Greene Amsel (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Scott, Foresman and Company, Glenview, Illinois [Published date: 1969]. Hardcover, 79 pp; illustrations throughout by the author; 28 cm. No other printings listed. In good+ condition/ NO dust jacket. Green and white boards have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing and faint soiling. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in ink and an address label in the top corner of the front free end paper. Two interior pages (38-39) have toning from a laid-in newspaper clipping. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Not ex-library. [From Introduction] These are Pullet Surprises. The name is the unwitting contribution of a high school student whose teacher shared with me a paper in which he had written, "In 1957 Eugene O'Neill won a Pullet Surprise." A Pullet Surprise! Here was the term for which I had been groping. As the teacher of a high school course in vocabulary building, I had jotted down hundreds of classroom misinterpretations for which I had found no name. The terms boners, bloopers, and boo-boos imply stupidity or inadvertence, whereas student errors are often marvels of ingenuity and logic. Howlers would exclude those refreshing interpretations that evoke a chuckle, not a shout. I had rejected all customary designations as unsuitable. But Pullet Surprise sparked a Eureka response. Its rightness had the impact of revelation. Every misinterpretation is by nature a surprise; the word Pullet is from the Latin pullus, meaning a young animal; the most engaging of young animals are those in our high schools. Of course their errors are Pullet Surprises! [Contents] Acknowledgment; To the Reader; Introduction; Section I The Happily Unaware: Mistaken Identity; Blurrish; The Power of Suggestion; Section II The Uneasily Aware: Noble Effort; Little Learning; Right-and-Wrong; Linguistic Labyrinth; Section III The Nonchalant: The Haphazard; A New Look; Section IV The Trusting: Take-It-For-Granites; Chameleon Words; Appendix Pullet Surprise Guessing Games.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Printing. Signed "Have fun!, Amsel Greene, by Eula Miller. Eula Greene Miller being the author's sister. Dust jacket in brodart. Corners rubbed. Expedited or International shipping may cost more. Greene, Amsel (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by the author. Second printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (moderate rubbing) dust jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Signed & inscribed by author on title page, Fine/Fair DJ in Mylar, book is clean & square, 1 interior page has 2 long creases, letter about book laid in, dustjacket pretty beat up- missing top 2 inches of spine, moderate rubbing at edges, afew tiny tears & chips, price intact, in new mylar coating. Priority shipping not available due to size. …

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LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1937 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 34 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 34 Volume 1937 Fletcher, Robert H., 1885-1972,Shope, Irvin,Greene, Amsel,Montana. State Highway Commission.…