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Books: Childrens: School


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Soft cover Christmas Carol music book is titled, Merry Christmas, A Bakers Dozen of Christmas Carols in Very EasyArrangements for The Piano, by Walter Kirby. Printed by G. Schirmer, Inc. New York. Book measures 11 x 8 1/2 inches and is in good condition. Has some pencil writings inside on the pages from the Music teacher that used the book for instruction. 34 pages total with 13 classic Christmas songs with words to the songs on it's oppisite page as pictured. Copyright date is 1945. One page is loose with a cut out in the corner. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles.  The Birth of Christ is a three Dimensional Story Book manufactured by the RADEX STEREO CO., Los Angeles Calif. We are dating it to the mid 1950's. The Set box for this 3D story Book consists of 6 color slides in which all reads a part of the story as the child views the slides through a hold up to the light viewfinder. The box also included the original Pre-Paid Reply Post Card addressed to the RADEX STEREO CO., 7456 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 36 Calif. The oppisite side of the card lists all other 3D Stories available costing $1.00 per set. Please look below at all pictures. The inside cover of the box set has the complete story listed in 6 parts which matches each of the 6 slide cards. The viewfinder as the rest of this set is in excellent condition. No marks, cracks or tears. The cover has some wear at the crease from age as to be expected from being opened and closed. A wonderful childrens treasure from days gone by. The box set measures 9 x 4 1/2 inches by 2 inches deep. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles.  Hard Cover Book titled BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell, Illustrations by Wm. M. Hutchinson. The book is in LIKE NEW condition containing 284 pages with a copyright date 1955 by the Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll, Illustrations by Roberta Paflin. Copyright date is 1955 by the Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin. The hard cover book is in LIKE NEW condition containing 284 pages. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles.

1945 Child Christmas Music Book for the

 

1950s 3D Slide Story Book The Birth of C $50.00

  

1955 Black Beauty $19.95

  

1955 Alice In Wonderland

I, Columbus; My Journal Peter and Connie Roop, Ed., illustrated by Peter E. Hanson Here is Christopher Columbus's personal journal -- written in his own words during his journey to the New World. Now you can travel with the famous explorer, experiencing all the thrills and excitement of one of history's most exciting voyages. A notable children's book in the field of Social Studies. Avon Camelot, 1990. ISBN 0-380-71545-7. Soft cover, 6 x 9 inches, 57 pages. Very slight edge wear. Very good condition. Under 1 lb.   <center> School, Home, Community - You and Your Health (grade eight) Teacher's Edition by Julius B. Richmond, M.D.; Elenore T. Pounds, M.A.; Gladys Gardner Jenkins, M.A.; Dieter H. Sussdorf, Ph.D.; and Lisbeth P. Sanders, B.A. </center> A health text book, written for the Eighth Grade level (around ages thirteen to fourteen). In this Teacher's Edition 'Teacher's Notes' are overprinted in blue on the student's pages. Section headings are: Working Toward Good Human Relations; Personal Health Concerns; Safety Guides; Answers to Questions About Drugs; Consumer Guides; Advances in Medicine; Public Health Concerns; Pollution and Health; and Looking Ahead. Also contains: a Bibliography for Students; a Metric Chart; a Glossary; and an Index. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company; Glenview, IL; copyright © 1977; ISBN: 0-673-11017-6. Edition not stated, but inside front cover states 'Available for sale after January 1, 1977', and number lines go from 1 to 10 and 85 to 76 (may be a prepublication, teacher review copy?). Number printed on back cover is 11017. This hard cover textbook has a Pictorial Cover (no dj); measures 9-5/16 inches tall by 7-3/4 inches wide by 13/16 inch thick; and has 320 numbered pages plus 48 extra pages at the beginning with information for educators. <b>CONDITION:</b> USED, though looks unread. Covers have a few dents and nicks; and upper front corner is slightly bumped. All pages are clean and firmly bound. This textbook is in FINE condition. SHIPPING and HANDLING: Under 3 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the store home page. May be shipped Media (10 - 16 days) or Priority (3 - 4 days). For International shipping, please use the question button to ask for cost quote. Insurance is at the discretion and additional expense of the buyer.   <center> School, Home, Community - You and Your Health (grade eight) by Julius B. Richmond, M.D.; Elenore T. Pounds, M.A.; Gladys Gardner Jenkins, M.A.; Dieter H. Sussdorf, Ph.D.; and Lisbeth P. Sanders, B.A. </center> A health text book, written for the Eighth Grade level (around ages thirteen to fourteen). Section headings are: Working Toward Good Human Relations; Personal Health Concerns; Safety Guides; Answers to Questions About Drugs; Consumer Guides; Advances in Medicine; Public Health Concerns; Pollution and Health; and Looking Ahead. Also contains: a Bibliography for Students; a Metric Chart; a Glossary; and an Index. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company; Glenview, IL; copyright © 1977; ISBN: 0-673-11009-5. Edition not stated, but inside front cover states 'Available for sale after January 1, 1977', and number lines go from 1 to 10 and 85 to 76 (may be a prepublication, teacher review copy?). Number printed on back cover is 11009. This hard cover textbook has a Pictorial Cover (no dj); measures 9-5/16 inches tall by 7-3/4 inches wide by 11/16 inch thick; and has 320 numbered thin pages. <b>CONDITION:</b> USED, though looks unread. Covers have a few dents and nicks; and lower spine is slightly sloped, though not upper spine. All pages are clean and firmly bound, though some are slightly creased. This textbook is in VERY GOOD+ condition. SHIPPING and HANDLING: Under 3 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the store home page. May be shipped Media (10 - 16 days) or Priority (3 - 4 days). For International shipping, please use the question button to ask for cost quote. Insurance is at the discretion and additional expense of the buyer.   <center> School, Home, Community - You and Your Health (grade seven) by Julius B. Richmond, M.D.; Elenore T. Pounds, M.A.; Gladys Gardner Jenkins, M.A.; Dieter H. Sussdorf, Ph.D.; and Lisbeth P. Sanders, B.A. </center> A health text book, written for the Seventh Grade level (around ages twelve to thirteen). Section headings are: Learning About Yourself and Others; Drugs and Health; Consumer Skills; The Body and Modern Ways to Study It; Exercise, Sleep and Nutrition; Safety; Disease --- And the Protection of Public Health; and A Healthy Environment for You and Others. Also contains: twelve pages of Anatomical Drawings; lists of Books of Information and to <i>Grow On</i>; a Metric conversion Chart; a Glossary; and an Index. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company; Glenview, IL; copyright © 1977; ISBN: 0-673-11008-7. Edition not stated, but inside front cover states 'Available for sale after January 1, 1977', and number lines go from 1 to 10 and 85 to 76 (may be a prepublication, teacher review copy?). Number printed on back cover is 11008. This hard cover textbook has a Pictorial Cover (no dj); measures 9-5/16 inches tall by 7-3/4 inches wide by 11/16 inch thick; and has 316 numbered thin pages. <b>CONDITION:</b> USED, though looks unread. Covers have a few dents and nicks; and upper spine is slightly sloped, though not lower spine. All pages are clean and firmly bound. This textbook is in FINE condition. SHIPPING and HANDLING: Under 3 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the store home page. May be shipped Media (10 - 16 days) or Priority (3 - 4 days). For International shipping, please use the question button to ask for cost quote. Insurance is at the discretion and additional expense of the buyer.

