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Minneapolis, Minnesota: T. S. Denison & Company, Inc., 1959. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with black illustrations and red and black lettering. 91 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "The log is intended to offer suggested activities for fourth graders. It contains weekly annotations of group situations. The symbols represent specific activities. A subject may be quickly identified by its placement. Time apportionment and program schedule have been omitted because of differences in building routine and speed with which mature and immature groups of children work..........." ---- from the Foreword.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Passaic Park, New Jersey : Edward Mott Woolley Associates , 1927. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light chipping at the head of the spine of the dj and at the corners as well; lightly shelf worn; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Wonderfully well-preserved! Red cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 320 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "This is a narrative of writing for aliving, not a discussion of high literary values nor a treatise on English. It is a story of a writer in action, battering on a congested editorial market. Years of bitter struggle taught me not to put a false value on my work, and subsequent years showed me that the mighty mechanics of publishing can multiply an author's unit identity in a grotesque fashion.........." ---- from the Foreword.. First… Leer más

New York, New York: Routledge, 2009. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used SECOND EDITION! Brown and white illustrated wrapper with white lettering. 228 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "The second edition of Giving a Lecture builds upon the reputation and success of the Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education series. It is an excellent resource for those new to teaching at the University and College level and for those who just want to reflect upon and refresh their lecturing practice. The best selling first edition has been fully revised, and this edition continues to cover all the basics on how to go about lecturing while maintaining its jargon-free and accessible style. New lecturers will find the second edition equips them with the essential tools and guidance for delivering a successful lecture,… Leer más

Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin, 1908. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, covers are faded and discolored along the edges, former owners inscription in ink on the front cover, shelf worn, overall a clean collectible used copy! Faded green wraps with black lettering. Very very rare and hard-to-find! Pages number 108-252 and are very clean and unmarked. Extremely scarce! "The following pages are broadly corollary to others published in the effort to establish the mental phenomena registered by thought-connectives, by strictly pronominal words and by words improperly ranked as such, especially relatives and interrogatives. They sketch the further application of an assumption developed in those former publications ---- the assumption that in various ways a factor of one thought may also be a factor of another thought.....". Reprint. Stapled Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, no dj, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used copy! 321 historical pages! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. "Our understanding of any significant movement in human affairs can hardly be said even to approach completeness until the evidence from literature is in. Because writers of fiction and poetry tend to grope for meanings rather than superimpose them ---- Yeats called this process the 'public dream' ---- literary criticism can bring to the surface what otherwise might lie buried in the culture's subconscious. And this is perhaps even more true for the history of the Negro in American literature than for other cultural phenomena ---- the Westward Movement or the Industrial Revolution, for example ---- since so much of that history has been an unconscious, or at least… Leer más

New York, New York: Routledge, 2009. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black and green illustrated wrapper with black and white lettering. 245 informative and educational pages! "How should you prepare for the first day of class? How can you encourage all students to participate in discussions? How do you ensure disabled students can take part in field work? Increasingly, universities are drawing from a less traditional group of students  international students, disabled students, part time students, and mature students. This book offers specific, practical advice on the issues that teachers encounter when teaching in a diverse classroom. Inclusion and Diversity highlights good practice for all students, and provides a helpful structure around the day-to-day experiences of staff and students as they make contact with each other. With reference to the… Leer más

Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 301 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "International students are often taken for granted in higher education institutions in the United States. Many college and university administrators are unaware of the initiatives of other nations to attract international students and of the need to support these students. Higher education journals have not focused much attention on international students. International Students: Strengthening a Critical Resource argues that U.S. institutions of higher education… Leer más

Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin, 1903. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, covers are faded and discolored along the edges, couple of small chips out of the corners of the rear cover, former owners inscription in ink on the front cover, shelf worn, rear cover is creased, 'Library of the University of Wisconsin' is stamped on the front cover, overall a clean collectible used copy! A letter dated June 14th 1904 and signed by Edward T. Owen is included in the front of the book. Faded blue wraps with black lettering. Very very rare and hard-to-find! Pages number 356-470 and are very clean and unmarked. Extremely scarce! "Words express ideas versus things. When, as often happens, an idea is the mental counterpart of a thing, it is true that the sign of the idea is also, indirectly, the sign of the thing. But it is more accurate and, in close examination of language, quite essential, to recognize in words the immediate signs of what is mental only...." ---- from… Leer más

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.: Writer's Digest Books, 1981. Edge and corner worn, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased as well as the upper corner of the front cover, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used copy! Blue wrappers with red and white lettering. 258 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "How true-to-life can fictional characters be if they are based on real people? What constitutes invasion of privacy? How can the writer protect himself against libel? What provisions should the writer try to include in his first book contract? When are model releases necessary for photos? The time to learn about laws affecting the written word is before, not after, you find yourself in the midst of a legal battle. This book is preventive medicine. Through it you'll learn how to anticipate the most common legal mistakes made by writers before you fall into the same traps.....". Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over… Leer más

Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Some light edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, lightly shelf worn, small tear in the upper portion of the spine, overall a clean collectible used copy! Green wraps with black lettering. Very very rare and hard-to-find! No publisher's date. Pages number 256-528 and are very clean and unmarked! Extremely scarce! "Insufficiency of usual language study. One approaches problems thus presented with a feeling that the field of usual language-study has been gerrymandered ---- stretched out on the one hand into regions far remote from every human interest conceivable by any but the language-guild, but on the other shorn of areas important both to accurate thinking and to daily practical thought-exchange...." ---- from the Prefatory (Insufficiency of usual language study.). Reprint. Stapled Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle, 1853. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, some chipping at the head and tail of the spine, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, small portion of the ffep is missing near the spine, shelf worn, writing on the rfep and inner rear cover, overall a nice used copy! Wonderfully well-preserved! Black embossed leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Binding is tight. 332 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "This volume treads in the steps of its predecessors, as far as principle is concerned. The chief difference between this and the 'Third Eclectic Reader' is, that the rules are more specific; the exemplifications' more numerous; the list of errors in pronunciation and articulation more extended; and the questions more copious, embracing a wider range, and requiring a more vigorous exercise of thought........." ---- from the… Leer más

New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc. , 1932. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, light stain in the upper portion of the front cover, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, overall a clean used copy! Green cloth with burgundy stamped lettering on the spine and front cover. Deckle page edges. 417 unmarked and uncreased historical and educational pages! "Our aims in compiling Men and Books are diverse. We wish to gather and present practically for students in college composition and literrature courses and for the general book-lover material for study that will at the same time serve as a guide to wider reading, to reading in poetry, drama, biograpy, letters, essays and fiction. We feel that previous collections have not entirely satisfied this need. Their editors, spurred by recent developments in the shaping of Orientation courses, have compiled books of essays highly suitable for such… Leer más

New York, New York: American Book Company, 1890. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; liquid stain on the front and rear boards (did not bleed through to the interior pages); shelf worn; some splits in the cloth covered spine with the head and tail frayed as well; former owner's name on the ffep; ffep is torn and taped; overall still a nice collectible used copy! Blue and white illustrated boards with blue lettering. 166 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "One of the chief errors in the education of the children of the present day is the teaching of various subjects without showing the intimate relation which exists among them. In the higher branches, as mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, etc., the importance of this principle is well recognized; but in the subjects taught in the public schools, it is, as a rule, completely overlooked.........." ------ from the… Leer más

College Park, Maryland: McGrath Publishing Company, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, no dj, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used copy! 146 historical pages! Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. "The negro has been known to literature for many ages and in many lands. Homer's age knew him, as well as our own. Among the earliest Egyptian inscriptions are records of a black race which dwelt beyond the headwaters of the Nile. The ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Persians, the Spaniards, the French, the Germans, the English-speaking nations have all made the negro, in one way or another, a theme in song and story. Most of all, however, he has come to be associated with the New World, in particular with the United States." ---- from the Introduction. Reprint (1926). Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company , 1878. Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; scuffed and scratched; missing the ffep and rfep; some writing in pencil on the inner front and rear covers; overall still a nice collectible used copy! Brown cloth quarterbound by black leather with gilt lettering on the spine. 384 historical and informative pages! "The present volume, though carefully fitted, like each of its predecessors, to the place which it holds in the Series, forms, also, in itself, like each of them, a complete progressive Reader. It is not, therefore, merely a set of promiscuous extracts; claiming no other than the merit of exhibiting diversity of style and elegance of sentiment. All the matter, on the contrary, whether original or selected has been adapted and arranged with the closest regard to the experienced wants of learners........" -------- from the Preface.. Fourth Edition. Brown Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over… Leer más

New York: Oxford University Press/Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. , 1937. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! 269 very fine, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Brown cloth with black stamped lettering on the front cover and spine. "From the original Oxford English Dictionary, which represents an editorial investment of $1,500,00, this shorter Oxford English Dictionary is adapted. Its contents have beeen carefully selected from 414,825 definitions and 1,827,306 illustrative quotations. It is the result of 75 years of active compilation." Volume X: Tol-Zym. Brown Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Oxford University Press/Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. , 1937. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! 238 very fine, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Brown cloth with black stamped lettering on the front cover and spine. "From the original Oxford English Dictionary, which represents an editorial investment of $1,500,00, this shorter Oxford English Dictionary is adapted. Its contents have beeen carefully selected from 414,825 definitions and 1,827,306 illustrative quotations. It is the result of 75 years of active compilation." Volume II: Bro-Dec. Brown Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Oxford University Press/Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. , 1937. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! 268 very fine, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Brown cloth with black stamped lettering on the front cover and spine. "From the original Oxford English Dictionary, which represents an editorial investment of $1,500,00, this shorter Oxford English Dictionary is adapted. Its contents have beeen carefully selected from 414,825 definitions and 1,827,306 illustrative quotations. It is the result of 75 years of active compilation." Volume IX: Sol-Tol. Brown Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Oxford University Press/Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. , 1937. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! 238 very fine, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Brown cloth with black stamped lettering on the front cover and spine. "From the original Oxford English Dictionary, which represents an editorial investment of $1,500,00, this shorter Oxford English Dictionary is adapted. Its contents have beeen carefully selected from 414,825 definitions and 1,827,306 illustrative quotations. It is the result of 75 years of active compilation." Volume V: Ice-Mag. Brown Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Newtonville, Mass.: Glo Worm Publications , 1988. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Signed and dated by the author on the title page! White wrapper with red and black lettering. 120 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "This is the third and final book of the series. The trilogy begins with Preventing Special Education ....for those who didn't need it, continues with Special Educator's Guide....to regular education and achieves closure through Preserving Special Education....for those who need it. In Book One, the thesis is overkill; too many children designated as handicapped, too much programming, testing, and paperwork, and too many handicapped children created by regular education practices........." ----- from the Foreword. (SIGNED COPY).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over… Leer más