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Stuart, Harold C and staff. THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY : THE CENTER, THE GROUP UNDER OBSERVATION, SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND STUDIES IN PROGRESS
Washington DC 1939 first edition. Society for Research in Child Development. Monograph vol IV serial no 20. no 1. Octavo wraps. Stamp (on both front and rear wraps) and signature of Beth Wellman . (a100240)
$49.00Gray, Roland. JOHN CHIPMAN GRAY
Boston 1917 first edition. Privately printed. Hardcover octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. 142p. (3). End papers lightly toned. Near Fine . no dj. no owner marks. Gray was lawyer and a professor at Harvard. (a100396)
$33.00Howe, M. A. DeWolfe. MEMOIRS OF THE HARVARD DEAD IN THE WAR AGAINST GERMANY - VOLUME III only
Cambridge 1922 first edition Harvard. Hardcover. Sm.4to., original plum-colored cloth with gilt wreath on front board. Top edge gilt. Small owner bookplate inside front cover of George E. Eldred. Lengthy entries about each Harvard man. VG+++, internally Near Fine, cover lightly and unevenly faded. Volume III only. 674p. Top edge gilt. (a101907)
$49.00Howe, M. A. DeWolfe. MEMOIRS OF THE HARVARD DEAD IN THE WAR AGAINST GERMANY - VOLUME II only
Cambridge 1921 first edition. Harvard. Hardcover. Sm.4to., original plum-colored cloth with gilt wreath on front board. Top edge gilt. Small owner bookplate inside front cover of George E. Eldred.Lengthy entries for each Harvard man. VG+++, text near Fine; cover lightly and unevenly faded. Volume II only. 376p. Top edge gilt. (a101909)
$49.00Galloway, Ewing (1881-1953). ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HARVARD CLUB ON HIGH STREET, STRATFORD-ON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE c. 1900
Photograph is 10 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Loosely mounted on piece of paper. Photography not identified. Ewing Galloway company stock photograph. Galloway stamp on verso. no date. c. 1990-1920? . Fine. (a103323)
$29.00Harvard University. THE AMES-GRAY LAW CLUB, HARVARD UNIVERSITY - TRICENNIAL RECORD 1883-1913
no date, assumed to be 1913. Princeton University Press. Frontispiece photo portraits of James Barr Ames and John Chipman Gray. Brief history of club and list of all members. Hard-to-find. no owner marks. (a103818)
$65.00. THE HARVARD ADVOCATE - 4 issues: Christmas 1929, March, 1930; April 1930; June 1930
Four issues. Original green printed large octavo wraps. About 50p per issue. VG (one issue has frayed spine and some cover fading.) No owner marks. Contributors include: J R Agee, Robert Hatch, H R Magnus, R G Evans, R W Searver, George Homans, James M Ansara, Westervelt Casteney, Robert M Easton, Melvin Anshe, E T donaldson, Karl Klemm, F a Whiting, Brinckerhoff Jackson, George Brewster and others. Group of 4 issues: (a104107)
$65.00(law). QUINQUENNIAL CATALOGUE OF THE LAW SCHOOL OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1817-1909
Cambridge 1910 first edition. Law School. Chronological list of all students with geographical list also. Hardcover. Large octavo, 293pp., 211pp., cloth. Good, worn (a11883)
$46.00 Gray, Francis C. . POEM SPOKEN AT CAMBRIDGE BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY AUG 27, 1840
Boston 1840 Charles C. Little. Tall octavo, 36p., wraps. Signed "Wm. H. Gardiner Esqr. with the Author's Complts." VG, front cover torn, Original printing. (a15570)
$25.00Everett, Edward. AN ORATION ...BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF PHI BETA KAPPA AUG 27, 1824
Boston 1824 Everett. Printed Presentation: To Major General La Fayette, This oration, deliverd in his presence, is respectfully and affectionately dedicated by The Author. Lafayette's name is the final word in the speech itself. Octavo, 67pp., rebound in later wraps. Owner signed. Good. (a15574)
$25.00Harvard. CATALOGUS SENATUS ACADEMICI...UNIVERSITATE HARVARDIANA 1812
Cantabrigiae 1812 first edition. Hilliard and Metcalf. Lists professors, students, alumni, etc. 8vo., 70pp., later wraps. Good, lower margin of titlepage torn away (no loss of text.) (a15575)
