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The Harvard Book: A Series of Historical, Biographical, and Descriptive Sketches (2 Vols.)
by By Various Authors (Collected by F.O. Vaille and H.A, Clark)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1878 2nd printing of this exhaustive history of Harvard, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and Near Fine in their light-purple, bevelled cloth. Bright, unflecked gilt-insignia (Harvard's crest) and lettering along the front panels and spines. Small former owner inscription at the first blank endpaper of Vol. I, rear inner hinge of same volume tender (but still perfectly sturdy). Dozens of crisp black-and-white plates (with their accompanying tissue-guards) of the campus and a number of the key figures of 19th century Harvard. Thick folios, all edges gilt. Imposing and very impressive.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13444
- Title
- The Harvard Book: A Series of Historical, Biographical, and Descriptive Sketches (2 Vols.)
- Author
- By Various Authors (Collected by F.O. Vaille and H.A, Clark)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- rare mericana, rare Harvard, rare college histories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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- Edges
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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