Noah Porter

Books and Reading; or, What Books Shall I Read and How Shall I Read Them? Revised Edition 1881

New York: New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1881. Bound in blue cloth with embossed covers and gilt titles to spine. [8.5 x 5.5 inches]
434pp. [10pp. ads]
[English]
Very Good. Noah Porter
Books and Reading; or, What Books Shall I Read and How Shall I Read Them? Revised Edition
1881
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons
[8.5 x 5.5 inches]
434pp. [10pp. ads]
[English]
Very Good

Written by Noah Porter, longtime president of Yale College, this work is a practical guide to reading, study, and intellectual development. He addresses what to read, how to read well, and the role books play in shaping moral judgment, discipline, and character. The appended catalogue provides a thoughtfully selected reading list intended to guide students and general readers toward a well-rounded education, giving the book both an advisory and bibliographic character.

Bound in original blue cloth with embossed decoration to the boards and gilt titles to the spine.

It is in Very Good condition. Light shelf wear to the covers with bumped corners. Ex-library stamps present from Whitaker Hall, Reno, Nevada, and Trinity Sunday School, Reno, Nevada. Damp staining to the endpapers and to the lower half inch of the fore-edge across the text block; otherwise the pages remain mostly clean. Very Good. Item #58

Price: $40.00