Carnegie Andrew, Signed (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Good. No Jacket. Historic B&W Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie INSCRIBED by his wife (1920 Hardcover without Dust Jacket) As his wife remarked in the preface, after Carnegie retired from active business, he delighted in recording incidents from his active years. The couple spent their summer vacation time in Scotland organizing and expanding recollections. At least until August 1914 and the outbreak of WWI. Andrew Carnegie was heart-sick that this tragic horror could infect the world he had such high hopes for. He lost his health and ambition to finish this biography. His memoirs end summer 1914, he died August 1919. The book has a preface, notes by editor, table of contents, list of illustrations (all bound in), 29 chapters, Bibliography, and index. xiv + 386pp + 29 photo plates, (plus frontis) bound in. This book came to be published through the efforts of his wife, Louise Whitfield Carnegie, and family friend Professor John C. Van Dyke in 1920. She is the copyright holder. For sale is a copy from the 1st edition inscribed as a gift from Louise W. Carnegie dated August 1922. Hardcover has black cloth boards with gold lettering and designs on front and spine, but no dust jacket. Gutters are sound, but cloth is degenerating along spine and at spine ends. Top page-edges are gilt. Inscription by LOUISE W. CARNEGIE on front facing end-page. Interior is tight, clean, and text is unmarked. Interior pages are yet white & bright, browning on outer edges. Copyright 1920. Printed in U.S.A. Title page has colophon and 1920 date. Generally a sign of 1st edition and 1920 printing. No ISBN, LCCN, nor MSR. Thanks for looking! Signed by Significant Prior Ow.

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.

Hardcover. Good, bound in original red cloth with gilt titles on spine, gilt decoration on front panel. Wear, bumps to exterior. Webbing exposed at front end papers. Bookplate inside front panel of Irving Bacheller. Some spotting to page edges. Slight lean to spine. 8vo, 7 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w. Inscribed by Carnegie on the half title page: "Irving Bacheller / With every good wish / Andrew Carnegie / New York Jany 1st 1900". Certificate of Authenticity included.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good, bound in original green cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover, embossed decorations on spine and front cover, bound with light green end papers. Expecetd toning, minor wear and rubbing to front panel. Splitting to paper at rear gutter. 360 printed pages. 8vo, 8 3/4"h x 6 1/2"w. Inscribed by Carnegie on the dedication page: "Wm. Wheeler / With the regards of / The Author," perhaps the book being a gift to former vice president William Wheeler, as the two were aquaintances. Previous owner sticker at corner of rear end paper also mentions "Wheeler." First Trade Edition after a privately printed edition. Certificate of Authenticity included.

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.

Two Typed Letters Signed, 12mo, mild foxing, texts clear and complete. (June) "I am leaving here for Scotland tomorrow morning, and wish you would please accept the book of quotations which I am taking the liberty of sending you. The book is an American work, but the selections are from the best writings of the world. | I hope you will enjoy the book as I have done. [.]"; (July) He acknowledges receipt of "certain documents relating to Rowton Houses [.] giving me what will be very useful in my new project ." Note: His new project would be philanthropic, given the function of Rowton Houses: "Rowton Houses was a chain of hostels built in London, England, by the Victorian philanthropist Lord Rowton to provide decent accommodation for working men in place of the squalid lodging houses of the time.George Orwell, in his 1933 book Down and Out in Paris and London, wrote about lodging houses:The best are the Rowton Houses, where the charge is a shilling, for which you get a cubicle to yourself, and the use of excellent bathrooms. You can also pay half a crown for a 'special', which is practically hotel accommodation. The Rowton Houses are splendid buildings, and the only objection to them is the strict discipline, with rules against cooking, card playing, etc [.]" SEE WIKIPEDIA and image.

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.