Carnegie Andrew: Signed (17 results)

Publisher's maroon cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rare, signed copy of this scarce title which is a collection of Andrew Carnegie's essays on the major social and economic issues of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Overall Condition: Very Good BOOK INFO Published in 1908 by Doubleday Page & Co. in New York. Inscribed and signed in pencil by Carnegie on the dedication page (to Theodore Roosevelt) about a month after publication, 'John McLeod/With best wishes/Andrew Carnegie. December 18/1908'. First edition, first printing with the "Published, November, 1908" statement on the copyright page. Bounds in its original blind-stamped, maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Octavo, 8 1/8" x 5 1/2". Collated and complete: [8], 207, [1] pp. ABOUT THE WORK Carnegie, a self-made steel magnate turned philanthropist, examines the relationship between capital and labor, the rise of large industrial combinations, the challenges of wealth distribution, and the role of the state in economic life. The book is organized into sections on Wealth, Labor, Wages, and Thrift, with additional essays on the land, individualism versus socialism, and family relations. Carnegie reiterates his 'Gospel of Wealth' - the idea that large fortunes are a trust to be used for public benefit through education, cultural institutions, and opportunities, rather than through indiscriminate charity or hereditary privilege (a philosophy espoused in modern times by billionaires such as Warren Buffett). He advocates regulated but not state-owned industries, and the use of surplus wealth to create 'ladders' for self-improvement.' On labor, Carnegie acknowledges the legitimacy of unions but warns against destructive strikes and boycotts. He promotes arbitration, open communication, and long-term wage agreements tied to productivity. On socialism, he rejects state ownership and collectivist schemes, arguing that private initiative and competition drive progress, while supporting regulation to prevent abuses. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) was a Scottish-born American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era. He became one of the richest Americans in history. Immigrating to the United States in 1848 from Dunfermline, Scotland, Carnegie worked his way up from a cotton mill job to a telegraph operator and railroad executive, making early investments in railroads, bridges, and oil. In the 1870s, he founded the Carnegie Steel Company, which, through technological innovation and vertical integration, dominated the U.S. steel industry. His 1889 article proclaiming 'The Gospel of Wealth' called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society. By 1901, Carnegie sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan for over $300 million. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (over $10 billion in 2026 dollars), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities and to the creation of more than 2,500 public libraries across the world. CONDITION REPORT The book is in Very Good collectible condition. Exterior and binding: Firm hinges and joints, tight pages. Richly colorful maroon cloth and glossy gilt. Rubbed edges, two bumped corners. Some areas of rubbing and slight discoloration to boards. Interior: Pages are lightly toned and generally clean and bright, with an occasional light marginal smudge. Pages 181-184 uncut by the printer. First few preliminary pages with some staining and toning. Small marginal reading tear on the fore-edge margin of pp. 155-156, not affecting text. No foxing, writing, ex libris marks or bookplates. All in all, a rare, signed copy of a scarce first edition by the famous American steel magnate and influential philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. Signed.…

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.…

The first edition, inscribed 'To Principal Story of Glasgow University with regards Andrew Carnegie, Skibo Castle, Oct 14th 1901'. Carnegie worked with the recipient, Robert Herbert Story (1835-1907), to fund the expansion of the University of Glasgow, the former donating $10 million to establish the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. 1901 saw the 500th anniversary of Glasgow University and was the year Carnegie received an honorary law degree. The book was presented to Story, who had been appointed Principal of Glasgow University in 1898, at Carnegie's Highland estate Skibo Castle. First edition, author's inscribed presentation copy; 8vo (21.5 x 14.5 cm); inscribed in pen to front free endpaper, underlining in ink to p.137, endpapers slightly toned; publisher's blindruled green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge gilt, others uncut, a little rubbed at extremities, very good; xxii, [2], 305, [1]pp. Provenance: Robert Story (presentation inscription).…

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. …

Cloth. Condition: Very good. 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 (1787-1866) 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. Presentation copy of An American Four-In-Hand in Britain by Andrew Carnegie, inscribed to the "playmate of my mother." (illustrator). Signed.…

