1878 HARVARD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS MOSES KING 1ST EDITION & SIGNED OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LETTER IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE AUTOGRAPH FULL LEATHER ILLUSTRATED by Moses King, Oliver Wendell Holmes, T.P. Ivy - 1878: RARE LETTER ABOUT THE BOOK, ORIGINAL COVERS BOUND IN
by Moses King, Oliver Wendell Holmes, T.P. Ivy
1878 HARVARD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS MOSES KING 1ST EDITION & SIGNED OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LETTER IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE AUTOGRAPH FULL LEATHER ILLUSTRATED: RARE LETTER ABOUT THE BOOK, ORIGINAL COVERS BOUND IN
by Moses King, Oliver Wendell Holmes, T.P. Ivy
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HARVARD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
1878; Moses King, T.P. Ivy; 1st Edition; Cambridge, MA. Moses King Publisher; Full Rebound Leather; 93 Pages + 8 of Ads; Illustrated; Signed Letter; Original paper covers bound in; w5.1"xh6.2"; Very Rare!
ATTRIBUTES:
•Gorgeous full dark maroon morocco leather cover design,
•Four gold pinstriped borders, Decorated corners, Fine gold floral binding,
•Gold pinstriped cover edges, Gold floral inner board edges,
•Marble end pages, Gold page edges, Signed Letter tipped into first blank,
•Charming heliotype frontispiece, 41 other great mostly photo full page plates,
•Numerous in text illustrations, One plan/map, & a Great Read;
•Rare Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes Discussing this Book!
SIGNED LETTER:
•296 Beacon Street, "Boston, April 1st 1883, Dear Mr. King I am delighted with the books you have kindly sent me. "Harvard and its Surroundings" is a gem, and I look at the pictures of the neighborhood where my early years were paved, the colleges, the old houses, my ? birthplace included, with the greatest satisfaction. I hope the good people of Providence will be/have much pleased with your very handsome "pocket book, as I am ? Cambridge residents must be of the volume? which shows who so handsomely the great educational centre and all that clusters around it. Believe me Very truly yours Oliver Wendell Holmes."
BACKGROUND:
•Moses King (April 13, 1853 – June 12, 1909) was an American editor and publisher who produced guidebooks to travel destinations in the United States, including Massachusetts and New York.
•Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to his work as an author and poet, Holmes also served as a physician, professor, lecturer and inventor and, although he never practiced it, he received formal training in law.
CONDITION:
•Condition is Very Good. Small wear, small mark to upper front board, small name sticker to front inner board, couple pencil notes at bottom of a few plates, pages a bit age toned, but very good, hinges/text block are very good!
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- Publisher Moses King
- Place of Publication Cambridge
- Date Published 1878
- Keywords harvard, college, university, yearbook, ivy league, oliver wendell holmes,
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