Search Results: School Books from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Perhaps the most common complaint about school is: "Math is my worst subject," or "I was never any good at artithmetic." In the 1920s, Dr. W. J. Osburn, Director of Educational Measurements, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, analyzed the problem and determineded a large part of the problem was teachers who didn't know how to spot problems and correct them. He wrote this book to address the issue. First edition (no indication of copy's printing date.) About 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 182 pages including bibliography, appendix and index. Bound in greeen cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No dustjacket. Boards and text show slight spine lean, previous owner's name on fep, some slight soiling on text edges. Spine ends lightly bumped. O/w book is clean, complete, unmarked. No tearing, creasing or other damage or flaws. Not ex-library. Though available in facsimile editions, it is quite scarce in the… Read More

New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., Publishers, 1883. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. As the subtitle --"The Reader: The Focus Of Language Training" -- indicates, this is one in a series of 19th century school texts designed to teach the elements of English to grade school students. It is filled with selections of prose and poetry by writers such as Hawthorne, Longfellow, Ruskin, Arnold, Emerson, Dickens and Poe used to illustrate the lessons of oral as well as written language. About 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, 479 pages including appendix. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with black backstrip and gold lettering on spine. Front cover shows title centered on cover and bordered top and bottom by "celtic" graphic design rows. Lettering and graphics in black, all clearly legible. Boards show moderate wear at edges, corners and spine ends with bumped corners and scuffing. Binding is firm though front hinge beginning to crack. Text, with several b & w… Read More