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Acquired by us directly from the descendant of Edison?s chief laboratory machinist John Kruesi, and never before offered for sale; This invention led to the lighting of New York City, the United States, and then globeThe Smithsonian displays an artifact with the same provenance: A lamp used to illuminate Menlo Park on December 31,1879, when Edison introduced his invention to the world. It is currently on in the exhibition Lighting A Revolution at the National Museum of American History.Thomas Edison propelled the world out of the gaslight era and into the electric age. With dreams of lighting up entire cites, Edison lined up financial backing, assembled a group of brilliant scientists and technicians, and applied his genius to the challenge of creating an effective and affordable electric lamp. With unflagging determination, he and his team tried out thousands of possibilities, convinced that every failure brought them one step closer to success. They succeeded where so many others had failed. On January 27, 1880, just a month after exhibiting his invention, Edison received the historic patent embodying the principles of his incandescent lamp that paved the way for the universal domestic use of electric light.This changed the way everyone lived. Work could start early or continue past dusk. The evenings could be times of activity and recreation. The day no longer had to be confined to daylight hours or time huddled around the heat and light of the fire. It remains among the greatest advancements of the modern age. But a light bulb without a system of electricity delivery would remain nothing more than a lab experiment.John Kruesi had been apprenticed as a locksmith in Switzerland, and migrated to the United States where he settled in Newark, New Jersey. There he met Thomas Edison, who was impressed with the young Swiss immigrant and took a liking to him, employing him in his workshop starting in 1872. He became Edison's head machinist through his Newark and Menlo Park periods, responsible for translating Edison's numerous rough sketches into working devices. Since constructing and testing models was central to Edison's method of inventing, Kruesi's skill in doing this was critical to Edison's success as an inventor. Historians Robert Friedel and Paul Israel summed up Kruesi's remarkable ability:?If the devices that emerged [from Kruesi's workshop] didn't work, it was because they were bad ideas, not because they were badly made. And when the ideas were good, as in the case of the phonograph, the product of Kruesi's shop would prove it.? Kruesi was involved in many of Edison's key inventions, including the quadruplex telegraph, the carbon microphone, phonograph, incandescent light bulb and system of electric lighting. Kruesi was particularly proud of building the first phonograph.Inventing a light bulb did not bring it into the home. You had to have a way to deliver the electricity needed to light the bulb. So Edison set to work creating a system to light the world. W.S. Andrews, one of Edison?s first employees, describes the system in great detail. ?In 1880, Mr. Edison laid out a system of underground distribution. from his laboratory in Menlo Park, to supply 1000 lamps, placed on wooden lamp-posts along the streets and roads of the village of Menlo Park and also in the dwellings. As no electric circuits had ever before been placed underground, there was absolutely no experience to guide in the proper laying and insulation of the conductors?? Conductors ?were composed of No. 10 BWG copper wire? the system was a simple two conductor, multiple circuit? After a few weeks of experiments, the best of the insulating compounds was selected for use. This compound was composed of refined Trinidad asphaltum, mixed with oxidized linseed oil to give it the right consistency, and a little paraffine and beeswax were added to make the material smoother.?The wires insulated and laid, Edison set to test the first ever underground power system. Andrews continues, ?It was on Election Day 1880 that Mr. Howell informed Edison that this line was completed, the lamps in place and everything read for starting up. His answer was characteristic, ?If Garfield is elected, light up that circuit. If not do not light it?.? When the result seemed certain, Mr. Edison gave orders to light up the circuit so the row of bamboo filaments started glowing on the night of Garfield?s election, in November 1880??A piece of the first ever wire to electrically light a home in the world, used that very night in 1880 to electrify Edison?s own home (and across from Kruesi?s), and one of only a handful such artifacts known to have survived. The dual conductor copper wires are still partially covered by Edison?s asphalum. The artifact was dug up by F.A. Wardlaw, long-time aide, and was later Secretary of the Edison Pioneers and curator of the historical collection of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies. Wardlaw has inscribed a note in sending it to Kruesi?s son Paul, who grew up with Edison at Menlo Park. The note is attached to the wire. Autograph note signed, F.A. Wardlaw: ?This is a piece of the original underground conductor that fed Edison's home, exactly like that used for yours and Batchelors, at the historic demonstration of the Edison electric light at Menlo Park, N.J. in 1880. It was the first underground cable ever used for this purpose. Taken from the earth by myself Sept. 29, 1933, after having been buried on the east side of Christie Street, just opposite your old home, for fifty-three years.?Included is a copy of the original letter from Wardlaw, which reads, ?Perhaps you would like a piece of the original conductor used by Edison at Menlo Park at the now historic demonstra_tion of the Edison System of Incandescent Electric Lighting in 1880, so am sending you one. I dug it out of the bank on the east side of Christie St, Menlo Park, directly opposite your old home, last Friday. It was the first underground ca.

Hardcover. First Edition; Early Printing. Very Good+ in a Good- dust jacket. Postage stamp on FEP placed by author. Faint chipping along panel edges. Half ring stain on rear panel. Soiling along spine. ; Boldly signed by Edison on the FEP. Also signed by author William H. Meadowcroft, addressed to Walter F. Huebner, a former accountant employed by Edison for 53 years. ; Signed by Author, Associated.

