Poem Delivered Before the Alumni Association of Washington, Conn. [The Gunnery], July 26, 1870
by Deming, Clarence (1848-1913)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1870. First edition, 1870. A poem expressing nostalgia for The Gunnery, a private school in Washington, CT. The author was an alumnus and went on to Yale where he was a member of the early Bulldogs football and baseball teams. Very worn, brown cloth over flexible covers, gilt front cover lettering, about 9 inches tall, 16 pages. Covers worn and spotted with the top halves partially separated, hinges internally cracked, pages loosened with a few detached, pages age-yellowed with old dampstains around the edges, name of Robert S. Cooke stamped on the front free endpaper, no other names or markings. Complete.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038142
- Title
- Poem Delivered Before the Alumni Association of Washington, Conn. [The Gunnery], July 26, 1870
- Author
- Deming, Clarence (1848-1913)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1870
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- THE GUNNERY PREP PRIVATE SCHOOLS CONNECTICUT CT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Connecticut - Its History, Art, Antiques, Etc; Education, Schools, Colleges, Text & Lesson-Books;
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- Fair
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- Cracked
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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