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Cincinnati: J. A. James & Company, 1836. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to. 6pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with3 tables, light foxing, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Family Magazine, Volume I, Number VI, June, 1836. From the opening paragraph, "We visited, recently, the anthracite coal mines in the interior of the state of Pennsylvania. The spectacle of enterprise, industry, and prosperity, which we there beheld, was most imposing to the eye, and most instructive to the mind." Reprinted from the North American Review, January, 1836. Housed in protective mylar report cover..
[To the Members of the Senior Class] drop title by (Harvard College) [Cushing, Caleb] - 1821
by (Harvard College) [Cushing, Caleb]
[To the Members of the Senior Class] drop title
by (Harvard College) [Cushing, Caleb]
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[Cambridge, Mass, 1821. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Half dark green morocco, rubbed, without title as issued, having only captioned title, single leaf of what appears to be part of a drab wrapper bound before first leaf (browned), frontispiece portrait of the author from a daguerrotype by Anthony Edwards & Co., engraved for the "Democratic Review" by T. Doney, printed by J. Neale, some foxing of the portrait, signed and dated by the author on the last page. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the inserted leaf or part of wrapper "Mr. James Hayward from his friend, C. C. " James Hayward, was in the class of 1819. He was a tutor of mathematics at Harvard for the following six years and then a professor until 1829 when he resigned to become a civil engineer where he gained recognition in his field. Cushing was of the Harvard class of 1817 and then tutored in mathematics and natural philosophy, studied law and became a statesman filling several legislative and political posts over the years. S & S 5126
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition Used - Half dark green morocco, rubbed, without title as issued, having only captioned title, single leaf of what appears to be part of
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Place of Publication [Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published 1821
- Keywords Massachusetts | Education