Hardcover
1909 · Boston
by Fiske, John; William P. Trent; W.H.W. Bicknell and John Fiske
Boston: The Bibliophilist Society, 1909. Hardcover. VG- (corners bumped, light shelfwear to boards, light foxing). Brown boards, white spine with gilt lettering, bw frontispiece with tissue guard; 118, [1] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates. untrimmed pages. Contents include: Introduction / W.P. Trent -- From "Old and new ways of treating history" / John Fiske -- Prefatory note / Abby M. Fiske -- The discovery of the Columbia River, and the Whitman controversy -- The Crispus Attucks memorial -- Columbus memorial. "This edition is limited to 489 copies printed for members only"--Page [1]. Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of John Fiske.
(Inventory #: 181645)