Author: [Trade Catalogue]. Edison, Thomas Alva [1847 - 1931]
Title: EDISON PHONOGRAPH. The Acme of Realism.; Form 235, Fall Season 1901
Description: New York: , 1901. 1st printing of this catalogue. Blue & light blue paper covers, printed in white, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 48 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 6-1/16" x 3-3/8". A hint of age-toning to paper, but otherwise shows little signs of use, a Nr Fine copy. Scientist, inventor & businessman, Thomas Edison greatly impacted our life today with such inventions as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph & the motion picture camera. During his lifetime, the "Wizard of Menlo Park" registered 1,093 patents, successfully marketing a preponderance of those products to people throughout the world. He invented the phonograph in 1877. No copies of this catalogue found on OCLC, other early 20th C. catalogues recorded generally known in but a single copy. A rare trade catalogue primarily for Edison phonographs.

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