DUSTCOVER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

DUSTCOVER FOR "THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY"

Entry/Object ID

2004.25.1.2

Description

DUSTCOVER FOR "THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY" Color: Black; Red; White The dustcover for "The Development of Harvard University," edited by Samuel Eliot Morison (Cambridge: Harvard University,) 1930. The item has a clover and diamond patterned border in red on the front cover, within which is the title, editor's name, the Harvard logo in red at the center, and the press name at the bottom. The same information is on the spine without a border. On the back, within the same border as on the front, is a list of other general works by the Harvard University Press. On the flap at the inside front cover is a publisher's note summarizing the book as well as the list price. On the back cover flap is another list of Harvard University Press books. In poor condition, the item has creases, soiling, heavy darkening, edge losses, pen and pencil marks on the spine, back, and top right corner of the front, stains at the edges, and many small tears.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Dustcovers, Harvard University, Universities and colleges--Cambridge (Mass.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Dustcovers