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Semi-Centennial of The New Jersey Historical Society at Newark, New Jersey, May 16, 1895 / Fifty Years of Historical Work in New Jersey / Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume VIII
by Wilson, Woodrow; & Benjamin Harrison; William Nelson; Austin Scott
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Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1897. A gorgeous copy. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. This is the rare 1897 FIRST PRINTING -- NOT the 1900 reprint with which it can easily be confused (see BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE below). Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Text pages are creamy white, fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. With 27 illustrations (mostly steel engraved portraits, with tissue guards). This 1897 First Edition is bound in the original blue cloth, which still has much of its new book gloss. SEE PHOTOS. Shiny gilt lettering on the spine reads: Semi-Centennial Celebration, New Jersey Historical Society, 1895. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. The largest section of the book (pp. 15-152) is FIFTY YEARS OF HISTORICAL WORK IN NEW JERSEY by William Nelson (with several tissue-guarded, steel-engraved portraits). Also included are a bibliography of the society (pp. 153-167); A HIGHWAY OF THE NATION by Austin Scott (President of Rutgers College, pp. 169-176)… with the RESPONSE OF GENERAL HARRISON (by former U. S. President Benjamin Harrison, pp. 177-180); THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY by Woodrow Wilson (then Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University; later U. S. President, pp. 181-206); INDEX TO BIBLIOGRAPHY of the Society, pp. 207-214 (essentially a topical index to the first 23 volumes of the Proceedings, as well as to the Society's other publications); GENERAL INDEX (pp. 215-223). [BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: there was a later printing of this book in 1900, which is very similar to this 1897 first printing. Both printings have a title page dated 1897. However they can be distinguished from one another in two ways. The 1897 first printing is bound in blue cloth while the 1900 printing has a black cloth binding. In addition, the later printing has a second title page that is dated 1900 and reads: "Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume VIII."]. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. 8vo. (x), 223pp. + 27 plates.
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- Title
- Semi-Centennial of The New Jersey Historical Society at Newark, New Jersey, May 16, 1895 / Fifty Years of Historical Work in New Jersey / Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume VIII
- Author
- Wilson, Woodrow; & Benjamin Harrison; William Nelson; Austin Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New Jersey Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Newark
- Date Published
- 1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Jersey History;
- Size
- 8vo. (x), 223pp. + 27 plates
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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