$45.00Harvard. CATALOGUE SENATUS ACADEMICI...UNIVERSITATE HARVARDIANA 1806
Cantabrigiae 1806 first edition. Hilliard. Lists professors, alumni, students. Annotated by a contemporary in ink giving hometown, death date, etc. information on many of the students. 8vo., later wraps. Good, lacks final text leaf. Scarce. (a15576)
$49.00 Frisbie, Levi . INAUGURAL ADDRESS DEL'D IN CHAPEL OF UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE NOV 5, 1817
Cambridge 1817. Octavo, 28pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a15755)
$39.00 Bushnell, Horace . AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF PHI BETA KAPPA AT CAMBRIDGE AUGUST 24, 1848
Cambridge 1848 NIchols. 8vo., 39pp., later wraps. Slight ink note on titlepage. Good. (a15771)
$27.00Minturn, R.S.. REMINISCENCE OF '84 ( HARVARD COLLEGE ) AND APPENDIX TO THE CLASS REPORT (signed)
Cambridge 1904. First edition. Hardcover large octavo. Harvard College Class of 1884. Read at the Algonquin Club of Boston to 118 members of the Class. No limitation stated, but clearly a limited printing. Fullpage inscription in pencil and signed by Minturn to J. F. Reynolds. 233pp., 1/2 cloth and boards. FINE. (a21719)
$100.00 Briggs . RIDDLES IN RHYME CHARADES OLD AND NEW
Cambridge 1927 Washburn and Thomas. Riddles in the form of poems. Answers given in the back of the book. Sm.8vo., 140pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a27979)
$35.00 Hagedorn, Hermann . THIS DARKNESS AND THIS LIGHT HARVARD POEMS 1907-1937
Cambridge 1938. Printed privately for the Class of 1907. Limited to 750 copies. 8vo., 41pp., hardcover. Signed by Hagedorn. Good, corners a bit worn, DJ. (a27979x)
$45.00 (lowell, john) . REVIEW OF DR. MORSE'S 'APPEAL TO THE PUBLICK' PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THAT PART OF IT WHICH RELATES TO HARVARD COLLEGE
Boston 1814. 8vo., 42pp., wraps. Shaw & Shoemaker 31968. Controversy with Dr. Jedidiah Morse. Good, lacks front blank wrap. (a31652)
$75.00 Gabel, Peter (editor) . BOGUS - A HARVARD LITERARY REVIEW - VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1
Cambridge 1968. Vol. 1 Number 1. Octavo, 90pp., wraps. 6 articles, including: Albert Gelpi "Edgar Allen Poe"; Poems by Frank Bidart and John L'Heureux; "Rhetoric in Bleak House" by Jacob Egan; "Legacy of Heartbreak House" by Stephen de Young; "Ephraim Blueprint " by Peter Lubin. Near VG, light wear. (a33472)
$540.00 Chernin, Eli . TROPICAL MEDICINE AT HARVARD: THE WELLER YEARS, 1954-1981 A PERSONAL MEMOIR
Boston 1984. 8vo., 95pp., illus., wraps. Inscribed and signed by Chernin on the title page. VG. (a39387)
$50.00 (bibliography) . WIDENER LIBRARY SHELFLIST ENGLISH LITERATURE 4 VOLUMES
Cambridge 1971. 4 volume set, complete. Classification Schedule (listing by call number), Chronological Listing, Author and Title Listing A-L, and M-Z. 4to., 651pp., 608pp., 620pp., 576pp., boards. Fine, no DJs. Set: (a41630)
$98.00 Eliot, Samuel . ADDRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Boston 1868 clapp. 8vo., 21pp., original printed wraps. Good, light chipping on cover edges. (a46103)
$35.00 Shapley, Harlow . EIGHTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1925
Cambridge 1925. University. octavo. 7pp., original pale green printed wraps. Good, light wear, light vertical fold thoughout. (a48735)
$20.00 Grant, Robert . THE LITTLE TIN-GODS-ON-WHEELS OR SOCIETY IN OUR MODERN ATHENS. A TRILOGY AFTER THE MANNER OF THE GREEKS
Cambridge 1881 Ninth Edition Charles W. Seve. Octavo, 32pp., foldout illustrations by F.G. Attwood, illustrated, 1/2 cloth with cardboard stiff wraps covers. Fair, inner hinges cracked, some stains on margins of a few leaves or illustrations, small chip at top corner of rear board, stains and wear on cover. (a51603)
$35.00Metcalf, Keyese D. (foreward) . THE PLACE OF THE LIBRARY IN A UNIVERSITY A CONFERENCE HELD AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY 30-31 MARCH 1949
1950 first edition. Harvard. Hardcover maroon cloth 4to., 72pp. Near Fine, just faint toning of text. no owner marks. in Fair DJ, worn and chipped dj. (a52594)