I, Columbus; My Journal $6.50

  

You and Your Health (grade 8) Teacher's $6.87

  

You and Your Health (grade eight) $5.87

  

You and Your Health (grade seven) $5.87
Triangle Arithmetics - Grade 4 Leo J. Brueckner, C. J. Anderson, G. O. Banting, Elda L. Merton This is the basic fourth grade arithmetic from the California State Series, 1932. Hard red cover, 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches, 260 pages plus 20 pages of answers. Cover has shelf and corner wear, a spot on the front, and fading. There is a spot about 1-1/2 inches along the top of the back pages. Under 2 lb.   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 Russell Lowell are represented here. Part three gives Patriotic Selections by Patrick Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Walt Whitman, George Washington, Joaquin Miller, Rudyard Kipling, and others. Scott, Foresman & Co., 1909. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 420 pages. Bumped corners. Writing inside front, light soiling and creases. One double page has almost come loose, with frayed page edges. Occasional spot, some pencil writing. No noticeable tears. Under 2 lb.   English Lessons, Book One Exercises in English Grammar. This is filled with charming pictures of children, animals, and their activities of 1906. California State Series, 1906. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 245 pages. Pen drawing along the edge of book. Spots and writing. small tears. Some of the Black and White pictures have been very neatly colored. Under 2 lb.   Fourth Reader, 1918 Harriette Taylor Treadwell, and Margaret Free, illustrated by Frederick Richardson The Fourth Reader is a book of myths and legends from Greek, Norse, German, Austrian, and American sources. There is also a selection of poetry from Longfellow, Scott, Irving and others. Row, Peterson & Co., 1918. Hard cover, 5-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches, 352 pages. The spine is weak. There is a spot of black ink on the front. Some soil and creases. Under 2 lb.

