Title island journal (1 Ergebnisse)

4to, pp. [258]; numerous portraits throughout; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; fine. Issued as Volume XXI, no. 21 of the Club Magazine. Directory of clubs, lists of officers, biographical sketches. "The first part consists of a list of social and professional associations, with caption title "Club magazine," numbered vol. XXI, no. 21. In the two Brown University copies this section is invariant, as are the title page and preface. The bulk of the two copies thereafter, consisting of numerous biographical sketches and descriptions of businesses, differs completely. One copy includes a biography of William Gregory as lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island and Republican candidate for governor in 1900; other datable content of the volume also suggests 1900 as the approximate date of printing. The other copy, in different and clearly later typographic style, with later styles of clothing in portraits and illustrations of automobiles of later date, is conjecturally datable from an article on the American Brass Band and Orchestra, which includes quotes from reviews of the 1910 tour and a statement that the next national tour will commence on 15 May 1911" (OCLC). …