$25.00 PIckering, Edward C. . STATEMENT OF WORK DONE AT THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY DURING THE YEARS 1877 - 1882
Cambridge 1882 John Wilson. 8vo., 32pp., original printed wraps covered with more recent wrapper. Good, original cover chipped and entire pamphlet gently creased in half lengthwise . (a53534)
$40.00 (latin literature) . LATIN LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULES, CLASSIFIED LISTING BY CALL NUMBER, CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING, AUTHOR & TITLE LISTING
Cambridge 1979. Harvard University Widener Library Shelflist, 59. 4to., 610pp., original cloth. Near Fine, slight stain at heel of spine, no DJ. (a54985)
$45.00(Harvard University). HARVARD FRESHMAN RED BOOK 1930
Cambridge 1927 first edition. Harvard University. Hardcover. 4to., 320pp., photo portraits, photo illustrations, original gilt decorated hardcover. Includes: James Roosevelt, Beaumont Newhall and LIncoln Kirstein. Copy of Lewis Freeman, signed by him and dated May 1927. The title refers to Graduating Class of 1930. Attractive owner bookplate designed by Stephen C. Wheelock. VG, light wear on spine ends and corners. Pictures available on request. (a55246)
$145.00 Brinton, Crane (editor) . THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS
Cambridge 1959 1st Society of Fellows. Introduction and reports plus short biographies of Present and Former Senior Fellows and Junior Fellows. 8vo., 268pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a55427)
$24.00 (judaica) . GERMAN JUDAICA A SAMPLING OF HARVARD'S LIBRARY OF RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF GERMAN JEWRY
Cambridge 1982. Exhibition catalogue. 4to., 36pp., monochrome photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, very light soiling, (a58352)
$30.00 (art) . COLLECTION OF MEDIAEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS
Cambridge 1919 1st Fogg Art Museum Harvard University. 4to., 356pp., illustrations, index, brown papercovered boards with ivory cloth spine and mounted paper spine label. VG, light soiling and light wear on cover. (a58358)
$30.00 McAdie, Alexander . OBSERVATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS MADE AT THE BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY IN THE YEAR 1929
Cambridge 1930 Blue Hill Observatory. Lg.4to., 30pp. (text), frontis photo illustration of the Blue Hill Observatory after an ice storm, 14 photo illustrations of snowflakes and cloud formations by this famous expert on clouds, original printed wraps. VG. (a60564)
$85.00 Levitin, Adam Jeremiah . MI YAMALEL - WHO WILL RETELL? ZIONIST CONCEPTIONS OF JEWISH HISTORY & THE IDEAL OF THE NEW HEBREW
Cambridge. Harvard Judaica Collection Student Research Papers No. 5. 4to., 132pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a60874)
$45.00 (harvard) . HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY 1931
NY 1931. Sm.8vo., 174pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. Includes a lIst of members. VG, no DJ. (a61107)
$30.00 Sumner, Charles . THE SCHOLAR, THE JURIST, THE ARTIST, THE PHILANTHROPIST - AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY... 1846
Boston 1846 Ticknor. Hardcover. Octavo., 82pp., marbled boards with cloth spine. Title written in ink on spine. VG, corners worn, crease in front end paper and title page. (a61375)
$34.00Hill, Thomas. ADDRESSES AT THE INAUGURATION OF THOMAS HILL DD AS PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE
Cambridge 1863 Sever and Francis. Theme of Hill's address: Liberal Education. Octavo, 39pp., original printed wraps (lacks rear blank wrap). Good, front wrap detached, lower corner chipped. Original string binding present and unbroken. (a61957)
$28.00 Everett, Edward . AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AT THE OEDON IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1838
Boston 1838 Ticknor. Octavo, 40pp., later wraps. Good, corners chipped. (a61994)