Triangle Arithmetics - Grade 4 $9.95

  

Elson Grammar School Reader Book Four $9.95

  

English Lessons, Book One 1906 $8.00

  

Fourth Reader, 1918 $9.95
Child Life in Other Lands, 1918 H. Avis Perdue, illustrated with drawings by Milo Winter and half-tones from photographs Stories of life among Hopi, Eskimo, Norwegian, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, and Armenian children. Rand McNally, 1918. Hard cover, 6 x 7-3/4 inches, 232 pages. School library stamp on inside front and back covers and and inside page. Spot on front cover. Lower corner of pages has a light water stain. A few tiny edge tears. Light soil and corner wear. Under 2 lb.   New / Revised Third Reader 1895 Mary W. George, And Anna C. Murphy Excerpts from many well known sources. Aesop, Anna Sewall, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Eudora S. Bumstead, Charles Kingsley, Bret Harte, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Charles Dickens, John Muir, William Cullen Bryant, and others, along with folk stories. California State Series, 1895. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 174 pages plus 26 supplementary pages. Names on inside front and back have been scratched off. Soil, some small edge tears and creases, wear to corners. Under 1 lb.   Revised Fourth Reader, 1895 Anna C. Murphy The object of this book is *to block, in a large and simple way, the time, and place, and thought of some of the masters of literary art.* Excerpts from many classic authors, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, Oliver Goldsmith, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Muir, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Fenimore Cooper, Victor Hugo, James Russell Lowell, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, and others. California State Series, 1895. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 196 pages plus supplemental lesson section of 20 pages. Owner's name inside front and back. Pencil coloring and an ink spot on front. A few finger spots, small creases, and small ege tears. Light corner wear. On the whole, very good condition. Under 1 lb.   Second Reader Harriette Taylor Treadwell, and Margaret Free, illustrated by Frederick Richardson The Second Reader introduces fables and fairy stories, and includes folk tales and simple poems. They are organized in groups, a group of Aesop's fables; a group of Mother Goose Rhymes. Stories, The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen; The Discontented Pine Tree, an old fairy tale; Boots and His Brothers, a Norse folk Tale; The Elves and the Shoemaker; Cinderella, and Hans In Luck, both by Grimm Brothers; a group of Christina G. Rossetti's poems; The Queen Bee; The Brave Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen; The Sister of the Sun; Why the Sea is Salt; The Flying Ship; a group of robert Louis Stevenson's poems; Sleeping Beauty; East of the Sun and West of the Moon; Little Maia; Hansel and Gretel, Adelheid Wette; Peter Pan by James M. Barrie; and a group of poems by a variety of authors. California State Series, 1916. Hard cover, 5-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 191 pages. School stamps inside covers. Page edges are darkened. No tears, but a couple of creases. A bit of wear to corners. Generally, very good condition. Under 1 lb.

Child Life in Other Lands 1918 $15.00

  

Revised Third Reader 1895 $12.00

  

Revised Fourth Reader, 1895 $12.00

  

Second Reader - fables and fairy tales $9.95
Stepping Stones to Literature, Fourth Reader Sarah Louise Arnold, and Charles B. Gilbert Selections in Prose and Poetry by authors such as J. and W. Grimm, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Helen Hunt Jackson, Clement C. Moore, Eugene Field, William shakespeare, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Kingsley, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Wordsworth, and others. Silver Burdett & Co., 1897. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches, 320 pages. Student has written and drawn inside front and back covers. Most of pages 211-212 and 307-308 are torn out. Worn corners, sloped spine. Under 2 lb.   Balboa Discoverer of the Pacific Jeannette Mirsky, illustrated by Hans Guggenheim In 1509 the King of Spain sent two expeditions to explore the New World and both ended in disaster. A debtor stow-away, Balboa, rallied the survivors and became the first European to explore the American Mainland. E. M. Hale, 1967. Hard pictorial cover, 6 x 8-1/2 inches, 164 pages. Ex-library, with markings inside front and back. Front free fly is missing. Cover edges and corners are worn. A small nick in the bottom edge of one page, a couple of stray pen marks, but overall the text is clean and readable. A great help for the home schooler. Under 2 lb.   Caves and Their Mysteries James E. McClurg, illustrated by Norman Kenyon Introducing children to the exploration and science of caves. Whitman Publishing Co., 1962. Hard glossy pictorial cover, 6 x 8-1/2 inches, 58 pages. Paper along the gutter of front cover has separated, with a small chip at the top, and has been taped with clear tape. Binding is firm, and pages are clean and unmarked. Under 1 lb.   Little Plant People of the Waterways Annie Chase This small booklet, with cloth textured paper cover, tells children about plants that grow in the water. It includes the one-celled plants, water lilies, pond lily, pickerel weed, the arum family, water plantain family, tall meadow rue, burr reed family, pitcher plant, meadow beauty and gerardia, iris family, arethusa, swamp azalia, cardinal flower, and gentians. Illustrated with black and white drawings and photos. F. A. Owen Publishing Co., 1912. Instructor Literature Series No. 203C. Soft cover, 5 x 7-1/4 inches, 30 pages. There is a spot on the upper corner of the front cover that has soaked through to the title page. A tiny notch in the front edge. Otherwise very good. Under 1 lb.

