Alice Freeman Palmer In Memoriam MDCCCLV-MDCCCCII
by Palmer, Alice Farmer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. vellum spine and dark gray boards. Fine in tattered original glassine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Np, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vellum spine and dark gray boards. Fine in tattered original glassine. 42 pages. 26.5 x 18 cm. Engraved frontispiece of Farmer. The first women to become president of a major educational institution, Wellesley College at age 26. In the early 1890's she became the first president of the new University of Chicago. Throughout her academic career she was a staunch advocate of higher education for women during the late 19th century. Palmer's life was commemorated at a service at Harvard University in 1903 attended by college presidents whom she knew and other notable individuals in higher education. Unopened, printed at the Merrymount Press by D.B. Updike.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21071
- Title
- Alice Freeman Palmer In Memoriam MDCCCLV-MDCCCCII
- Author
- Palmer, Alice Farmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. vellum spine and dark gray boards. Fine in tattered original glassine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Place of Publication
- Np
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Merrymount Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Women; Education; Biography;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...