8vo. 4 pp. To his second wife Mina Miller, here called "Billy", about a strenuous field trip to Ontario to explore nickel reserves, involving an honorary reception by the city of Sudbury: "John writes you today & I assume tells you all about the trip in the woods - as I do not know what he told you I will recite all the events after you left. After the boys came from the Laboratory we took a carriage and 6 of us went out on the upper Wanatapae [i. e. Wanapitei] road to the Credyman mine [.] The mine is about 10 or 12 miles NE from Sudbury. It has been cleared & exposed so we had a good chance to see the whole of the surface and the amount of nickel ore exposed. We also took along our magnetic needles and made a rough survey of the mine [.] This gave us lots of information which will be good for future use [.] Right near the mine we came onto a typical Canadian Lumber Camp. There was 5 low log cabins and 3 log stables, the latter containing about 30 horses [.] The strangest thing was that they had a railroad, a narrow gauge with regular steel rail, Locomotives & logging cars [.] The Municipality of Sudbury gave me an address, which was read by the mayor [.] after it was over I asked several of the city fathers to come down stairs and have some lemonade, there were seven or eight and all took whisky instead of lemonade [.] We left Monday morning for Worthington [.] at this point we were to leave the Railroad & start south into the country which is very heavily wooded [.] we could only find swamp water which had the color of tea, this we boiled before drinking. We slept on the ground with a little hay upon which we laid our blankets. Towards morning it got very cold and a heavy fog settled down [.] we cooked breakfast & started out early for a lake to the south, the swamps, rocks, & fallen timber made progress very slow and very exhausting [.] I sprained my ankle slightly but the next morning it was ok. The guide preceded us and cut with an axe a bare spot on both sides of trees about 20 ft apart, we followed these spots very readily - it's called 'Blasing a trail'. We came to a pretty fine lake & made camp [.] The last 2 days I have been in camp, the boys have been out hunting corners & yesterday for the 1st time tried a survey with their needles. Today is Sunday & we keep it holy, tomorrow I am going out with the boys & try a new plan to surveying from Diorite to Huronian instead of surveyors posts which it's impossible to find [.]". - Small marginal tears.

various sizes. various sizes. An finely bound collection of books from the libraries of Thomas A. Edison and his son Charles Edison, including two volumes with pencil annotations by Thomas Edison, a many author-inscribed volumes to one of the two men or to their wives, and many others with gift inscriptions to members of the Edison family. Complete list available on request Frank, Glenn. The Politics of Industry. New York: The Century Co., 1919. 8vo. With pencil annotation by Thomas A. Edison in margin of p 66. Williams, J.E. In Search of Reality. Organic Evolution. New York: Frank-Maurice, 1926. 8vo. With pencil annotation to title in Thomas A. Edison's hand, "Read very good," and pencil annotations in margins in an unknown hand. Read, Leonard E. Anything That's Peaceful. Inrvington-on-Hudson: Foundation of Economic Education, 1964. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Governor Charles Edison. Ackerman, Carl W. George Eastman. London: Constable and Co, 1930. 8vo. Inscribed: 'To my dear friends, / Charles and Carolyn Edison / George Eastman / Rochester November 3d 1930." Parsons, E. Bryham. Pot-Pourri Parisien. New York: Privately Printed, 1916. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Thomas A. Edison from the author. Marillier, H.C. Rossetti. London: George Bell & Sons, 1906. 16mo. With boyhood ownership signature of Charles Edison. McKee, J.R. and W.S. Andrews. Historical Notes. General Electric Company. Being a History of Thomson-Houston Co. and Edison General Electric Co. which were consolidated to for the General Electric Co. New York: privately printed, 1930. 12mo. Original green cloth. Charles Edison's personal copy, with his name stamped in gilt to upper cover. In half-morocco box. Holmes, Edwin T. A Wonderful Fifty Years. [New York:] privately published, 1917. 8vo. Inscribed: "Thomas A. Edison / With the compliments of / E.T. Holmes." Holmes was president of Holmes Electric Protective Company. Holmes is credited with commercializing the electromagnetic burglar alarm and with establishing the first burglar alarm networks. Stewart, Charles D. The Fugitive Blacksmith. New York: The Century Co, 1905. 8vo. In special presentation binding of cloth backed boards with "Thomas Alva Edison" stamped in gilt to upper cover. In half-morocco box. Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. New York: Duffield, 1910. 12mo. With gift inscription and sketch of a man in profile by "H.N." Minnigerode, Meade. Cordelia Chantrell. A Romance. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. 8vo. With gift inscription to Mina Miller Edison. Soule, George. The Coming American Revolution. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. 8vo. [No gift inscription to C. Edison, though so described on spine label.] Somerville and Smith, compilers. Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors 1924-1950. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1952. Thick 8vo. Pages 338-339 reference Mrs. Charles Edison as sponsor of USS New Jersey. Jordan, William George. The Kingship of Self-Control. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899. 12mo. With gift inscription to Carolyn Hawkins Edison. Franklin, William Suddards. Bill's School and Mine. South Bethlehem, PA: Franklin, Macnutt and Charles, 1913. 12mo. Signed by the author, and with a TLS of the author to Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, presenting the book. Herold, Don. So Human. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1924. With gift inscription to Charles Edison. Benham, W. Gurney. A Book of Quotations. Proverbs and Household Words. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1907. Thick 8vo. With presentation inscription to Charles Edison "for excellence in English," presumably from his teacher Torrey, R.A. Talks to Men about the Bible and the Christ of the Bible. London: James Nisbet, 1905. 12mo. Bunner, H.C. Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. 12mo. With gift inscription to Mina Miller Edison. TAE'as second wife and mother of Charles Kane, Harnett T. Plantation Parade. New York: William Morrow, [1946]. 8vo. Gift inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edison. Millikan & Gale. A First Course in Physics. Boston: Ginn & Co, [1906, but later?]. From the Edison Laboratory Film Department. Thurston, Katherine Cecil. The Masquerader. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo. With girlhood ownership inscription of Carolyn S. Hawkins [Edison], dated 1905. Montgomery, D.H. The Leading Facts of American History. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1902. 8vo. With boyhood ownership signature of Charles Edison, including his attempts at his father's signature. Lee, Gerald Stanley. Inspired Millionaires. Northampton, Mass: Mount Tom Press, 1908. 8vo. Roosevelt, Franklin D. On Our Way. New York: John Day, 1934. Gift inscription to Charles Edison from his staff at the National Recovery Association dated 1934. Parkman, Francis. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century. Boston: Little, Brown, 1899. 8vo. [Anonymous.] Autobiography of an Elderly Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. 8vo. With presentation inscription to Mrs. Thomas A. Edison. Pallister, William. Poems of Science. New York: Playford Press, [1931]. 8vo. Inscribed: "With many good wishes from William Pallister. Chappell, George. Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. 8vo. A gift to Charles Edison from Theodore Edison. Dorris, Mary C. Preservation of the Hermitage 1889-1915. [N.p.: Lady's Hermitage Society, n.d.] 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Thomas A. Edison. Rich, Ben E. Mr. Durant of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1893. 8vo. With gift inscription to Thomas A. Edison from one D.H. Parr dated 1923. Social Register, New York, 1913. NY: Social Register Association, 1912. 8vo. Listing both Thomas A. Edison and Charles Edison. Revelations of My Friends. New York: Stokes, n.d. 8vo. Original cloth, in half-morocco box uniform with bound volumes. A childhood book of Carolyn Hawkins Edison. Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904. 8vo. With gift inscription to Charles Edison dated 1905. Monroe.