Stepping Stones to Literature, Fourth Re $9.95

  

Balboa Discoverer of the Pacific $5.50

  

Caves and Their Mysteries $2.50

  

Little Plant People of the Waterways $22.50
Educative Experiences Through Activity Units Lucy Weller Clouser, Wilma J. Robinson, Dena Lois Neely This book is the record of some of the activities carried on during one year in two rooms of the Kansas City Public schools, in an attempt to show that activity units provide excellent opportunity for children's growth in character and in subject matter. Lyons & Carnahan, 1932, 1st edition. Hard cover, no jacket, 5-1/2 x 8 inches, 352 pages. Slightly bumped corners. Owner's name inside front. Under 2 lb.   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. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 220 pages. Wear to edges, corners and spine ends. School stamp inside frontand back. A few small tears. One chunk out of page near gutter, 1/2 inch x 3 inches, and corner off next page. Firmly bound. Under 2 lb.   Jean and Jerry's Vacation Mabel Hubbard Johnson When Jean and Jerry Valentine are through with third and fourth grade for the summer, they have experiences with an automobile, an aeroplane, and a steam ship on Lake Erie. American Book Co, 1931. Hard cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 192 pages. School stamp inside cover. Cover has worn edges and corners, and some darkening. First page and back fly have corners torn off. A few other small edge tears. Firmly bound. Under 2 lb.   Northward Ho! Selected from the writings of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and adapted for boys and girls by Julia Augusta Schwartz An account of the Far North and Its People (revised edition). Filled with descriptions and photographs of the everyday life of the Eskimos of the early 1900s. Macmillan Publishing Co., 1930. Hard cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 195 pages. Cover is darkened and a bit scuffed. School stamp inside front and back cover. Occasional small tear. Firmly bound. Under 2 lb.

Educative Experiences Through Activity U $19.95

  

New Stories, a Second Reader 1927 $14.95

  

Jean and Jerry's Vacation $9.95

  

Northward Ho! $14.95
Big People and Little People of Other Lands Edward R. Shaw This is a reader for second or third grade describing, in 1900, the people of China, Japan, Arabia, Korea, India, Lapland, Greenland, Russia, Switzerland, Holland, Patagonia, The Pygmies, The Indians, The Philippine Islands, Bangala (Africa), The Amazon Valley. There are photographs and drawings throughout the book. American Book Co, 1900. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 128 pages. Wear to corners of cover, and some soil. A few small corner creases and edge tears. One page has 2 inch tear. School stamp inside front. Firmly bound. Under 1 lb.   The Busy Brownies at Work Isobel Davidson and Catherine T. Bryce, illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb and Ada Budell The stories are about a boy and girl who pretend to be helpful brownies. Newson & Company, New York, 1913. Hard cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 116 pages. About 4 inches of the spine fabric is missing. Creases across cener of front and back boards. Wear to corners. School stamp inside front and back covers. Tears from bottom of most pages at the gutters, a few as much as 2 inches, and stitching is starting to loosen. Under 1 lb.   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 x 7-3/4 inches, 183 pages, including 24 pages of suggestions for teachers. Very worn edges and corners, and tape on the spine. There are library stamps inside front and back. Creases in front fly and half-title page, and the frontispiece has creases and tears. Small edge tears along bottom of some pages. Under 2 lb.   The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard Sarah Noble was a real little girl who came, in 1707, to cook for her father while he built the first house in New Milford, Conecticut. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 6 x 8-1/4 inches, 54 pages. Ex-library, with pocket and discard mark inside the back cover, and library marks inside front. There is a number written at the bottom of the front cover, and a pin hole in the back of the spine. Inside pages are clean, no tears, and well bound. Under 1 lb.

Big People and Little People of Other La $14.95

  

Busy Brownies at Work $16.50

  

Early Cave-Men - 1904 reader $9.95

  

