Story of Thomas Alva Edison #110 Landmark HB/PC

Random House, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x5x1. Photographs and Maps. Rare Collectible Pictorial Cover Book. This book is in Good condition with a tight binding and mostly clean crisp pages. This is an ex-school library book with the expected library markings, but they are not excessive. Outside pictorial covers are nice, but show some soiling and wear. This book was NOT published with a Dust Jacket. Landmark Books Volumes 104-122 are only available in the picture cover format, also these titles had virtually no trade sales, with public and school libraries taking most of the books. Landmark Books and World Landmark Books are accurate, in-depth stories for young people in the 9-15 year old range. These living histories were written by award-winning authors or by men and women who experienced the events first hand. Written during the 1950's and 1960's and illustrated either with two-color drawings or clear photographs, the books are informative, enjoyable, and well worth reading and collecting. The Story of Thomas Alva Edison Landmark Book #110. Here is a colorful account of America's greatest inventor, who was also one of American's most rugged individualists. Simply and clearly the author explains Edison's contributions to the electric light, the telephone, the phonograph, the electric locomotive, radio broadcasting, motion pictures, and many other aspects of our modern electrified world.