EDUCATION from Chilton Books

Bristol: St Brandon's School, 1981.. Number 75 of a limited edition of 1000. St Brandon's was an independent school incorporating an infant and junior school and a senior boarding school for girls, located in the town of Clevedon in Somerset, in South West England. The school was opened in 1831. [and closed in 2004]. 30cms x 21.5cms. Pp.89, many photographs… Read more about this item

London: T.Werner Laurie Ltd, 1924.. A critical analysis of the American education system in the early 20th century. examining the flaws and shortcomings of the system and offering suggestions for reform. Pp.x/454/7 (ads for further publications by the author), frontispiece illustration by Art Young, slight toning to pages, name and dates to inside front board. Maroon cloth with black… Read more about this item

Pasadena:Published by the Author, 1923.. 1st edition. An investigation into the consequences of plutocratic capitalist control of American colleges and universities by American novelist and muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair. . Sinclair writes, �Our educational system is not a public service, but an instrument of special privilege; its purpose is not to further the welfare of mankind, but merely to… Read more about this item

Brentwood: Governors of Sir Antony Browne's School, Brentwood, 1981.. 1st impression. "Brentwood School was founded by Antony Browne, Serjeant-at-Law in 1558 and was soon sending boys to Cambridge. Under Daniel Barnard (1655-98) boys from all over England came to Brentwood...." Pp.xxiv/401, frontispiece + 44 further black & white plates, corrigenda loosely enclosed. Blue cloth, dustwrapper edges slight edge… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1936.. The Oxford Bookshelf edition. "Has consideraqble historical value...It is still more valuable for the light it throws on Leslie Stephen himself : he is studiously non-autobiographical, but his personality informs every chapter, and that personality deserves homage..." (Birmingham Post). Pp.xii/98, black & white portrait frontispiece. Light brown cloth, dustwrapper has… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1919.. 1st edition. A Regional Study of the Advancement of Learning in Manchester Since the Reformation. Pp.xii/563, black & white frontispiece + 18 further black & white plates, gift message to front free endpaper, toning to half-title page from newspaper cutting about appointment of M.G.S. Headmaster Dr E.J.F.James. Brown cloth, gilt… Read more about this item

Manchester: Development Office of Manchester Grammar School, 2016.. 1st edition. Memories of Manchester Grammar School (MGS) 1942-51. "A fascinating, vivid portrait both of his days as a schoolboy at MGS in the '40s and early '50s, but also of life amid the rationing and thick fogs of wartime and immediate post-war Manchester". (Michael Crick). Pp.xx/254. Paperback. VG.

Woodford Wells: Old Bancroftians Association, 1987.. 1st edition. "Covers the entire history of the School, and also describes the changing structure of its governing body and the School's Trust in the context of educational development over 250 years." Pp.xvi/334, 61 black & white plates, minor spotting to closed top edge. Blue cloth, dustwrapper, slight sunning to spine. … Read more about this item

Frome: Butler and Tanner Ltd, 1951.. Seventh edition. Compiled for The Old Wellingtonian Society. Pp.viii/503/xcv, aerial photograph frontispiece, marginal loss to pp.39/40 where pages have been carelessly cut. Black cloth, gilt title to spine and armorial crest to front board. G+.

Kendal: TitusWilson [printer], 1957.. Sedbergh School Magazine containing: Editorial; School Notes; Chapel Notes; Obituary; Lecture; Civics; Sedgwick Society; Debating Society; Forum Society; Bradford Club; Rugger over History; Christma Concert; Masters' Concert; Field Day; Rugger; Fives; Cricket - 1st XI Fixtures, 1957; Wilson Run. Pp.16. Brown stiff card covers, creases to front corners. G+.

Crosshills: Malsis School, 1959.. Magazine of the co-educational independent pre-prep and preparatory school for pupils aged 3 to 13 years, founded in 1920 and closed in 2014. Pagination continuing from previous volume 218-272, 2 black & white photo illustrations. Fawn stiff card covers with red and black stripes to corners, broown patch to front fore-edge. G+.

Ipswich: The Education Committee of the East Suffolk County Council, 1952.. 1st edition. For Use With the Durham County Agreed Syllabus of Religious Instruction. Contents include; "Statement of Christian Belief" by Archbishop Temple and Dr J,S.Whale; A History of Christianity in Suffolk by Miss Lilian J.Redstone; Christianity in Suffolk; Chronological Scheme of Dates for Old Testament, Apocrypha (and Apocalyptic)… Read more about this item

Bromley: Bromley Office Supplies & Printing Co. Ltd, nd. (c.1960).. The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further. It was operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was closed in 1959. Pp.83, 8 plateslist of Assistant Masters since 1804 to… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1900.. The International Education Series. Lectures delivered in the School of Applied Ethics during its first session in 1891, at Plymouth, Mass. Contents: Introductory Lectures: I.The Problem of Unsectarian Moral Instruction; II.The Efficient Motives of Good Conduct; III.Opportunities for Moral Training in the Daily School; IV.The Classification of Duties; V.The Moral Outfit of Children on… Read more about this item

London: University Press of Liverpool, 1938.. Text reprinted from the third edition of Reliquiae Wottonianae, printed in 1672. "Reliquiae Wottonianae: or a Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems; with Characters of Sundry Personages: and other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art, also Additional Letters to Several Persons, Not Before Printed. by the Curious Pencil of the Ever Memorable Sir Henry… Read more about this item

London: A.R.Mowbray, 1956.. 1st edition. Sets out "in clear and simple language the origins of new life and the impact of Christianity on human relationships. In these tales of the adventures of a group of small children Mrs Holland has skilfully and artistically achieved this end." 21cms x 16.5cms. Pp.32, black and white and blue illustrations by Joan… Read more about this item

Clifton, New Jersey: Augustus M. Kelley, 1973.. Reprint of the third edition with additions of 1805. With an introduction by Francesco Cordasco. Pp.12/xvi/211. Brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.** "Joseph Lancaster (1778�1838) was an English Quaker and public education innovator. He originated the saying "a place for everything and everything in its place"....In 1798,… Read more about this item

London: College of S.Mark & S.John Library, 1961.. No.1 of a series of papers on educational topics - an hitherto unpublished minute by Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, written in 1841. 25.5cms x 21cms. Pp.24 (type-written on one side only), armorial bookplate of a cat below a tree holding a shield with the motto "Life Beyond Life" (Minet family)… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1840.. 5th edition. Chambers Educational Course. "With the exeption of a few matters of Infant School arrangement, the whole volume may be used to train even a single child in a nursery, under the care of a judicious mother or governess." 17.5cms x 11cms. Pp.viii/188, occasional figure illustrations, slight toning to pages.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan,1979.. Fifth edition, revised. Completely revised by James Scotland to include the important modern theoriss such as Neill. Skinner. Piaget and Illich and is introduced by a new chapter discussing the concept of 'the great educator'." Pp.viii/310. Black cloth, dustwrapper has uneven sunning to rear. G+/G+.