Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago

Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now

Jane Andrews

The introduction by the author's sister, Margaret Andrews Allen, paints a full picture of the school in the 1800s. The stories are about 10 various periods and places of history, as seen through the eyes of a boy of each period.

Ginn and Co., 1913. Hard cover, 4-3/4 x 6-7/8 inches, 249 pages.

Other than a 1-1/4 inch tear at the bottom of the title page, and some rubbing on the cover, this book is in very good...
Circa: 1913
Condition: Used
Size: 4-3/4 x 6-7/8 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Ginn and Co.
Author: Jane Andrews
Pages: 249  

Andrew Lang Readers, Green Series

Andrew Lang Readers, Green Series Book 1
This reader contains eleven stories based on the tales in the Fairy Books edited by Andrew Lang. It was published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1928 (reprinted from the 1925 edition).
Stories included are: Habogi, The Wonderful Birch (from the Russo-Karelian); Minnikin (from J. Moe); The White Dove; The Flying Ship; the Six Swans; The Bushy Bride (from J. Moe); Bobino; the Enchanted Wreath (from Thorpe's Yuletide Stories); the Flower Queen's...
Circa: 1928
Condition: Used
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Longmans Green & Co.
Author: Andrew Lang  

Jingles - by Alice Rose Power

Jingles
by Alice Rose Power
illustrated by Marie Schubert Rathbon
This is a book of familiar nursery rhymes styled as a beginning reader. There are 112 nursery rhymes listed in the table of contents, such as Tom, Tom the Piper's Son, Polly, Put the Kettle On, Peas Porridge, I Had a Little Pony, etc.
Published by Harr Wagner Publishing Co., 1924. Hard paste down cover, 105 pages. Ex-library in poor condition, with its spine missing, and some (pages 1-12) of its pages loose....
Circa: 1924
Condition: Used
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: The Harr Wagner Publishing Co.
Author: Alice Rose Power, ill. Marie Schubert Rathbon
Pages: 105  

Aesop's Famous Tales

Four and Twenty Famous Tales
A Silent Reader For Lower Grades
by Anna G. Clark
This is a book of 24 Aesop Fables for young readers. At the back of the book are questions for each story.
Published by Hall & McCreary Co., 1923. Some foxing to cover, some corners creased. School stamp inside front. Otherwise very good condition.
Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1923
Condition: Used
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Hall & McCreary Company
Author: Anna G. Clark  

Thought Test Readers, 3rd Grade

Thought Test Readers, 3rd Grade
Prout, F. J., Emeline Baumeister, Helen Renner
If the thought getting habit were not fixed in the primary grades, the habit of reading words without comprehension would become fixed, and the upper grade teacher would have the doubly difficult duty of overcoming the bad habit before developing the good habit. Hence, the great desirability of developing this habit of thought-getting in the first three grades.

The University Publishing Co., 1926....
Circa: 1926
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: The University Publishing Co.
Author: F.J. Prout, Emeline Baumeister, Helen Renner
Pages: 216  

A Second Reader - 1910

A Second Reader 1910

Stratton D. Brooks

This book features stories and poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson, Eugene Field, Edith M. Thomas, Aesop, Henry Ward Beecher, Alfred Tennyson, and others.

California State Series, 1910, Friend Wm. Richardson, Supt. State Printing. Hard cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 176 pages.

Edges and corners are slightly worn, spine is slanted. Owner's name written in front and on two inside pages. Foxing and othe stains. Few small edge...
Circa: 1910
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: California State Series
Author: Stratton D. Brooks
Pages: 176  

Laidlaw Readers Book 1Teachers Edition 1928

Laidlaw Readers Book One, Teachers Edition

Herman Dressel, M. Madilene Veverka, May Robbins

First year -- Second Half, Illustrated by Mabel B. Hill and Hazel Frazee

Each lesson has instruction for the teacher. Laidlaw Brothers, 1928. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 128 pages.

Front cover is faded in the center. Corners are worn. A few small edge tears. Erased pencil underlines.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1928
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Laidlaw Brothers
Author: Herman Dressel, M. Madilene Veverka, May Robbins
Pages: 128  

Elson Readers, Book One & Teacher's Manual

William H. Elson, & Lura E. Runkel

This book features stories by Celia Thaxter, Lydia Maria Child, Sidney Dayre, Carolyn s. Bailey, Eudora Bumstead, Christina G. Rossetti, Frances M. Fox, Edna V. Riddleberger, Emily H. Miller, Mary Howliston, Samuel Smith, Rebecca B. Foresman, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Gertrude Sellon, Charles Battell Loomis, Kate Louise Brown, Mary Mapes Dodge, and many stories from Aesop's Fables, and old tales of England, India, Norway, and other folk tales.

