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312932vp vd. various sizes. Uniformly bound in three quarters polished tan calf for Asprey with the spine stamped in gilt red and green leather spine labels with gilt title in one and description of Edison association in the other at the top of the spine stamped in gilt "Edisonia" and with "Governor Charles Edison Library" stamped on the back pastedown; all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Overall condition fine. various sizes. An finely bound collection of books from the libraries of Thomas A. Edison and his son Charles Edison including two volumes with pencil annotations by Thomas Edison a many author-inscribed volumes to one of the two men or to their wives and many others with gift inscriptions to members of the Edison family. <br /> Complete list available on request<br /> <br /> Frank Glenn. The Politics of Industry. New York: The Century Co. 1919. 8vo. With pencil annotation by Thomas A. Edison in margin of p 66.<br /> <br /> Williams J.E. In Search of Reality. Organic Evolution. New York: Frank-Maurice 1926. 8vo. With pencil annotation to title in Thomas A. Edison's hand "Read - very good" and pencil annotations in margins in an unknown hand.<br /> <br /> Read Leonard E. Anything That's Peaceful. Inrvington-on-Hudson: Foundation of Economic Education 1964. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Governor Charles Edison. <br /> <br /> Ackerman Carl W. George Eastman. London: Constable and Co 1930. 8vo. Inscribed: 'To my dear friends / Charles and Carolyn Edison / George Eastman / Rochester November 3d 1930."<br /> <br /> Parsons E. Bryham. Pot-Pourri Parisien. New York: Privately Printed 1916. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Thomas A. Edison from the author. <br /> <br /> Marillier H.C. Rossetti. London: George Bell & Sons 1906. 16mo. With boyhood ownership signature of Charles Edison. <br /> <br /> McKee J.R. and W.S. Andrews. Historical Notes. General Electric Company. Being a History of Thomson-Houston Co. and Edison General Electric Co. which were consolidated to for the General Electric Co. New York: privately printed 1930. 12mo. Original green cloth. Charles Edison's personal copy with his name stamped in gilt to upper cover. In half-morocco box. <br /> <br /> Holmes Edwin T. A Wonderful Fifty Years. New York: privately published 1917. 8vo. Inscribed: "Thomas A. Edison / With the compliments of / E.T. Holmes." Holmes was president of Holmes Electric Protective Company. Holmes is credited with commercializing the electromagnetic burglar alarm and with establishing the first burglar alarm networks.<br /> <br /> Stewart Charles D. The Fugitive Blacksmith. New York: The Century Co 1905. 8vo. In special presentation binding of cloth backed boards with "Thomas Alva Edison" stamped in gilt to upper cover. In half-morocco box.<br /> <br /> Wilde Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. New York: Duffield 1910. 12mo. With gift inscription and sketch of a man in profile by "H.N."<br /> <br /> Minnigerode Meade. Cordelia Chantrell. A Romance. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mina Miller Edison.<br /> <br /> Soule George. The Coming American Revolution. New York: The Macmillan Company 1934. 8vo. No gift inscription to C. Edison though so described on spine label.<br /> <br /> Somerville and Smith compilers. Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors 1924-1950. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute 1952. Thick 8vo. Pages 338-339 reference Mrs. Charles Edison as sponsor of USS New Jersey. <br /> <br /> Jordan William George. The Kingship of Self-Control. New York: Fleming H. Revell 1899. 12mo. With gift inscription to Carolyn Hawkins Edison.<br /> <br /> Franklin William Suddards. Bill's School and Mine. South Bethlehem PA: Franklin Macnutt and Charles 1913. 12mo. Signed by the author and with a TLS of the author to Mrs. Thomas A. Edison presenting the book.<br /> <br /> Herold Don. So Human. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1924. With gift inscription to Charles Edison.<br /> <br /> Benham W. Gurney. A Book of Quotations. Proverbs and Household Words. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1907. Thick 8vo. With presentation inscription to Charles Edison "for excellence in English" presumably from his teacher<br /> <br /> Torrey R.A. Talks to Men about the Bible and the Christ of the Bible. London: James Nisbet 1905. 12mo. <br /> <br /> Bunner H.C. Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1884. 12mo. With gift inscription to Mina Miller Edison. TAE'as second wife and mother of Charles<br /> <br /> Kane Harnett T. Plantation Parade. New York: William Morrow 1946. 