Festschrift Issued by the Harvard Mathematics Department to Honor Benefactor George Putnam.
by (HARVARD)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
[Boston]: Harvard University, [ca. 1945]. One-off. Folio (11 x 14 inches) . One leaf of printed text, 11 leaves bearing am original (but for one) silver gelatin photograph of a Harvard Mathematics professor. Full crushed red morocco, covers with four gilt rules, front cover with gilt initial G.P., mulberry endpapers, all edges gilt. In the original felt-line and morocco-edge slipcase of gray cloth. A beautiful item. At first glance, one is tempted to think that the Universxity paid for this souvenit on the death of Putman but the lettering on the only text leaf and some dates of certain professors give doubt to that idea. The text leaf reads "To Our Friend and Benefactor through Many Years, George Putman, from the Mathematics Department at Harvard University as a Token of Respect and Appreciation." Putnam, who famously married Amelia Earhart, died in 1950.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75441
- Title
- Festschrift Issued by the Harvard Mathematics Department to Honor Benefactor George Putnam.
- Author
- (HARVARD)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harvard University
- Place of Publication
- [Boston]
- Date Published
- [ca. 1945]
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
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- G
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