Search Results: Education from Ainsworth Books

Langley, BC: Sure Copy and Printing. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Plastic Comb. Back plastic laminated cover creased and lightly scuffed, a few pages creased bottom corner ; A tight solid book. A number of photos throughout. ; B&W Illustrations; 0.5 x 11 x 8.5 Inches; 152 pages .

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia School of Librarianship. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Glassine wrapper missing but clear mylar substituted (short tear top edge). Light edge wear to book ; A bright, solid book. Dark red spine with white boards. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 163 pages; Interviews with Dr. Helen Gordon Stewart, Margaret Jean Clay, Charles Keith Morison and Mrs. Muriel Page Ffoulkes. .

Manchester UK: Manchester Grammar School. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Top fore corner bumped. ; Light blue cloth covered boards with school crest stamped in gilt on front board and gilt title on spine. hinges intact, tight solid book, text unmarked; 757 pages; Included in Part 1 are: High Masters, Masters, Preparatory School Staffs and Receivers and in Part 2: Admissions Pre 1888, Admissions 1888-1951, The Preparatory Schools, and Index to Part 2. Information about dates of birth and death and career details where available .

Vancouver BC: Britannia Centennial Reunion Society. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0980950708 . Only slight wear ; A Near-fine book in near-fine dust jacket. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 11.2 X 9.1 X 1.1 inches; 225 pages; Britannia High School in Vancouver is the oldest high school in the city and celebrated its centennial in 2008 .

Lindsay ON: Tri-M Publishing. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0921050003 . Light wear to DJ ; DJ in Mylar, a bright solid, book ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 206 pages; This book takes us back to the educational system of Victoria County in Ontario as far back as the 1780's. Maps and photographs throughout .

Vancouver BC: New Star Books. Very Good. 1979. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0919888917 . Pages tanned, light wear to corners of card covers, a little scuffing to back cover. ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 8.20 X 5.20 X 0.70 inches; 238 pages; "Her historical survey exposes racism as a deliberate political policy legislated by elected representatives and implemented by bureaucrats. The law thar deprived an entire race of people of the right to vote was law, not attitude. " Rosemary Brown introduction .

London: Meiklejohn & Holden. Very Good-. 1915. Third Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 198 pages; Dark blue cloth covered boards have some edgewear, bumped corners, front free end paper excised, some yellowing. A series of questions with answers at a level that would have been useful in the higher elementary grades. Undated but c. 1915 .

Vancouver, BC: Federation of Independent School Association. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0973064900 . Base of spine lightly bumped ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Promotional material laid in ; 311 pages .

Vancouver, BC: Centre for Continuing Education, U. B. C.. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1980. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0888431244 . Signed by Author; DJ in mylar. DJ is chipped, torn, soiled, rubbed with 1/2" x 1" piece missing from upper front corner. Glue remnant on front end paper. The reminiscences of the author on his years of prairie teaching and his dealings with various immigration groups over the years. .

Torrance, CA: Frank Schaffer Publications Inc.. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 0867347775 . Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 148 pages; This is an educational resource for the study in the school system of the horrors of the Holocaust .

Vancouver BC: British Columbia Teachers Federation. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 0864913125 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 168 pages; This appears to be a teacher's guide to aid in the teaching of senior students about the 1907 riots in Vancouver. .

Victoria, BC: Public Libraries Research Study, British Columbia. Very Good+. 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Top fore corner a little bumped ; A bright solid, book, foldout map back of book. ; Trade PB; 141 pages .

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia. Good. 1966. Paperback. Trade PB; Diagrams; First Thus. Covers have some light soiling and light shelfwear. Corners bumped, creases on back cover. This is a study done by the University of British Columbia with a view to building regional colleges on Vancouver Island. Socio-economic statistics and comparisons to other areas of North America. .

Shawnigan Lake BC: Shawnigan Lake School. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 096960050X . Black dust jacket shows light wear and scuffing ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; 1.6 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 462 pages .

Vancouver BC: New Star Books Ltd.. Very Good+. 1985. 1st Thus. Paperback. 0919573517 . Card covers show light shelf wear, some tanning of pages.; A bright, solid book.; Mass Market PB; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 241 pages; Kilian born and raised in the US moved to Vancouver British Columbia in the 1960s, worked as an English professor at Capilano College and wrote books about the education system, the black pioneer history of BC as well as a number sci-fi novels. .

Merritt, BC: Sonotek Publishing Ltd.. Very Good+. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 092906903X . Signed by Author; Light damage top fore corner, gift notation on front fly leaf ; Signed by the author on the front fly leaf. A bright, solid book. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8.90 X 6 X 0.40 inches; 144 pages; A history of the first 100 years of schooling in the Boundary area of British Columbia. Subtitled Anarchist Mountain to Paulson, BC .

Ste- Anne-de-Bellevue, PQ: Shoreline. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 0969518064 . Creased on back card cover. ; A tight solid book. A neighbour of Ms Munro's has written a remembrance of her on the front fly leaf. Illustrated with B&W photographs ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 160 pages; The book contains Vera munro's memories of teaching in a number of schools in and around Montreal from 1925-1963. .

Chesapeake, VA: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, text unmarked.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 123 pages .

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0522850510 . DJ shows shelf wear with short tears and light chipping. Previous owner's name on FFEP. This was a review copy and the University of Melbourne's sticker attesting to same is pasted on FFEP. Small stain to bottom page edges. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 855 pages; "Telling as much a social, educational, and cultural story as institutional history, this detailed account chronicles the ideological patterns, internal and countrywide conflicts, and student experiences at the University of Melbourne from 1850 to 1939. The daily life of staff, professors, and students are recounted during times of turmoil and peace in Australia, including the depression of the 1890s and World War I. The account offers a window into the pedagogical conflicts and… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802044433 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.29 X 6.28 X 1.27 inches; 392 pages; "This book is an exhaustive look at the life and career of one of the last century's most interesting and accomplished educators. Widely admired in his own day, Sir Daniel Wilson has been largely forgotten. This collection reappraises his contribution to many fields of endeavour and to the development of the University of Toronto. As well as his own life and work, the authors examine aspects of Victorian culture and science through the prism of the career of this most interesting and accomplished educator. The volume also includes a chronology of Wilson's life and a comprehensive bibliography of his published and unpublished writings." .