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Lot #186
Thomas Edison

Signed childhood biography of Edison

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Signed childhood biography of Edison

Signed book: The Boy's Life of Edison. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 367 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink, "Thos. A. Edison." Also signed and inscribed by the author, "To Edson Ruther Peck, with all good wishes, Wm. Meadowcroft, June 29, 1929." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with light sunning to spine, mild edgewear, and annotations to the rear endpaper and pastedown. A business card of F. T. Guendel, a salesman for the Edison Storage Battery Co., is loosely laid in.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: September
  • Dates: #535 - Ended September 12, 2018





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