Cut signature of 13th US President, Millard Fillmore by FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874) - ND

NY: Whittlesey House, 1940 1st prtg. 359p., January 1940. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, (1940). 1st ed.. "Civic Lending Libraries" stamped on front and rear pastedowns. No other library markings. Light soiling to page edges. Dust jacket is glued to book at flaps and spine, and it is slightly shorter than book. Obviously not a copy for the discriminatin. g collector, but a nice reading copy..

NYC: Whittlesey House Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. (1940), viii, 359pp, illustrated by Howard Simon. G+. The author taught school in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana for thirty-six years. His father also taught, and his grandfather started teaching in Bourbon County, Kentucky and later taught in Indiana. Their 99 year dynasty saw remarkable changes, from the most primitive type of one room log building with earthen floor to the modern city type school with everyone riding to it in a bus..

NY: Whittlesey House, 1940. Retired library copy, usual stamps and markings, else textblock is clean and tight; Lightly bumped spine tips and board corners, minor surface rubbed back cover. 359p.. Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Howard Simon Woodcuts. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.

whittlsey House, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In tan cloth. No jacket. .

Whittlesey House/McGraw Hill, NY. 1940. 1st Edition., 1940 Tan cloth illustrated and lettered in green. Frontis and illustrated title page. VG Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, New York, [1940]., 1940 pp. viii, 359. + Plates and illustrations By Howard Simon. Bookplate and inked ownership of Mary E. Leachey. 8vo. 23 cm. Original full cloth binding. The Kennedys were a dynasty of school teachers. Their three lifetimes witnessed an evolution from the most primitive type of American school, the isolated one-room log building with earthen floor and backless benches to the modern, small-city type, with all the rural districts eliminated and one central, well-equipped plant for a township, and everybody riding to it in a bus. First Edition. PA 26 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1940). First Edition. Octavo, tan cloth (hardcover), viii + 359 pp. Very Good, with light rubbing to covers. “We Kennedys were a dynasty of schoolteachers -- three generations of us, our sway extending from 1820 to 1919; just one year short of a century... When we took up the rod of office we were precocious youngsters. Grandpa, the most mature of the three male teachers, was twenty, I was nineteen, while Father was only seventeen, with cheeks still downy and full stature not yet attained. I am not sure how old Aunt Caroline was when she began teaching, but she was somewhere near the verge of motherhood. Of course not one of us had had a day of professional training for such work. Nevertheless, Grandfather and I were both invited into the service by the school patrons, who regarded us as eminently qualified. Father any my aunt went into it of their own accord, but had little trouble finding places. When these three elders began their… Read More

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

Washington, 1852. 32nd Cong., 1st Sess., HED 42, 10 pp., extracted from larger bound volume, minor age spotting or darkening, overall very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.