Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical
by Spencer, Herbert
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good + condition
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861. Early American edition. Hardcover. Good + condition. Bookplate of Allene Gregory, author of "The French Revolution and the English Novel" and daughter of John M. Gregory—the first Regent of the Illinois Industrial University. She also wrote a biography of her father. A copy inscribed to J. M. Gregory with kind regards from (?) C. L. Jummains".
Four major sections examine "What knowledge is of most worth?"; Intellectual Education; Moral Education; and Physical Education.
8vo, xv, 283 pp, ads (xxviii). Dark green stamped cloth covers, with gilt title dulled at spine. Spine lightly rubbed. Internally, owner bookplate inside front cover and inscription at ffep.
Four major sections examine "What knowledge is of most worth?"; Intellectual Education; Moral Education; and Physical Education.
8vo, xv, 283 pp, ads (xxviii). Dark green stamped cloth covers, with gilt title dulled at spine. Spine lightly rubbed. Internally, owner bookplate inside front cover and inscription at ffep.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12700
- Title
- Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical
- Author
- Spencer, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good + condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early American edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
- Bookseller catalogs
- EDUCATION;
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