OFFERED IN THIS AUCTION IS A BLACK CLOTH HARDCOVER BOOK WITH GOLD LETTERING ON FRONT TITLED “TWENTY – FIFTH YEAR RECORD CLASS OF 1897 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY”, DATED 1924 ON TITLE PAGE WITH “PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE CLASS”. BOOK HAS 432 PAGES ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1897. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THESE ALUMNI AND GIVES PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM TIME OF GRADUATION TO 1924 INCLUDING MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTS AND ANYTHING ELSE PERTINENT TO THE PERSON. THERE ARE TWO FOLD OUT PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRESHMAN CLASS IN 1897 AND IN 1924 WHEN THEY HAD A REUNION FROM WHICH THIS BOOK RESULTED. I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY NAMES IN THIS BOOK WHICH LATER HELPED MAKE HISTORY IN MANY WALKS OF LIFE BUT I HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH IT EXCEPT FOR CURSORY GLANCE. BOOK IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR SHELF WEAR AND FOXING ON INSIDE OF COVERS AND FIRST AND LAST ENDPAPER AND FOXING ON FOREEDGES. THERE WERE ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE BOOKS PUBLISHED I FEEL CERTAIN – PROBABLY ONE FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE CLASS. THIS ONE WAS OWNED BY SAMUEL MORROW PALMER I BELIEVE WHO RESIDED IN GLENSIDE, MONTGOMERY CO., PENNSYLVANIA. MY REASON IS THAT THERE IS A PICTURE OF JOHN HILLYER PALMER - HIS SON I WOULD THINK – WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE BOOK ON THE PAGE PICTURING SAMUEL. PICTURE WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE BOOK. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE!

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