Haverford, PA: Charles Shoemaker Taylor, 1936. 1936. Near Fine. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages fresh and fine. Gray cloth hardcover is gilt titled on spine; profile of Taylor is gilt stamped on front cover. Cover is clean with a few faint spots of soil on rear cover; edges lightly shelf-rubbed but still crisp and straight. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Introduction by Rufus M. Jones. 10 illustrations, including frontis portrait of Taylor. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4"; xviii + 211 pages plus illustration plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Knickerbocker Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005304
Title: Joseph Wright Taylor: Founder of Bryn Mawr College
Author: MacIntosh, Margaret Taylor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Shoemaker Taylor
Place of Publication: Haverford, PA
Date Published: 1936
Keywords: Quaker
Bookseller catalogs: Biography;

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