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AN ORATION PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JULY 17, 1851.
by Sprague, William B., D.D
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Albany, NY: Gray, Sprague & Co., 1851., 1851.. Fair. INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The backstrip is chipped & torn with pieces out. The wraps are darkened & chipped with tears to the front wrap & a strip out of the front edge & bottom corner of the rear wrap. 60 pages. There are pieces out of the title page & last text page. There is light foxing to a few pages & some page corners are very lightly creased. Fair reading copy.
Inscribed by William B. Sprague on the front wrap: "Rev. Dr. Ingles, / With the writer's kind regards." An additional remark "not to be noticed" is penned below the titling.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95113
- Title
- AN ORATION PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JULY 17, 1851.
- Author
- Sprague, William B., D.D
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Albany, NY: Gray, Sprague & Co., 1851.
- Date Published
- 1851.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- EDUCATION; AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES; SPEECH; ORATION PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JULY 17, 1851; WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE, D.D.; THE AMERICAN MIND; RELIGION; FREEDOM; LIBERTY; INDEPENDENCE; INSCRIBED; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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