New York, NY: Exposition Press, 1963 Exposition Press, New York. 1963. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; lightly bumped lower front tips; light sunfading of front gutter, head, tail, and board tops. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); chipping at head; light sunfading of spine; light foxing to rear panel. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on spine and front board.116 pp 8vo. Education in Nebraska and Kansas 1889-1961. The author offers a first-hand account of the interactions of home, school, and society which created the educational stream in the rural midwest. Lots of vivid experiences as a teacher in schools in Hartford, Waverly, Gridley, and Beloit, Kansas. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006129
Title: Bibbie; The Sunflower From Plymouth
Author: Agnes Mabel Monypeny
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Exposition Press
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1963
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Teaching, rural schools, Nebraska education, Kansas education, one-room schoolhouses, rural education, small town education,
Bookseller catalogs: Memoirs; Autobiography;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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