2 pen and ink sketches, 134 x 205. With autograph letter, 194 x 250 mm. 1 p. Two original Edison design sketches of a telegraph circuit, sent to Charles Sumners Wentworth with a letter (signed, and in Edison's own hand) discussing telegraph design: "Without I know what the resistance of your sounder is it would be hard to say how many cells would be required. I should think about 8 would do the business if they are 3 ohm sounders ." Edison closes on a personal note: "I am married and have as the French say 'trois joli petite' infants". - Both sketches are pen and ink, with a ground line and "private line" labelled. Edison's intimate knowledge of the workings of telegraphs was spurred on by his interest in developing a telegraph cable capable of carrying more than one message at a time, which he and others recognized as an invention with great commercial appeal. This research on a multi-line telegraph, which culminated in the work of Antonio Meucci, Philipp Reis, Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell, led to the invention of the telephone. - On Edison's 10 & 12 Ward St. letterhead stationery. - Sketches hole-punched in margin (no loss), and one large chip to less detailed sketch, repaired with minor loss; gentle creasing and subtle paper repairs. In good condition. - From the family collection of the descendants of Charles Wentworth.

367 pp. 8vo. The book The Boy's Life of Edison signed twice by the inventor and inscribed by him: "To John Edison Sloane I hope you will study this book and see what you can do your Grandfather Thos A Edison". It is also signed "Thos A Edison" on the first free endpaper. The book was authored by William H. Meadowcroft and this is the 1921 printing (John Sloane was born in 1918). Sloane, a graduate of Yale and a World War II veteran, successfully worked on Wall Street, forming the firm John Edison Sloane, Inc. Taking his grandfather's advice, young Sloane probably read this very book as the spine has wear, as does the portrait of Edison on the front cover. The green cloth has an ink stain on the lower right of the front cover, although the gilt title is still readable. A great association book.

[50] leaves, printed in brown one side only. profusely Illustrated from original photographs (one additional photograph laid in), with additional printed illustrations and a map. 4to, original limp suede, blind-embossed; preserved in a custom quarter leather folding box. First edition. Very fine; very slight silvering to the edges of a few of the photographs. Signed by Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and H.S. Firestone; with an additional personal inscription signed by John Burroughs.

He is also close to a method of safely powering his electric generators or dynamos: ?Regarding the paper for Dynamos we are trying a set of elaborate experiments, which will be finished next week. So far we find paper should soak 10 days then air dried in closed place and then re-dipped for a moment only and re-dried. Its like glass and spark does not go through.?Thomas Edison propelled the world out of the gaslight era and into the electric age. With dreams of lighting up entire cites, Edison lined up financial backing, assembled a group of brilliant scientists and technicians, and applied his genius to the challenge of creating an effective and affordable electric lamp. With unflagging determination, he and his team tried out thousands of possibilities, convinced that every failure brought them one step closer to success. They succeeded where so many others had failed. On January 27, 1880, just a month after exhibiting his invention, Edison received the historic patent embodying the principles of his incandescent lamp that paved the way for the universal domestic use of electric light.This changed the way everyone lived. Work could start early or continue past dusk. The evenings could be times of activity and recreation. The day no longer had to be confined to daylight hours or time huddled around the heat and light of the fire. It remains among the greatest advancements of the modern age. But a light bulb without a system of electricity delivery would remain nothing more than a lab experiment.John Kruesi had been apprenticed as a locksmith in Switzerland, and migrated to the United States where he settled in Newark, New Jersey. There he met Thomas Edison, who was impressed with the young Swiss immigrant and took a liking to him, employing him in his workshop starting in 1872. He became Edison's head machinist through his Newark and Menlo Park periods, responsible for translating Edison's numerous rough sketches into working devices. Since constructing and testing models was central to Edison's method of inventing, Kruesi's skill in doing this was critical to Edison's success as an inventor. Historians Robert Friedel and Paul Israel summed up Kruesi's remarkable ability:?If the devices that emerged [from Kruesi's workshop] didn't work, it was because they were bad ideas, not because they were badly made. And when the ideas were good, as in the case of the phonograph, the product of Kruesi's shop would prove it.? Kruesi was involved in many of Edison's key inventions, including the quadruplex telegraph, the carbon microphone, phonograph, incandescent light bulb and system of electric lighting. Kruesi was particularly proud of building the first phonograph.Inventing a light bulb did not bring it into the home. You had to have a way to deliver the electricity needed to light the bulb. So Edison set to work creating a system to light the world. W.S. Andrews, one of Edison?s first employees, describes the system in great detail. ?In 1880, Mr. Edison laid out a system of underground distribution. from his laboratory in Menlo Park, to supply 1000 lamps, placed on wooden lamp-posts along the streets and roads of the village of Menlo Park and also in the dwellings. As no electric circuits had ever before been placed underground, there was absolutely no experience to guide in the proper laying and insulation of the conductors?? Conductors ?were composed of No. 10 BWG copper wire? the system was a simple two conductor, multiple circuit? After a few weeks of experiments, the best of the insulating compounds was selected for use. This compound was composed of refined Trinidad asphaltum, mixed with oxidized linseed oil to give it the right consistency, and a little paraffine and beeswax were added to make the material smoother.?The test was a success. Now came lighting New York City. A franchise having been obtained from the city, the work of laying the underground cable began in the late fall of 1881. That completed, in the summer of 1887, as the Edison Papers notes, Edison and his Electric Illuminating Company received permission to expand New York?s lighting into a second district in Manhattan's Union Square district.Edison was dissatisfied with the insulation of the conductors to be used on the project, which he bewailed as inadequate. It allowed bubbles to leak up through holes, which could cause electrocution. This was thus an issue of safety, and such potential leaks undermined the safety of his invention and complicated his project in New York. In late summer of 1887, as he began the hugely important New York project, he and his team worked diligently on solving the insulation problem on time to use the solution in that project.Kruesi had a standard compound that he used as insulation. As the Edison Papers notes, Kruesi?s standard compound performed well on bare copper rods but failed when applied over metal wrapped in cotton. Edison concluded that when the insulation was applied to a surface that was not clean or perfectly dry ?or on surfaces covered with material which the heat of the Compound turns into gas, we shall have Microscopic Vent holes invisible to the naked Eye? (an analysis similar to his observation in 1879 of destructive gas pockets in metal lamp filaments). On August 24, 1887, Edison noted that tests of compounds at the lamp factory laboratory showed that ?if you can pour compound at 300 Fahrenheit it will be better than at higher temperature as when very hot it gives off too much gas.?The issue of insulation was present also in Edison?s generators that were powering his system of lighting. His generators (or dynamos) were built with an armature core of about 1000 thin plates of soft wrought iron, insulated from the shaft, and separated by paper from one another. They were held between two end plates, one of which was secured by a washer shrunk on the shaft, and the other by a screw-nut and lock-nut. This paper was the source of the internal insulation.Autograph letter signe.

