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[DEFOE, Daniel.] A True Collection of the Wrtings of the Author of the True Born English-man, London: 1703, 8°, first edition (lacking [?] half title, some soiling of title and preliminaries), contemporary panelled calf (rebacked), sides with later gilt-stamping of Harvard College; and 4 others, including two early scientific works (both imperfect). (5)
ESTC does not list a first edition of this work. This copy contains a tipped-in typed letter to John Merriam from A.C. Harfore of Harvard College, dated February 13, 1928, presenting the book as a "Detur ... For at least one hundred years they have been awarded to Harvard undergraduates whose proficiency in their studies has set them apart from their fellows."
ESTC does not list a first edition of this work. This copy contains a tipped-in typed letter to John Merriam from A.C. Harfore of Harvard College, dated February 13, 1928, presenting the book as a "Detur ... For at least one hundred years they have been awarded to Harvard undergraduates whose proficiency in their studies has set them apart from their fellows."