Andrea Robert Moorhead Editors (2 results)

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A LITERARY and PICTORIAL chronicle of Deerfield Academy. A FINE book in a dustjacket displaying minor rubbing (commonly visible on dark-colored dustjackets) and a waterstain on the interior at the top of spine, elsewise a bright, clean dj sans tears and other flaws. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in archival black-and-white photography, drawings and maps with accompanying descriptive captions. 225 pages. LBCMD4.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Champney, James Wells (jacket illustration, The Deerfield Common 1877); Moorhead, Robert (book design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition forest green linen boards with gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Foreword by Linus Travers '54; Introduction by Richard I. Melvoin; Preface & Text by Andrea Moorhead; Deerfield Days, A Memoir by William Zinsser '40; Bicentennial Publications Committee Members; Bibliography; Appendix and Index. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "The Academy's story begins in the winter of 1797, towards the end of George Washington's presidency. Nineteen men from Deerfield and surrounding towns met to plan the founding of an Academy at Deerfield. Among them were John Williams, Esq., grandson of the Reverend John Williams, a prosperous merchant who exported masts and staves to the West Indies; Seth Catlin, a tavern keeper and breeder of fine horses, known for his urbanity and integrity; Joseph Stebbins, a Revolutionary War hero, prominent in civic affairs; and Joseph Barnard, builder of the Manse. Ten years earlier, these men had been part of an unofficial corporation, "The Proprietors of the New School," which established a third school on the town street. This small school is the direct ancestor of Deerfield Academy." - from the inner front jacket flap.