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Np, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vellum spine and dark gray boards. Fine in tattered original glassine. 42 pages. 26.5 x 18 cm. Engraved frontispiece of Farmer. The first women to become president of a major educational institution, Wellesley College at age 26. In the early 1890's she became the first president of the new University of Chicago. Throughout her academic career she was a staunch advocate of higher education for women during the late 19th century. Palmer's life was commemorated at a service at Harvard University in 1903 attended by college presidents whom she knew and other notable individuals in higher education. Unopened, printed at the Merrymount Press by D.B. Updike.

Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1924. Second edition. Hardcover. Backstrip sunned. Orig. maroon cloth. Teg. Very good. 338 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Early chronology. Index.

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 227 pages. Index of Members. Mostly unopened. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press.Owner inscription.

New York: McClure Phillips, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth spine and thick gray boards. Very good. 133 pages. Eight hand-colored etchings by Alex M. McLellan, and with a host of black and white vignettes by the latter. Introduction by William Aspinwall Bradley. Orig. published in BLACKWOOD for September, 1828. An exquisite idyll of natural boyhood in Scotland. Limited edition, one of 2000. The hand-colored etchings capture the mood of the story.

London: R. Ackermann, 1815. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. thick buff boards. rebacked in gray cloth. spine paper label. Very good. 14 pages in text. Folio, 37.5 x 30 cm. Half title, 17 hand-colored stipple and engraved plates on "JWhatman Turkey Mill/1821" watermarked wove paper (free endpaper watermarked "Whatman Turkey Mill/1821). Armorial bookplate of George Benson Tatum, of Christ Church, Oxford. Explanation of Dependent and Independent Members, the latter being Nobleman, Gentlemen Commoners, Commoners and Fellow Commoners. Text and plates clean and bright. ABBEY SCENERY 278. MARTIN-HARDIE, pp. 104-106. PRIDEAUX p.331. TOOLEY pp.13-18. Boards rubbed.

Coral Gables: Univ. of MiamiNorth-South Center, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine.. 70 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", this monograph analyzes the role of the university in contemporary Cuban society. The author surveys the historicalaspects of the Cuban university prior to Castro, the relationship between the current administration and higher education, and prospects for the future ofhigher education in Cuba.

Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine.. 192 pp. 6" x 9", ten essays presented here as a result of a jointly sponsored conferenceby the North-South Center and FOCAL [Canadian-Latin American Forum], held in Miami in 1992. A survey and debate regarding Canada's current and future rolein the Americas. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Distributed by Transaction Publishers.

Oxford: Collingwood And Co. et al., 1810. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary gilt decorated calf. Very good. 2 Vols. 486 pages & 7 leaves [Index, List of Plates & Errata]. Frontispiece, additional engraved title and 31 engraved plates. Generally clean with scattered toning throughout. Louis Richard Ashhurt bookplates. Toning to engravings at margins only. CLARY 112. Nicks to joints, spines decorated and lettered in gilt. Front cover border arabesques in blind.

Waterville: Colby College Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Very good. 659 pages. Thirty-two illustrations. Index. History written to commemorate the institution's 150th anniversary.

Np: Grabhorn Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream boards, paper spine label printed in gilt. Near fine. 25 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Limited edition, one of 200. Dapper English hand-made paper. GRABHORN. 579.

Berkeley: The Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. rust cloth. Very good. 119 pages. Illustrated. A tribute, festschrift to Hammond, who served as Library Director at the Bancroft, andretired in 1965. Printed and designed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, signed and dated by George P. Hammond, May 23, 1965; bright, crisp copy. With the Bancroft Library and Its Friends prospectus laid-in.

Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 99 pages. Illustrated. The story of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College.

New York: John Day, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick cloth with paper spine label. Fine. 36 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. An American Institute of Graphic Arts publication. Foreword by William Reydel. Glossary. Large fold-out of the Declaration of Independence. An exceptional copy, almost as new. Printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press.