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The Days of a Man: Beng Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher and Minor Prophet of Democracy by JORDON, David Starr - 1922
by JORDON, David Starr
The Days of a Man: Beng Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher and Minor Prophet of Democracy
by JORDON, David Starr
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- Hardcover
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Yonkers-on-Hudson: World Book Company, 1922. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Dark green blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxviii, 710pp; xxviii, 906pp. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces, full-page illustrations. Very good. Endpapers a tad age toned, else internally fine and bright, tight and lovely, with gilt lettering a-gleaming. A superb first edition of this hefty memoir by Stanford University's odd and complex founding president (1851-1931), who was also a noted Renaissance man -- ichthyologist, eugenicist, natural history professor, Indiana University president and activist.
- Bookseller Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher World Book Company
- Place of Publication Yonkers-on-Hudson
- Date Published 1922