Benjamin Lillian (7 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. 251 pages including index. Scattered insect damage and foxing on the exterior. The edges of the text block are soiled. The interior is age-toned. The top corner of the FFEP has been clipped.Scattered underlining and marginalia in pencil.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages slightly tanned o/w Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Carroll, Benjamin; Sanchez, Federico (illustrator). 41 pages. 8.50x8.50x0.10 inches. In Stock.

Lillian Hoban (illustrator). WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE-SET OF FOUR  CHILDRENS BOOKS Candy Cow's-Barnyard Buddies-hard cover-Giles Andreae, David Wojtowycz Who's in the shed--soft cover-mid size-VINTAGE with creases to cover and pages-Brenda Parkes, Illustrated by Ester Kasepuu Baa Moo What will we do-R H Benjamin, Jane Chapman-SOFT COVER The Brave Little Tailor-soft cover-VINTAGE-some marks and creases-retold by Freya Littledale, Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First/First. Two important early books addressing Children's education, especially for the gifted by Dr. Benjamin Fine and his wife Lillian. Both books are in Very Good+/Very Good+ condition with the usual shelfwear/edgewear that occurs in 60+ year old titles. Books are tight, square, and unclipped (Please carefully review photos). The respective author(s) has Signed and inscribed. Also, a TLS on Lillian Fine's letterhead included. Dr. Benjamin Fine was The NY Times education editor for 17 years, and the Headmaster of The Sands Point Country Day Scool between 1962-1971. "Stretching Their Minds is subtitled " An exciting new approach to the education of the gifted pioneered by the Sands Point Country Day School". The school closed in the 1970's after being sued by some parents accusing the school of employing unqualified instructors. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Red boards with gold lettering, gray-red.

[4] pp.; 24 x 15.2 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Program for "Speak Out for McCarthy" event held Sunday, May 19, [1968] at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Program included appearances by Garry Morre, Tony Randall, Dick van Dyke, José Ferrer, Elaine May, Renée Taylor, Gene Wilder, Phil Ochs, Alan Arkin, Dustin Hoffman, Arthur Miller and others.The verso lists the New York delegate slates. Good / Very Good. Folded in half, red ink notation on verso, handling marks and light edge wear.

Lot of 10 full leather Franklin Library books. These books are in very good or better condition. Gilt lettering and design on spine and boards still bright and well preserved. Minor wear to the gilt edges. Titles in set: Selected Tales - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Plays - Lillian Hellman, Interpretations and Forecasts - Lewis Mumford, The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Theory of Leisure Class - Thornestein Veblen, Miss Lonleyhearts - Nathanael West, Poor Richard's Almanacks - Benjamin Franklin, The Country of the Pointed Fire and Other Stories - Sarah Orne Jewett, Admiral of The Ocean Sea - Samuel Eliot Morison, Poems - Hart Crane. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.