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'NEILL! NEILL! ORANGE PEEL!'
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the controversial school, Summerhill - written 50 years after its founding. An unassuming book, but an important book for anyone interested in education. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 538 pp. ISBN: 0-8055-10427.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 52546More details Price: $24.00 -
THE SCHOOL BOOK: For People Who Want to Know What All the Hollering is About.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book aimed at the "amateurs" - parents and others who want to know how to make the schools better. More than 40 years later, this is still as relevant as ever - or even more so, xii, Resources, index. 308 pp
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (some dampstaining to edges of back cover of dj, affecting the book slightly, original price of 7.95 still present - and a sturdy, tight copy)
Book ID: 79159More details Price: $18.50 -
HARD LESSONS: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A passionate and behind-the-scenes look at the parents, educators and students who were behind the creation of a charter high school in Oakland, California. ISBN: 0-345-447026.
Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in October 2002. Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new.)
Book ID: 22841More details Price: $27.00 -
RAISING CHILDREN IN A DIFFICULT TIME: A Philosophy of Parental Leadership and High Ideals.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1974.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A valuable book when it was first published, and in many ways, Dr Spock's calm common sense is even more needed now. Includes a chapter on drug (especially marijuana) use. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-393-011062.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a hint of sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 50979More details Price: $18.00 -
WIDENING CIRCLES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account by one of the founders of a program designed to create a save place for teenagers who are "chronic underachievers" - runaways, dropouts often recycling in and out of the juvenile prison system. From the cover: "Amid the ashes of the South Bronx, Argus Community is evidence that America has within it the power reclaim the ghettoes of our country". Notes, glossary. xvi, 331 pp. ISBN: 0-060151099.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some penciled underlining, mostly in the introduction, sunning to the spine of the dj)
Book ID: 79254More details Price: $18.50
