(History of Science : Signed Books) 2 Vols. Dyer, Frank Lewis; Martin, Thomas Commerford. Edison, His Life and Inventions. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt spines, top edges gilt, light edge wear. Frontispieces, plates. Internally clean. Book plate of David Roland Clark on front paste downs.
Signed presentation in ink on front free end paper recto: "Presented to my friend / Admiral George Dewey USN / with expressions of his personal esteem / and respect / Thomas a Edison / Oct 25 1913."
Strong, dark inscription and signature.