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.…

WALTER DAMROSCH (1862-1950) US-amerikanischer Dirigent und Komponist deutscher Herkunft, 1885 bis 1928 Leitung der New York Symphony Society (später New York Symphony Orchestra), traf auf einer Schiffsreise von New York nach Southampton Andrew Carnegie. Sie freundeten sich an und entwickelten gemeinsam die Idee der Carnegie Hall. 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.…

First and only edition of this sweeping anthology of stories, poems, essays and prose sketches with contributions from one hundred and nine writers, each contribution signed by its author at its conclusion. The most prominent are Mark Twain (âThe Californianâs Tale,â page 161, the first appearance of this story), Theodore Roosevelt (âA Shot at a Bull Elk,â page 487) and Andrew Carnegie (âGenius Illustrated from Burns,â page 99). Thick folio, original publisherâs full deluxe dark brown straight-grained morocco ornately stamped in blind and black with gilt decorations to the front panel and spine, top edge gilt with other edges uncut, gilt inner dentelles, floral endpapers, title page printed in red and black. One of 251 numbered copies signed by each of the 109 contributors, this is number 93. In near fine condition blind stamp of the Wheeler School to the right edge of the title page and a bookplate to the front free endpaper. An impressive collection of the works and signatures of leading late nineteenth century literary figures. âThe Authors Club of New York, organized in 1882, was a social club for like-minded men and a support group for younger writers. In 1891, club members conceived Liber Scriptorum as a means to raise money for a suitable permanent home. Each member contributed an original essay, story or poem that would never be published elsewhere. Each author signed 251 copies of his entry, and the books were then bound. The book, published and printed by club member Theodore Low De Vinne, sold for $100, almost $2000 in 2002 dollars. De Vinne donated the work at cost, and the club enjoyed a profit of $10,500. By the time the book was finished and the profit realized, Andrew Carnegie had given the club a suite of rooms in his building at 57th and Seventh Avenue, and the publication proceeds were used to furnish the roomsâ (Carnegie Mellon University). Liber Scriptorum marks the first appearance in print of Twainâs tale about an unfortunate manâs undying devotion to his wife. Contrary to the clubâs original plans, this story was later included in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906). Other contributors include De Vinne, William Dean Howells, Henry Van Dyke and Frank R. Stockton. Though âthere are presumed to be 251 copies of the book; actually, over 30 of these were not bound but were sold as separate articlesâ (Johnson, 128). BAL 3438.…

[4], 80pp. Errata slip. 8vo. 1st Edition. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Andrew Martin. [4], 80pp. Errata slip. 8vo. Written by the Mathieson, the Provost of Dumfermline, the privately-printed work recounts an 1882 visit with a group of Scottish citizens to tour the United States on the invitation of Andrew Carnegie. The group travelled in style, accompanied by Carnegie, visiting New York, Albany, Troy, Niagara, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C. (including a visit with President Chester Arthur) and Philadelphia. The present example inscribed to Andrew Martin, one of the mebers of the tour. Publisher's red cloth, covers blocked in black and lettered in gilt, spine faded, minor wear and soiling First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Andrew Martin. Signed.…

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. …

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.…

Signed vintage matte-finish sepia tone studio photograph (by Pach Brothers, New York), shows Andrew Carnegie seated at a desk, 7,5 x 9,5 inch (studio mount 11,25 x 12,75 inch), 25.11.1905, signed and inscribed blue ink to the lower photographer's mount "For James Bertram*, Invaluable Secretary & true friend - Nov. 25th 1905. - Andrew Carnegie", with a few stains, two tears to the left edge of the mount, one bend to the upper edge, and slightly trimmed edges - in nearly fine condition. * James Bertram (1872-1934) was the personal secretary of Andrew Carnegie, from 1897-1914. Bertram also served the Carnegie Corporation of New York from its inception in 1911 as secretary and trustee until his death in 1934. …