Courage of Sarah Noble $8.00
Growing Up in the White House Seymour Reit ''Great men have lived in America's White House. Unique personalities such as Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy have paced its wide halls. Great women have lived there, too, and with them have come their children ... '' This is the story of the children who have lived in the White House. Crowell - Collier Press, 1986. Hard pictorial cover, no dust jacket, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches, 118 pages. Ex-library, with pocket inside back cover, Library and discard marks inside front. Under 2 lb.   America's Paul Revere Esther Forbes, illustrated by Lynd Ward A biography for children about Paul Revere. Illustrated in color and in black and white sketches. Scott, Foresman Invitations to Personal Reading Program. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1946, printed and distributed by Scott, Foresman and Company, by special arrangement. Hard pictorial cover, no dj, 9-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches, 46 pages. Ex-school library, no pocket, but stamps and discard mark inside front cover. Light wear to cover. Pages are clean, no tears, well bound. Under 2 lb.   The President Who Pardoned a Turkey Allan Zullo Did you know that in the United States a president slept through his only day in office ... celebrating Christmas was once a crime ... a dog used to deliver the U. S. mail ... and in a certain city you weren't allowed to take more than one bath a month? You'll read all about these weird -- but true -- events in this hilarious book! Watermill Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8167-4059-3. Soft cover, 5-1/8 x 7-1/2 inches, 63 pages. Slight spotting of cover. Name inside front. Under 1 lb.   Christopher Columbus Piero Ventura The story of Christopher Columbus, to be read to younger children. Colorful pictures. Random House, Pictureback, 1978, first soft cover editon. The Best Book Club Ever. Soft, 8 inches square, 32 pages. Some wear to corners, and spots on cover. Inside is clean except for 1 small spot. Under 1 lb.

Growing Up in the White House $30.00

  

America's Paul Revere $7.50

  

President Who Pardoned a Turkey $5.00

  

Christopher Columbus - Pictureback $3.00
A Spy in Old Detroit Anne Emery, illustrated by H. B. Vestal Fifteen-year-old Paul Girard, son of a French-Canadian trader in Fort Detroit, had conflicting loyalties. he loved his brother, the brave voyageur who lived with the Indians and trapped furs for the trading post. He was close to Otussa, the son of one of the Ottawa indian chiefs and was also friendly with the English boy, Billy Turnbull, who lived outside the fort and helped farm for his widowed mother. Ever since the British took over the fort, their relations with the Indians and the French had suffered. Pontiac, the great chief of the Ottawas, laid siege to the fort, and brought many braves from the Hurons and Chippewas, backed by the French, to help destroy the British. Paul gradually changed, realizing that bravery meant more than just being free, and when he became a spy for the British, his actions saved the fort and many lives. His decision was made more difficult with his father neutral and his brother for the Indians, but living with constant danger, he proved his bravery over and over again! E. M. Hale, 1966. Hard pictorial cover, 6 x 8-1/4 inches, 206 pages. Ex-library, with pocket inside back, and other library markings. Some wear to corners of cover. Under 2 lb.  Original School book dated to 1919 copyright titled, Shakspere Hamlet. Book measures 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Book is edited for school class work by William Allen Neilson, published by Scott, Foreman and Company, Chicago and New York. Excellent condition. Thanks for stopping By Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles!!  1914 Copyright School Book titled Eclectic English Classics, Lincoln Addresses an Letters edited by Charles W. Moores. This is a wonderful book with over 100 letters and addresses made by Abraham Lincoln from 1850 to his last public speech before his assassination on April 11, 1865. Each letter and address has a small caption explaining the history behind the letter and the reason why it was written. Pictured below, the book even lists some of his personal letters as this one to Mrs. Lincoln dated August 8, 1863. The Book measures 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches with 223 pages. Some hand writing in pencil on the inside cover by students who occupied the book. Overall condition is excellent. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles!!  Hard cover book titled, SCOTT'S IVANHOE, a Eclectic English Classic. Inside page reads, Edited and Annotated for the Use of Schools with an Outline for Study by MAE E.SCHREIBER, formerly Teacher of Literature, State Normal School Milwaukee, WIS. The Hard cover book was published by the American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, Copyright 1892 and 1899. Inside cover have some student hand written notations, same dating 1919 and older. Overall book measures 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, excellent condition except for the writing on the side pages and inside cover. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles!!

A Spy in Old Detroit $2.95

  

1919 School Book of Shakspere Hamlet $20.00

  

1914 School Book, Lincoln Addresse an Le

 

