R. B. Stewart and Purdue University
by Ruth Freehafer (SIGNED BY STEWART)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0931682142
- ISBN 13
- 9780931682148
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€82.22€57.55
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About This Item
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University , 1983 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 1983. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by R.B. Stewart on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a 1983 gift inscription 1st blank page. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; Price Clipped; rubbing to panels; light bumps at head and tail. White cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. 221 pp 8vo. R.B. Steward was Purdue's chief financial and business officer from 1925 to 1961 and had a great single impact on the institution's destiny than any other individual in university history. The author too the complex scenario of university financial and business activities an put them into a understandable format that becomes not only Stewart's biography but also a substantial history of the university's management. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006293
- Title
- R. B. Stewart and Purdue University
- Author
- Ruth Freehafer (SIGNED BY STEWART)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0931682142
- ISBN 13
- 9780931682148
- Publisher
- Purdue University
- Place of Publication
- West Lafayette, IN
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Purdue University, R. B. Stewart, University Finances, business activities, fund raising, higher education, college education, chief financial officer.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.