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Addresses by Henry Lee Higginson on the Occasion of Presenting the Soldiers' Field and the Harvard Union to Harvard University.
by MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. HIGGINSON, Henry Lee
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About This Item
Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1902. Printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press. 2 black and white portraits of the author. Pp. [iv], 51. 115 x 185 mms. 12mo., original red cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine. Slight fading to spine, some occasional marks and rubbing to covers, ink ownership signature to ffep.||Alumnus and Civil War veteran Higginson’s address upon gifting 31 acres of land to Harvard College. Higginson founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881. |Smith 116. By the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8166
- Title
- Addresses by Henry Lee Higginson on the Occasion of Presenting the Soldiers' Field and the Harvard Union to Harvard University.
- Author
- MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. HIGGINSON, Henry Lee
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Merrymount Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Merrymount Press;Updike; Book,Private Press, Printing & Typography
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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