$28.00 Everett, Edward . AN ADDRESS AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT LLD AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1846
Boston 1846 Charles C. Little and James Brown. Octavo, 66pp., later wraps. Good. (a61995)
$35.00 Bolles, Frank . HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge 1892 Harvard University. Second Annual Edition. A Brief Statement of What Harvard University is, How it May be Entered and How its Degrees May be Obtained.Octavo, 56pp., original printed wraps. Good, wraps a bit soiled and somewhat worn. (a65330)
$35.00Boyd, William. AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN RUSSELL, SENIOR SOPHISTER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY DELIVERED NOVEMBER 25 IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL
Boston 1795 John W Folsom. Includes alphabetical list of The present Senior Sophisters at Harvard University. Octavo, 18pp., removed with later backstrip. VG, light wear. (a66594)
$125.00 Thies, Louis . CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS BEQUEATHED TO HARVARD COLLEGE BY FRANCIS CALLEY GRAY
Cambridge 1869 1st Welch, Bigelow. 4to., 530pp., frontis, gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Signed by owner (Elihu B. Taft.) Near Fine, corners gentlry bumped. (a67124)
$165.00 Codman, Dr. . DR. CODMAN'S SPEECH IN THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
1831 February 3. Concerns opposition to a proposal to establish a Theological Faculty at Harvard. Octavo, 15pp., original printed stringbound wraps. Sabin 14137. Signed by L. Coleman. Good, edges frayed, lightly soiled and foxed. (a68584)
$35.00 Brazer, John . A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Boston 1825 Cummings, Hilliard. Octavo, 27pp., original printed wraps. Sabin 7495. Good, some light stains, top edge lightly frayed. (a68585)
$32.00 A Member of the Corporation (Eliot, Samuel A.) . A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE
Boston 1849 1st Charles C. Little and James Brown. Letter to Jared Sparks gives Eliot's idea of the meaning and purpose of Harvard. Octavo, 53pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a68972)
$39.00 Harvard . DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY AND DOCTORS OF SCIENCE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR DEGREE IN COURSE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1873 - 1926 WITH THE TITLES OF THEIR THESES (hardcover)
Cambridge 1926 1st Harvard University. Hardcover. Small octavo, 199pp., red cloth. A few institution markings (no spine numbers and no pocket), some pencil notation on end papers. Bookplate, residue of bookplate on frontis, blind stamp on title page. Good. (a70320)
$75.00 Cooke, Josiah Parsons . SCIENTIFIC CULTURE: ITS SPIRIT, ITS AIM AND ITS METHODS, AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OFTHE SUMMER SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AT HARVARD COLLEGE, JUL 7, 1884
1884. Octavo, pp., 577-594, frontis of J. Peter Lesley, removed from larger binding and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a70374)
$35.00 Homans, George C. and Orville T. Bailey . THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS
Cambridge 1948 Harvard. Hardcover. Octavo, 140pp., cloth. VG, one text page creased, no DJ. (a71222)
$23.00 Savage, Jas. . REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE OVERSEERS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Boston 1845. Octavo, 10pp., original stringbound printed blue wraps. Good, corners bumped, edges of wraps chipped. (a71237)
$85.00 Harby, Anne T. (comp.) . PAPERS ON CHINA - INDEX TO VOLUMES 1-20 (1947-1966)
Cambridge 1966 East Asian Research Center, Harvard University. 4to., 27pp., wraps. Good, (a73103)
$29.00Eliot, Charles W. . THE HAPPY LIFE
NY 1905 1st Crowell. Hardcover. 12mo., 40pp., green cloth with gilt lettering. Text in red and black ink. Near Fine, very very slight fading of cover, slight toning of end papers. (a74593)
$23.00 Brownell, George A. et al . 1919's 19TH HOLE HARVARD CLASS OF 1919