The Edison Pioneers was an organization composed of former employees of Thomas Edison who had worked with the inventor in his early years, and founded to keep alive Edison?s ideals and aims. Membership was limited to people who had worked closely with Edison before 1885. On February 11, 1918, the Edison Pioneers met for the first time, on the 71st birthday of Edison. There were 37 people at the first meeting. In time there were 100 members, counting descendants of Edison Pioneers who were allowed membership in later years.To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb, in 1927 the Pioneers commissioned U.S. Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock to create a piece of metallic art - a portrait plaque - that would symbolize this. He produced a work that has an engraving of Edison on the front, along with his name and the initials of the engraver. The reverse is inscribed: ?1879-1929/ Edison Pioneers/ ?The Light Once Lit/ Shall Never Dim/ But Through All Time/ Shall Honor Him? / R.R. Bowker.? At bottom is the date October 21st . Two ball feet at the top corners make this usable as a paperweight.This medal is an earlier and rarer version of the more usually seen plaque, which states on the reverse ?Light?s Golden Jubilee/ 1879-1929.? At bottom that one has in smaller letters the manufacturer?s name engraved.Still present are the envelop the plaque was sent in, addressed to Theodore Edison, the youngest son of Thomas Edison, so this plaque thus comes right from the Edison family. There is also a note that reads: ?The words on this commemorative souvenir, presented to you at Menlo Park, N. J., are from the pen of our esteemed member, Mr. R. R. Bowker, and are identical with those inscribed on the plaque affixed to the perpetual lamp installed within the tower erected by the Edison Pioneers on the site of the original laboratory to commemorate LIGHT?S GOLDEN JUBILEE. EdIson Pioneers.?To find a copy of this plaque at all is quite uncommon. But to have it come right from the Edison family is extraordinary.

8vo. 1 p. Printed letterhead from Edison's Llewellyn Park, New Jersey estate. An autograph letter signed "Daddy" to his daughter Madeleine, probably during her two years at Bryn Mawr College outside of Philadelphia. Despite praising her intellect, Edison, known for his workaholic ways, satirically chastises his daughter for not studying enough, suggesting an intense and alarming strategy for maximum intellectual achievement: "I see you are only studying nine hours each day when you should study eighteen, how can you ever expect to know anything. You should get up at 6 am study till 2 am, with 5 min recess for each meal. Then take a narcotic to get to sleep quick, with an Automatic gong to awaken and be thrown out of bed. Modern methods of getting educated are too slow. To my highly intellectual daughter with No 11 feet from Daddy". Edison wrote a line in what looks like Chinese at the bottom. The letter is in fine condition with mailing folds. An unusual letter from Edison with personal and family content and a sly dose of humor.Madeleine Edison Soane (1888-1979). Thomas Edison's daughter from his second wife Mina, Sloane studied at Bryn Mawr for two years, later ran for Congress, and eventually joined Western Union's board of directors.

Silbergelatine-Abzug mit einkopiertem Studionamen und -Stempel von [Louis] Bachrach verso. 232 x 182 mm. Signiert "ThosAEdison" im unteren Bildbereich. - Leichte Aussilberungen in den Rändern und etwas gewölbt, sonst gut erhalten.

4 vols. 8vo and smaller. 4 vols. 8vo and smaller. Interesting group of 4 pamphlets annotated and inscribed by the famed inventor Thomas Alva Edison to his son Charles, comprising: Plummer, W. C. Social and Economic Consequences of Buying on the Instalment Plan. Supplement to Vol. CXXIX of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Grey wrappers, inscribed in pencil, "Charles Please take this & read it carefully it is sound. TAE" With several annotations by TAE, e.g., "People buy insurance on the instalment plan this has gone on for centuries", "How about war bonds", and various marginal notations. Printers' Ink. A Journal for Advertisers. Vol. CXXIX, No. 6, 1924. "Charles p 89" on cover, and "Running the Rapids of Popularity" (pp. 89-90), annotated: "Charles, Victor advertising" Americanizing the British Empire. Whaley-Eaton Pamphlets Vol. II, No. 6, 1926. "Good TAE" The Red Nose. Being a Small Group of Cheerful Rhapsodies on Alcohol and Politics. By Howard Kendall, Secretary of the Dipsomaniac Division of The League of the Unorganized, Cleveland, Ohio, [n.d., ca. 1926]. "Charles TAE" A choice group of material demonstraiting the range of the inventor's interests. Wrappers. Very Good. Laid into a full green morocco folding box, marked on lower turn-in in gilt "Gov. Charles Edison Library".

