An American Four-In-Hand in Britain

by Andrew Carnegie

$500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

3/4 brown morocco; raised bands, gilt decoration, gilt title, marble boards, with a cloth slipcase. First edition in a deluxe binding An account of Carnegie's journey to Victorian Britain in 1881. The frontispiece 'artotype' by E. Bierstadt shows Carnegie on a horse-drawn coach, the 'four-in-hand' referenced in the title. Interestingly, the work was not designed to be a publishing success, but rather a sort of greeting card to those who had not accompanied him on

• Binding: Hardcover

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