Familiar Sketches of the Phillips Exeter Academy and Surroundings 1st Edition 1883 Frank Cunningham - Boarding School - New Hampshire

Title: Familiar Sketches of the Phillips Exeter Academy and Surroundings

Author: Frank H. Cunningham

Description: First Edition (1883 on both title and copyright page). Brown, beveled cloth boards pictorially stamped in gilt and black. Some rubbing wear at head and foot of spine and at corner tips. Gilt bright. Bookplate and ownership note at front of book for Cyrus James "Cy" Elder (1880-1961), class of 1901. Pages clean. Illustrations. Index. xiv, 360 pp. 7.75 x 6 inches.

Historical and biographical account of the academy since its foundation in 1781. Includes many biographical sketches of alumni, instructors, and benefactors. Chapters on the campus buildings, school societies, sports and games, the Exonian, school government, the founder and the Phillips family, finances, school chronology, and reminiscences and anecdotes.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Place: Boston
Year: 1883

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: boarding schools, Exeter, New Hampshire,