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard Ilustrador. First Edition. Toronto, Canada: The University of Toronto Press, 1928. 2 volumes, complete. This is an INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy to the American inventor Thomas Edison from Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. SEE PHOTOS. The inscription reads "To Dr. Thomas Alva Edision With the compliments of the Organizing Committee of the International Mathematical Congress of 1924, together with an expression of grateful appreciation and esteem for one whose discoveries and inventions have done so much to better and beautify the world in which we live (signed) J. C. Fields Chairman of the Organizing Committee." SEE PHOTOS. The ink stamp of "Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Research Engineering Department" appears in 3 places in each volume. Also laid in each volume is a printed slip confirming the source: i.e. from the library of Edison's youngest son, Theodore M. Edison. SEE PHOTOS. There is no NOBEL PRIZE for mathematics. The closest analog is the FIELDS MEDAL for outstanding achievement in mathematics, named for the editor of this set, John Charles Fields [1863-1932, See Dictionary of Scientific Biography, p. 617). The FIELDS MEDAL is presented only once every four years at the International Congress of Mathematicians. (If you are like me, you probably never heard of the FIELDS MEDAL until it was featured in the 1997 film GOOD WILL HUNTING, nominated for 9 Oscars including Best Picture. It starred Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor), Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay), and Minnie Driver. In the movie fictional MIT professor Gerald Lambeau, played by Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, is described as having been awarded a FIELDS MEDAL for his work in combinatorial mathematics). Fields presented this 2 volume set to Thomas A. Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo Park," and recipient of a record 1,093 patents. Among Edison's inventions are the electric light, phonograph, movie camera, vacuum diode, carbon microphone, the system for electric power distribution, and the alkaline storage battery used for submarines and electric vehicles. In 1912, Edison designed the self-starter battery introduced on Henry Ford's iconic Model T automobile. These two volumes are uniformly bound in the original gilt stamped dark blue cloth. SEE PHOTOS. Oversize Hardcover. This extra large, very heavy 2 volume set (nearly 15 pounds before packaging) will require SUBSTANTIAL postage that will be charged at our cost, depending on destination. Signed by John C. Fields (FIELDS MEDAL founder). First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 volumes: 935pp + 1,006pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

No Binding. Condición: Near Fine. EDISON, THOMAS A. (1847-1931). American inventor of the phonograph and the light bulb. Very rare, superb, imperial cabinet Photograph Signed and inscribed: ''To my friend Lieb / from Thomas A. Edison, / Orange NJ USA Oct. 29, 1891.'' Huge 7 ¼ x 11 ¾ inches, image size. Mounted to a slightly larger original photographer s mount. [We know that this image is by Falk Studios, with Benjamin Falk most likely the photographer, of NYC, taken at his Broadway studio]. Some loss to lower photographer s mount, and very minor marginal chipping to mount edges, not touching the photographic surface, else very fine condition. Falk was a photographer of major significance. He was to make his name in photographic circles by adding arc lights in his studio for additional lighting, allowing photography sessions to occur into the late evening, when working people could take advantage of this new technological process. The recipient of this photograph was John W. Lieb. Lieb, as a soon-to-be Steven s Institute graduate, when he met Edison at Edison s Menlo Park Labs in 1880. He went to work for Edison in January of 1881, and was assigned to Edison Machine Works, where he worked on designing the generators for the Pearl Street, NYC, generating system. When the station opened in 1882, Lieb was placed in charge. He was then sent to Italy to electrify Milan, and on his return, became the vice-president of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company. The association between Edison and Lieb, was a long, and significant one. We have seen just 3 [and have owned all 3, at some point] of these large Imperial cabinet size photographs of Edison in our nearly half-century of dealing in the best of historical materials. They were all inscribed to major players in the scientific / electrification of the world sciences and invention world. Just a superb item. We always advise our clientele to buy the best out there, as in our experience, you ll never go wrong! In our opinion, this is one of those opportunities.

Thomas Edison and Electricity are almost synonymous. Edison invented many electricity-inspired devices, such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and a forerunner of the movie projector. To create the electricity, he set up the world's first electricity generation plant, and developed a complete electrical distribution system for light and power. These are are just a few of the host of his electricity inventions that laid the basis for the modern electric world. So it is not surprising that he should seek a self-generating source of electricity; in other words, a battery.Edison?s interest in batteries was long-standing and dated back to his time as a telegraph inventor. He was among the first to try to develop consumer-friendly batteries, and made important improvements in battery design, inventing alkaline batteries. He began investigating storage batteries as early as the 1880s, but it was the advent of automobiles in the late 1890s that spurred him to develop a storage battery to power them. Electrical power would, Edison felt, be a much better solution than gasoline. He stated, ?Electricity is the thing. There are no whirring and grinding gears with their numerous levers to confuse. There is not that almost terrifying uncertain throb and whirr of the powerful combustion engine. There is no water-circulating system to get out of order - no dangerous and evil-smelling gasoline and no noise.? Electricity had to be the future, he wrote, since in time ?all the oil would be pumped out of the ground.? Electricity-powered cars would also be less expensive to produce, bringing the price to the consumer down.The problems the Edison lab faced with batteries for electric cars were that the lead-acid batteries that that existed then were too heavy, and the acid corroded the lead inside the battery, shortening its useful life. The Edison team would look for a way to make batteries lighter, more reliable, and at least three times long-lasting, so that they could become the basis of a successful electric car. Their idea was to use alkaline electrolytes, and make a nickel-iron based battery. Such a battery would use an electrolyte of potassium or sodium hydroxide and contain no lead or other heavy metals. It would therefore be without risk of acid spills, and its construction and disposal would be largely without significant environmental damage. The battery chemistry in a nickel-iron battery, during both charging and discharging, acts to transfer oxygen from one electrode to the other. Resins form a film on the electrode surface, retarding corrosion. The battery Edison ultimately manufactured was so efficient that it lasted for decades.He established the Edison Chemical Works in 1905 to manufacture the iron and nickel compounds to be used by the Edison Storage Battery Co. (ESBCo). Around 1916 Chemical Works became a division of ESBCo, with Edison's brother-in-law John V. Miller continuing as manager and Charles F. Hunter serving as superintendent. William J. O'Dair was their product engineer. It took over a decade to develop a commercially viable iron-nickel battery, and by that time automobiles powered by internal combustion engines had become dominant. Had their battery been available sooner, the economic, political, and environmental history of the world might look very different. Though no longer primarily focused on cars, their battery work carried on for decades, and they made constant improvements. Edison developed an extensive market for his battery in a variety of industrial uses, and it was the most successful product of his later life.Edison used resins not only for his batteries, but for his phonograph records. He was by far the largest consumer of resins in the country, and was always looking for new, more efficient and less expensive methods of producing it. Here we find him switching to a new apparatus, but wanting to make sure the old one was ready to produce if the new one was down. He also wanted to be sure any excess produced would be stored for later use.Typed letter signed, The Laboratory, Orange, NJ, January 20, 1927, to superintendent Hunter. ?The apparatus used with old method of making resin to be put in good condition ready to operate should any emergency occur. The new process without pressure to be operated to make resin for current use and as great excesses of resin as practical, storing the excess operated by Hand under Hunter.? An extremely uncommon full letter of Edison directly relating to his research and production, one of a very few we have ever had.Edison Storage continued to manufacture batteries until 1972, and in 1975 it was sold to Exide, then one of the world's largest producers and distributors of batteries. After the 1975 sale, the head of Exide discovered a small file of Edison?s papers, and retained them. We acquired the file directly from his family, and this letter has never been previously offered for sale.

