$2,700
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1888. First edition. 12mo. (i)-vi, (1)-260pp. + 2pp. advts. at back. Thomas Edison's copy with his ownership signature on first free leaf, and his ink stamp on title page and front free endpaper. Publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with light wear to extremities; title page starting to separate at gutter, hinges slightly stressed; with real photo postcard portrait of Luther Burbank mounted to front paste down with cello tape. Also with typed gift presentation secretarial letter on Edison Laboratory letterhead, dated December 9, 1927, mounted on back free end paper verso to Miss Jewel C. Perret, "...[Edison] was interested in reading of your plan to make a little museum in your home, and in accordance with your request he has autographed one of his old electrical books and has requested us to send it to you with his complements..."