The Harvard Book: Selections from Three Centuries (Program Edition)
by BENTINCK-SMITH, William
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated Program Edition. A collection of writings sharing a common locus: Harvard College, taken from the 300-year history of that institution. Some of the submissions are by noted authors such as Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry James, Anthony Trollope and Thomas Wolfe; others by the not-so-famous. With a preface by the editor, William Bentinck-Smith and an unattributed introduction: "Writing Like a Harvard Man." --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped Harvard crest to cover; gilt cover & spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With a few faint spots to cloth, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, sound copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvii, 369 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85549
- Title
- The Harvard Book: Selections from Three Centuries (Program Edition)
- Author
- BENTINCK-SMITH, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1960
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