1975. 45 issues of 1919's 19th Hole, complete run, published from time to time during over a half of a century as a harbinger of reunions and an informal account of things we did in years now passed. Collected and reprinted in this compilation. Lg.4to., about 200pp., maroon buckram with gilt lettering. Near Fine, very slight bumping corners. Scarce. (a77804)
$500.00 (Harvard University) . THE HOFMANNSTHAL COLLECTION IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS
Heidelberg 1974 1st Lothan Stiehm Verlag. Catalogue of collection of von Hofmannsthal acquried by Harvard after World War Two. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 312pp., 11 plates, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a78470)
$36.00 (harvard) . CATALOGUE OF THE HASTY PUDDING INSTITUTE OF 1770
c. 1926. Hardcover. Octavo, 24 pages of introduction then list of Members of Hasty Pudding from 1770-1926, yellow cloth. Good plus, cover a bit soiled. no DJ. (a78892)
$24.00 Porter, President of Yale . A COLLEGE FETICH
1883. Speech delivered at before the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, Cambridge, June 28, 1883 about whether Greek should be a required course or not. Article at pp. 105-128 in single complete issue of The Princeton Review. Other articles in same issue. VG, light cover wear. (a80091)
$35.00 (science) . CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PHYSICAL LABORATORIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOR THE YEAR 1939 SERIES II VOLUME VI
Cambridge, 1939. Hardcover. 4to., 312pp., red cloth. Good plus, light cover wear, light cover staining. (a80284)
$89.00 (science) . CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PHYSICAL LABORATORIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOR THE YEAR 1936 SERIES II VOLUME III
Cambridge, 1939. Hardcover. 4to., pp.243-718, red cloth. Good plus, light cover wear, light cover staining. (a80285)
$89.00 Haven, Samuel . THE VANITY OF PRESBYTERIAN ORDINATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CANDOR AND UNION AMONG CHRISTIANS OF DIFFERENT PERSUASIONS WHO AGREE IN THE ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED IN A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE DUDLEIAN LECTURE OF HARVARD COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 5, 1798 (ORIGINAL PRINTING, NOT A REPRINT)
Boston 1798 1st Manning & Loring. Octavo, 24pp., original stringbound wraps. Good plus, light edge fraying, slight toning. (a80497)
$150.00 Willard, Joseph; David Tappan . AN ADDRESS IN LATIN BY JOSEPH WILLARD AND A DISCOURSE IN ENGLISH BY DAVID TAPPAN ...DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE FEB. 21, 1800 IN SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
1800 1st Samuel Etheridge. Octavo, 44pp., removed from larger binding, now in later wraps. Contemporary signature of James. P. Gardner on top of title page. VG. (a80500)
$49.00 Harvard University . PORCELLIAN CLUB 1936 CATALOGUE OF THE PORCELLIAN CLUB OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Cambridge 1936 1st The Club. Hardcover. Octavo, 114pp., green cloth with full gilt boar's head on front. 15 page brochure of Porcellian Club February Supper 1941 which includes lists of attendees, tipped in rear. VG plus. (a80904)
$80.00 Ehrlich, Richard A and William Ehrlich . 75 AROMATIC YEARS OF LEAVITT & PEIRCE IN THE RECOLLECTION OF 31 HARVARD MEN (signed)
Cambridge 1958 1st Leavitt & Peirce. Printed by Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Virginia. Famous smoke shop and student gathering place near the Harvard University Campus in Cambridge. Hardcover. Octavo, 50pp., (2), monchrome photo ilklustrations, 1/2 brown cloth with tan paper covered boards. **Signed presentation copy from Richard Ehrlich to Dean Fales dated 1962. VG plus, slight soiling on cover, 1/4 inch tear on paper on inside rear hinge (very minor). Overall excellent condition. In protective removable glassine jacket. (a82090)
$190.00 "R. S." (Richard Sturgis) . VERSES 1874 TO 1900