8vo. Gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edison.<br /> <br /> Millikan & Gale. A First Course in Physics. Boston: Ginn & Co 1906 but later. From the Edison Laboratory Film Department.<br /> <br /> Thurston Katherine Cecil. The Masquerader. New York: Harper & Brothers 1904. 8vo. With girlhood ownership inscription of Carolyn S. Hawkins Edison dated 1905.<br /> <br /> Montgomery D.H. The Leading Facts of American History. Boston: Ginn & Co. 1902. 8vo. With boyhood ownership signature of Charles Edison including his attempts at his father's signature. <br /> <br /> Lee Gerald Stanley. Inspired Millionaires. Northampton Mass: Mount Tom Press 1908. 8vo. <br /> <br /> Roosevelt Franklin D. On Our Way. New York: John Day 1934. Gift inscription to Charles Edison from his staff at the National Recovery Association dated 1934.<br /> <br /> Parkman Francis. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century. Boston: Little Brown 1899. 8vo. <br /> <br /> Anonymous. Autobiography of an Elderly Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1911. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Mrs. Thomas A. Edison.<br /> <br /> Pallister William. Poems of Science. New York: Playford Press 1931. 8vo. Inscribed: "With many good wishes from William Pallister.<br /> <br /> Chappell George. Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera. New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1930. 8vo. A gift to Charles Edison from Theodore Edison.<br /> <br /> Dorris Mary C. Preservation of the Hermitage 1889-1915. N.p.: Lady's Hermitage Society n.d. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Thomas A. Edison. <br /> <br /> Rich Ben E. Mr. Durant of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons 1893. 8vo. With gift inscription to Thomas A. Edison from one D.H. Parr dated 1923.<br /> <br /> Social Register New York 1913. NY: Social Register Association 1912. 8vo. Listing both Thomas A. Edison and Charles Edison.<br /> <br /> Revelations of My Friends. New York: Stokes n.d. 8vo. Original cloth in half-morocco box uniform with bound volumes. A childhood book of Carolyn Hawkins Edison.<br /> <br /> Phelps Elizabeth Stuart. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1904. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison dated 1905.<br /> <br /> Monroe Will S. Bohemia and the Čechs. London: G. Bell & Sons 1910. 8vo. With long gift inscription in Czech to Thomas A. Edison dated 1911.<br /> <br /> Remmers John Henry. Invincible Power. Cincinnati: The Co-Operative Publishing Co. 1922. 12mo. With TLS of author to Thomas Edison presenting the book.<br /> <br /> Miller Raymond. Kilowatts at Work. A History of the Detroit Edison Company. Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1957. Gift inscription to Governor Charles Edison.<br /> <br /> Brody Iles. The Colony. New York: Greenburg 1945. 8vo. <br /> <br /> Barclay Wade Crawford. A Book of Worship. New York: Abingdon Press 1923. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison.<br /> <br /> Dörfler Fricomarto. Aus dem Lande der Bibel. Pössneck i. Thür: Bruno Feigenspan 8vo. Inscribed by the author. <br /> <br /> Cerf Bennett. Try and Stop Me. New York: Simon and Schuster 1944. 8vo. <br /> <br /> Schriftgiesser Karl. Oscar of the Waldorf. New York: E.P. Dutton 1943. Signed "Oscar" in pencil on the title page.<br /> <br /> Forty Years of Edison Service. 1882-1922. New York: Press of the New York Edison Company 1922. 8vo. <br /> <br /> Murray. W.H.H. Holiday Tales. Christmas in the Adirondacks. Springfield Mass: privately printed 1897. Small 4to. With autograph sentiment signed of the author facing frontispiece.<br /> <br /> Perelman S.J. Westward Ha! Drawings by Hirschfeld. New York: Simon and Schuster 1948. 8vo. Later printing. With Christmas card of Ann and Theodore Edison loosely inserted. <br /> <br /> Talbot Henry P. The Electrolytic Dissociation Theory with Some of Its Applications. New York: The Macmillan Co 1907. 8vo.<br /> <br /> Buchan John Lord Tweedsmuir. Pilgrim's Way. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1940. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison. <br /> <br /> Chapple Joe Mitchell. Warren G. Harding- The Man. Boston: Chapple Publishing Co. 1920. 8vo. Original cloth-backed illustrated boards. Presentation copy inscribed to Thomas Edison by the author. In half-morocco box. <br /> <br /> Kaempffert Waldemar. A Popular History of American Invention. Vol 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. unknown
190456393Essex House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. First Thus. Hardcover. Limited #9 of 10 on vellum. Limp brown leather covers fabric ties gilt spine title. Deckled vellum pages. Rogers' title page illust in black red. Wide margins red chapter titles. Binding tight and straight Inner pages unmarked. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Essex House hardcover
