Education from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Harrisonburg, Virginia: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1982. Unpaginated. Small 4to. First printing, April 1982. There is a 1989 2nd edition that turns up occasionally, but this 1st printing is quite scarce. Life at the Virginia Military Institute, as portrayed in caricatures by Cadet John Holloway. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with some… Read more about this item

Farmville, Virginia: The Farmville Herald, 1960. 29 pages. 8vo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Second printing. A very biased account of the events in Prince Edward County when the county closed all public schools and raised money to start a private school that excluded black students--all to avoid desegregation. There were three small printings, but it is still… Read more about this item

Richmond, Virginia: B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901. [255] pages. First printing. Written by Galveston, Texas educator Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn (1862-1935) and intended to be read by students in 5th and 6th grades, this book relates some exploits of Texas "heroes" including Cabeza de Vaca, Ellis P. Bean, Sam Houston, Robert E. Lee, and others. The book is in very… Read more about this item

New York: Students of Columbia University, 1877. Rare Early Issues of Ivy League Newspaper. Two bound volumes containing issues 1 through 35 and 42 through 55 as well as many supplements (issues numbered 36-41 are not present) of the first 4 years of the Columbia College (now "University") student newspaper. The Columbia Spectator is still in operation… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. xiii, 270 pages. An important labor and education study described by Choice Reviews: "Using hundreds of autobiographies, diaries, and letters, Rorabaugh . . . pieces together the broad outlines of the apprentice's experience and the impact of the American Revolution, the ideology of equality, technological changes, and the Civil War on the… Read more about this item

Farmington Hills, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. xix, 362 pages. Volume 24 in a series of bi-annual volumes of Drama for Students. It features coverage of 15 plays most frequently studied in literature classes in high schools and colleges. it is a guide to understanding, enjoying, and studying dramatic literature. Each entry includes an introduction to the play and… Read more about this item