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In the Day's Work by Daniel Berkeley Updike [Gift Inscription by Cecilia Beaux]
by Updike, Daniel Berkeley
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine -
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [10], 69, [1] p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth spine with gilt spine title; marbled brown paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Bookplate of Raymond Dexter Havens (1880-1954) on front fixed endpaper. Havens received his Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1908 and then taught at the University of Rochester, which was interrupted by his service as a Y.M.C.A. volunteer in France from 1917 to 1919. In 1925 he was appointed Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. Inscribed on the blank page following the front endpapers: "To R. H. fr. C. B. Xmas 1924." Written on the front fixed endpaper: "Raymond D. Havens from Cecilia Beaux Christmas, 1924." Havens and the American painter Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) were friends; the Raymond Dexter Havens Papers at the University of Rochester contain a number of letters from Beaux to Havens from 1915 to 1941. On the title page verso is written in pencil: "Gift Dr. Raymond D. Havens." A bookplate of the Johns Hopkins University library partially covers Havens' bookplate on the front fixed endpaper. Small perforated stamp of the university's initials "JHU" on title page and final page of text. Contents: On the Planning of Printing -- Style in the Use of Type -- The Seven Champions of Typography. In Near Fine- Condition: corners are rubbed; clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009633
- Title
- In the Day's Work by Daniel Berkeley Updike [Gift Inscription by Cecilia Beaux]
- Author
- Updike, Daniel Berkeley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 1924
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