BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
by Roberts S.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1947. First Edition. With 8 colour plates and 23 black and white illustrations. 8vo, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards, and with the colour dustjacket. 48 pp. A copy in very fine condition, the jacket with just a bit of age evidence, some normally encountered browning at the pastedowns. FIRST EDITION. FROM THE BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES BY THE FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS NONESUCH PRESS. "A University should surely be wide enough and catholic enough to educate men and women in the art of living as well as in the arts and science. The Universities of today are modeled on an old tradition and even the youngest of them have taken over something of the traditions of the oldest foundations which date back to the twelfth century.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32552
- Title
- BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
- Author
- Roberts S.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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