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COMPLETE CLASSIFIED PRICE LIST OF SCHOOL & COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS
American Book Company's - CLASSIFIED PRICE LIST
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Step into a 1915 classroom supply room with this meticulously compiled price list, a window into the everyday business of American education. The catalog lays out every textbook, reader, and teaching aid—down to the penny—alongside precise ordering procedures and shipping instructions that reveal the logistical rhythm of the era. From graded readers to college manuals, the entries read like a quiet chorus of the nation’s learning priorities.
Beyond numbers, the document captures a moment when schools relied on mailed orders, express parcels, and detailed paperwork to equip teachers and students. Its modest prose and practical notes reflect a time when standardized curricula were taking shape, and publishers like the American Book Company played a pivotal role in shaping young minds. Listening to this list offers a rare auditory glimpse of the bureaucratic heartbeat that powered early twentieth‑century classrooms.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (127K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Bill Tozier, logista, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-03-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Known for classroom staples like the McGuffey Readers, this major American textbook publisher helped shape what generations of students read in school. Formed through a late-19th-century consolidation, it became a lasting presence in U.S. educational publishing.
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