1905001615London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. 1905. 4 vii-xi 1 223pp 1. Full morocco raised bands spine in six panels title lettered directly to second panel author to fourth remaining panels gilt with single line border and upper and lower drawer handle tools covers with single line border surrounding a double line frame with volute and drawer handle tools inside dotted line to edges inner edges with floral spray corner pieces marbled endpapers a.e.g. Calligraphic manuscript title illuminated in gold and colours four large illuminated initials and borders and one hundred and three woodcut initials illuminated in red blue or green. Lightly rubbed to board edges outer joints lightly rubbed otherwise externally bright and clean. Title slightly trimmed to foot with vertical crease to fore edge signature O misbound but complete some minor toning to vellum but generally internally bright and clean. One of ten copies on vellum though this one is unnumbered. Binding is by Bayntun. Now housed in a cloth drop back box by Temple Bookbinders. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Limited Edition on Vellum. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Hardcover
14886123Hardcover. Fine. Tractatus de meditatione cordis Johannis Gerson. Illustrated with 4 xylographic foliated initials the first colored. 8vo. Bound in 19th century vellum. Impressum Venetijs arte et impensis Bernardini de benalijs 1488. Early Edition. Hain 9095; Goff I-17; Bodleian Lib. 15th cent. T-105; BM 15th cent. V p. 372 IA.22318. The Imitatio Christi or Imitation of Christ is often considered the greatest of all Christian manuals of devotion. In the late 15th century there was some dispute as to the authorship of this work. The present edition mistakenly ascribes it to Johannis Gerson a French scholar educator reformer poet and chancellor of the University of Paris. It has however been proven that this work really was written by the German monk Thomas à Kempis. Attributed variously but now definitely ascribed to Thomas à Kempis. Goff. The first edition of Kempis work published in 1473 did not include the Imitatio Christi as it was believed then that Kempis was not the author. The Imitation of Christ also had an important influence on Protestantism as it was one of John Wesley's favorite books. Wesley the founder of the Methodist Church also brought his teachings to Georgia in the early part of the 18th century; so Kempis work has important ramifications for the development of American Protestantism. A sound copy with good margins. The contents collate complete. There is a very tiny hole in the upper right corner of the title page that has been expertly repaired. A few marginal notations in a miniscule early hand. Collectors small bookplate on the verso of the front endpaper. A very nice and attractive copy. hardcover
1899148074New Jersey: Edison Phonograph Works 1899. Rare Edison Phonograph Works stock certificate boldly signed by Thomas Edison. Printed document boldly signed "Thomas A. Edison" as President and "J.F. Randolph" as Treasurer one page numbered 106 dated November 6 1899. Stock certificate for three 750/1000 shares of $100 Capitol Stock to James D.W. Cutting. Transfer information present on verso showing that the stock was transferred to Mina Edison Thomas' second wife in 1904. In very good condition with cancellation passing through Randolph's signature light toning. The original receipt remains affixed at the left edge. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who developed many devices including the motion picture camera the phonograph and the electric light bulb. He played a pivotal role in the development of sound recording technology through his company Edison Phonograph Works. Established in New Jersey on May 31888 this company was instrumental in refining the phonograph a device Edison had originally invented in 1877. The firm focused on manufacturing and improving wax cylinder recordings which became the dominant medium for early sound reproduction. Edison’s commitment to innovation led to advancements in both phonograph design and the mass production of recorded music and spoken-word content. Despite competition from emerging disc-based technologies Edison Phonograph Works remained influential in the industry until it was eventually absorbed into Thomas A. Edison Inc. in 1924. The company’s legacy endures as a foundational contributor to the modern recording industry. Edison Phonograph Works unknown
