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
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. Illustrated. Large 8vo, blue cloth. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Library, 1976. Fine. More
Cambridge: 1889. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, Harvard University, Cambridge, January 25, 1889. Written to Dr. Horatio R. Storer, in part: "...I wish...that our Medical School men would take a hearty interest in the American Medical Association...most of them are very busy and some of them are sluggish outside of their teaching and their practice. There is a kind of tradition in the school in favor of complete independence, but I don't think this tradition a very respectable one..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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