Mccuskey Dorothy Text (1 results)
Bronson Alcott, Teacher
McCUSKEY, Dorothy (text; preface); Alfred L. Hall-Quest (editor; introduction)
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1940
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 217pp; portrait frontispiece with black and white photographic (halftone) illustrations throughout. Light shelf-wear with sunning to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper, price-clipped, tanned, with modest shelf-wear and soil, and chips and tiny tears to spine ends and extremities; Very Good. Explores Bronson Alcott's theories and impact on education, with a focus on his teaching experiences in Chesire, Connecticut and a Temple School in Boston, and his time as a superintendent. Nine photographic illustrations include 'Page from Bronson Alcott's Journals, 1879', 'The Temple School', and 'Alcott House, Ham Common, Surrey'. [84157]. …
