Boy Edison by William Simonds (5 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is the story of a boy who turned aside a career in law to work with the inventor, Thomas Edison. It contains 285 pages and is illustrated with 21 actural photographs. The pages are clean and free of marks and tears, with the exception of a penciled inscription from a brother to a sister on the inside cover. The binding is tight. The green cloth cover is stamped in black on the spine and is quite faded. There is some edge wear at the corners and top and bottom of the spiine. There is a spot of hardened glue on the front and some soiling on both front and back.

Sun Dial Press, New York, 1940. Hardcover, 285 pp. With black & white illustrations. Written for boys age ten and up, this is the true story of Francis Jehl, who became an assistant to inventor Thomas Alva Edison. Book very good with light tanning of endpapers. Dust jacket has underside tape repairs, small chips, edge wear - mostly at head of the spine. Jacket flaps are trimmed but the original 75 cent price is intact on the rear flap. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "The Story of Menlo Park", previous owner's name on front endpage, DJ is price cut with closed tears and corner & edge wear, ship by MediaMail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. B/W Photos (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 285 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/chipping, tears, moderate soiling, uncli88pped price.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Describes the life and achievements of Thomas Edison. For the younger reader. 285 pp, frontispiece and 30 b&w photos. Owner's name on front paste-down. Black cloth with green illustration of light bulb on front and lettering on spine. Corners and spine ends bumped. Slight water stain on first 7 and last 2 pages. Discolouration of rough cut page edges. Binding tight.