With the envelope addressed to the Maharajah??I am sending my representative, Mr. James Ricalton, to your wonderful country to obtain a series of moving pictures of interesting subjects. I have thought it may be within the power of your Excellency to assist my photographer in gaining access to subjects? These pictures are now being used widely over the world as an educational factor"Thomas Edison's company, Edison Manufacturing Company, began to focus on expanding its movie market, particularly in Great Britain and parts of Europe, by producing films on European themes like "Relief of Lucknow". At the same time, they were also developing new types of films and formats for home use. This led to the creation of documentary-style films like "Gold and Diamond Mines of South Africa?, and in the United States, "Down the Old Potomac? The latter follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. It includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel which was built in 1840; coal barges plying the canal; Maryland farming country; Harper's Ferry; and Great Falls.James Ricalton was a traveler and photographer known for his work with Edison. He traveled extensively to capture images for Edison?s stereoscopic photography and film projects, circumnavigating the world seven times. He also played a key role in sourcing materials, such as bamboo from China, for Edison?s light bulb filament experiments. Their collaboration contributed to advancements in early photography, cinematography, and electric lighting technology, as well as the widespread dissemination of exotic movies and images from around the world.In 1911, Edison sent his representative, Ricalton, to India to film interesting motion pictures. Ricalton had been in India before, and was well known for his still photographs of Kashmir. The Kinetograph, invented by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, was a motion picture camera that captured sequences of images on film. These images, when viewed through a Kinetoscope (a peephole viewer), created the illusion of moving pictures. The Kinetograph was a crucial step in the development of the motion picture industry. Edison wanted Ricalton to go to India at field test this.Typed letter signed, on his Laboratory letterhead, Orange, N.J., July 1, 1911, to His Excellency the Maharajah in India, to enlist his assistance in gaining access to points of interest for his videographer. ?I am sending my representative, Mr. James Ricalton, to your wonderful country to obtain a series of moving pictures of interesting subjects. I have thought it may be within the power of your Excellency to assist my photographer in gaining access to subjects he may find desirable. These pictures are now being used widely over the world as an educational factor and any assistance which your Excellency may extend to my representative will be highly valued by me personally, as well as by the public at large.? Which maharajah this is, is not indicated on the letter nor its accompanying envelope.This letter documents Edison?s interest in the international scope of his intentions and his outreach to make the sure that his movie maker will have access to the best subjects.

Condición: Very Good. First edition. One of 372 copies (this being copy seventy-two). Signed by Terry Ramsaye and Thomas Edison. A Very Good set. Two volumes, quarto (262 x 175 mm). Collating: lxx, 400; 401-868 pp. Frontispieces. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographic reproductions. In the publisher's deluxe quarter leather over textured paper boards. A large paper copy, with edges untrimmed. Minor edgewear. Evidence of removed bookplates to upper endpapers. The library stamp of the Gertrude Kistler Memorial Library to margin of each title-page and to lower endpapers. A few spots of toning to first and last few leaves; otherwise, very clean throughout. An appealing set. This first official history of cinema, written by film journalist Terry Ramsaye, presents a clear and detailed picture of the early development of film as seen from the Edison camp. Dwelling specifically on Edison's early Kinetograph and his "Black Maria" (the first studio to be built specifically for making commercial films), Ramsaye charts the development of the motion picture industry through 1925. While later critics downplayed Edison's importance, recent scholars have reinstated his preeminent position in the history of film. A lavish production, chronicling the history of the silver screen, with wonderful vintage photographs as Edison states, "the first endeavor to set down the whole and true story of the motion picture.through his years of preparation.I am aware of [the author's] effort at exact fact. A high degree of detailed accuracy has been attained.". Very Good.

1 p., in pencil. 4to. 1 p., in pencil. 4to. A letter dating from the birth year of motion picture exhibition, from the inventor of the medium, Edison, to one of the first motion picture distributors and producers, Norman C. Raff, mentioning a third important figure in the history of film, Otway Latham. In full: "My Dear Raff I have had a long talk with Latham on the subject of prize f[ight] machines and while I do not know your ideas on the subject It seems to me that if both L & yourself could enter into some understanding mutually beneficial it would be a good stroke, and stop friction all around. Yours Edison" Norman C. Raff (1857-1925) provided a crucial early investment in film when he purchased in 1894 a number of Kinetoscope machines, or "peep-show" boxes, developed by Edison to exhibit his new motion picture technology. In April of that same year he helped open the first Kinetoscope parlour, on lower Broadway in Manhattan, to enormous success. A few months later, Otway Latham (1868-1906) made a crucial technological advancement, increasing the Kinetscope's capacity and reducing the camera speed such that he could exhibit boxing matches through a series of abbreviated, one-minute rounds using specially modified Kinetoscope machines, the "p[rize] fight machines" Edison refers to in the letter. The first fight produced by Latham, between Brooklyn boxers Mike Leonard and Jack Cushing, was recorded in the summer of 1894 at Edison's Black Maria film studio in West Orange, New Jersey; its exhibition that August, in a New York Kinetoscope parlour partly owned by Raff, "drew almost riotous crowds for many days on end, and the police had to be called in to keep order" (Josephson p 395). The success of the film led to Latham purchasing 72 additional Kinetoscope machines at $300 each a subject that no doubt arose during the course of the "long talk" Edison references in the letter. Sources of the "friction" Edison alludes to would have included Edison's agreeing to sell the prize fight machines to Latham's group exclusively, as well as Raff incorporating as "The Kinetoscope Company," after Latham's group had already been operating as "The Kinetoscope Exhibiting Company." The same month this letter was written, Raff began in earnest to produce films at the Black Maria, including his famous "Joan of Arc" and "The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots." The next year Latham would develop the Panoptikon and the Eidoloscope, the first motion picture projectors used to show commercial films, which would ultimately render the Kinetoscope obsolete. These and related efforts by Edison, Raff, Latham and a small number of others in 1894 to develop and exhibit Kinetoscope films were of utmost importance to the development of film, as they demonstrated an enormous public appetite for the medium, the ultimate effect of which is difficult to overstate: "The impact that this new entertainment medium was to have upon the minds and lives of hundreds of millions throughout the world was something unforeseen and unimagined perhaps surpassing the effect of almost all other nineteenth-century inventions, by Edison or anyone else" (Josephson p 395). Edison letters dating from and pertaining to the nascent years of film are rare on the market. Josephson pp. 394-96; The Man Who Made Movies: W.K.L. Dickson pp. 312-317 Old folds, lightly and evenly toned, two expert repairs in upper margin.