Cambridge (c. 1900) Riverside Press. Author, Richard Sturgis, was born in Paris, France, in 1859, educated at St. Mark's School in Southboro, Mass, graduated Harvard in 1881, practiced law in New York City until his death in 1900. Hardcover. Octavo, 55p., red cloth. Good, light wear. (a85306)
$95.00 Walker, James . AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE ALUMNI OF HARVARD COLLEGE JULY 16, 1863
Cambridge 1863 first edition Sever and Francis. On role of university in troubled times of war. Octavo, 28p., original grey printed wraps. A few ink marks in title page. Good, folded in half lengthwise at one time, light chipping on some page edges. (a87199)
$65.00 Harlow, Rec (director) . SUMMARY OF LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE SHORT COURSE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS CONDUCTED BY AMERICAN COUNCIL ON PUBLIC RELATIONS
...At Harvard Club of New York City January, 1941. Hardcover. 4to., 166p., (6), buckram binding. Ex-library. Good a bit worn. Scarce. (a87805)
$60.00 (harvard) Caleb Strong . HARVARD BROADSIDE 1805 (original)
1805. Very large, 16x20-1/2 inch folio poster which begins 'Illustrissimo Caleb Strong, Armigero, Gubernatori...' then lists all the members of the Senior class and several hundred theses arranged by topic (philosophy, science, mathematics, etc.) In Latin. Printed on one side only, by Hilliard. Good, one very small chip from top edge with no loss of text, several tiny pinholes in text, a few wrinkles in one corner. (a8939)
$190.00 Davis, Dr. Thomas R A . PRESSBOOK - THE CRUISE OF THE MIRU AND DR. THOMAS R. A. DAVIS - WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND TO BOSTON AND THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
October 15, 1952. First edition. Original document. Press release of information about the cruise, Dr. David, and his admission to the Harvard School of Public Health. Signed by David S. Davies. 18p. (printed on rectos only.) Staple binding. VG (a90760)
$50.00Radcliffe. THE FRESHMAN REGISTER - RADCLIFFE - 1964
1964 first edition. Harvard Yearbook Publications. sm4to wraps. 32p. BW Photo portraits of all the incoming Radcliffe Freshman women, interspersed with advertisements for local Cambridge businesses and a few pictures of the Harvard campus. Good plus, light cover wear; no ownership marks; internally near fine. (a91767)
$35.00 Boyd, William . AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN RUSSELL, SENIOR SOPHISTER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Boston 1795 John W. Folsom. 12mo. later plain wraps. 18p. Presentation copy signed "The Author" but part of inscription cropped off on top margin. Tailpiece vignette. Original printing, not modern copy. Good. (a92488)
$45.00 Woods, Leonard . ENVY WISHES, THEN BELIEVES - AN ORATION DELIVERED AT COMMENCEMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY JULY 20TH 1796
Leominster, Massachusetts. 1796 first edition. Charles Prentiss. Rebound in later plain wraps. top right corner of titlepage chipped off taking just tip of "s" in "believes" of title. old paperclip rust mark on tp. Floral vignette headpiece and tailpiece. No ownership marks. Light foxing. Fairly Good. Original printing, not modern copy. (a92491)
$45.00Kirkland, John Thornton. AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SOCIETY OF O B K (Phi Beta Kappa) IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD COLLEGE...JULY 19, 1798
Boston 1798 first edition. John Russell. Later rebinding in plain wraps. octavo. Top and side blank margins lightly cropped. 24p. Woodcut headpiece (American Eagle surrounded by many flags) and tailpiece (maiden with an anchor) vignettes and titlepage illustration of floral arch over a scroll-like ledge. Owner signed on tp by "L.L. Alt, 1799" and "from his friend A. S. Brock(?final few letters cropped off signature. ) " Light toning , some light foxing throughout. Good. Pictures available on request. (a92492)
$55.00 Wheelock, John Hall . SWINBURNE'S RELATION TO THE POETRY OF ThE IMMEDIATE PAST AND FUTURE; THE LOST LAND (both signed)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1906 first edition. Article and poem found in one issue of The Harvard Monthly, October 1906, both signed by Wheelock. Other articles in issue as well. Wheelock was student at Harvard at this time. He later became an acclaimed poet. Good, light cover wear. (a93428)
