A fully illustrated catalogue of early Maria Montessori, Education and Pedagogy books, ephemera and related publications.
London: Philip & Tacey, Ltd., [1929?]. Paperback. Date from ads found inside and the OCLC copy. String bound printed card wraps, 12mo (7 inches tall), pp. 12, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions (inc. Montessori frontis), front cover printed with "Reprinted by courtesy of 'EDUCATION' " and "Philip & Tacey, Ltd...... More
Italy / India: Italy / India, 1970. A 7 inch x 9-1/2 inch, white bordered, glossy B&W photomechanical print of Marie Montessori. Print has "Maria Montessori" written in blue pencil and "2163" written in ink on verso, else fine and unmarked. First Day Cover commemorating the Dr. Maria Montessori Centenary..... More
New York, NY: Department of Education - Russell Sage Foundation, 1917 [1926]. Folding Chart. Leonard Porter Ayres was an American educator, soldier, and statistician who organized the Division of Statistics for the military during WWI and held the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army. ref. wiki. Handwriting..... More
![Pedagogy] 1869 Madison County Superintendent's Certificate. Second Grade (Teacher's Certificate)....](/pictures/thumb/2880.jpg?v=1553650588)
Madison County, IL: Madison County Superintendent, 1869. Certificate. Teaching certificate (5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches wide), executed in letterpress and manuscript on both recto and verso, for H.E. Mills and signed by the Superintendent J.N. Van Clive, giving the graded results of his Oct. 2nd, 1869 examination on verso. Certificate is..... More
New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1912 [1913]. Later Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. x, [xi-xiv], 240, [2 - ads], index, illustrated with frontis of Marie Montessori and B&W plates throughout, "1913"..... More
Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1914). First Edition. Hardcover. Riverside Educational Monographs. A very uncommon penmanship chart with it's original mailing envelope together with Freeman's matching book for the teaching of handwriting. Book : Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in blind onto upper..... More
New York, NY: American Home Magazine Co., 1912. Paperback. The first Montessori article to be published by Good Housekeeping Magazine, dovetailing with the release that year of the first American edition of Montessori's groundbreaking "The Montessori Method". Good Housekeeping Magazine Vol. LV No. 1, July, 1912. Side stapled illustrated wraps..... More
![New Westminster Columbian College] Lux Columbiana School Magazine 1911 & 1912. T. Griffiths,...](/pictures/thumb/3488.jpg?v=1586214242)
New Westminster, BC: The Literary Society of Columbian College, 1911 / 1912. Paperback. Two separate prewar editions (Vol. 8 No. 6 - May 1911 and Vol. 9 No. 4. - Feb. 1912) of the Lux Columbiana student magazine, both predating the earliest copies [1913/14] found online in the New Westminster..... More
Toronto, ON: W. J. Gage & Company, Ltd., (1910). Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, square 12mo (7-3/8 inches [18.8 cm] tall), pp. viii, 9-120, color endpapers, illustrated throughout with line drawings and B&W photo reproductions. Volume with light wear..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd., (1915). First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Volume V in Constable's 'Handbooks in the Art of Teaching' series. "Montessori education had spread to the United States by 1912 and became widely known in educational and popular publications. However, conflict between Montessori and the American educational..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, (1914). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Riverside Educational Monographs. "Montessori education had spread to the United States by 1912 and became widely known in educational and popular publications. However, conflict between Montessori and the American educational establishment, and especially the publication in 1914 of a critical..... More
Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications, 1958 (1948). Revised and Enlarged Third Edition. Hardcover. Dr. Montessori was exiled from Italy by Mussolini because she would not allow her schools to be used to turn children into soldiers. During her exile, Dr. Montessori spent many years in India where she befriended Gandhi. This..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1912. First American Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (7-15/16 inches [22 cm] tall), pp. xlii, 377, tissue-guarded frontis, illustrated with line drawings, tables and 32 B&W photo reproductions. Volume with..... More
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912. First American Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. A third printing of the first American edition, having "MCMXII" and "Third Edition" printed on the title page and "Copyright, 1912, by / Frederick A. Stokes Company" and "April, 1912" printed on the copyright page. Blue..... More
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San Francisco, CA: Rucker-Fuller Desk Company, c. 1919. Paperback. c. 1919 date from catalogue number. Staple-bound printed card wraps, 4to (12 inches tall), pp. [i -ad], [ii - blank], [1]-60, illustrated throughout w. line drawings and photo reproductions, index. Volume w. large stains to front cover, crease to upper corner..... More
![Montessori] A History of Infant Education. Robert R. Rusk](/pictures/thumb/3033.jpg?v=1562602103)
London: University of London Press, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Uncommon Montessori content in the chapter reserved for her on pp. 69-88 (w. frontis) confirming the importance of her methods by inclusion here among "...the views on Infant Education of the great educators." from the preface. This copy still..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition of an early and introductory work published to explain Montessori's educational system to Americans, with "Published August, 1912" on copyright page and ""MCMXII" on title page. Mustard-colored cloth with title and decorations stamped in black..... More
New York, NY: Bureau of Publications - Teachers College, Columbia University, 1912. Broadside. From his 1910 monograph entitled "Handwriting", Thorndike made yet another "Major Contribution" for having "Constructed a scale to measure children's handwriting (1910)" which lead to developing "... the logic underlying the test (CAVD) predicting elements of test..... More
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Mockba (Moscow): (Education Publishing), 1968. Hardcover. (English title) Illustrated paper over boards, gray quarter cloth spine, title stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. 159, [160], small rubber stamp "Printed In Soviet Union" to foot of title page, price of "31 K." printed at top of rear..... More
London / Birmingham: Humphrey Milford / Cornish Brothers, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quite likely the first published, professional survey of Montessori schools operating throughout Italy [or anywhere else for that matter] in 1913. Title page continues "By Jessie White, D. Sc. (Lond.) Moral Sciences Tripos (Cambridge) Formerly Vice-Principal..... More