14889473Basel: Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri. Good with no dust jacket. 1488. First Edition Thus. Leather. S. L. No date but not after 1488 or 1489. 1st Basel edition of Thomas a Kempis's meditations on the life of Jesus Christ. With 2 beautiful illuminated initials. A small octavo 6" x 4". 64 of 72 missing h quire sign a-i8. 30 lines per page Gothic type. Recto of a2 has two 5 line initials an "S" and a "P" in red blue and gold with trailing penwork. Red and blue Lombard initials throughout red and blue paragraph marks and letters touched with yellow throughout. Recently beautifully rebound by a master binder in period appropriate brown calf with blind stamped ruling and decorations 5 raised bands with blind stamped florals to the compartments black and gilt spine label. End papers renewed. Title page has very old ink owner inscriptions which have been marked out minor corner browning to some pages and very occasional very old brown ink mark top edges trimmed the first few leaves were cut at a slight angle but not affecting text. Quite a scarce copy ISTC im00432000 HC10992 Only 2 copies have come up for auction in the last 70 years none are available for sale. A lovely copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri hardcover
1736343534Oxford; London: Printed by John Baskett 1736. Hardcover. Fair. An early Oxford Bible printed by John Baskett in 1736 and owned by the Biddle family a prominent Quaker family from Philadelphia. Quarto. Three parts in one volume: 1. The Book of Common Prayer; 2. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments with an engraved allegorical frontispiece plate and including the Apocrypha; the New Testament has a separate title page dated 1735; 3. A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation Printed for R. Ware 1732.<br /> <br /> Signed by Thomas A. Biddle on the front free endpaper with a later owner’s signature just beneath. Bound-in after the Apocrypha are nine manuscript pages giving a record of the Biddle family and related Philadelphia families. Contemporary calf or sheep re-backed with parts of the original spine back laid down; later endpapers. The Book of Common Prayer lacks the title page and one or more final leaves; the Holy Bible has two partially damaged leaves and lacks one text leaf; the Concordance is lacking the final two leaves else overall a good closely trimmed copy with some headlines and catchwords slightly shaved.<br /> <br /> The nine-page Biddle family record begins in 1765 and spans the years from 1755 to 1830. The record also includes names from other prominent Philadelphia families including the Cadwalladers and Dunlaps. The first entries are in the hand of Rebekah Cornell. In 1774 she married Clement Biddle who was a close friend of George Washington and a Revolutionary War patriot. Their sons Thomas and Clement Jr. established the firm of Thomas A. Biddle & Co. Bankers and Brokers in Philadelphia. A well-read family bible with a notable Philadelphia provenance. ESTC T183429 Common Prayer; T81312 Holy Bible; T81465 Concordance. Printed by John Baskett hardcover
192125928New York:: Harper & Brothers 1921. Later edition with "C-A" on verso of title page. publisher's cloth with applied portrait of Edison to front panel. Shadow of former clipping to front pastedown and endsheet; otherwise a fresh near fine copy. 8vo. With Autobiographical Notes by Mr. Edison. With a 1927 inscription by Meadowcroft on the front free endpaper. Thomas Edison's signature appears above the inscription. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
1911110225New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1911. First edition of Meadowcroft's biography of Thomas Edison written for children. Octavo original cloth with paper label portrait of Edison to the front panel illustrated with eight photographic portraits of Edison including tissue-guarded frontispiece. With Edison's autobiographical notes. Boldly signed on the second free endpaper "Thomas A. Edison." In very good condition. First printings are uncommon signed. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who developed many devices including the motion picture camera the phonograph and the electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention and because of that he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
2003__0415147360Routledge 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 1712 pages. 9.25x6.25x4.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
1928006042West Orange N.J. 1928. No Binding. Fine. Autograph. Edison Botonic Research Corporation business check 3 x 8.25 inches. Check number 1307 payable to N.J. Laboratory Supply Co. for $10.51 dated Dec. 29 1929 and boldly SIGNED by Thomas Edison as "Thos. A. Edison" at lower right. With cancel cuts not affecting the signature. Edison's umbrella signature is a high spot among autograph collectors. Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He worked in the fields of electric power generation mass communication sound recording and motion pictures. Displayed under four-scew clear with black border plexiglass dispay case which has some wear <br/> <br/> unknown
