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The Life of Ezra Stiles 1798
by Abiel Holmes
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Humboldt, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Rare 1798. leather. 10.5"" X 13"".
The Life of Ezra Stiles 1798 Ezra Stiles President Yale College or The Life of President Stiles by Abiel Holmes Original Edition First Edition RARE! Publisher-Printing Location: Thomas Andrews, Faust's Statue #45 NewBury Street, Boston Date:1798 Size and Page Count: 4.75 X 8 Tall, 404 Pages
Condition:-Fair- full Calf's leather in fair shape with parts of spine cover missing, cracks in leather on boards, hinge repair, inside hinges cracked, missing first title page, some pencil marks, foxing and yellowing on pages, text block tight, Ezra Stiles portrait intact,
Includes 4 page preface, 25 pages appendix and 1 page Index. Klucel G preservation of leather.
Book History: previous owners writing on end pages including Sarah P Mitchell , Portsmouth Public Library ink stamp on inside of front board and stamp sold please do not return ------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------
Ezra Stiles (November 29, 1727 – May 12, 1795) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian and author. He was president of Yale College (1778–1795) As president of Yale, Stiles also became its first professor of Semitics, and required all students to study Hebrew (as was also the case at Harvard); his first commencement address in September, 1781 (no ceremonies having been held during the American Revolutionary War) was delivered in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic.
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- The Franklin Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1592
- Title
- The Life of Ezra Stiles 1798
- Author
- Abiel Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1798
- Size
- 10.5"" X 13""
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Biography & Autobiography; History;
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About The Franklin Bookstore
The Franklin Bookstore began in 1996 by Robert & Ruth Lynn in Humboldt, Tennessee. Retiring from the Navy and a business career and always a history buff, Robert and Ruth opened the business of selling and dealing with rare books, magazines and newspapers. Many items were acquired from other rare books dealers from across the country. The Franklin Bookstore continues with his offspring mindful to keep the high ethical business examples that Dad established. We feel honored to be associated with such a virtual history of the printed word, inherently beautiful and fascinating artifacts of our cultural past. Every item we offer is guaranteed to be absolutely genuine and as described. A large part of the inventory is periodicals that date from the Revolutionary War to World War II and into the 21 century.
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