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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
1897016650Newark: 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. New Jersey Historical Society Hardcover
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