Chancellor Kirkland Vanderbilt by Mims Edwin (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book in NEAR FINE condition.SIGNED and inscribed by author to prior owner.Foxing to endpapers and pages i through vii.Dried dampstain to top one inch of last four pages (2 pages of Index and two blank pages).Text clear bright.No DJ.Shelf 1073 . PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ***GOOD CONDITION***CLEAN PAGES***EX-LIBRARY stamps stickers/marked out name, moderate edge wear, stamp on top/side/bottom,sticker remained on side of book & on inside of title page. We specialize in non-fiction books. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Nice presentation inscription from author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good hardcover edition, inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. Minor shelf wear to the cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In black cloth. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1940 1st ed. INSCRIBED warmly by author on ffep. 362pp. illus. black cloth tall 8vo: Good/no dj [black cover cloth is slightly faded; a top corner bump; else G] Inscription is to Goodrich C. White, president of Emory University. James H. Kirkland (1859-1939) was chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1893-1937. Edwin Mims (1872-1959) was chairman of the Vanderbilt Department of English, where he taught from 1912-42, when this book was published. Inscribed by Author(s).

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xviii, 362 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Black cloth rubbed, spine's gilt stamping a bit dulled but still legible, front board's gilt stamping remains fairly bright. Some soiling and toning to edges; strong foxing to endpapers with lighter foxing to several initial and rear leaves; occasional toning/foxing to interior leaves mostly occurring to pages opposite the book's b/w plates. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With the author's four-line ink inscription on the front free endpaper: "For | Peyton Williams, Jr. | With affection and best wishes | Edwin Mims." The inscribee was Mississippi State University English professor Peyton W. Williams, Jr. who was an authority on the work of William Faulkner and served as editor of MISSISSIPPI QUARTERLY: THE JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN CULTURE from 1970 to his death in 1987. With a Ph.D. earned at the University of Leipzig in 1885, James Hampton Kirkland was appointed Professor of Latin at Vanderbilt University in 1886 and became the second chancellor of Vanderbilt University serving from 1893 to 1937.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. VG HB w/o dj. 362pp. inscribed and signed on front endpaper by author.; 9473; Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 362pp. Illustrated. Lightest offsetting on endpapers, light binding wear, just about near fine lacking the dust jacket. Text is clean.