75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollection of 31 Harvard Men by (UPDIKE, John) - 1958

Cambridge: Leavitt & Pierce, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 52pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Front cover moderately rubbed and toned at the edges, very good. Contains the first appearance in print of John Updike's poem, "The Old Tobacconist" [Roberts B2]. Additional contributions by Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, and more.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Contributions by 31 Harvard men who honor Leavitt & Peirce by sharing their memories of seventy-five years of the oldest store in its original location in Harvard Square. Contributors include Samuel Eliot Morison, Brooks Atkinson, Lucius Beebe, John Updike, others.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 52pp. Tan pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very good with wrappers lightly stained. Contributions by 31 Harvard men who honor Leavitt & Peirce by sharing their memories of seventy-five years of the oldest store in its original location in Harvard Square. Contributors include Samuel Eliot Morison, Brooks Atkinson, Lucius Beebe, John Updike, others.

Cambridge: Leavitt & Pierce, 1958. Softcover. Fine. First edition, first printing, reddish-brown wrappered issue, stapled. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Covers measure about 6" x 9". 52pp. Fine. Laid in is single folded sheet entitled "Smoke a Pipe and Relax: Helpful Hints for the Pipe Smoker" and a single octavo sheet (offprint), from "Time" (magazine), dated August 4th, 1958, discussing, in two columns, the 75th Anniversary of Leavitt & Peirce [suggesting that this publication was issued in July of 1958]. Contains the first appearance in print of John Updike's poem, "The Old Tobacconist" [Roberts B2]. Additional contributions by Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, and more.

Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce. 1958. The hardcover issue of this very early appearance in print by Updike [Roberts B2]. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a tobacco store and gathering place; Updike contributes a poem, "The Old Tobacconist." Two very slight bumps to the boards and a small tear at the front joint; else very near fine, lacking the glassine jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce. 1958. The hardcover issue of this very early appearance in print by Updike. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a tobacco store and gathering place; Updike contributes a poem, "The Old Tobacconist." Slight foxing to top edge, else fine in a near fine, orginal glassine dustwrapper. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 52pp. Variant binding in gilt-stamped brown cloth spine, tan papercovered boards with title penned on front. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Edges worn and tanned, else very good. Inscribed by Richard A. Ehrlich on the front fly along with a tipped in typed letter on publisher's stationery addressed to Yale Club of New York and Yale Club Library stamps. Contributions by 31 Harvard men who honor Leavitt & Peirce by sharing their memories of seventy-five years of the oldest store in its original location in Harvard Square. With an early appearance of "The Old Tobacconist" by John Updike. Contributors include Samuel Eliot Morison, Brooks Atkinson, Lucius Beebe, John Updike, others. Scarce hardcover.