IVANHOE, By Sir Walter Scott, 1899 $24.95
This Childrens School Book is titled WATSON'S GRAPHIC SPELLER, ORAL and WRITTEN, by J. Madison Watson, printed by the A.S. Barnes & Co., Chicago and New York. The book is dated 1884, measures 7 1/2 x 5 inches with 125 pages. The fantastic part of the book we found is the hand written entries in the front of the book by the student and the hand written entry in the back of the book by the teacher. The front entry reads as follows,,, Emma Johnson, Central School, Dec 13, 1888. See picture below. The hand written entry on the rear cover page by what we are sure was the teacher reads as follows,,,,Steal Not this Book for if you do you'll feel the effect of my old shoe. See picture below. Some cover print missing on the front cover as pictured and on the back inside cover. Overall condition is Good considering the book is 115 years old. Pages are tight as the book binding. This is A wonderful book that is part of American School house history. Please view all pictures below. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques and Collectibles!!   Plane Trigonmetry US Armed Forces Institute, Madison Wisconsin, 1943. Soft cover, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 206 pages plus 16 logrithm charts. Cover is coming loose. Inside front and back covers are much figured on. Some of back blank graph paper has been removed. Under 1 lb.   The Animal Way, Book and Related Papers, 1930. Jean Broadhurst, illustrated by Dorothy Doubble This is a package, including a book, a set of cut-out activity pictures, a teacher's pamphlet, a booklet of publications by the Cleanliness Institute, and an order form, all in the original shipping envelope, shipped by Railway Express Agency, Sept 8, 1931. The book, The Animal Way, has full page color illustrations with accompanying text for young readers, concerning how the animals keep clean. Soft cover, 7 x 9 inches, 54 pages. Third edition, 1930. Very slight rubbing to corners, it is near fine. The teacher's manuel, Outline for Cleanliness Teaching, for Kindergarten and grades I, II, III, has 20 pages, 7 x 10 inches, paper cover. It is 3rd edition, 1931. It has slight curl to corners, some paper darkening at edges, and light foxing on the front. The picture pages consist of 16 full color pictures, reproduced from the book, with an animal missing from each picture, and five pages with animal pictures to cut out and paste on the picture sheets, plus two introduction pages and a back page. Similar to today's sticker activity books, but unbound, without glue, and uncut. First sheet, with title, and publishing information, has a curled corner, light foxing, and a dent in the bottom edge of the page. One separate picture page has a small folded corner. The other pictures are in very good condition. They are uncut. The 3-1/2 x 5 inch booklet on publications, by the Cleanliness Institute, for schools, has 15 pages and is very good. An order form for a revised edition of the Suggestions for Teachers is also included. Under 2 lb.   Glen Wit Janis Asad Raabe, illustrated by Joe Opalek Booklet number 3 in a sequence of 10 primary readers, this teaches such blends as blue, flue, blame, flame, flop, plop, stop. Glen Wit the wizard has trouble with a tree. It is by Modern Curriculum Press, Cleveland, Toronto, 1978. ISBN 0-87895-039-7. Soft cover, 9 x 7 inches, 8 pages. Slight spine stress. Very good condition. Under 1 lb.

1884 School Book, Graphic Speller

 

Plane Trigonmetry $9.95

  

Animal Way - Cleanliness Institute 1930 $24.00

  

Glen Wit - Raabe $12.50
Pre-Primer Seatwork 1930 Althea Beery, illustrated by Margaret Mosby In this practice workbook, short sentences are to be cut out by the child and pasted under the proper picture. The pictures, line drawings, may then be colored. Includes some Mother Goose rhymes. To be used by advanced Kndergarten or the beginning of first grade level. This book is completely unused. Webster Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO 1930. Soft cover, wider than tall, 11 x 8-1/4 inches, 64 pages. Slight spotting and fading of cover. Staples have slight rust on outside, but not in center of book. Inside of book is in very good condition. Under 1 lb.   Da-Ra-O Wise Man of Land o' Health Stories about health for school children. California Dairy Council, San Francisco, 1932, second printing. Soft cover, 5 x 7-3/4 inches, 46 pages. Light soiling on cover, rusted staples. Two innermost sheets have rusted off of staples and are loose. Under 1 lb.   Adventures of a Brownie Miss Mulock, illustrated by Frances Brundage Six stories about a Brownie who visits with the six children on a farm near Devonshire. Saalfield Publishing Co., 1927, possible first edition. Hard pictorial cover, 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches, about 86 unnumbered pages. The back cover is stained and wrinkled as with some moisture, the spine is slightly faded and slanted. There is a little wear to the corners and spine ends. Owner's name written in the 'belongs to' box inside the front. Inside pages are clean and firmly bound. Under 1 lb.   A Letter to Anywhere Al Hine, illustrated by John Alcorn This is a quaint book for children about the development of mail service. Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1965, first edition. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 6 x 9-1/2 inches, 44 pages. Ex-library, with pocket inside back cover, and stamp inside front. Light edge and corner wear. Very good, clean, firmly bound. Under 1 lb.

