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Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1st Edition. Acceptable. Acceptable. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1st Edition. Acceptable. Acceptable. Heavy wear. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 'Third printing, 1979'. Soft Cover. 148 p., illus.; 20 cm. "I hope the reader will have a sense that he is looking at a picture of Frank L. Boyden, headmaster of Deerfield Academy, as he was soon after his eighty-sixth birthday, with details of his life and the history of his school coming in as elements in the portrait. Much of the story, particularly of the last and longest chapter, is written in the present tense, and I think that it should remain that way; for, more than anything else, it is the headmaster's immediacy that I have tried to arrest and to re-create." Pictorial paper covers; minor wear & soiling; good. stock#741.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine copy. 1986. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 147 pp. .

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979. 147 pgs. Illustrated; Bio; Unmarked text with foxing, remainder stamp; Bargain copy.. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Edges of front cover soiled. 1966 Trade Paperback. 147 pp. "Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school's headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man “at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities.” More than simply a portrait of the Headmaster of Deerfield Academy, it is a revealing look at the nature of private school education in America.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 149 p. Black & white photographs by Robert Crow. Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school’s headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man “at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities.” More than simply a portrait of the Headmaster of Deerfield Academy, it is a revealing look at the nature of private school education in America.… Read More

UsedGood. Used Good:Minor shelf wear.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. 4th ptg thus . Soft cover. Fine. Cover by Cynthia Krupat. 35952 shelf. Unread. Trade paperback, pictorial white covers. No names, clean text. With many b/w photos. Solid. Biography of the founder of Deerfield Academy, Deerfield Massachusetts

"The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield' by John McPhee. Paperback 1989 10th printing published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Pictures. 146 numbered pages. Near Fine condition.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1966. Soft cover. Near Fine. 146 pages, interior of book is clean & binding is tight. On the bottom of the pages there is a partial bookstore stamp. This is the story of a man who became a headmaster of a school with just 14 students and over a sixty plus year period built it into a powerhouse of educational excellence. A solid and fascinating read.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing. With a non-authorial gift inscription dated 1967 on the FFEP ("Happy Birthday Arthur!"). Near fine book with minor wear to top and bottom of spine and very light foxing to upper face of text block. A very good, price-clipped jacket because of a slim band of foxing/curling to upper edge (most noticeable on flaps) and two short tears to upper left corner of front panel, the largest a half inch. The front and back panels are otherwise clean and present great. From collection of Arthur P. Morgan, a friend of McPhee, who worked in finance, was a fellow Deerfield Prep and Princeton University graduate, and then a neighbor. Among other civic activity, Morgan was on the board of the Princeton Public Library.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. Gilt lettering on green covers in a white pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 146pp. Twelfth printing.