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Hutchins' University: A Memoir of the University of Chicago 1929-1950
by McNeill, William H
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0226561704
- ISBN 13
- 9780226561707
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. ix, [1], 194 p., [12] p. of illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The history of the University of Chicago under Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) as president from 1929 to 1945 and then chancellor from 1945 to 1951. The author was an undergraduate and then instructor during these years. "His account of the university's history is laced with personal reminiscences, encounters with influential fellow scholars . . . and details drawn from Hutchins' papers and other archives." -- dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009834
- Title
- Hutchins' University: A Memoir of the University of Chicago 1929-1950
- Author
- McNeill, William H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0226561704
- ISBN 13
- 9780226561707
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1991
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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