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The Count at Harvard
by Rupert Sargent Holland
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
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About This Item
The Count at Harvard by Rupert Sargent Holland
Publisher: L.C. Page Company; 1st edition 1st impression (1906).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Merrill, Frank T. (illustrator). 320 pages not including advertisements in back of book. First edition, First Impression, March 1906. Illustration by Frank T. Merrill. An account of the adventures of a young gentleman of fashion at Harvard University. Very good red cloth book with decorative front of a couple. Title and author's name in gilt lettering on front of the book and spine. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name. Slight edge/shelf wear. The top of spine has 2" tear and both ends of spine are bumped. Fine book with very slight wear to the corners. 7¾" tall x 5.5" wide.
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Excerpt from The Count at Harvard: Being an Account of the Adventures of a Young Gentleman of Fashion at Harvard University
And it's a quarter to four in the afternoon, contributed Lyon, which means it's too late to begin doing anything and too early to stop doing nothing.
There was silence save for the crackling logs. I should hate to have to go out, Giles broke the pause at last.
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- Bookseller
- VM Life Resources
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57
- Title
- The Count at Harvard
- Author
- Rupert Sargent Holland
- Illustrator
- Frank T. Merrill
- Format/Binding
- Good
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L.C. Page
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 7 3/4" x 5.5"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- "The Count" Harvard University
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