The Harvard Crimson. Volume 53 Nos. 1-105, Feb. 10, 1908 - June 19, 1908

Cambridge: Harvard University, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Founded in 1873, the Harvard Crimson is Harvard's student newspaper, a weekly publication written by undergraduates that is still in print. Issues in this year of 1908 include notes and articles on sporting events, clubs, theater, upcoming lectures, obituaries, health concerns (such as a scarlet fever outbreak), the weather, school related notices, and more. Most issues are four pages. Many advertisements are included for products and services ranging from champagne to breeches to cigarettes to tailors to typewriters, and more.

Folio. Bound in three-quarter leather and paper-covered (truncated) boards. Ex-library from Harvard College, with call number on spine, bookplate and owner name on front pastedown, discard stamp, and other library stamps to front matter. Boards rubbed, leather chipped at corners and rubbed along hinges. Paper is scuffed and chipped on boards. Four inch closed tear to leather along bottom of front hinge. A few pages have become disbound, but are present. Front flyleaf torn, creasing to first 3 pages and fraying to edges of cover page for one issue; otherwise text very good. Many illustrations (mostly as part of advertisements). Education. PER1/03081. (Inventory #: 12561)