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ANDREW CARNEGIE Book Signed and Inscribed, 1894

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Andrew Carnegie Inscribes His Book To a Peace Activist

ANDREW CARNEGIE, American Businessman and Philanthropist.
Book Signed, “Andrew Carnegie” on the dedication page of his book, “An American Four-In-Hand In Britain,” published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1891, hardbound cloth, 338 pages, 7.5” x 5.5”, Choice Fine. Full inscription reads: “To Lady Margaret De La Warr, with every good wish, Andrew Carnegie, Buckhurst, July 2, 1894.” The book has its original red cloth intact, with a gilt and black stamped vignette of a horseshoe around a horse’s head on the front cover. Rubber stamp in red of a circled tea kettle on the front free endpaper. Originally published in 1883, this 1891 copy is a presentation copy. Spine leaning and a bit sunned, ends and corners lightly bumped, mild rubbing, and few small stains, otherwise in excellent condition.

Carnegie (1835-1919) made his fortune in the steel industry, and later contributed back to the arts (including the creation of Carnegie Hall in New York), built and founded various institutions and universities, and the Carnegie Hero Fund. Lady Margaret De La Warr (Margaret Sackville) was a noted poet and children’s author whose book “The Pagent of War,” denounced women who betrayed their sons by not speaking out during WW I.

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