8vo. 1 p. An autograph letter signed "Papa" to his grandson John Edison Sloane. "Darling Jack If only you and your brothers were down here you could have the finest time fishing and boating. The weather is just right now on account of rubber we will be down here until into June. It will probably get hot by that time. When you read this letter, you will be entering a new year, make it a good one and acquire much. Lovingly 'Papa'". It is in very good condition with a toning box to the lower margin from a previous framing. A letter showing the rare wistful side of the great inventor.

8vo. 1 p. Printed letterhead Edison's West Orange, New Jersey estate". Autograph letter signed "Papa" to his daughter Madeleine, known as "Joughy" in the family: "My darling Joughy I saw in the paper today that you had an interview with a newspaper reporter and that you told him that I came home at two oclock in the morning and woke you out of a sound sleep. Tell me all you said to him Papa". Edison was known for working very late into the night, aka the "Insomnia Squad." The letter is in fine condition.

Rare Edison Phonograph Works stock certificate boldly signed by Thomas Edison. Printed document boldly signed "Thomas A. Edison" as President and "J.F. Randolph" as Treasurer, one page, numbered 106, dated November 6, 1899. Stock certificate for three 750/1000 shares of $100 Capitol Stock to James D.W. Cutting. Transfer information present on verso, showing that the stock was transferred to Mina Edison (Thomas' second wife) in 1904. In very good condition with cancellation passing through Randolph's signature, light toning. The original receipt remains affixed at the left edge. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who developed many devices including the motion picture camera, the phonograph and the electric light bulb. He played a pivotal role in the development of sound recording technology through his company, Edison Phonograph Works. Established in New Jersey on May 3,1888, this company was instrumental in refining the phonograph, a device Edison had originally invented in 1877. The firm focused on manufacturing and improving wax cylinder recordings, which became the dominant medium for early sound reproduction. Edisonâs commitment to innovation led to advancements in both phonograph design and the mass production of recorded music and spoken-word content. Despite competition from emerging disc-based technologies, Edison Phonograph Works remained influential in the industry until it was eventually absorbed into Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1924. The companyâs legacy endures as a foundational contributor to the modern recording industry.

The iron ore business was made unprofitable by new ore discoveries at Lake Superior, and cheaper rail shipping rates set by Andrew Carnegie and othersWhen people think of Thomas Edison, they think of his great inventions and the huge industries they created. He made phonographs, movies, founded General Electric to provide light, and so much more. But sometimes the mind of Edison fastened on an idea that, though susceptible to important inventions, did not prove commercially viable.About 1885 American industrialists began to worry that the Great Lakes and other sources of high-grade ore were being exhausted. So to take advantage of and address this perceived iron ore shortage, in 1891 Edison launched a mining operation called the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Company. He promptly set about securing locations for what he hoped would be likely successful mining operations, He developed a concentrating process, designed rock-crushing technology, and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product was a briquette made of powdered, concentrated iron ore. The purpose of the concentration, or magnetic separation, was to reduce the cost of transporting ore to the furnace and to facilitate the smelting. Edison?s specific contributions to the process were the conveyor-belts, the giant roller-grinders, and a large crane to lift the loosened rock into the first huge roller-crusher. The roller-crushers effected a further economy in the use of dynamite and in the labor of blasting. In the early process, dynamite was used to break the rock into smaller particles; later, Edison minimized this expense by developing crushers which could pulverize huge boulders.On the sites were an enormous complex of mines, crushers, separators, and subsidiary buildings. At its highest level of activity, the main plant employed nearly 500 men. Edison was so absorbed in the ore operation that he began to spend much time away from home at the mine. Edison invested about two million dollars of his own money in this project.The product didn't do well commercially, being unable to compete with the high-grade ore being discovered and mined by Lake Superior. Moreover, the Pittsburgh steel barons, Carnegie, Phipps, Frick and Schwab, made sure they were able to ship ore more cheaply than Edison could extract it. In 1899, Edison left the industry altogether and lost his entire investment. but was quoted as saying: ?I can at any time get a job at $75.00 a month as a telegrapher, and that will amply take care of all my personal requirements.?One of the leases for mining operations was from the Dover Savings Institution. As its business situation deteriorated, in 1895 Edison decided to terminate the lease and cut his losses.Typed document signed, October 12, 1895, addressed ?To the Dover Savings Institution, George Pierson, Trustee,? announcing the termination of the lease. ?Please to take notice that it is the intention of the New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works to surrender the Mineral Lease made by the Dover Savings Institution to the said Concentrating Works, dated May 24th, 1890, on the land and premises therein described, situate, lying and being in the Township of Randolph in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey. This notice is given by virtue of the provision in said lease for the termination thereof, before the expiration of the term therein mentioned. And you are further notified, that the said New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works will not pay any rentals or royalties or be liable to said Dover Savings Institution on any covenant or covenants in said lease contained from and after the period of three months from the date of the service of this notice upon you as one of the trustees of said Dover Savings Institution.? Edison paid Dover the outstanding royalties of $2437.49.Edison turned his attention to movies and phonographs, where he had considerably more luck.

An oversize photograph of Edison, showing him circa late 1920s, posed with people who are likely his staff, standing in front of a laboratory building. One of the finest signed photos of Edison we have ever had.

