Phonograph Records And Books Auction - ONLINE ONLY
Lot 2080:
Description
This exceptional lot offers a deep dive into the life and legacy of America’s foremost inventor, featuring five distinct biographical and historical volumes spanning from the mid-20th century to modern scholarship. Included in the collection are “Edison’s Open Door” by Alfred O. Tate (E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938), a first-edition copy of Edmund Morris’s definitive “Edison” (Random House, 2019), “The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison” edited by Dagobert D. Runes (Philosophical Library, 1948), “The Thomas A. Edison Album” by Lawrence A. Frost (Pioneer Press, 1969), and the vintage juvenile biography “Thomas A. Edison” by Francis Rolt-Wheeler (The Macmillan Company). These volumes showcase a variety of mid-to-late 20th-century cloth bindings and illustrated dust jackets that capture the evolving historical perspective on the Wizard of Menlo Park. Overall, the lot presents in stable, readable condition, showing visible shelf wear, edge bumping to the boards, chipping and minor tearing to the vintage dust jackets, interior toning, and a noticeable musty odor typical of long-term storage. Stacked: H 6″, W 11″, D 9″. Please see photos for condition.
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