LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2007 October Rare Books & Manuscripts #675  / 

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Henry Ford: Signed Edition of McGuffey Reader

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Henry Ford: Signed Edition of McGuffey Reader
<B>Henry Ford: Signed Edition of W. H. McGuffey's <I>New Eclectic Reader For Young Learners</B></I>.</B></I> (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1885), 84 pages, green pictorial paper boards shelf backed in black cloth, 16mo (4.25" x 6.5"), clear plastic dust sleeve, housed in a black custom quarter leather solander box with marbled boards and gilt titles & five raised bands on the spine. Boldly signed "<I>Henry Ford</B></I>" on the front free endpaper. Two vintage postcards of the Ford Motor Company laid-in. Ford cited the McGuffey's Eclectic Reader series as having a profound effect on him as a child. He collected and later reprinted the entire 1857 series of readers for a new generation, and distributed them to libraries across America at his own cost. The 1885 reader presented here is in very good condition, with bumped corners and mild edge wear. A rare chance to obtain a signed copy of the book series Henry Ford loved so dearly that he moved its author's birth home to his own museum in Dearborn, Michigan.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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