196129516Boston MA: D. C. Heath & Company. As New. 1961. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - -- with a bonus offer-- . D. C. Heath & Company hardcover
200569449North York ON Canada: University of Toronto Press. New. 2005. Hardcover. 080203831X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer-- . University of Toronto Press hardcover
200460404Chronicle Books. New. 2004. Paperback. 0811843149 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 144 pp. With 167 col. Ills. 22 x 29 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Chronicle Books paperback
2016122919Chartwell Books. New. 2016. Hardcover. 0785834427 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened with a bonus offer-- . Chartwell Books hardcover
199211486Durham North Carolina U.S.A.: Duke Univ Pr. As New. 1992. Paperback. 0822311747 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- -- with a bonus offer-- . Duke Univ Pr paperback
199754983Mcgraw-Hill. New. 1997. Paperback. 0070401438 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 525 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Mcgraw-Hill paperback
200161638Oxford University Press Distribution. New. 2001. Hardcover. 0892366265 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 120 pp. With 85 ills. 75 col. . 28 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Oxford University Press (Distribution) hardcover
198127819Seattle Washington U.S.A.: Madrona Pub. As New. 1981. Hardcover. 0914842684 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - . A few tears with some nicking abrading and curling to edges of DJ. -- with a bonus offer-- . Madrona Pub hardcover
162950240Anvers Antwerp: l'Imprimerie Plantinienne 1629. Hardcover. l'Imprimerie Plantinienne. 64mo. Full black calf with raised bands brass clasps. 349pp. Illustration historiated woodcut initials. Very good. Binding worn but strong; center third of spine present while upper and lower thirds are crude but serviceable modern black calf replacements; internally tight and fully handleable. Quite intriguing near-miniature copy of this early French translation of the famed Christian devotional text "The Imitation of Christ" generally accepted as by German-Dutch cleric Kempis c. 1380-1471 and composed in medieval Latin around 1418-27. "Traduicts en francois du latin pris sur le manuscrit original de l'Autheur de l'an 1441" notes title page "Avec Ja Vie du mesne Autheur Recueille par Heribert Ros-vveyde de la Compagnie de Iesvs." Heribert Rosweyde 1569-1629 was a Dutch hagiographer with the Society of Jesus whose intent was to publish a large number of saints lives based on manuscripts found in Belgian libraries; he announced this intention and listed the works in a 1607 volume published by the Plantin Press in Antwerp; none of these grand plans were published by the time of Rosweyde's death for he was distracted by producing other religious and historical works such as this edition of "The Imitation of Christ." Publisher l'Imprimerie Plantinienne issued several editions of this title in the sixteenth century including one in Latin edited by Rosweyde in 1617 reissued in 1626 1627 and 1634 and a French edition in 1642; we find no reference to a Rosweyde French edition of 1629. Rosweyde introduces this edition and offers a brief biography of Kempis at the close while the bulk of the text consists of the four books chapters into which it is divided: "Helpful Counsels of the Spiritual Life" "Directives for the Interior Life" "On Interior Consolation" and "On the Blessed Sacrament." With its focus not on imitating Jesus Christ literally but rather on inner devotion and contemplation the book became wildly popular and hundreds of manuscript copies circulated before the advent of moveable type. The first printed edition was published in 1471-72 and before the end of the fifteenth century numerous editions had been published in eight languages. The unusual original binding dated shortly after its 1629 publication bears a crudely embossed large "PBB" and circular Jesuit "IHS" monogram on the front board and "1632" and this same monogram on the rear board. Surprisingly the dual brass clasps are present and functional. l'Imprimerie Plantinienne hardcover
2003__0415312191Routledge 2003. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 2400 pages. 9.50x8.00x6.50 inches. Routledge hardcover
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