ILLUSTRISSIMO LEVI LINCOLN
by Harvard University [Holmes, Oliver Wendell]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
[HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL] Harvard University. ILLUSTRISSIMO LEVI LINCOLN. Cambridge: Metcalf for Harvard University, 1829. First edition. Quarto. Single sheet folded to 4pp., as issued. Mild foxing, and one fold, else fine. The commencement program for Holmes' graduating class, listing him as 9th on the program delivering a poem. Holmes' poem lasted just eight minutes out of the six hour program, and was very well-received, but never printed (the manuscript is at Harvard). See the entries for the Wakeman, Wilson, and Howe copies for more details of the ceremony and its reception. Not in BAL, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20512
- Title
- ILLUSTRISSIMO LEVI LINCOLN
- Author
- Harvard University [Holmes, Oliver Wendell]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- HOLMES, O W , HARVARD
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About the Seller
Mac Donnell Rare Books
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Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
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