Description: Andrew CARNEGIE (1835-1919). Notes of a Trip Round the World. New York: [privately printed], 1879. Octavo. Pp. [i-iv; 1-]2-231[-232 blank]. (Some soiling and dampstaining, p.211 with small area of surface damage with loss of a few characters.) Original red/purple cloth, the upper cover and spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, glazed endpapers, top edges gilt (rubbed, soiled and scuffed, lower hinge repaired). Provenance: author’s presentation inscription to front blank “Uncle & Aunt Andrew / with Compliments of / their friend / The Author’. First edition presented to the author’s aunt and uncle: the work was apparently re-issued in 1880 (still ‘privately printed’) and then finally made generally available by Scribners in 1884. Family presentation copies of Carnegie’s works are rare.Guaranteed authentic by seller: letter provided if requested. See bio.: I know what I am doing.
Price: 1000 USD
Location: Lakeville, Connecticut
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Private
Subject: Travel
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1879
Language: English
Special Attributes: Inscribed
Author: Andrew Carnegie
Region: North America
Personalized: Yes
Topic: Round the world trip
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
