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Princeton, N.J. [1922]. Hard Cover. 398, xliii, [2] p., illus., 18.5 x 24.5 cm. Filled with photographs of Princeton during the years 1920-1921. Bookplate of Wm. M. Johnston Jr 1924. Stock#44511. Good+, hinges tender.

Published and Copyrighted by the Class of 1937, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.. Hard Cover. 249 p., photos, adverts.; 27.5 cm. Copy of Miriam Goss Rutter, 1940. Green cloth stamped in gold; minor wear; VG. stock#46814.

School Annual Pub. Co., Kansas City, 1968. Soft Cover. 40 pages, many photos; 27 cm. Copy of "Chip" (Francis E. Plumb, Jr.), who was on the yearbook staff, with illustrations, signatures, inscriptions. Paper, in self-decorated paper jacket; good+. stock#46812.

NY, Columbia University Press, 1959. Hard Cover. [vii], 222 p.; 22 cm. The former President of Lawrence College (1926-1937) and Brown University (1937-1955) reflects on how education and the job of President changed during his 30 years as a leader. This copy has a copy of an article on Wriston from The Brown Alumni Monthly. Stock#46486. Vg/ dj good+.

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1968. Hard Cover. xvii, 580 p.; 24 cm. "...describes the rise to power of professional scholars and scientists, first in America's leading universities and now in the larger society as well. Also the authors look at some of the revolution's consequences." Stock#NEU220. Vg / no dj.

[Cambridge, MA.] Radcliffe College, 1938.. Hard Cover. 3 p. l., 3-47, [1] p. 18 cm. Inscribed first edition of Harvard's versatile penmaster David McCord on te origins of Radcliffe College. Maps on lining-papers. Stock# 40,216. Good+, boards soiled, rear damaged.

Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963. Hard Cover. vi, [3], 210 p.; 22 cm. 21 essays by the 24th president of Harvard University (1953–1971). If he thought his first decade was troubled, he had a real challenge ahead of him. Stock#46496. Vg / dj vg.

White Plains, N.Y.: B.C. Harris Pub. Co. [c1983]. Soft Cover. xx, 788 p.; 22.5 cm. College directories are useful for historical and genealogical research, particularly as women are often difficult to trace. This contains 30+-year-old records of Secretary of States Albright and Roman. Stock#47998. Vg/ soft cover.

Cambridge, Radcliffe College, 1968. Periodical. xi, 557 p., 26 cm. College directories are helpful sources for history and genealogy, especially for women, who often are difficult to trace. This one was generated using early, primitive computer technology. Stock#47999. Vg / soft cover.

Boston, Little, Brown, ©1979. Hard Cover. [vii], 240 p.; 22 cm. "Almost all of the book appeared initially in The New Yorker." "...with all the rewriting of American history to suit pedagogical fads and political interest groups, there remains no clear idea of what the American Dream ever was or is supposed to be." ISBN (10): 0316284246. Stock#NEU340. Very Good in VG dust jacket.

NY, Harper & Row [1968]. Hard Cover. xii, 319 p.; 22 cm. Barzun writes as an experienced administrator of Columbia University which experienced student riots the year this was published. Having worked in the Columbia Library slightly before this, I was not surprised. I learned much about what to avoid during my time there. Book Club Edition. Stock#47570. Vg /dj vg.

Providence, R.I., Brown University, 1911. Periodical. 74 p.; 20.4 cm. Bulletin of Brown University, Vol. VIII No. 4, October 1911. A portrait of the small university after the first year of the opening of its new John Hay Library. Stock#47238. Vg / soft cover.

New York, Liberal Arts Press, 1956. Hard Cover. xvi, 387 p. 24 cm. Munro, a curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, wrote on Aesthetics. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy who also taught and wrote on Aesthetics. Stock# 44,197. Vg / no dj.

London: Sunday School Union / NY, T. Nelson [185?]. Soft Cover. 1 leaf, 35-64 p.; 17.5 cm. Cover title. Separately printed without preliminary portions, i.e. "The art of questioning; with an introductory address on training classes". Stock#47864. Fine, the teacher a century and a half ago seems not to have needed it / soft cover.

Washington, American Council on Education [1966]. Soft Cover. xvi, 131 p. illus. 28 cm. "A study for [the] Commission on Plans and Objectives for Higher Education, American Council on Education." A view of graduate eeducation in the id-1960's. AM. Stock# 44,279. Vg / soft cover.

Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher; NY: Distributed by St. Martin's Press, ©1991. Soft Cover. xviii, 268 p., illus.; 23 cm. "Suggestions, activities, and resources for parents to help their children realize their true gifts." "For parents of children aged 3 to 12"--Cover. Foreword by Shari Lewis. ISBN(10): 0874776082. Stock#47667. Vg / soft cover.

London: Leopard's Head Press, 1982. Hard Cover. xi, 224 p., illus.; 22 cm. "The decision to publish a volume of essays commemorating the seven hundredth anniversary of the presentation of the College’s first Statutes in 1282 was taken on 30 May 1979"--Preface. ISBN (10): 0904920070. Stock#46865. Vg, owner name on front fly / dj vg.

Boston University 1958. Hard Cover. 368 pages, illustrations,, 31 cm. Contains a photograph (p.[90]) of Martin Luther King, Jr., who received his donate from B.U. in 1955. Stock# LL014. Vg , name of graduate .

Providence, R.I., Moses Brown School, 1919. Hard Cover. xviii, 178 p. illus., plates, ports., index, 25 cm. Introduction by Rufus Matthew Jones. Bibliography: p. 159-164. Moses Brown School, a secondary school run by the Society of Friends, in Providence, has always had high standards. Rufus Matthew Jones, 1863-1948, places the school in its Quaker context. Stock# 36,340. Vg/ no dj.

Providence, R.I., 1932 [D. B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston]. Hard Cover. 227 p., indices; 24 cm. Contents include The Centennial Exercises (Historical Address by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes; Poem by Henry Robinson Palmer; Initiation of Honorary & Alumni Members; Afterdinner Addresses by Everett Colby, Clarence A. Barbour, Clark S. Northup, Wm. Guild Howard, John Edgar Park); The Historical Catalogue (Lists of Officers & Members); The Appendix (Documents Relating to the Founding of the Society; Historical Notes); Index of Members. One copy signed & presented to Elmer Blistein in 1942 with tipped-in presentation leaf; this also has an erratum slip. Smith, Merrymount 750. Spine faded; VG. Stock#OB888x.