TULANE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A UNIVERSITY 1834-1965 by DYER, JOHN P - 1966

New York : Harper & Row, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Library marks remain. Physical description: x, 370 pages; illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Contents: The giver and the gift -- The University of Louisiana -- The Tulane University of Louisiana -- The formative years -- Toward the turn of the century -- Newcomb in the nineties -- Into a new century -- Expansion and conflict -- University life -- There is no peace -- Respite and growth -- Academic affairs -- University life between two wars -- A university emerges -- Intimations of maturity -- The mid-sixties. Subjects: Tulane University History; Tulane University; Tulane University of Louisiana; Louisiana.

1966. DYER, John P. TULANE: The Biography Of A University 1834-1965. NY: Harper & Row, [1966]. Small quarto: black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Dyer on the half-title page: "For my neighbors Art and Isabelle [Irish?] with highest regards. John Dyer." Near fine but for a shallow dampstain along the lower edge to both the book & the dust jacket. Inscribed copies of this title are uncommon. $85.00.