure in American college education during the first half of the 20th century. Many photographs.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Northampton, Massachusetts: The Hampshire Bookshop, 1947. Good+ (soiled covers, especially stained rear cover and spine, light edgewear) without dust jacket. Published shortly after Neilson's death, this is full of praise and wit, a nice accompaniment to Thorp's full biography published a decade later. The title page contains a wonderful quotation from Neilson, reading in part, "A muddleheaded person is a nuisance in any society, and the connection between dishonesty in thinking and in personal relations is profound," a statement of his faith in education and the goal of a liberal education.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 149 p. Black & white photographs by Robert Crow. Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school’s headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man “at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities.” More than simply a portrait of the Headmaster of Deerfield Academy, it is a revealing look at the nature of private school education in America.… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1966. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/very good. Very Good in Very Good jacket Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. cover has a tear on bottom. Unknown printing. xx, 208, vii p. 22 cm.

Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; . . Hardcover. Ohio University Libraries, 1997. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. .

Louisiana State Univ.. Near Fine with no dustjacket. 1972. Hardcover. 436pp. His life and his speeches, primarily concerning education. ; 8vo .

London, UK Viking, 1988. Hardcover First Edition (1988); so stated. First Edition (1988); so stated. Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book is a Remainder, showing a mark at the bottom edge; else shows only a hint of wear to the extremities and a very mild bump to the top edge of the rear panel; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only the very mildest wear, but possessing a single, serious flaw. Clean, Crisp and Bright. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a a bit of faint sunning to the yellow backgrould field of the backstrip (The blue, black, and red titles thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible) and along the very top edge of the front… Read More

EdTechTeam, 2018-03-19. Paperback. Very Good. 8x6x0. Clean, unmarked interior text, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Cover is clean and bright, shows light edge/shelf wear, no rips, chips, stains or tears. One page dog-eared. Binding and cover boards in vg condition, crisp pages. 2018. EdTech Team. Ships quickly and with care.

New York: Viking Press. Ex-library copy with minimal markings in dust jacket. 1980. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 256 pp. .

NY: Century Co.. 1907. Hardcover. Very good-, back cover of vol II has damage, inner hinge cracked; 1200+ pages total in two volumes. ; 8vo .

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good with no dustjacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy; usual marks. ; 8vo; 199 pages .

Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham. [1912]. Hardcover. Very good+, very slight foxing, small cover stains. Nice copy. ; 195pp. Biography of the professor of languages at University of Denver. Name and address on ffep. ; 12mo .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xiv, 176 pp. Bound in full blue cloth, in illustrated dust jacket. Very Good+, internally clean and sound, minor fading and wear to extremities of binding, in Very Good- price-clipped dust jacket, 1" tear to tail of spine, overall rubbing and wear.

IEP Resources, Attainment Company, 2006-01-01. 5th Edition. Paperback. Good. 10x8x0. Name on inside cover/flyleaf page. A few pages have highlighting or underlining. The majority of text appears to be unmarked. May not include all supplements such as CDs, access codes or DVDs. Softcover shows edge and shelf wear from normal use. Thank you for shopping with us!

New York: Macmillan, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Noah Webster (1758-1843) in addition to his writing the first American dictionary he was a teacher, writer, and literary critic. 460 pages, index, bibliography, illustrations and frontis portrait. Book is fine in brown cloth boards. Dust jacket has price $3.50 at bottom of front flap. Top flap corner is clipped. Jacket is slightly darkened at spine. Clean and straight. Mylar cover on dust jacket.

Alpha Xi State, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, 1965. Softcover. Good/no jacket. 157p, illustrations, portaits, 23cm tall, octavo. Bound in red stiff covers with gilt title on front. Collection of short biographies of women educators in Wyoming. Front cover shows light crease at corner and an area of white spots where cover was rubbed. Internally fine, good binding.

Tomasz Gudzowaty Photography, 2001. 1st Edition. Paperback. Good. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Covers have light edge wear. Wonderful full page photography throughout. Some full sequences of cheetahs, lions, elephants, zebras and more at their daily routines. Printed and bound in Poland.

New York: Fleming H Revell, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine. No DJ Issued A Gradute and Principal of Wesleyn College, Georgia. Life story of an early pioneer of women and the prejusice she fought and faced. 240 pgs. Green cloth over boards., Excellent condition. Great collectible of early works.

Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1985. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 8vo. 142 pp. Bound in black boards, title in gilt on spine, in green dust jacket printed in white. Black and white illustrations. Translated from the French by Robyn Marsack. Near Fine, small ding to middle of back cover, otherwise bright, crisp copy, in Very Good dust jacket with overall sunning and light wear.

Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Size: Octavo. 268 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biographies & Memoirs; Professionals & Academics; Educators; ISBN: 0522848818. ISBN/EAN: 9780522848816. Library of Congress No: 2001320830. Dewey Code: 370/.92 B. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 101780. . 9780522848816