Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 190

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.) Garbit, Frederick J. The Phonograph and its Inventor, Thomas Alvah Edison. Frontispiece portrait. 15 pages. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, small number tag on front wrapper, original price of 25 cents lowered to 15 cents in pencil, otherwise minimal wear. Boston, 1878

Additional Details

First edition with Alva spelled "Alvah." It includes a short biography of the young inventor, followed by a longer description of the wonders of the phonograph--"the tenth wonder of the world!"