[Rarebooks] FS: Harvard University

[Clare Murphy]

1.  CATALOGUS UNIVERSITATIS HARVARDIANE 1830 ( A CATALOGUE OF THE 
OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, FOR THE ACADEMICAL YEAR 
1829-1830). Cambridge, MA., 1830. Wrappers. Good. Completely in 
Latin. Lists all faculty since 1640 and all graduates since 1642. 
Complete index at rear. Some old damp staining.  $230.00

2.  HARVARD ALUMNI DIRECTORY 1986. 350TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. 
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986. Illustrated by 
twenty-one pages of b&w photo illustrations, charts and diagrams. 
First edition. 2 volumes. Crimson cloth with gilt lettering at spine. 
4to. [1369/1001 pgs] Fine. Extremely bright and sound and very heavy. 
$75.00

3.  HOUGHTON LIBRARY 1942-1967. A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS 
IN HARVARD COLLECTIONS, THE. Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 
1967. Illustrated by ten color plates and hundreds of b&w facsimile 
illustrations of documents, engravings, portraits, bindings, and 
title pages. First edition. Black buckram with embossed design to 
front board and gilt titling at spine; t.e.g. Folio. [255 pgs] Fine. 
Sampling of the collections: John Harvard; Medieval Text Manuscripts; 
Erasmus; Lewis Carroll; American Literature; Russian Literature and 
History; The Theatre Collection.  Pristine and sound.  $75.00

4.  BENTINCK-SMITH, WILLIAM.  BUILDING A GREAT LIBRARY. THE COOLIDGE 
YEARS AT HARVARD. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Library, 1976. 
Illustrated by Thirty-seven pages of b&w illustrations. Advance Copy 
edition. Blue cloth with gilt embossed design at front board and gilt 
titling at spine. 4to. [218 pgs] Fine. Advanced copy with clear 
protective cover and presentation insert.  Extremely bright and 
sound.  $125.00

5.  BUNTING, BAINBRIDGE.  HARVARD, AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. 
COMPLETED AND EDITED BY MARGARET HENDERSON FLOYD. Cambridge, MA: 
Harvard University Press, 1985. Edited by Margaret Henderson Floyd. 
Illustrated by over two-hundred b&w illustrations. First edition. 
Taupe cloth with gilt titling at the front board and spine; pictorial 
dust jacket. Inscribed by Margaret Henderson Floyd. 4to. [350 pgs] 
Fine/Near fine. "Here is an incisive and  fully illustrated history 
of Harvard's architecture-from the purchase of William Peyntree's 
house in 1638 to the construction of the Sackler Museum, opened in 
1985." This work was completed by Floyd after Bainbridge Bunting's 
death in 1981.  Dust jacket has two small tears at upper edge, 
contents are absolutely pristine and sound.  $85.00

6.  MORISON, SAMUEL. ELIOT.  HARVARD COLLEGE IN THE SEVENTEENTH 
CENTURY; THE TERCENTENNIAL HISTORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
1636-1936. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936. Illustrated 
by maps, portraits, arms & seals, and facsimiles of documents 
throughout both volumes. First edition. 2 volumes. Crimson patterned 
cloth with blind stamp rules, gilt titling at spine; t.e.g. 8vo. [707 
pgs] Near fine. Spine cloth slightly discolored; Volume I has a small 
abrasion at front hinge. Publisher's note pasted down to verso of 
illustrated end-paper. Mostly un-opened.  Otherwise very clean and 
sound.  $75.00

7.  MORISON, SAMUEL. ELIOT.  THREE CENTURIES OF HARVARD 1636-1936. 
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. Eight printing 
edition. 3/4 crimson leather with crimson cloth, gilt borders, gilt 
design at front cover, raised bands with gilt borders and 
compartmental designs and titling at spine; t.e.g. with marbled 
end-papers. 12mo. [512 pgs] Fine. Brief history of Harvard sans 
financial data.  Beautifully bound.  Bright and sound. Special 
binding.  $75.00

8.  VAILLE, F. O. AND CLARK, H. A.  HARVARD BOOK: A SERIES OF 
HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES, THE. Cambridge., 
1875. Illustrated by views and portraits. First edition. 2 volumes. 
3/4 red leather with tan leather boards, t.e.g. Folio. Very good. 30 
fine full page heliotypes, two lithographs and a copper engraving by 
Paul Revere, struck from the original plate. There are a couple of 
dents to board edges and minor rubbing to leather. Strong and intact. 
No foxing.  $950.00
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9.  WEBSTER, JOHN. W.  REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF PROF. JOHN W. WEBSTER, 
INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF DR. GEORGE PARKMAN BEFORE THE SUPREME 
JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, HOLDEN AT BOSTON, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 
19, 1850. Boston: Phillips, Samson, 1850. First edition. Wrappers in 
slipcase. [[3]-314 pgs] Fine/none/Near fine. Phonographic report by 
James W. Stone of this sensational trial involving the murderer, 
Webster, a Harvard professor and the victim, Parkman, another 
professor turned money-lender. The body was burned in the medical 
school's furnace and later found by a janitor. Pamphlet is enclosed 
in a custom-made red cloth-covered pullcase, within a red 
half-leather slipcase. Minor fading to a section on rear panel of 
slipcase. McDade 1062, Sabin 102329, BAL 8759.  $350.00

10.  WHITE, DANIEL. APPLETON.  ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY 
OF THE ALUMNI OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY , AUGUST 27, 
1844, AN. Cambridge, MA: John Owen, 1844. First edition. Wrappers. 
Inscribed by the author to "Rev. Oliver W. R. Peabody" with the 
writer's regards". 8vo. [42 pgs] Near fine. Peabody was a a Harvard 
professor and clergyman. See D. A. B. Brown paper wrapper with black 
ruling and titling.  Previous owner's inscription at front cover. 
Clean and sound.  $55.00

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