John Harvard And His Times
by Shelley, John C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1908. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; xiii, (i), 331, (i), index, ad; illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and twenty-three additional black and white plates from photographs; gilt decorated and lettered red cloth, top edge, gilt, mostly uncut;. The biography of John Harvard (1607-38), English-born Puritan minister who moved to Massachusetts in 1637. Harvard University was established in 1639 and after the minister bequeathed in his will a sizeable amount and over 300 books to the university, the school was named after him.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17737
- Title
- John Harvard And His Times
- Author
- Shelley, John C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1908
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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