Don Quixots at College; or, a History of the Gallant Adventures Lately Achieved by the Combined Students of Harvard University; Interspersed with Some Facetious Reasonings
by A SENIOR" [pseud. Joseph Tufts]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Etheridge and Bliss, 1807. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); removed; 20pp. Extremities a bit worn and dust-soiled, leaves held together by a couple threads, light foxing, else Good or better overall. Satirical account of the Rotten Cabbage Rebellion at Harvard in 1807, an uprising/food fight galvanized by the presence of maggots in the cabbage and splinters in the sugar bowl. Among the expulsions were Dr. Walter Channing and Richard Henry Dana. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 13752.
Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46724
- Title
- Don Quixots at College; or, a History of the Gallant Adventures Lately Achieved by the Combined Students of Harvard University; Interspersed with Some Facetious Reasonings
- Author
- A SENIOR" [pseud. Joseph Tufts]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Etheridge and Bliss
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Rotten Cabbage Rebellion Brawl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Leaves
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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