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WILSON, Woodrow (1856-1924). Mere Literature and Other Essays, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896.
8o, 246pp. Original publisher's tan buckram, gilt rules on covers, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, UNCUT AND UNOPENED (Hinges very slightly cracked). Cloth protective slipcase.
FIRST EDITION. A FINE PRESENTATION COPY, neatly inscribed in ink on front flyleaf: "May this little volume speak clearly, to whomsoever may own it, of a genial love of good books and a deep love of country Woodrow Wilson Princeton, 12 Dec. 1898." A collection of graceful and thoughtful essays including "A Literary Politician" (Walter Bagehot), "Interpreter of English Liberty" (on Edmund Burke), and "A Gallery of Great Americans." These include Hamilton, John Marshall, Robert E. Lee, Sam Houston, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Jackson and Lincoln ("the supreme American of our history").
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FIRST EDITION. A FINE PRESENTATION COPY, neatly inscribed in ink on front flyleaf: "May this little volume speak clearly, to whomsoever may own it, of a genial love of good books and a deep love of country Woodrow Wilson Princeton, 12 Dec. 1898." A collection of graceful and thoughtful essays including "A Literary Politician" (Walter Bagehot), "Interpreter of English Liberty" (on Edmund Burke), and "A Gallery of Great Americans." These include Hamilton, John Marshall, Robert E. Lee, Sam Houston, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Jackson and Lincoln ("the supreme American of our history").