Society of Mayflower Descendents, First Year Book (New York)

Published By the Society, 1900. Limited Edition. Octavo. 179 pages. Limited to 800 copies. The present copy is #138. Illustrated. The second year book of the Mayflower descendants in New York. Beautifully printed on the finest laid paper with wide margins. The ancestors of members list those descendants from: John Alden, William Bradford (e.g., George Bird Grinnell [tenth in descent], Myles Standish, and all cross-referenced for precise genealogical notes. It lacks the speeches given in 1895 but has additional engravings though none of the hand colored images of the 1896 volume. Bound in full original calf stamped in blind society (New York) on the front cover, nicely rebacked to match. Very rare, copies are in most of the New York special libraries.