first edition Paperback
1894 · Madison, Wisconsin
by Turner, Frederick Jackson
Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1894 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First printing. Very rare, most especially in this unopened state! 173pp. plus frontis and 2 further plates. [Turner's essay covers pp. 79-112]. Original gray wrappers printed in black. Minor repair with archival material to upper corner of front cover and first two leaves. Slightest of wear to spine ends. A very fine copy throughout, entirely uncut. The epochal thesis of Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) as it was originally published in the Proceedings of the Wisconsin Historical Society for 1893. Considered the most influential American historiography. (truncated)