Carnegie Andrew, Signed (11 results)

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: FAIR+. Gilt title on spine and gilt frame on the cover. Corners bending. Hinges cracked. Fading gilt top edge and rough cut on side and bottom edges. Pages and edges browning. includes speeches by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Theodore Roosevelt, William S. Gilbert, Charles Kingsley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Irving, Andrew Carnegie, and many others. Signed and incription on front board reads."Sanford H. Steele with the very warm regard of Frank Lawrence November. 1911". Inscribed letter on Lotos Club Stationary laid in to Sanford H. Steele " My dear .more in sorrow than in anger." Frontispiece. Book comprised of many speeches given on different dates at The Lotos Club. Sanford H. Steele WAS TRUSTEE OF DARTHMOUTH COLLEGE DATE PUBLISHED: 1911 EDITION: 488.

HARDBACK RED. Condition: VG. General wear, frontispiece, rubbed and age toned spine, good gilt lettering on cover and spine, contains letter addressed to Edmund C. Hill penned by the personal secretary of Andrew Carnegie dated February 7, 1911 on Carnegie letterhead pasted down on the inner front board, PO name and date on FEP, AND another letter dated Nov 9, 1915 signed by Boynton on Carnegie letterhead, ALSO A League of Peace A Rectorial Address" booklet included in great condition. DATE PUBLISHED: 1902 APRIL EDITION: 345.

First edition of this biographical work celebrating Wattâs refinement of the steam engine as a symbol of Scottish ingenuity and moral progress. Octavo, original publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt and black, title page vignette. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Mr. David Anderson, Andrew Carnegie." In very good condition. Andrew Carnegie (1835â"1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, philanthropist, and writer whose life epitomized the complexities of capitalism, self-made success, and moral responsibility in the Gilded Age. Rising from humble origins as an immigrant laborer to become one of the wealthiest men in history through the expansion of the American steel industry, Carnegie later devoted his fortune to public causes, establishing libraries, universities, and cultural institutions worldwide.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Presentation copy of An American Four-In-Hand in Britain by Andrew Carnegie, inscribed to the "playmate of my mother." (illustrator). Early Printing. Octavo, viii, 338pp, [1], [4pp catalogue]. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Light soiling to cloth, small spotting along lower edge of text block. Solid text block. This book is dedicated to "My Favorite Heroine, My Mother," and is inscribed on the same page: "To Dear Mr. Childers / The play mate of my Mother - Andrew Carnegie." Andrew Carnegie's mother, Margaret Morrison Carnegie (17871866) was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. At her direction, the Carnegie family immigrated to the United States in 1848, where they settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Margaret worked as a weaver to support the family during their early years in America. Carnegie later credited much of his success to her guidance and example of dedicated work. This work, "An American Four-in-Hand in Britain" is a travel narrative written by Andrew Carnegie and published in 1883. The book recounts his carriage journey through the British countryside, and offers reflections on British culture and society from the perspective of an American industrialist. The title refers to the "four-in-hand" driving style, where a team of four horses is controlled by a single driver.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Notes of a Trip Round the World" by Andrew Carnegie. New York: [self-published], 1879. First edition, inscribed "A Hendrick/from the author/Nov 1879" on the first blank. Publisher's dark red cloth decorated in gilt and black, top edge gilt.8 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (20.5 x 14.5 cm); iv, 231 pp. Binding chipped at the head of the spine small spine defect, corners bumped. Carnegie conducted an eight-month world voyage and this work presents a narrative of those travels, together with his conclusions. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine Copy In Green Cloth First Edition 1883/1883 Rare Presentation By Carnegie."Mr & Mrs Theodore Eny With Author's Compliments." Rare Copy Especially Signed. Presentation By Author.

Hardcover. First British Edition. Decorated red cloth, part of the Famous Scots Series and likely published in the same year as the American edition, 1905. Carnegie's biography of the inventor of the steam engine. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by the author "To Alexander Booth Esq/Laurel Bank/Dalkeith Road/Dundee" and SIGNED in full "Andrew Carnegie." Laid in is a four-page publisher's catalog. Mild sunning to the spine. Near Fine with a fine inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint (originally published in 1905). Red cloth lettered in white. Attractive small bookplate of Robert Augustus Franks on the front pastedown, a trifle rubbed on the spine, still easily fine. Signed by Carnegie under the printed title on the half-title page: "by Andrew Carnegie, May 22d 1914." Biography of Carnegie's fellow Scotsman, James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. Previous owner Robert Augustus Franks was Andrew Carnegie's financial secretary, Trustee of the Carnegie Institution, and served on the Board of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Books signed by Carnegie are uncommon.

Hardcover. Reprint. Decorated red cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the blank page facing the title page: "To J. J. Campbell/Friend & veteran(?)/With regards/Andrew Carnegie/New York/Jany 1st/1903." Campbell was auditor for the Carnegie Steel Company. Campbell has written in pencil on the title page: "Read with much pleasure and interest in the spring of 1903." Light wear to spine tips; streak of white paint at the very top fore-edge of the front cover. Very Good.

MY MUSICAL LIFE (Autobiographie) New York, Charles Scribner s Sons, Golden Jubilee Edition 1935, 390 SS. gebunden (Hardcover gr. 8°, Einband mit Gebrauchsspuren, minimal fleckig, etwas berieben), sonst ordentlich erhalten - limitierte, nummerierte Ausgabe # 165/450, von Walter Damrosch in Tinte eigenhändig signiert.

11 1/2 x 9 inches (image), 18 x 14 inches overall; faint dampstaining along lower edge of mount (not affecting text), faint scattered foxing to image. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To My Dear Friends Mr & Mrs Woodward," full-length portrait showing him standing with walking stick beside his Collie, Laddie. Signed on the mount, below the image.