Education from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Dubuque: Loras College Press, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple embossed cloth with gilt lettering. 255pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine. Bit of age toning to both endpapers (only); touch of spotting to outer page edges. Tight and bright first edition of the scarcest title by this Dubuque institutional history by the Catholic priest, author and historian (1889-1961). While his titles… Read more about this item

Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2006. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. vi, 207pp. Maps. Fine. Accompanied by 4 CD pictorial clamshell cases, each small 8vo, each housing 6 audio CDs (total of 24). Fine. Perfect and pristine set of this "Great Courses" seminar, the introductory book a guide and detailed syllabus to the 48 lectures recorded on… Read more about this item

Farmington, ME: The Knowlton & McLeary Co, 1971. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Numerous illustrations, floor plan. Near fine. Mild age toning to outer wrappers (only). Tight and nice first edition of this account of the famed "Briggs Schoolhouse," built in 1852 and in use for well over a century.

New York: The College Board, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Ivory cloth with green spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 121pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, handsomely inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "Robert Malott / Thanks for what you do / for KU, Bob. / Gene A. Budig." Budig (1939-2020) was a noted university… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxviii, 243pp. Tables. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this urge to educational reform by the educator who served as founding president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on front flyleaf:… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with red spine lettering, dust jacket. xiii, 147pp. Fine/fine. Pristine, perfect first edition of this reform agenda, inscribed and signed large and bold by both authors in blue ink on front flyleaf: Writes Kearns, "Bob -- / Good luck with your / work in Chicago -- if… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt spine lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xxx, 474pp. Fine/fine. Tight, superb first edition of what front jacket panel calls " A New Game Plan from the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work." The Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York" times" journalist (born 1933)… Read more about this item

London: Robert Royce Limited, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 214pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Front pastedown ownership signature and Wolfson College Cambridge name/address inkstamp. Super and tight first British edition.

St. Bonaventure, NY: The Franciscan Institute, 1961. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with brown lettering, dust jacket. x, 251pp. Near fine/very good. Light jacket wear only; bookplate and ownership signature of St. Bonaventure alumni on front pastedown. Handsome and tight first edition of this study of the small Franciscan private univeristy in southwest New York.

Lawrence, KS: The Allen Press, 1964. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff white glossy wrappers. 97pp. Inside front and rear wrappers illustrations. Very good. Bizarre "dings" mainly to outer wrapper edges of otherwise tight and nice copy. First edition of this Delta Upsilon Fraternity history and pep talk by their long-time University of Kansas advocate (born 1882). He boldly inscribes and signs… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue and grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 171pp. Very good. Spine faintly sunned, else tight and internally fine. Attractive later printing of Gardner's first book, bearing huge inscription and signature in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To Robert Malott / with my best wishes / John W Gardner." Gardner… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Muller, 1985. Hardcover. Illustrations by Edgar Norfield. Small 8vo. Pale blue paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 152pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Price sticker abrasion to front panel of otherwise-superb jacket; ownership signature (Cambridge) on front pastedown and small name/addrss inkstamp of Cambridge pupil on front flyleaf and top page edges. Tight… Read more about this item

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000. Hardcover. Small 4to. Gold-flecked green paper over boards with gilt-lettered green calf label. 103pp. Illustrations. Fine. Superb first edition of these scholarly music essays on such topics as "Al-Farabi and the Role of Arabic Music Theory in the Latin Middle Ages," handsomely inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on… Read more about this item

Iowa City: The University of Iowa, 1986. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff ivory textured wrappers. 11pp. Fine. Pristine first edition of this talk by the educator (1935-2006) who served as University of Iowa president (1982-87) and then Dartmouth College president (1987-98).

St. Bonaventure, NY: St. Bonaventure University, 2011. Hardcover. Edited by Robert, Ann and Daniel McCarthy. Wide small 4to. Brown cloth with white lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 146pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this well-illustrated sesquicentennial history of the first Franciscan university in the United States, a small private institution in western New… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 382pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Jacket spine faintly sunned. Pristine second printing of this centennial history of the private liberal arts college located in Galesburg, central Illinois. Knox College's 18th president (2002-11) boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in black… Read more about this item

Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1983. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 642pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Quite handsome, quite tight second printing of this thick history first published in 1981. Of special interest is a heavy stock 5½" X 8½" leaf tipped in before half-title page signed large and bold… Read more about this item

Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros, 1908. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. 40pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers mildly soiled, with a bit of mild edgewear; two-punched at left margin, not affecting text. First edition, a tight and decent copy. MONAGHAN 1570.

New Haven: The Yale Child Study Center, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with silver lettering and light grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxxi, 236pp. Figures. Fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this study by the noted businessman and philanthropist (1910-2004) whose largesse created The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at… Read more about this item

New York: Silver, Burdett & Company, 1905. Hardcover. 8vo. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering. 190pp. Top edge gilt. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, with spine gilt a tad rubbed. Tight and attractive first edition of this study by the noted educator and Franklin college and Ohio University president (1865-1934).