First Editions Of Ten American Authors

Author : Jacob Chester Chamberlain
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656849505
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book First Editions of Ten American Authors, Vol. 1 written by Jacob Chester Chamberlain and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from First Editions of Ten American Authors, Vol. 1: Bryant, Emerson, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, Lowell, Poe, Thoreau, Whittier Mr. Chamberlain was born in India of American parentage on July 3, 1860, being the son of Jacob Chamberlain, M.D., DD, and in 1872 was brought to this country to complete his education. He graduated with honors from Rutgers College, in 1882. In 1883 he took a post-graduate course in chemistry; soon after he entered Thomas A. Edison's labora tory and took active part in the pioneer electric lighting work of those days. From this time to his sudden death in 1905 he followed his profession with marked success, and was identified with many important enterprises. He was one of the early members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Electric Club. He was also a member of the Colonial, Engineers, Grolier, and other clubs. The entire Collection here offered (including the Second Part hereinafter referred to) was gathered in the short period of about five years, and the work of collecting was never dele gated to others. Each book was bought, examined, collated, and catalogued by Mr. Chamberlain, personally, and when a better copy of the same work could be Obtained the old one was ruthlessly laid aside. This Catalogue, as far as its meces sary limitations would permit, will Show how carefully and well this work was done. In this connection it may be well to point out that while the chief interest and value belong to the first issue of eachbook, the later issues of the same edition, and later editions which show important variations, all possess high bibliograph ical interest and should be found in all collections which aim to be complete. Many books have bibliographical notes by Mr. Chamberlain laid in, the results of his careful investiga tion, which materially enhance their value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.