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    Mechanical Music, Automata, Dolls and Doll's Houses

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    25 May 2004

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    • Edison Electric Light Co.
    Lot 646

    Edison Electric Light Co.

    Price realised

    GBP 598

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    Edison Electric Light Co.
    a nine-part brochure by Edison Electric Light Co., 44 Wall Street, New York for distribution at 1889 Paris Universal Exposition, with list of Edison installations in America and eight line drawings of factories and inventions; 'Catalogue E and Price List, Experiments with Edison Incandescent Lamps and How to Make a Cheap Battery', a 32-page brochure by Edison Lamp Co., Harrison, N.J., in paper covers; and 'Electrical Exhibition, Saint John. N.B., July 22, 1889', a folded programme including the unveiling of Edison bust and exhibit. (3)

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    Saleroom Notice

    This Lot also contains the partial envelope shown in the photograph: an incomplete envelope ink-stamped Edison Light Company, Harrison, N.J.


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