Pre-Primer Seatwork Workbook 1930 $8.50

  

Da-Ra-O Wise Man of Land o' Health $6.00

  

Adventures of a Brownie $7.50

  

A Letter to Anywhere - Postal History $5.00
Catherine E. Chambers, illustrated by Allan Eitzen In California in 1848 two brothers helping to build a sawmill for John Sutter witness the discovery of gold and decide to stake out a claim for themselves. Troll Associates, 1984. First edition. Soft cover, 8-1/2 x 9 inches, 32 pages. One page has a creased corner, else near fine. Under 1 lb.   Sharna of Rocky Bay Alice Mertie Underhill A story of a girl who lives in the Far North, apparently along the coast of Canada. Dialog is written with a dialect. Christian theme. Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View, CA, 1957. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 x 8 inches, 134 pages. Wear to corners and edges and at top and bottom of spine. Under 2 lb.   A Primary History of the United States 1901 John Bach McMaster Those who leave school after but one year's work in history will thus obtain a fair general knowledge of so much of our history as every American ought to be ashamed not to know, while those who pursue the study further will have made a good beginning. The illustrations are historically authentic. The reproductions of the wooden plow, beehive, warming pan, corn sheller, Dutch scythe, and broadax are from the objects in the collection of the Bucks County Historical society at Doylestown, PA., and are made by their authority. American Book Co, 1901. Hard cover, 5-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 254 pages. Name inside front. Some foxing, stains and soil. A few small edge tears. Under 2 lb.   Lessons in Language 1889 Mary E. Wilson, and Elizabeth P. Sargent This textbook encourages fluency in conversational language. The preface says, <i> The chief reason why children are so universally reticent in expressing their thoughts at school, is because accuracy has been made to precede fluency, and the fear of not saying things in the right way keeps the child rom saying them in any way. </i> California State Series, 1889. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 158 pages. Name inside front and back covers. Stains on covers, wear to corners and spine ends. Back free fly has been torn out. Under 1 lb.

California Gold Rush, Search for Treasur $2.00

  

Sharna of Rocky Bay $15.00

  

Primary History of the United States 190 $9.95

  

Lessons in Language 1889 $45.00
Child-Lore Dramatic Reader Catherine T. Bryce, illustrated by H. D. and H. P. Williams This book is made up of stories, fables and rhymes, known and loved by children of many generations and of many lands. These stories are developed entirely through dialogue and so arranged that they may be easily and effectively dramatized. -- from the Introduction. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hard cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches, 115 pages. Worn cover with very worn corners and edges, small tear at back of spine. School stamps inside front. Some small tears to edges, some pencil marks. Paper is of a soft type. Under 1 lb.   Homes Far Away, Human Geography by Grades, Book Two James Fairgrieve, and Ernest Young People discussed in this book include: Eskimos; Lapps; Australians; Zulus; Egyptians; People of New Guinea; Siamese; Greeks; Norwegians; and South Sea Islanders. D. Appleton and Co., 1923. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 144 pages. Fair condition. Pages have been rippled by moisture. One page has a picture cut out. Corners and spine ends are worn, with a 3 inch tear up back of spine. Inside front has a School Library Regulations sheet glued in, with pencil scratchings over it. Under 2 lb.   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 tears. Firmly bound. Under 2 lb.   Nip and Tuck Grace E. Storm, illustrated by Vera Stone Norman Pre-primer about two dogs, Nip and Tuck, and their children, Bob and Judy. They appear to be Fox Terriers. The reading is very simple. California State Series, 1938. This is the reprinting from the original 1936 Lyons and Canahan publication. Soft cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 46 pages. Front cover has creased corners. Original cloth tape along spine is still there, but a bit worn at ends. Spots on the back cover have soaked through to inside back. Other occasional small spots. 2 inch tear at bottom of page 41-42. Ink smudge on page 44. Under 1 lb.

Child-Lore Dramatic Reader $9.95

  

Homes Far Away - 1923 $5.00

  

A Second Reader - 1910 $9.95

  

