The Story of Thomas Alva Edison Landmark # 110 HB/PC by Margaret Cousins; Illustrator-Photographs and Maps - 1965

Random House, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Rare Collectible Pictorial Cover Book is in Good to Very Good condition with a tight binding and mostly clean crisp internal pages. Inside text is in Very Good Condition with some minor soiling. Not sure the inside text was ever read. There is some minor soiling to some outside page ends- but this is minor. No writing in the book. Outside pictorial covers show some soiling and wear to include the back cover, outside spine, corners, and edges. It looks like there is a horizontal pen mark along the back outside spine. Covers show some wear but the inside is mostly nice. NOT an Ex-Library copy of this title, which is Very Hard to Find as a Non-Library Book. 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.