Description
The first edition of A History of the American People, in a deluxe binding, by Woodrow Wilson, President of Princeton University.
Quarto, [five volumes]; [xxvi], [350pp]; xviii, [4], 368pp; xv, [3], [348pp]; xiv, [4], 343pp, [1]; xi, [3], 337pp. [1]. Three quarter blue morocco, decorative gilt, title in gilt on spine, raised bands, blue cloth boards. Untrimmed edges. Top edge gilt. Light wear to cloth boards, points of rubbing to leather. Numerous unopened leaves.
(Martin / Goehlert, 7761) (Buckingham, 0128)
An exceptional copy in an attractive binding.
History of the American People is a five-volume history by Woodrow Wilson, published in 1902 by Harper & Brothers. It was written while Wilson was president of Princeton University and covers American history from the colonial period to the late 19th century. The set was issued in illustrated and limited editions and reprinted multiple times in the early 20th century.
