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1488réf. 9473Basel: 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
1899réf. 148074New 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
1905réf. 001615London: 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
1904réf. 56393Essex 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
réf. 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. Complete list available on request 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. 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. Read Leonard E. Anything That's Peaceful. Inrvington-on-Hudson: Foundation of Economic Education 1964. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Governor Charles Edison. 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." Parsons E. Bryham. Pot-Pourri Parisien. New York: Privately Printed 1916. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Thomas A. Edison from the author. Marillier H.C. Rossetti. London: George Bell & Sons 1906. 16mo. With boyhood ownership signature of Charles Edison. 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. 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. 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. 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." Minnigerode Meade. Cordelia Chantrell. A Romance. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mina Miller Edison. 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. 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. Jordan William George. The Kingship of Self-Control. New York: Fleming H. Revell 1899. 12mo. With gift inscription to Carolyn Hawkins Edison. 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. Herold Don. So Human. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1924. With gift inscription to Charles Edison. 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 Torrey R.A. Talks to Men about the Bible and the Christ of the Bible. London: James Nisbet 1905. 12mo. 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 Kane Harnett T. Plantation Parade. New York: William Morrow 1946. 8vo. Gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edison. Millikan & Gale. A First Course in Physics. Boston: Ginn & Co 1906 but later. From the Edison Laboratory Film Department. Thurston Katherine Cecil. The Masquerader. New York: Harper & Brothers 1904. 8vo. With girlhood ownership inscription of Carolyn S. Hawkins Edison dated 1905. 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. Lee Gerald Stanley. Inspired Millionaires. Northampton Mass: Mount Tom Press 1908. 8vo. 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. Parkman Francis. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century. Boston: Little Brown 1899. 8vo. Anonymous. Autobiography of an Elderly Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1911. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Mrs. Thomas A. Edison. Pallister William. Poems of Science. New York: Playford Press 1931. 8vo. Inscribed: "With many good wishes from William Pallister. 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. 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. 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. Social Register New York 1913. NY: Social Register Association 1912. 8vo. Listing both Thomas A. Edison and Charles Edison. 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. Phelps Elizabeth Stuart. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1904. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison dated 1905. 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. Remmers John Henry. Invincible Power. Cincinnati: The Co-Operative Publishing Co. 1922. 12mo. With TLS of author to Thomas Edison presenting the book. Miller Raymond. Kilowatts at Work. A History of the Detroit Edison Company. Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1957. Gift inscription to Governor Charles Edison. Brody Iles. The Colony. New York: Greenburg 1945. 8vo. Barclay Wade Crawford. A Book of Worship. New York: Abingdon Press 1923. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison. Dörfler Fricomarto. Aus dem Lande der Bibel. Pössneck i. Thür: Bruno Feigenspan 8vo. Inscribed by the author. Cerf Bennett. Try and Stop Me. New York: Simon and Schuster 1944. 8vo. Schriftgiesser Karl. Oscar of the Waldorf. New York: E.P. Dutton 1943. Signed "Oscar" in pencil on the title page. Forty Years of Edison Service. 1882-1922. New York: Press of the New York Edison Company 1922. 8vo. 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. 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. Talbot Henry P. The Electrolytic Dissociation Theory with Some of Its Applications. New York: The Macmillan Co 1907. 8vo. Buchan John Lord Tweedsmuir. Pilgrim's Way. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1940. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison. 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. Kaempffert Waldemar. A Popular History of American Invention. Vol 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. unknown
réf. 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. Complete list available on request 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. 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. Read Leonard E. Anything That's Peaceful. Inrvington-on-Hudson: Foundation of Economic Education 1964. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Governor Charles Edison. 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." Parsons E. Bryham. Pot-Pourri Parisien. New York: Privately Printed 1916. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Thomas A. Edison from the author. Marillier H.C. Rossetti. London: George Bell & Sons 1906. 16mo. With boyhood ownership signature of Charles Edison. 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. 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. 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. 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." Minnigerode Meade. Cordelia Chantrell. A Romance. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mina Miller Edison. 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. 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. Jordan William George. The Kingship of Self-Control. New York: Fleming H. Revell 1899. 12mo. With gift inscription to Carolyn Hawkins Edison. 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. Herold Don. So Human. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1924. With gift inscription to Charles Edison. 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 Torrey R.A. Talks to Men about the Bible and the Christ of the Bible. London: James Nisbet 1905. 12mo. 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 Kane Harnett T. Plantation Parade. New York: William Morrow 1946. 8vo. Gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edison. Millikan & Gale. A First Course in Physics. Boston: Ginn & Co 1906 but later. From the Edison Laboratory Film Department. Thurston Katherine Cecil. The Masquerader. New York: Harper & Brothers 1904. 8vo. With girlhood ownership inscription of Carolyn S. Hawkins Edison dated 1905. 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. Lee Gerald Stanley. Inspired Millionaires. Northampton Mass: Mount Tom Press 1908. 8vo. 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. Parkman Francis. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century. Boston: Little Brown 1899. 8vo. Anonymous. Autobiography of an Elderly Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1911. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Mrs. Thomas A. Edison. Pallister William. Poems of Science. New York: Playford Press 1931. 8vo. Inscribed: "With many good wishes from William Pallister. 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. 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. 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. Social Register New York 1913. NY: Social Register Association 1912. 8vo. Listing both Thomas A. Edison and Charles Edison. 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. Phelps Elizabeth Stuart. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1904. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison dated 1905. 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. Remmers John Henry. Invincible Power. Cincinnati: The Co-Operative Publishing Co. 1922. 12mo. With TLS of author to Thomas Edison presenting the book. Miller Raymond. Kilowatts at Work. A History of the Detroit Edison Company. Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1957. Gift inscription to Governor Charles Edison. Brody Iles. The Colony. New York: Greenburg 1945. 8vo. Barclay Wade Crawford. A Book of Worship. New York: Abingdon Press 1923. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison. Dörfler Fricomarto. Aus dem Lande der Bibel. Pössneck i. Thür: Bruno Feigenspan 8vo. Inscribed by the author. Cerf Bennett. Try and Stop Me. New York: Simon and Schuster 1944. 8vo. Schriftgiesser Karl. Oscar of the Waldorf. New York: E.P. Dutton 1943. Signed "Oscar" in pencil on the title page. Forty Years of Edison Service. 1882-1922. New York: Press of the New York Edison Company 1922. 8vo. 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. 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. Talbot Henry P. The Electrolytic Dissociation Theory with Some of Its Applications. New York: The Macmillan Co 1907. 8vo. Buchan John Lord Tweedsmuir. Pilgrim's Way. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1940. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison. 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. Kaempffert Waldemar. A Popular History of American Invention. Vol 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. unknown books
