West Point hop invitation and test from F.P. Avery, USMA Class of 1878
by [West Point; Tiffany & Co.] Avery, Frank P
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- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New: Tiffany & Co., 1878. Illustrated hop invitation showing an eagle and cadet holding a large flowing sheet with text and a list of graduates, and an image of West Point with sail boats in foreground.
Calling card of F.P. Avery, and a printed test "Time by Equal Altitudes of Sun's Limb" with Avery's manuscript answers, dated March 21st 1877.
Frank P. Avery served in Dakota in 1887 and won the shooting competition as a 1st lieutenant. "Twenty years in the Infantry, all on the western frontier; retired although on the fringes of military service; recalled to staff duty in Washington during World War I." (Cullum
s Register)
Hop invitation 8vo, 4pp (text and ills on 1st page only), original fold, slt toned, G+; Calling card 3 1/2 x 2" slt toned G+; test 7 5/8 x 10", original folds, closed tear at one fold, otherwise vgc.
Calling card of F.P. Avery, and a printed test "Time by Equal Altitudes of Sun's Limb" with Avery's manuscript answers, dated March 21st 1877.
Frank P. Avery served in Dakota in 1887 and won the shooting competition as a 1st lieutenant. "Twenty years in the Infantry, all on the western frontier; retired although on the fringes of military service; recalled to staff duty in Washington during World War I." (Cullum
s Register)
Hop invitation 8vo, 4pp (text and ills on 1st page only), original fold, slt toned, G+; Calling card 3 1/2 x 2" slt toned G+; test 7 5/8 x 10", original folds, closed tear at one fold, otherwise vgc.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28457
- Title
- West Point hop invitation and test from F.P. Avery, USMA Class of 1878
- Author
- [West Point; Tiffany & Co.] Avery, Frank P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tiffany & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New
- Date Published
- 1878
- Bookseller catalogs
- WEST POINT; EPHEMERA;
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Garrison, New York
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