...
Circa: 1929
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/2 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scott, Foresman & Co.
Author: William H. Elson, & Lura E. Runkel
Pages: 175  

Home Primer 1931

Home Primer

Annie Klingensmith

From the preface The matter in this Primer is based on home environment in order to present to beginners but one difficulty, i.e., that of learning to recognize the printed forms of words which are familiar to the ear. Thus the difficulty of learning the meaning of unfamiliar words is not added to the great difficulty of learning visible forms of words.

Published by Albert Whitman & Co., 1931. Originally published in 1911 by...
Circa: 1931
Condition: Used
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co
Author: Annie Klingensmith
Pages: 122  

First Term Primer, The 1912

The First Term Primer

by Emma M. Maguire
illustrated by Priscilla Alden
This beginning reader starts with 7 pages devoted to the alphabet in print, script and pictures. Page 8 starts with ''See the dog. See the cat. The dog can run. See the cat run...''
Published by F. A. Owen Publishing Co. 1912. It has a soft cover with a cloth texture on the outside. It is 5 x 7-1/4 inches, with 32 pages. Last page has a 1 inch tear.
Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1912
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: F. A. Owen Publishing Co.
Author: Emma M. Maguire, ill. Priscilla Alden
Pages: 32  

Read Make and Play, an Easy Primer 1934

Read Make and Play, an Easy Primer

Louise Villinger, illustrated by Winifred Harris Jones

The purpose of this Primer is to teach reading to beginners through simple and interesting matrial familiar to all young children.
It is arranged around pets in fifteen small units, each divided into three sections -- something to read, something to make, and something to play. -- from the preface.

Harr Wagner Publishing Co., 1934. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches, 64 pages....
Circa: 1934
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Harr Wagner Publishing Co.
Author: Louise Villinger, illustrated by Winifred Harris Jones
Pages: 64  

Five Little Strangers - Live in America

Five Little Strangers and How They Came to Live in America

Julia Augusta Schwartz

This book talks of the five races of men who came to live in America. First it talks of the Red child, and how he lived before the White people came. Then it talks of the White child who comes from England on a ship to settle in America. The villages of the Black child in Africa, and life there is described, then a raid and a trip on a slave ship. The Yellow child comes from China to San...
Circa: 1904
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: American Book Co.
Author: Julia Augusta Schwartz
Pages: 176  

Early Cave-Men - 1904 reader

The Early Cave-Men, 1904

Katharine E. Dopp

An early school reader from 1904. This is the second in a series on primitave man. It tells of a clan that takes a cave from a sabre-tooth, and protects it with a fire. How they improve their weapons and kill the sabre-tooth. How they make sandles, a water bag, baskets, and finally how the make tools and a fire drill. Then they go on a Mammoth hunt. Many illustrations by Howard V. Brown.

Rand McNally, 1904. Hard cover, 6...
Circa: 1904
Condition: Used
Size: 6 x 7-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Rand McNally
Author: Katharine E. Dopp
Pages: 183  

New Stories, a Second Reader 1927

New Stories, a Second Reader

The Child's Own Way Series by Marjorie Hardy

Stories by Alberta N. Burton, Illustrations by Matilda Breuer. Includes vintage illustrations including plow horses, post office letter sorting, riding a train, with a porter, and the inside of the engine, Chicago street with automobiles, a radio and phonograph with horn, milkman with horse pulled wagon, ice from a pond, view of Chicago River, and a merry-go-round.

Wheeler Pub. Co., 1927....
Circa: 1927
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Wheeler Pub. Co.
Author: Marjorie Hardy, Alberta N. Burton, ill. Matilda Breuer
Pages: 220  

Elson Grammar School Reader Book Four

Elson Grammar School Reader Book Four

William H. Elson, & Christine Keck

Like so many of the fourth readers of this era, it is filled with well known names of literature, such as Henry W. Longfellow, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Sir Walter Scott, and William Shakespeare. Part two gives a short biography of each author, along with an excerpt of his works. Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James...
Circa: 1909
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scott Foresman & Co.
Author: William H. Elson, Christine Keck
Pages: 420