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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1953. Hardcover. GVG. xviii, 240 pp. The first English edition. Appendices, index. Blue-green cloth, spine title gilt. Front hinge cracked, light soiling to covers, previous owner's name on ffep.

Hamburg: Selbstverlag Verein fur Hamburgische Geschichte, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 117, [1] pp. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Text in German. The subject is a Jewish school for girls in Hamburg, closed by Nazi decree in 1942.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1955. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. xiii, 389, [1] pp. Translated from the French by Margaret Cook. Based on Piaget's observations of his own children during the first 18 months of life. He describes the children's gradual acquisition of the concepts of objects, of causality, of space, and of time. Bound in deep green cloth boards, spine title gilt. Top of page edges lightly soiled, light thumb-soiling, a few leaves crinkled at bottom corner. Previous owner's name on ffep. Green paper dust jacket includes a list of more Piaget titles on back panel all printed in red. Price of 25s. net on front flap. Jacket has a few nicks at corners and along edges. An attractive copy.

Waterville, Maine: Published by the Students. Colby University, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. xlix, 252 pp. Light blue cloth, title gilt. Includes b&w photos, biographies of class and classmates and local commercial ads. Foxing to endpapers, light wear to edges. An attractive copy. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Waterville, Maine: Published by the Students. Colby University, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 224, xl pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in silver. Includes b&w photos, biographies of class and classmates and local commercial ads. Light wear to edges, lightly soiled; an attractive copy. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

New York: The General Education Board, 1915. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 240 pp. With 32 photographic plates,and 31 maps. Includes appendices. The General Education Board (GEB) was established in 1903 by John D. Rockefeller to aid education in the U.S. "without distinction of race, sex or creed." The emphasis, however, was on the South and the education of Blacks. The Board was especially active in promoting the public school movement in the early part of the 20th century. Green cloth, with previous owner's name on ffep.

Orono, Maine: University Press, 1948. Soft cover. Fine. v, 252 pp. Softcover. The Maine Bulletin Vol. L, No. 12, April 1948. University of Maine Studies Second Series, No. 61. With appendix, bibliography, index. Fine

Orono: Science Press, 1936. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. xiv, 544 pp. Black cloth, spine title gilt. With bibliography, index, facsimiles, b&w photos, tables. Two short ink lines on one page. Inscribed by the author on ffep, "To a friend and fellow worker in the study of Maine History." That would be H. Walter Leavitt, author of Katahdin Skylines, from his library, who has also written his name on the ffep. VG

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. xxiv, 760 pp. With sources, authors' bios. One chapter has faint pencil notes, otherwise clean & tight. "Comprehensive in scope, yet easy to read, this fascinating anthology brings together a wide variety of perspectives from the major camps of the gender debate to illustrate how this issue affects every facet of the educational enterprise.

Winona, Minn.: National Educational Association, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 1080 pp. Dark green cloth, embossed, spine titles gilt. Light sunning to spine, small holes in front groove, light foxing to endpapers. Many interesting articles including: The Educational Needs of the Southern Negro; What Should Be the Features of a Modern Elementary School Building - with diagrams; Psychic Arrest in Adolescence; Indian Basketry: Its Poetry and Symbolism. Oversize book, may require extra postage.

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv, 515, [5] pp. Appendices, indices. Turquoise cloth, spine title stamped in black. Previous owner's name on ffep, several corners folded over, occasional underlining mar this otherwise fine edition.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Prepared By the American Foundation for Continuing Education. xiii, 712 pp. With black and white photographs. Includes contributor biographies, glossary, and index. Traces the concepts of atomic physics and the structure of living matter through writings of eminent scientists and authors. Authors range from Asimov and Curie to Mendeleeff, Teller, and H.G. Wells.

New York: William Morrow and Co., 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. xvi, 365 pp. Blue cloth, spine gilt. Includes fold-out frontispiece of St. George's School for Child Study at the University of Toronto, and many developmental charts. Light edgewear, some browning on endpapers, else very good. Dust jacket chipped at top of spine and spine is darkened.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. xv, 176 pp. The diary records a fund raising tour taken to raise vitally need funds for the struggling College of New Jersey. Davies later became the 4th President of the college, shortly after it relocated to the town of Princeton. (The College of New Jersey did not take the name Princeton University until 1896.) Fine, the dustjacket has some spots of soil, else near fine.

Washington, DC: The Middle East Media Research Institute, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. xiv, 122 pp. Appendix, bibliography. "The possibility of a Syrian-Israeli accord raises the question of what changes each society will be required to undertake in order to achieve true reconciliation with its former adversary...The education of children is a way both to assess the degree of change that a society must undertake and also a clear indicator of the prevalent view in society of the adversary, its motivations, and the conflict between both states." VG

West Nyack NY: Parker Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. 198 pp. Signed by Matilda Peck. Basic ideas for improving student involvement, arranged by subject. Each chapter begins with a summary and page number for the techniques discussed. Color worn on lower front corners. Dustjacket is yellowed and frayed on edges. VG/GVG

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1937. Hardcover. GVG. xvi, 582 pp. Frontispiece, appendices, bibliography, index. Half blue leather, blue cloth boards, spine title gilt, top edges gilt, illustrated endpapers, b&w photographs. Many pages uncut. Wear to spine edges, previous owner's name on verso of flyleaf. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Chapel Hill, NC: Division of Student Affairs, University of North Carolina, 1987. First Edition, Presentation Copy . Paper Wrappers. Near Fine/None Issued. 29 pp. Published for the dedication of the Katherine Kennedy Carmichael Residence Hall. Dean reviews the previous 90 years of women enrolled at Chapel Hill. From the Library of Edward "Sandy" Ives, writer, singer, anthropologist, and authority on the folksongs and folklore of Maine and Maritime Canada, with a warm inscription to him from the author. Blue wrappers. NF