The District School as it Was
by By One Who Went to It [Warren Burton]
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Carter, Hendee and Col, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. An apparent First Edition, from 1833 (Howes), with multiple editions published again 1838, 1850, 1852, 1897, and 1928, at least. Bound in mottled, wrinkled thin leather over boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, rubbed and abraded paper label to spine, light chipping to spine head. Quite a didactic novel, in 156 pp., published anonymously, meant to point out shortcomings in public education in the rural hinterlands of early America. The author, Warren Burton, was a Harvard-educated Unitarian minister, mostly "at-large" but well thought of. The biographer of a Christian church-respite, Brook Farm, Lindsay Swift, notes that he spent about three years there, then left without notice in 1844 and disappeared. No front endpaper, previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356610
- Title
- The District School as it Was
- Author
- By One Who Went to It [Warren Burton]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carter, Hendee and Col
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Size
- 16mo 6" - 7" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The School District American history Warren Burton U.S. history American education
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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