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CHOICE PAGES FROM EARLY AMERICAN SCHOOL BOOKS
CHOICE PAGES FROM EARLY AMERICAN SCHOOL BOOKS Author:Johnson, Myron First ed. thus. Octavo, unpaged(36pp). Examples of pages from schoolbooks dating from 1785 to 1880. heavily illustrated in b/w. — An intriguing little book with an assortment of historical nuggets culled from sources such as: 1785 New England Primer; 1818 William Perry's Spelling Book; 1836 Cobb's Juvenile Reader; 1839 New England Primer; 1843 Sc... more »hool Reader; an 1844 Teacher's Diary; and much more, the final entry being 1880 First German Book After the Natural or Pestolian Method For Schools and Home Instruction. Most of the pages are illustrated with charming vintage images.« less