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The Conscience of the University and Other Essays
by Harry Huntt Ransom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 029271078X
- ISBN 13
- 9780292710788
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Commemorative Edition in Slipcase. Essays by the founder of the Ransom Center for the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin - one of the greatest collections of literature, cinema and art in the nation. Edited by his wife, Hazel H. Ransom. 105 pp. Book is crisp, bright and clean. The dust jacket is crisp with spine somewhat sun-faded. The back of the dust jacket has a few brown marks which cross the portrait of Mr. Ransom. The slip case is dark blue cloth and tight. Edges have some fading. Nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Texas Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003574
- Title
- The Conscience of the University and Other Essays
- Author
- Harry Huntt Ransom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 029271078X
- ISBN 13
- 9780292710788
- Publisher
- University of Texas
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HAZEL H. RANSOM, EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RANSOM CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Texas Writers;
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