Notes of a Trip Round the World (inscribed by author)

"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.