New York: Macmillan, (1945). Hardcover 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.

Boston: Silver, Burdett, (1899). Hardcover first edition - Written for older children, this is part of the Series of Geographical Readers: The World and Its People. Map frontispiece, illustrated with many black and white photographs. Index. 384 pp.

New York: Rayo/ Harper Collins, 2004. First edition - A memoir of"an extremely angry adolescence" by this award winning writer - he had to cope both with an undiagnosed learning disabilty and the frustrations of growing up a Latino in an American school system, where he was made to feel ashamed about his culture and his heritage. Letter from publisher laid in. 316 pp.

Philadelphia: JDC Books, (199). SIGNED - Biography of growing up in a segregated America by this educator, foundation head and activist. Illustrated with photographs. 265 pp,

Cassville, Missouri: By the author, (1994). First edition - Memoirs of a retired educator, from his own college days to his years of teaching in Oregon and California, as District Superintendent of Amador County and in the Mojave. Photographs. 209 pp plus an 8 pp epilogue. Laid in is a preface to the preface.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. First edition - An extensively researched and sensitive portrait of Sarah, daughter of Chief Winnemucca in north western Nevada, and the granddaughter of Chief Truckee. A pioneering educator, interpretor, author of what is believed to be the first book by a Native American woman, she worked tirelessly on behalf of her people. Illustrated with photographs.A title in the American Indian Lives series. Map,notes, bibliography. xi, 356 pp.

Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. Hardcover first edition - One of six books in this series of board books, designed for pre-schoolers. An introduction to words like on, there, close, behind, on top of and more, illustrated with full-color pictures by George Buckett. . A word to parents inside the front cover. Unpaginated (18 pp).

Sacramento: State Office. . J. D. Young, Supt State Printing. 1889. Hardcover first edition - An account of the establishment and early years of the first state normal school (or teachers' training college) in California. Lists all of the teachers at the college with brief biographical notes, and all of the graduates, both alphabetically and by year. Two engravings of the first building and the present building following the title page. 283 pp.