Building a Great Library: The Coolidge Years at Harvard.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. Illustrated. Large 8vo, blue cloth. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Library, 1976. Fine. More
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Harvard Law School Yearbook, 1954
Cambridge: 1954. Illustrated. Original embossed maroon cloth. Cambridge, 1954. Notably, afew women are in this yearbook, which also lists members of the classes of 1955 & 1956. More
Report of First Expedition to South America, 1913
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. Lightly illustrated with b/w and some color images. 220 pages. Narrow 4to, burgundy cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. A good copy--soiling and discoloring to cloth, sunned spine, rubbing at spine ends. More
Autographed Letter Signed on Harvard University letterhead
Cambridge: 1963. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, Cambridge, MA, July 10, 1963, responding to a New York City attorney who has requested his autograph, in full: "This is a curious request -- not in itself, but as from a New York attorney, presumably busy with the infinite social and economic problems of an overgrown metropolis. But your office is in the neighborhood of the New School for Social Research -- an old haunt of mine, and of many friends;..... More
The Houghton Library, 1942-1967: A Selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collections.
Cambridge: Harvard, 1967. Profusely illustrated, including ten color plates. 255pp. Folio, black cloth, plain mylar wrapper (chipped). Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1967. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper. More
On Architecture
Harvard University, 1982. A lecture by Richard Meier given at Harvard University Graduate School of Design in the Fall of 1980. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Unpaginated, slim 8vo, brown paper wrappers, (spine a little sunned). Harvard University, 1982. A very good copy. More
Autographed Letter Signed as President of Harvard University
Cambridge: 1840. 1 page, 9.75 x 8 inches, Cambridge, December 1, 1840. Writing to his friend, acclaimed physician and fellow alumni, Samuel Bayard Woodward, soon after the suspension of his son Rufus, who has since returned to Harvard, in full: "Your son did right in returning. It is not our custom to notify any student, under his circumstances, of the time when he should return -- it depends on the will of his friends, if he returns at all. It..... More
Autographed Letter Signed
Boston: 1846. 1 page, 6.75 x 4.25 inches, Boston, September 1, 1846. Autographed letter signed by the Massachusetts Congressman and Harvard president, politely declining an invitation, in part: "I feel greatly obligated by your polite invitation to me and my lady to be of your party for the visitation of the Farm school on the 4th instant..." Accompanied by a holograph envelope measuring 2.5 x 4 inches. Rust stain from a paper clip on verso of letter; very good condition..... More
Autographed Letter Signed about Massachusetts history
Boston: 1860. 1 page on lined, blind-stamped paper, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, Boston, March 21, 1860. Written by the Massachusetts Congressman and Harvard president, in part: "I am not qualified to give you any 'reliable' opinion concerning the most 'reliable' history of Massachusetts..." Several tiny stains; two closed tears in the right margin. Very good(-) condition. More
Health, Strength and Power
New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1904. Illustrated with b/w photographic exercise diagrams. 277 pages. 8vo, red cloth. New York: H.M. Caldwell, (1904). A good copy--spattering to front cloth, spine sunned and scuffed with one snag, light penciling in margins (small x's and ticks) throughout. Scarce. More
The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture
New York: St. Martin's, 2003. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 403 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. New York: St. Martin's, (2003). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture
New York: St. Martin's, 2003. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 403 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. New York: St. Martin's, (2003). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Sibley's Harvard Graduates. Biographical Sketches of Those Who Attended Harvard College in the Classes of 1690-1767 with Bibliographical and Other Notes. .
Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1933. 13 of 16 volumes, lacking volumes 1,2, and 3. Tall 8vo, red cloth. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society. 1933 - 1972. Very good (+). More
Autographed letter signed to a publisher
Boston: 1825. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, Boston, December 1825, written to the publishing house of Carey & Lea regarding the publication Atlantic Souvenir,in part: "...to secure the greatest degree of patronage, it will be wise to have all the engravings illustrate American scenery, all the tales confined to American subjects, and your writers from every part of the Union..." Uneven toning with fraying along the right-hand margin. Good condition. American historian who served as President of Harvard University..... More
The Apparatus of Science at Harvard 1765-1800 - Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Well-illustrated throughout, 6 in color. 204 pages. Tall 4to, red cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. First edition. gift inscription at top of title page, else a very good(+) copy. Interesting items in the Harvard Collection. More
A Private Passion: 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. Illustrated in color and black and white. 545 pages. Large 4to, red cloth, dust wrapper. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2003). Fine. More
Autographed letter signed from The Harvard Rebellion of '41
Cambridge: 1841. 3 pages (front and back), each two-page spread measuring 10 x 16 inches, Cambridge, July 9, 1841, to his father, Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, describing the "Harvard Rebellion" whereby students boycotted events and insisted on the termination on certain officials, in opposition to strict rules of behavior being enforced on campus, in part: "...I suppose you have heard long since the disturbances in College have entirely cleared...everyone as if by general consensus returned to his duty and since..... More
Harvard Yard in the Snow
Print. Photo-lithograph with hand colored detail. Image measures 10 1/2" x 33". Scuffs and repairs to edges, lower left corner missing but not affecting the image. This lovely lithograph depicts a winter scene at Harvard University. Artwork by Chiang Yee (1903-1977), Chinese poet, author, painter, and calligrapher best known for his books "The Silent Traveler". From 1958-1959, he was an Emerson fellow of poetry at Harvard University. More
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