Signed book: A History of the American People, Volume I. Alumni edition, limited issue, numbered 25/350. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcover, 7 x 10.25, 350 pages. Neatly signed on the colophon in fountain pen, "Woodrow Wilson." Includes Volumes II and III, both of which are unsigned. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with soiling to exterior, creasing and chips to paper spine labels, bumped corners, a cracked front hinge to the signed volume, a loose tissue guard inside the second volume, and old pencil notations to endpapers. The culmination of a series of articles written for Harper's, Wilson published the complete five-volume History in 1902; this set includes the first three volumes, with the subtitles 'The Swarming of the English,' 'Colonies and Nation,' and 'The Founding of the Government.' The books are comprehensively illustrated with portraits of the personalities referenced, facsimiles of their handwriting, maps of important locations, and other interesting images. At the time of publication, Wilson had recently been elevated from professor of history and politics at Princeton to president of the university.
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