Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 460
BRIDGE, James Howard (1858–1939). The History of the Carneg...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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BRIDGE, James Howard (1858?1939).?The History of the Carnegie Steel Company.?New York: The Aldine Book Company, 1903. Royal 8vo. Numerous plates with captioned tissue guards including frontispiece portrait. Original crushed mottled levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, broad turn?ins gilt, crushed blue levant doublures gilt inlaid with a white morocco quatrefoil design, silk front free endpapers (spine gently sunned, some light rubbing at extreme corners). LIMITED EDITION, one of 75 copies, this being a ?special? copy of the ?Author?s Edition? on imperial Japanese vellum, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ?An inside review of [The Carnegie Steel Company?s] humble origin and impressive growth? (from the title?page).
