Alma Mater or Seven Years at the University of Cambridge
[John Martin Frederick Wright]
1827
Black, Young, and Young
First Edition
2 vols, 8vo.
Description:
First edition, two volumes, octavo, bound in publisher's original boards with paper spine labels. John Martin Frederick Wright's candid and highly entertaining two-volume exposé of student life, academic rigour, and social eccentricities at nineteenth-century Cambridge. A most scarce work, having been suppressed by the author after publication. Colourful window into Cambridge university life, both humorous and faithful.
Condition:
Good Condition. Quarter cloth covered boards with publisher's paper covered boards and paper label to spine. Bindings are firm. Contents are slightly foxed. Neat pen inscription opposite vol.1. title. Complete. Boards have moderate wear with bumping to edges and light split to spine heads. Tanning to spine darkening label. Minor staining to rear boards. Still a smart set.
Alma Mater or Seven Years at the University of Cambridge
[John Martin Frederick Wright]
1827
Black, Young, and Young
First Edition
2 vols, 8vo.
Description:
First edition, two volumes, octavo, bound in publisher's original boards with paper spine labels. John Martin Frederick Wright's candid and highly entertaining two-volume exposé of student life, academic rigour, and social eccentricities at nineteenth-century Cambridge. A most scarce work, having been suppressed by the author after publication. Colourful window into Cambridge university life, both humorous and faithful.
Condition:
Good Condition. Quarter cloth covered boards with publisher's paper covered boards and paper label to spine. Bindings are firm. Contents are slightly foxed. Neat pen inscription opposite vol.1. title. Complete. Boards have moderate wear with bumping to edges and light split to spine heads. Tanning to spine darkening label. Minor staining to rear boards. Still a smart set.
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