Banners in the Wilderness, Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College by Coleman, Helen Turnbull Waite - 1956

Pittsburgh and N.Y.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1956. . 285 pages including a 7 page bibliography and a 9 page index. Map decorated endpapers. The full orange cloth binding has the title and shield stamped on the spine in black. This copy is solid, square, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The text and all plates are complete, firmly sewn in, sharp and clean.This is a very readable, enjoyable and informative history of some of America's oldest schools, school masters, cultural history and teaching in the early days of The Republic.. First Edition. Full Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Illus. with numerous photographs and Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated.