Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - Essays on education, religion, charity and foreign aid by this former priest and innovative thinker. Introduction by Erich Fromm. First or early edition with code L50 indicating publication in 1970. 189 pp.

New York: Norton, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! SIGNED on the title page. Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

New York: Norton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

Marquette, MI: Lake Superior Press, (1996). First edition - The author's account of her experiences as a teacher in one room school houses in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for eight years beginning in 1939 when she was a 19 year old, recent graduate of normal school. Illustrated with photographs. Double page map. 60 pp.

New York: Devon-Adair, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on the author's experiences in 2 schools in Los Angeles.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, (c. 1964.). Based on the author's experiences in 2 schools in Los Angeles. 256 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - Centennial edition. The story of this Catholic women's college, founded in 1851 in San Jose, where the students were originally taught in Spanish, the language of their parents. In 1868 it beame the first chartered women's college in Californial in adition to he history of the college, this tells the stories of many of the early students. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. ix, 338 pp.

Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries, 1972. Hardcover - A title in The Black Heritage Library Collection, of a work originally published in 1905. In his preface Merrill, a white minister, states that he sought to show "the real purpose of educated negroes, just as I have seen it carried out, in their efforts to adjust themselves to their new surroundings. My Negro characters are taken from lowly cabin homes, educated in good schools, and become influential agencies among their people." Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and three internal plates. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-836990366.

Boston: D.C. Heath, 1894 (c 1893). Hardcover 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.

New York: The New Press, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of 'Pushout.' [This book] reimagines what education might look like if schools placed the thriving of Black and Brown girls at their center." A combination of research and real life, it includes interviews, case studies, and testimonies of those who work successfully with girls of color - all contribute to creating a guide to moving away from punishment, trauma, and discrimination toward genuine community in our schools. SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 206 pp. ISBN: 978-1620973998.

Middletown, CT: American Education Publications/Xerox, (1972-74, c 1967.). A study guide in the Public Issues series, and rather uncommon. Illustrated with duotone photographs, questions, case study, bibliography, 64 pp including covers.

Chicago: Ginn and Company, (1959.). Hardcover - 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: Macmillan, 1932. Hardcover - 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.

New York: Grove Press, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - In addition to being a prize-winning novelist, Parks has translated many Italian books. This, his second book on living in Italy, focuses on his children (who were born in Italy) and on Italian family life. ISBN: 0-8021-1508x.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon first edition of this now classic experiment in discrimination, basis for a television show "The Eye of the Storm." After the assassination of Martin Luther King, an elementary school teacher in all white school in Iowa struggled to make her students understand what it might be like to be black, and she came up with the idea of dividing the class on the basis of eye color. One day those with blue eyes were on top, the next those with brown eyes. The experiment succeeded all too well. 126 pp.

Dansville, New York: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, (1907.). First edition - 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.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912. Hardcover first edition - An unusual and interesting book: one which introduces the basics of road construction, site selection, drainage and maintenance to elementary school children. Since transportation was undergoing massive changes in the US at the time with the increasing popularity of automobiles, this was especially timely. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and drawings. Questions and answers at the end of each chapter and several pages of endorsements. Bound in tan cloth with dark brown lettering and small illustration on front cover. 159 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Off the coast of Cape Cod lies a small windswept island called Penikese. Alone on the island is a school for juvenile delinquents, the Penikese Island School. where Daniel Robb lived and worked for three years as a teacher. Lyrical and heartfelt, it is the memoir of his first 18 months on Penikese." 287 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-02384.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Off the coast of Cape Cod lies a small windswept island called Penikese. Alone on the island is a school for juvenile delinquents, the Penikese Island School. where Daniel Robb lived and worked for three years as a teacher. Lyrical and heartfelt, it is the memoir of his first 18 months on Penikese." 287 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-02384.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Using seven science stations, Mr. Whiskers the science teacher encourages the kids in his class to use all their senses to make observations and draw conclusions. Includes instructions for seven easy science experiments. Illustrated in full color by Paul Meisel. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Large square format. 45 pp. ISBN: 0-7636-35669.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Using seven science stations, Mr. Whiskers the science teacher encourages the kids in his class to use all their senses to make observations and draw conclusions. Includes instructions for seven easy science experiments. Illustrated in full color by Paul Meisel. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Large square format. 45 pp. ISBN: 0-7636-35669.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1963. First edition - Articles include "Higher Education in California" by Glenn Dumke; "Bernard Moses' Contribution to Scholarship" by James Watson, "Michael Reese, Parsimonious Patron of the University of California" by Charles Cutter; and "John Swett, A Stranger in the Southland" by Nicholas Polos. Book reviews. Endnotes, illustrated. pp 99-182 plus a list of members.

Oakland, CA: Oakland Unified School District (1983). First edition - Poems written mostly by fifth graders in the Oakland public schools. Illustrated with photographs. Includes comments on working with children whose first language is not English, on reading poetry aloud, etc. 143 pp.

Nairobi, Kenya: Vipopremo Agencies, (1973). First edition - Includes questions and answers for students preparing for the East African Certificate of Education in African History. Maps. 247 pp. Uncommon.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1976.) dj. Hardcover - 'My Years Before Stillmeadow.' Reminiscences of her life before she moved to Stillmeadow, her family, her childhood in the mining country of Mexico and the southwest, her education, including college at Wellesley during World War I, her marriage to music instructor Frank Taber, and her life as a writer in New York City during World War II, and much more. Illustrated with sketches by Pamela Johnson. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-397011334.

New York: Scholastic, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Tang's intuitive approach to teaching combines poems and playful illustrations to create clear and compelling explanations." INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. "To ---- let the good times roll" Illustrated by Harry Briggs. Large square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-439210445.

New York: Scholastic, (2003). Hardcover first edition - "Tang's intuitive approach to teaching combines poems and playful illustrations to create clear and compelling explanations." Large square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-439210461.

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University, 1949. Hardcover first edition - Stanford University Yearbook for 1949, large format, photographs throughout. While I am sure there are many now famous names in it (for example, former Supreme Court Justice William H Renquist is included as elected to Phi Betta Kappa in 1948), this copy is stamped with the name of John E. Gall, Jr. who was a pioneer in health care information systems, and an annual award in this field is named in his honor. 416 pp.