4to. 1 p. Mit einer Beilage. An Thomas B. Donaldson mit Dank für dessen Zusendung: [T]he original tin foil phonograph record [] brings back vividly to my mind a day many years past when I went to the Patent Office with my first phonograph. The pencilings on the wrapper and your later father's recollections are correct. Allow me to thank you [] for the privilege of looking at this old tin foil record []". - Auf Briefpapier mit gedr. Briefkopf From the Laboratory of thomas A. Edison". Etwas angestaubt, knittrig und gebräunt sowie mit leichten Randläsuren und Rostspuren durch eine alte Büroklammer. Beiliegend ein ms. Briefentwurd des Adressaten an das Franklin Institute v. 13.XII.1927, in der er Bezug nimmt auf die oben angesprochene Zinnfolie mit: [T]he paper wrapper contains pencil notes by my father, Thomas C. Donaldson (1845-1898) [] [who] was in the U. S. Patent Office, April 19, 1878 when Thomas Alva Edison displayed his phonograph and applied for a patent []".

Condición: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. First edition. Copy number 233 of a limited 327, signed by Ramsaye and Thomas A. Edison. Large paper copy, bound in publisher's original blue cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt; copies of this limited edition were also bound in half-leather. Near Fine with light rubbing. Browning to endsheets. The first official history of the motion picture as written by film journalism Terry Ramsey, presenting a clear picture of the early development of film as seen from the Edison camp. A beautiful copy of a set which often turns up much worse for wear.

Keller went on to invent the first successful and reliable coin-op phonograph (jukebox) in the United StatesA very uncommon letter concerning Edison?s first phonograph factoryAlbert Keller was the assistant to Ezra Gilliland, Edison's best friend, and the two of them joined Edison at his New York and later lamp factory labs in 1885-1887. After Edison began to develop his wax-cylinder phonograph in 1887, Gilliland and Keller set up a factory to manufacture them with Keller as the superintendent. Gilliland became general agent for the phonograph. Gilliland and Edison's personal attorney, John Tomlinson, then arranged a deal with Jesse Lippincott to purchase the rights to Edison's phonograph. In the meantime, Edison set up a separate factory for manufacturing phonographs next to his West Orange Lab. Believing that the side deal that Gilliland and Tomlinson negotiated with Lippincott for Gilliland's agency rights was done behind his back, Edison cut off all relations and sued Gilliland & Tomlinson. The earlier factory was still being managed by Keller, who had also begun to develop on his own a version of what became known as the nickel-in-slot phonograph, an early jukebox. Edison was unwilling to continue to entrust the entire factory to Keller, who was after all Gilliland?s protege, but valued his experimental talents so was not ready to simply fire him.This was his solution. Autograph letter signed, from the Edison phonograph factory, March 5, 1889, to Keller, relieving him of his duties as factory manager, but offering an opportunity to remain on the Edison team. ?My opinion is that you were never intended by the Almighty to run a large machine shop. Hence after Monday next you will cease to be superintendent of the phonograph factory. If you want to come back with me experimenting, will give you $30 per week and I advise you to accept. Edison.? It?s interesting to see the tactic Edison used with Keller, not even mentioning that the Gilliland and Tomlinson matter had even played a part in his decision. We obtained this letter directly from the Keller descendants, and it has never before been offered for sale. The letter is affixed to a light backing.By the end of 1889, Keller jumped ship and joined Gilliland, and they along with several other people worked independently on nickel-in-slot phonographs, leading to the creation of the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company in 1890 that tried to bring together the various patents. Keller continued his work, and the first really successful and reliable coin-op phonograph (jukebox) in the United States was developed and patented by Keller in 1891.The Edison Papers tell us that trying to figure out what was going on with Keller and the factory, and the development of the nickel-in-slot phonograph, is not easy because so little material about it has survived. They found this letter enlightening and ?very interesting?.

EDISON, Thomas Alva. Photograph signed. No place, circa 1920. Vintage silver print, measures 6-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, mounted on heavy card, mount measures 10 by 12 inches; framed, measures 12 by 14 inches. $6500.Very scarce vintage photographic portrait of Edison seated in a library, inscribed and signed by him with a bold flourish on the mount: "To Mrs. Blauvelt, from a believer in woman suffrage, Thos A Edison."This scarce vintage photographic portrait of Thomas Edison is an especially splendid portrait of "the patron saint of electric light" (Stross, Wizard of Menlo Park 1:284). The "father of many new industries, including phonograph and sound recording; dictating machines; electric lighting and associated electric utilities; electrical manufacturing; and motion picturesÉ Edison stands tall among the pantheon of American heroes" (ANB). Recipient Adele Picot Wilson Blauvelt (1867-1938) lived in Syracuse, NY, where her husband worked as a metallurgist. In the summer of 1918, Mrs. Blauvelt was as yet unaffiliated with any particular party. At a Republican party convention that July, she made the following statement, "Like many thousands of other New York women, I am waiting to see the platform statement of the different parties on national suffrage for women, and will decide my party allegiance by their stand on that issue." Blauvelt's daughter, Adele Blauvelt Barnes (1893-1995), was also a supporter of women's suffrage and a 1916 graduate of Radcliffe College. Light wear to upper corner of mount only, print fine, inscription and signature bold. Signed.

Beautifully signed early albumen Cabinet Photograph by Falk ( New York City), "Thomas A. Edison." The dimensions are 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Along the card's right edge and on verso, at top margin minor remains of former mounting show, very slight soiling on upper background and slight bowing to mount. Framed with museum quality glass and mat for an elegant presentation measuring 10x13 inches.

4to. 3 pp. Matted and framed. An agreement regarding battery production throughout the world. To Herman E. Dick, a founding director of the Edison Ore Milling Syndicate and by 1905, the foreign agent promoting Edison's battery in Europe. Edison informs Dick that as he has established battery production facilities in Germany, England, and France, as well as in America, the company should be able to meet demand throughout the world: "[.] I would undoubtedly be able to make more satisfactory terms for handling this business than any one else, and since you are largely interested in all of the three main foreign companies, you would of course benefit by any additional business that such companies might do in other countries outside of their own territories. Therefore [.] I will be obliged if you will sign the subscribed consent, agreeing that all future negotiations for foreign countries shall be left entirely to me [.]". - Duly countersigned by Dick and a witness. Leaves creased and moderately toned; perforation at upper left corner of each leaf.

Vintage albumen print from New York's Falk studios. 300 x 182 mm, mounted on card. A large and early portrait of America's most legendary inventor, signed in full below the image. - Rubbed and worn; edges chipped with traces of former mounting; a dampstain in the upper portion of the background.