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Buenos Aires:: Angel Estrada. , 1938 (c 1928). Hardcover -. Good in stiff boards with a full-color illustration pasted on the front cover (of a family looking at the rainbow -arco iris) Toning to pages, some wear to the corners and ends of the black cloth spine, but an uncommon and very interesting older book.. Later printing. This is an old Spanish Reader, for Spanish children just learning to read. The text is entirely in Spanish (en espanol.) Has interesting duo-tone pictures on every page to go with the short readings, a very unique find. The selections gradually increase in difficulty as one progresses through the book. 107 pp, index.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1932.. Hardcover -. Good condition overall in green boards with black and yellow illustration and lettering (a few stamps with a library's name, but overall clean and tight, minor shelfwear) . Later printing. The emphasis in this book is on the need to restore our forests, where we have "cut lavishly the timber heritage we found here" but not replanted enough. Illustrated with black and white drawings, Includes summary tests. 356 pp.

Boston:: D.C. Heath & Co.,, (1926.). Hardcover first edition -. Good in light gold and blue cloth with black lettering. Some minor wear and rubbing to the covers, prev owner's name, a few stray pencil marks (presumably from a teacher who used this.) Sturdy binding, . First edition. Rather uncommon book of biographies of those who were influential in American history, written for older children, and designed to be used in schools. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Divided into four sections based on the changing needs of the United States, from the first section which focuses on the birth of the country to the last which focuses on the 20th century. Included in Part 1: William Bradfrod, Lord Baltimore, Thomas Hooker, William Penn, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton; Part 2: John Marshall, Andrew Jackson, Robert Fulton, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Eli Whitney, Samuel Morse, Stephen Douglas; Part 3: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Clara… Read More

San Francisco:: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, , 1925.. Hardcover -. Good overall in brown cloth with black lettering, illustration on front cover. Remains of a library pocket on front pastedown, but no stampings or other markings) Uncommon. . Fifth edition. An unusually interesting textbook designed for use in the 4th and 5th grades in California. From the Preface "The purpose of the present little book, the first of a series of elementary school geographies, is two-fold. It undertakes in the first place to familiarize the child with his environment and to show how his life is affected by it. In the second place it takes him over the world, not a world made up of facts to be memorized, but one filled with strange and interesting people . . . It is not the purpose of the book to teach California but rather the home in California, and its relation to other homes scattered over the wide world." Illustrated with a color frontispiece ('From the Valleys of California... Home among the… Read More

New York:: Macmillan,, 1918.. SIGNED hardcover -. Very good in beige cloth boards with red lettering - some darkening to the spine, toning to endpapers - uncommon signed. . Later printing. First published in 1904. Includes a preface which discusses how to use this in the classroom. Illustrated with photographs; A title in the Home and World Series. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in 1920. x, 233 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads.

Sacramento,: California State Department of Education,, 1946.. Hardcover -. Good condition - a few short edgetears have been tape-repaired, a little fraying to the corners.). Early reprint. A 'Dick and Jane' style first reader (in fact, Jane is the name of one of the children in this book). Bound in orange cloth with a blue and green cover illustration of two boys in sitting on a stump; one in farm clothes, the other in city clothes. Color illustrations throughout by Terry Townsend. 127 pp plus a list of the 130 words introduced

Boston:: D.C. Heath, , 1894 (c 1893).. Hardcover first edition -. Good only - some rubbing and wear to the covers, age-toning, stamp of previous owner, but a sturdy copy, still strongly bound. . First edition. A book designed to interest children in the study of nature. Has information for the teacher at the end of each chapter. Illustrated with small drawings. iii, 107 pp plus 10 pp publisher's catalogue. Bound in tan illustrated paper covered boards with darker brown cloth spine.

Chicago:: Ginn and Company, , (1959.). Hardcover -. Fair condition only in illustrated green cloth - prev owner's name, tape repair to a torn page, some wear to the covers. . Revised edition. A "Dick and Jane" style first grade reader - the third book in a series of enrichment readers for first graders. Illustrated throughout in full color. Includes a list of new words. Note to the teacher. 159 pp.

New York:: American Book Company,, (1896.). Hardcover -. Good overall in illustrated boards with a red cloth spine (boards are very rubbed, but the pictures of butterflies, dragonflies and flowers are still visible. Prev owner's name in pencil and dated 1917, contents overall quite clean. Uncommon and in reasonable condition for a children's primer. . Hardcover. A book designed to be used with the very youngest students - even those in kindergarten, according to the introduction. Includes both full-color full page illustrations of objects familiar to children and many smaller black and white illustrations. Much of the text is in cursive writing. Teacher's instructions at rear of book. 106 pp.

