Moore Nathaniel Fish Edited Stanley (3 results)

1946. Exploration, North America. University of Chicago Press/Newberry Library. Ex-library good brown cloth, 102p. Slight cracking to back hinge.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by editor, Ruth Butler on front free endpaper. Brown cloth covers and tan Dj in protective cover. Light chipping at edges of Dj. Edited by Stanley Pargellis and Ruth Lapham Butler. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. The price clipped dust jacket has some ground-in dirt and toning. The edges of the dust jacket have several small edge nicks and tears. "Nathaniel Fish Moore (December 25, 1782 April 27, 1872) was the eighth president of Columbia College; he had earlier been a lawyer and served on the faculty. He was the nephew of the college's former president Benjamin Moore. In 1820, Moore began his career at Columbia College as a professor of Greek and Latin. He was appointed the first full-time Librarian of the College in 1838. Four years later, Moore was elected the eighth president of the college, resigning under unremarkable circumstances in 1849." (from Wikipedia).…