American Boarding Schools: A Historical Study
by McLlachlan, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. xiv + 381 pp, Introduction, list of 36 illustrations, III Parts / 9 chapters, Notes, Note on Sources, Index. 6.5" x 9.5" red cloth boards, black spine letters, in illustrated DJ. Light external wear to red cloth at the corners, binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Text block with sparse fox spots. DJ price clipped, very good color, little wear. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008441
- Title
- American Boarding Schools: A Historical Study
- Author
- McLlachlan, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- elites - boarding schools - prominent citizens and social status - Choate Philips Exeter
- Bookseller catalogs
- SOCIOLOGY; U. S. HISTORY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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