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An argument for using education not for the distribution of facts, but for the encouragement of critical thinking and individual development
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A Lecture on the Best...

London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847. First edition. Recent green paper wrappers. Collates [4], 51 pages: complete. Pages hand numbered in upper right hand corners; minor marginal annotations on..... (Item #2598)

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The best novel by one of America's strongest novelists, a critic of business civilization and inescapable social laws
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An American Tragedy (Presentation copy)...

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Limited Edition. Two volumes in original publishers' boards. One of 795 deluxe copies, this one marked for Presentation, signed on the limitation page and..... (Item #2644)

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A powerful and important argument for the shared financial and social responsibility to educate a nation
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National Education. What it is...

London: John W. Parker, 1847. First edition. Recent paper wraps. 72 pages complete with both half and full titles bound in. Handwritten numbers to upper right corners and one small..... (Item #2599)

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Richly illustrated and finely bound history of India "from the standpoint of the governed"
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A History of India From...

London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1936. First edition. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full crushed red morocco, with five raised bands and gilt borders to spine and boards..... (Item #3104)

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A rare proposal expanding public access to early childhood education
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Resolutions Passed at a Public...

Alnwick: M. Smith, [September 4] 1838. First edition. 3 page pamphet measuring 152 x 228mm. Trifolded with ownership signature of Wm. Dickson Esq to rear blank. Else an exceptionally clean..... (Item #2596)

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Beautifully bound copy of a Mozart biography by a famous musicologist
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Mozart: His Character, His Work...

London: Cassell, 1946. First English language edition. In an exceptional Cosway style binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp on their rear turn-in. Full crushed red morocco with five..... (Item #3099)

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"No writer, not even Milton, is so dense and ample in his range of intellectual reference as George Eliot"
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The Writings of George Eliot...

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. First Thus. Large Paper Edition limited to 750 of which this is 183. Finely bound in half crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spines..... (Item #3141)

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Raising awareness about lesser-praised features of the American landscape -- both botanical and literary
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American Wild Flowers in their...

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1845. First edition. Publisher's green morocco binding discreetly rebacked with original spine laid down. Ornately stamped in gilt. All edges brightly gilt. Corners neatly..... (Item #3521)

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How parents should educate their children to fulfill specific gender roles and avoid the entrapments of vanity
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The Golden Book of St...

London: B.M. for G. Bedel and T. Collins, 1659. First edition. Twelvemo measuring 90 x 140mm (pages). Collates complete: [48], 90, [6]. Internally a pleasing copy, trimmed a bit close..... (Item #3333)

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The adventures of a Victorian doll and the little girls who shape her life, written and illustrated by women
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Adventures of a London Doll...Written...

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Second edition. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Light rubbing to boards and spine, and gentle bumps to corners. Marbled endpapers..... (Item #2866)

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An interesting use of the epistolary form to encourage girls' intellectual and emotional growth, previously owned by an early women's teaching college
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Familiar Letters on Subjects Interesting...

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1834. First edition. Contemporary buff cloth binding with paper label to spine. Some rubbing and shelfwear to extremities, largely concentrated on crown and foot of spine..... (Item #2742)

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Signed by Faulkner the year after winning the Novel Prize, a tale of thievery and justice set amidst the segregated US South
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Notes on a Horsethief (Signed...

Greenville Mississippi: The Levee Press, 1950. First edition. One of 950 numbered copies signed by the author on the rear limitation page. A Near Fine copy of the book, with..... (Item #3525)

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