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Lot 103: Henry Ford Signed Book 1936

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Lot  103: Henry Ford Signed Book 1936
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>'Henry Ford' Signed Personal Book
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<b>HENRY FORD, Pioneer Auto Designer and Manufacturer.</b>
Book Signed 'Henry Ford,' on the first endpaper, January 6, 1936, no place, 6.5' x 4.5', Choice Extremely Fine. The book is 'McGuffeyÕs New First Eclectic Reader: For Young Learners,' from the Eclectic Educational Series, New York: American Book Company, 1932.
Henry Ford often quoted from the maxims contained in these books, and he and his wife collected the books, which taught children spelling, grammar, phonetics, and literature, while espousing a conservative moral philosophy. Originally printed in 1857, Ford had the readers reprinted in the 1930s and distributed to schools and libraries throughout the country.