$95.00 Harvard University . THE HARVARD ADVOCATE - 11 ISSUES OCTOBER 1929 - JUNE 1929 (incomplete run)
Cambridge, Mass. 1929 first edition. Harvard Advocate. 12 separate issues, all in greenish printed covers, large octavos, wraps. Lot includes: volume CXVI numbers1, 2, 5, 8 and volume CXV numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 10 and one issue devoted to "New York Dinner Number" dated May 11, 1929. Issues around 40 pages in length. Of interest: "Toward Another War" by Bernard de Voto. Other articles by Theodore Hall Jr, John B Page, Edgar Davison, Derek Beamish, Robert Hatch,Septimus Cromarty, many others. All issues Good or better, one issue has inch tear from cover. Lot of 11 issues: (a93797)
$45.00 Harvard University . THE HARVARD ADVOCATE - COMMENCEMENT ISSUE FOR 1930
Cambridge, Mass. 1930 first edition. Harvard Advocate. Large octavo wraps, bluish-green cover. 48p. Articles by John B Page, L I Beels, Robert Easton, Ward Page and James M Ansara. Laid in: the Class Day Program for June 17, 1930 with the list of activites for the day by hour and with the traditional campus map on verso. VG front cover panel unevenly faded and lightly spotted. (a93798)
$25.00Harvard. CATALOGUS SENATUS ACADEMICI...UNIVERSITATE HARVARDIANA 1854
Cantabrigiae 1854 first edition. Hilliard and Metcalf. Lists professors, students, alumni, etc. 8vo., 136p. plus 60p. list of Harvard alumni. Original printed wraps. Good, cover a bit worn, soiled, extreme tips of about 20 pages curled top and bottom. light chpping on spine ends. Light foxing. Binding secure; no owner marks. (a96063)
$85.00 Langer, William L. . UP FROM THE RANKS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM L. LANGER
1975. Langer, an American historian, lived 1896-1977 and taught at Harvard. Reprint of typescript. 4to., 403pp., wraps. Initialed by Langer in presentation to Historian Carl Schorske. Good. (a9633)
$89.00Pickering, W H. THE MOUNTAIN STATION OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY; THE BOYDEN STATE OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY - 2 articles in Astronomy and Astro-Physics May 1892
London 1892 first edition. Octavo wraps. issue paginated 353-448p. Pickering articles pp. 353-361. Good plus. (a96398)
$35.00Pulsifer, Harold Trowbridge. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR
c. 1906. Two page typed poem by Pulsifer, a Harvard Junior, who won the Lloyd McKim Garrison memorial prize. Some handwritten corrections. folded in thirds. VG Pulsifer lived 1886-1948. (a96586)
$45.00(Harvard). HARVARD TERCENTENARY CONFERENCE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES - SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY , NOVEMBER 1936
Lancaster, PA 1936 first edition. Science Press. Large octavo wraps. pp. 385-490. photo illus. Articles by ARthur Stanley Eddington (Constitution of the Stars), Robert Millikan (Cosmic-Ray Reserches), Collip (Hormones), Merrkill (Plants and Civilization), Wesley Mitchell (Intelligence and Economic Evolution) , others. Institute name stamp on cover. Text near Fine. near VG overall. (a96624)
$39.00Davis, Andrew McFarland. THE EARLY COLLEGE BUILDINGS AT CAMBRIDGE - Article in one complete issue of PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY , April 30, 1890
Worcester, Mass 1890 first edition. octavo wraps. Davis article on p. 323-349. Other articles in issue as well. VG small chipping on top spine end; text clean; no owner marks; some pages yet unopened. (a98648b)
$45.00Edsall, John T. HISTORY OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AT HARVARD - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN SCIENTIST FOR OCTOBER 1950
Easton, PA 1950 first edition. One issue of American Scientist, vol 38, no. 4. octavo wraps. Edsall article pp. 580-593. Other articles in issue as well. VG plus. (a99791b)
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