Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636 - 1895
by WESTINGHOUSE, JR., GEORGE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1895. First Edition. From the library of Marguerite Erskine Westinghouse, the wife of George Westinghouse, Jr., the American pioneer of the electrical industry, with her signature on the title page, “M. E. W. Westinghouse.” 515 pages. Near fine copy with a trace of edge wear bound in burgundy cloth with bright gilt stamping to the front board and spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21005E
- Title
- Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636 - 1895
- Author
- WESTINGHOUSE, JR., GEORGE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harvard University
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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