Hints for the Improvement of Early Education and Nursery Discipline.
Keene [N.H.]: Published by John M. Putnam, 1826. An early American edition. Original blue sheep spine, marbled boards, 5.38 x 3.63 inches, 111, [1] pages. Moderately substantial browning or offset to two adjoining leaves. Boards a bit bumped; some rubbing, with a few small flakes from the spine; about a half of the front blank torn away and excised; still, a very good copy. Item #19898
An early and popular work on early childhood education, first published in London in 1819, with an edition appearing in New York from the press of Collins in 1820 (appropriate enough, given the Quaker roots of the title); a number of editions appeared from scattered American presses through the first half of the century. American Imprints 24864.
Price: $150.00