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Lot 313
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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$1,638
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Lot Description
EDISON, Thomas A. (1847-1931). Joseph Henry and the Magnetic Telegraph: An Address delivered at Princeton College, June 16, 1885, by Edward N. Dickerson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Twice signed by Edison.
Front cover signed in upper margin, ("Thos. A. Edison"); title page signed in upper margin ("Thos. A. Edison"). 8vo, 65pp, 3 unnumbered pages, paper wrappers (toning and some soiling to wrappers, some chipping and loss to margins; occasional chipping and light creasing to internal pages). At least 10 pages have markings in black ink, 2 of which include manuscript notes related to the content that appear to have been written in a different hand.
Joseph Henry (1797-1878) was an American scientist who built the first electric motor and later became first Secretary of the Smithsonian.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents