Description
Click here to see our other books! Improvements in Education Joseph Lancaster 1806 J Lancaster : London 9.5" by 5.5" xvi, 211pp SUMMARY A sixth edition copy of Joseph Lancaster's renowned early nineteenth century treatise on education. Leather Binding,Pleasing Copy,Rebound Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 15.99 EU Postage : £ 13.99 European Postage: £ 14.99 Asia Postage: £ 18.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99 DESCRIPTION Joseph Lancaster was an English Quaker and public education innovator, renowned for developing a variant of the monitorial system with a recursive method of instruction and delivery. As a precursor to the modern-day method of 'peer tutoring', within this method students were rewarded for successfully passing on information to the next pupil. Printed and Sold by J. Lancaster Free School Borough Road; Darton and Harvey Gracechurch Street and Hatchard Piccadilly This work succinctly details Lancaster's methods and was written by Lancaster shortly before he travelled to the United States to lecture and promote his ideas. The height of popularity of his system came in the first decades of the nineteenth century, and in 1808 "The Society for Promoting the Lancasterian System for the Education of the Poor" was created. This is a very important work in the history of education. Rebound in a lovely quarter cloth binding with marbled paper boards and morocco label tipped to spine. CONDITION Externally lovely with minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Hinges reinforced. Bookseller's label tipped to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned but bright, with the odd spot to the occasional page and age toning to textblock. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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