New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Erich Fromm. Lacks the promotional pamphlet. Slight sunning at the base of the spine, else fine, bound in two color cloth, in a slightly worn, very good plus first issue dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears (we have also seen copies of the first edition in slightly later jackets). Publisher Harold Hart approached Neill to write about his controversial school, and together compiled this book from Neill's other works, which became the number one non-fiction bestseller in the U.S. The effect of the book helped to promulgate Neill's educational theories, as well as reviving the flagging attendance at the long-running experimental school that he had founded in 1921 in Germany in conjunction with the Neue Schule, and then moved to England in 1923. Uncommon.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 99278
Title: Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
Author: NEILL, A.S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hart Publishing Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: Sociology, Psychology
Bookseller catalogs: Psychology;

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