A History of Harvard University, from Its Foundation, in the Year 1636, to the Period of the American Revolution
by Peirce, Benjamin
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Cambridge: Brown, Shattuck, and Company, 1833. First Edition . Three-Quarter Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. pp. xix, 316, plus 159 page appendix, notes, and index. Two plates of Harvard with tissue guards. One plate has edge damp staining. Very handsome presentation in a rich red burgundy, three-quarter morocco leather binding with raised bands and gilt tooling on the spine. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Probably bound thus in the early 20th century. Interior of book is clean. A gift quality book.
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- Bookseller
- Arabesque Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000565
- Title
- A History of Harvard University, from Its Foundation, in the Year 1636, to the Period of the American Revolution
- Author
- Peirce, Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brown, Shattuck, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Harvard University
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 8vo
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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