PRESCOTT, Samuel C(ate)

When M.I.T. was "Boston Tech", 1861-1916

Cambridge: The Technology Press, 1954. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); grey publisher's cloth stamped in red on spine, in grey and white dustwrapper; xviii,350pp,14 plates. Dustwrapper tanned with minor abrasions, chipping to crown/heel of spine and small tears to extremities; text clean and sound with toned edges. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.

Samuel C. Prescott, dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (at the time), delivers historical facts and personal experiences in this chronicle of the institution's early days, at its founding by William Barton Rogers in 1865. Includes fourteen b/w photo-illustrated plates.

Price: $40.00

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