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VAILLE, F.O. AND H.A. CLARK, COLLECTED AND PUBLISHED, The Harvard Book. A Series of Historical, Biographical, and Descriptive Sketches. By Various Authors.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow and Company, 1875. (HARVARD UNIVERSITY) First edition. 2 vols., Thick folio. Illustrated with Views and Portraits, 30 fine full-page heliotypes, two lithographs and a copper engraving by Paul Revere. 346; 447 pp. Publisher's pebbled brown morocco, a.e.g.. University seal in gold on upper and lower covers surrounded by Greek key and acanthus borders in blind, by Macdonald; minor unobtrusive rubbing. A fine, handsome set. ΒΆ An imposing and important production. It was published the year before Theodore Roosevelt entered Harvard as a member of the Class of 1880, and may have contributed to his decision to matriculate there
Offered for US$ 1000.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 54938