Köln and Wien: Böhlau, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.142-196. Separately printed extract from the book Der Bauer Mittel- und Osteuropas im Sozio-Ökonomischen Wandel des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. On the reception of efforts to educate rural inhabitants of Bauer in the 18th century. READ MORE about DER LESENDE LANDMANN
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, (1938). 8vo. Bound in rose cloth with gilt spine title and author, dust jacket. 285 pages. First American edition. Some chipping along the edge of the dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket lightly faded. Pristine interior. Lovely dust jacket art by Vanessa Bell. Illustrated with photos. READ MORE about THREE GUINEAS
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. 8vo. cloth. 322, (2) pages. First edition. Ex Libris copy. With bookplate, "Western Reserve University." With, "MAXL," in marker on front free endpapers. Studies of education, libraries and the circulation of books, production of literature and various appendices including one on the movement of books to and among New Englanders. READ MORE about LITERARY CULTURE IN EARLY NEW ENGLAND, 1620-1730
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Council Bluffs, IA: Yellow Barn Press, (1993). 8vo. broadside, folded once. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Printed by hand by Neil Shaver on a Vandercook. The first printing of Symon's Lurcy Lecture presented at Amherst College in March of 1992 in which he attacks deconstruction and its principal practitioners and comments on standards of judgement in literature. READ MORE about Prospectus for DOES LITERATURE EXIST?
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Zürich: Schweizerische Werbestelle für das Buch, (1953). 12mo. paper wrappers. 74 pages. A speech on the "book climate" of the times, discussing both booksellers and readers. READ MORE about VOM BUCHKLIMA UNSERER ZEIT
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Abtebellum Economic Development and the American Reading Public.
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 326 pages. Abtebellum Economic Development and the American Reading Public. First edition. An analysis of the book trade and its differing prices relative to region and genre. Includes much information about Parson Weems. Includes 23 tables, three maps, and five black and white illustrations. Extensive endnotes and references. Indexed. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about A FICTIVE PEOPLE
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Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1964. cloth, dust jacket. 351+(1) pages. Third-world education and literacy issues in the 1960's. Zischka discusses the effects of illiteracy on progress, the dissemination of knowledge, educational systems from ancient times to the 19th century, right & wrong ways to promote education in third-world countries, etc. Often critical. Jacket lightly soiled, chipped. READ MORE about WELT OHNE ANALPHABETEN, PROBLEME UND MOGLICHKEITEN DER BILDUNGSHILFE
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