Chicago:: Newson and Company, , 1927.. Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only (some wear to the covers, chip on title page, edge tears and creasing to many pages, but still complete and readable, and with lots of vintage charm.). First edition. A rather uncommon primer, featuring Mary, Ted and little Joe. Illustrated throughout with four tone drawings. Word list. 128 pp.

Farmington, ME:: D. H. Knowlton & Co., Publishers,, 1905.. First edition -. Good overall in stapled printed wrappers (usual toning, tide-mark to lower corner of several pages). First printing, a slim pamphlet. Biographical information about the Cary sisters and a selection of poems by both Alice and Phoebe. Illustrated. The School World published "popular supplemental readings" monthly From September to June each year. Lists thru 47 inside front cover. 32 pp.

San Francisco:: Harr Wagner Publishing Co,, (1937.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in illustrated green cloth (a few neat marginal notations in pencil, otherwise almost like new) Uncommon in the first ediiton. . First edition. Book written for use in elementary schools. A title in the Western Nature Science Series. Contains 9 units: Sea Shells & Their Owners; Strange Mollusks; The Starfishes & Their Relatives; The Crusty Animals; Sea Flowers, Rafts & Jellyfishes; Worms, Corals, & Sponges; Shore Birds; Sea Lions, Tidepool Fishes, & Other Chordates; and, The Seaweeds. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. List of other books, Index of text and illustrations. xxiv, 271 pp.

New York:: Macmillan,, (1945). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in orange cloth with yellow lettering and a small illustration on front cover.. First edition. A supplemental reader for higher grades in elementary school with selections from such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Eleanor Farjeon, Elizabeth Coatsworth and many others, arranged thematically (circus stories, nature, other lands, folklore, etc). Illustrated with drawings by George Annand. Questions at the end of each selection. Glossary. 440 pp.

Dansville, New York:: F. A. Owen Publishing Company,, (1907.). First edition -. Very good in overall in blue cloth coated stiff wrappers with black lettering (usual toning to the pages, some minor wear and discoloration to the covers.) Very uncommon. . First editions, Appealing vintage lesson planners with songs, nature studies, exercises, activities, appropriate to the different seasons. Sold as a set as the publisher intended (the first page of each issue says that "This is one of the three volumes comprising Every Day Plans. Sold only in complete sets." Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Total of 476 pages in all 3 volumes.

Sacramento, CA: : Silver Burdett Company /California State Series, , 1946.. Hardcover -. Good overall in illustrated light green cloth (previous owner's name on front endpaper). Hardcover. A beginning reader in the style of the Dick and Jane series, with illustrations on every page. This introduces 127 new words, in addition to repeating the pre-primer words. 160 pp.

Philadelphia:: John C. Winston Co.,, (1948, c. 1943.). Hardcover -. Good only in illustrated gray cloth covers (some wear to the covers, school stamp inside covers, contents otherwise clean and binding sturdy - illustrations are very attractive.). Later printing A fourth grade reader, illustrated in both color and black and white by Corrine Malvern and Ruth Steed. Topics include "We Go By Air" about the Flying Family's trip to Greenland, "Mexico, Our Southern Neighbor," "ATrip to the West." "The Circus" and more. Includes exercises at the end of each story, a dictionary and vocabulary list. 376 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, (1935). Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in blue cloth with black lettering, black and orange illustration on front cover (some wear to the spine, fraying to the ends, but otherwise quite sturdy) . First edition. A collection of literature to be used as a supplementary reader - arranged topically - lyric and narrative poems; long and short stories; legends, myths and folk tales, biographies, essays and more. Authors include Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Francis Parkman, Emily Dickinson, Longfellow, Walter de la Mare, Booth Tarkington, Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Thompson Seton and many others. Illustrated Illustrated. Includes definitions, suggestions for learning, questions, etc. xi, 626 pp.

Philadelphia:: John C. Winston Co.,, (1930). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in illustrated gray-green boards (prev owner's name, front hinge starting, but still a sturdy copy) . First edition. A book created as a new basal reader for the intermediate grades and junior high school. Includes over 125 pieces of prose and poetry - in addition to selections written by the authors, it includes others by authors such as Kipling, Hugh Lofting, Johanna Spryi and more. Illustrated throughout with colored drawings by Maud and Miska Petersham. Includes "your dictionary" and a 2 pp list of "vivid expressions" at back. xi, 436 pp.

Farmington, ME:: D. H. Knowlton & Co., Publishers,, 1903.. First edition -. Good overall in stapled printed wrappers.. First printing, a slim pamphlet. The School World published "popular supplemental readings" monthly From September to June each year. Lists thru 43 inside front cover. 32 pp.