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75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollection of 31 Harvard Men
by (UPDIKE, John, Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, et al.)
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About This Item
Cambridge: Leavitt & Pierce, 1958. Softcover. Fine. First edition, first printing, reddish-brown wrappered issue, stapled. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Covers measure about 6" x 9". 52pp. Fine. Laid in is single folded sheet entitled "Smoke a Pipe and Relax: Helpful Hints for the Pipe Smoker" and a single octavo sheet (offprint), from "Time" (magazine), dated August 4th, 1958, discussing, in two columns, the 75th Anniversary of Leavitt & Peirce [suggesting that this publication was issued in July of 1958]. Contains the first appearance in print of John Updike's poem, "The Old Tobacconist" [Roberts B2]. Additional contributions by Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, and more.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 515273
- Title
- 75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollection of 31 Harvard Men
- Author
- (UPDIKE, John, Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, et al.)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leavitt & Pierce
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Poetry, History, Anthology, Americana, AmerLit20thCent
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Poetry;
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
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