Nip and Tuck $65.00
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 Francisco Chinatown, and the Brown child from the Philipines comes to San Francisco, also. American Book Co, 1904. Hard cloth cover, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 176 pages. There is wear to corners and edges. Page edges have become very dark. Cover has some stains. School stamp inside cover. Pages have darkened and many have smudges and spots. There are tears along the bottom edges of many pages. one page has a piecetorn out, 1 inch by 1/2 inch, not into the writing. About 3/4 inch of insect damage to inside rear gutter. Under 2 lb.   Heat, Unit Study Books No. 305 Doris D. Klaussen How man has learned to control nature through the use of fire. Subjects: Uses of fire; How man learned to use fire; Old stories about fire; Fires of long ago - how different peoples used fire for heat, light , cooking; Fireplaces; A boy and a fireplace; Chimneys; Matches; Lights old and new; How stoves came to be; Fuel. American Education Press Inc., 1934. Soft cover, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches, 36 pages. Small spot on the front cover, darkened pages. Very good. Under 1 lb.   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. Back cover near bottom of spine has about 1-1/2 inches worn along the edge. Back cover is stained. School stamp inside front and back covers, discoloration to front and back fly. Text is in excellent condition, with one school stamp and occasional slight smudge. Under 1 lb.   A First Reader, 1910 Gerogine Burchill, William L. Ettinger, and Edgar Dubs Shimer The purpose of this book is to inspire the child with a desire to read, by opening up to him the story-world, and through his love of readint, to give him the power to read. -- from the introduction. Stories include: The Hen and the Bag of Flour; Little Red Hen; The Rat, the Hen, the Pig and the Duck; The Sun is Shining; The Lark, the Fox, the Cat and the Snake; The Rat and the King; The Hen and the Lark; The Sky is Falling; The Brown Hen; Gray Cat and Black Cat; The Hungry Fox; Gray Fox; The House that Jack Built; The Three Brother Pigs; The Wolf and the Three Little Cats; Cat-Cat and Mouse-Mouse; The Gingerbread Boy; The Three Bears (with a little old woman instead of Goldilocks); The Country Mouse and the City Mouse; The Little Half-chick; Lady Bird and Little Fly. W. W. Shannon, 1910. Hard green cloth cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 128 pages. Wear to corners and spine ends, a few dark spots on the spine and a white spot on the back. Owner's name and address on inside front. Paper in front gutter is peeling a bit but binding is firm. Foxing, and a spot on pages 17-18, and several small edge tears. Under 1 lb.

Five Little Strangers - Live in America $9.95

  

Heat 1934 $9.95

  

Read Make and Play, an Easy Primer 1934 $20.00

  

A First Reader 1910 $20.00
Dorothea L. Dix, Hospital Founder Mary Malone, illustrated by Katharine Sampson Dorothea Lynde Dix will always be remembred as a pioneer in providing for the insane. She took up the cause of the most hopeless and neglected people in America. hr courage and devotion to her cause brought about better treatment for the mentally ill, fine hospitals, and above all -- hope. This is an easy-to-read book for children with large print, about the life of Dorothea Dix and her work to help the insane of the United States. Garrard Publishing Co., Champagne, IL, 1968. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 6-1/2 x 9 inches, 80 pages. Ex-library, with a few remains of a pocket in back, discard and library stamps, and a name inside the front cover. Occasional small finger smudge, but on the whole very good reading pages with no apparent tears. Colorful three-tone pictures. Under 2 lb.   Friends and Helpers, 1899 Compiled by Sarah J. Eddy The object of this book is to teach children to treat all living creatures with considerate kindness and to appreciate the services of man's helpers in the animal world -- from the preface. The book includes stories about famous dogs, cats and other pets, including Owney the postal-dog, who traveled across the country with the mail. It has chapters on the care of pets, many stories and poems about animals, and photographs of dogs, cats, horses and other animals, many of them by Mrs. Eddy, the compiler. There is a section on birds, and one on farm animals and wild animals. Authors include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marian Douglass, Plutarch, Henry W. Longfellow, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rev. W. C. Gannett and more. A charming vintage book on humane treatment of animals. Ginn and Co., The Athenaeum Press, 1899. Hard green cloth cover with title and trim in darker green, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 232 pages printed on slick paper. Wear to corners, spine ends and edges. Dist. No. 35 written on front free fly. Page 101-102 has a 2 inch tear at the top [which does not show in the scan of the page] with a small ink wiggle beside it. 1/2 inch separation along inside back gutter. Under 2 lb.   Learn to Study Readers, Book One, Teacher's Manual Manual of Directions This book contains 14 introductory pages, 69 pages in Manual of Directions for the teacher, and 150 pages of the reader. A page glued at the top to the inside front of the book is entitled Things to Remember in Examining this Book. Ginn and Co., 1924. Hard cover, brown cloth, with title and picture of children flying kites in darker brown, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Corners and spine ends are worn. School stamp on inside front and back. There are some tears to pages throughout the book, page 13-14 of manual has a large chunk missing. Page 43-44 of manual has a chunk about 1-1/2 x 2 inches almost all torn out. There is some pencil writing. Under 2 lb.   Story-folk, First Book Ambrose L. Suhrie and Myrtle Garrison Gee with John Martin Illustrated by Mabel Betsy Hill Stories in this book are: The Little Pumpkin and the Wide, Wide World; the Roly-Poly Boy; the Picnic in the Woods; The Midget Family; a Thank-You Day. Word Book Company, 1927. Hard cover, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, 112 pages. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Three pages have the upper corner torn off. There is a school stamp on inside front and on title page. One 1-1/4 inch bottom edge tear and a couple of very small tears. Occasional smudges. Under 2 lb.

Dorothea L. Dix Hospital Founder $9.95

  

Friends and Helpers - 1899 $15.00

  

Learn to Study Readers, Book 1 Teacher M $20.00

  

Story-folk, First Book 1927 $14.00


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