9780273433439 - Alphabets and Reading;: the Initial Teaching Alphabet, by Pitman, James & John St John (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Well-illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed by James Pitman on the front free end page. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor tears to dust jacket edges & corners, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Well-illustrated (illustrator). 349 pp. Includes table of contents, bibliography, index, line illustrations, b&w illustrations and tables. Book shows edgewear, yellowing and soiling to top page edges. Dustjacket shows edgewear, creasing, three short closed tears and soiling to extremities, else in very good condition. "This major work crystallizes the thought and experience of one of the leading authorities on alphabets and their relationship to the teaching of reading in the english-speaking world.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Well-illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Pitman on the first free end page, the book has a lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, mild wear to the cover edges and corners, sunning to the head, creasing to the upper fore corners of pages 78-88, and 124-128, a previous owner's information penciled to the back paste down, and pulls to the first and last free end pages. Overall, a Near Very Good copy in a Good+, unclipped dust jacket, which has light rubbing to the covers, bumps with creasing to the spine ends, wear with peeling to the corners, wear with creasing to the edges, and a three inch tear with a large chip and tape repair to the head of the back cover against the gutter. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Well-illustrated (illustrator). 1st edition. SIGNED and inscribed with additional signed letter. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xviii,349p; 24plates; ill; 24cm. Notes: bibl p329-338Subjects: Reading (Elementary). Phonetic alphabet. Initial teaching alphabet. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Well-illustrated (illustrator). 1st edition. SIGNED and inscribed with additional signed letter. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xviii,349p; 24plates; ill; 24cm. Notes: bibl p329-338Subjects: Reading (Elementary). Phonetic alphabet. Initial teaching alphabet. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.