New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. xiv + 381 pp, Introduction, list of 36 illustrations, III Parts / 9 chapters, Notes, Note on Sources, Index. 6.5" x 9.5" red cloth boards, black spine letters, in illustrated DJ. Light external wear to red cloth at the corners, binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Text block with sparse fox spots. DJ price clipped, very good color, little wear. .

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008441
Title: American Boarding Schools: A Historical Study
Author: McLlachlan, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1970
Size: Large Octavo
Keywords: elites - boarding schools - prominent citizens and social status - Choate Philips Exeter
Bookseller catalogs: SOCIOLOGY; U. S. HISTORY;

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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