CREATIVE EDUCATION IN SCHOOL,COLLEGE&UNIVERSITY&MUSEUM

HERE IS A “SIGNED” COPY OF “CREATIVE EDUCATION IN SCHOOL, COLLEGE UNIVERSITY AND MUSEUM- PERSONAL OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCE OF THE HALF-CENTURY 1877-1927” BY HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORNE….THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION FROM “1927”….ILLUSTRATED AND PUBLISHED BY SCRIBNER’S SONS…..THIS COPY HAS A DUST JACKET IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION AND HAS DONE ITS JOB…IT HAD A SMALL TEAR ON THE DUST COVER AND I MENDED IT WITH CELLOPHANE TAPE….THE COPY IS IN VERY, VERY GOOD CONDITION!!!!...THERE IS A "TINY" CHIP ON THE FRONT COVER....THE OUTER SIDE PAGES ARE ROUGH CUT….THE BINDING IS BEAUTIFUL AND TIGHT AND THE PAGES ARE CLEAN AND CLEAR….THIS 360 PAGE EDITION MEASURES 5 5/8” X 7 5/8”…..IT IS SIGNED AND DEDICATED TO “FRANCES DIXON FRICK”…I HAVE ENTERED A SHORT BIO OF THE AUTHOR AND MRS. FRICK SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW UNUSUAL AND RARE THIS BOOK IS……HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN (1857-1935) was a US paleontologist who found and named many dinosaurs in Mongolia and the US in the early 1900's. He was the curator of the American Museum of Natural History starting in 1891. He did extensive research on brontotheres ( early, rhino-like mammals). …….“Frances Dixon Frick”, was married to Childs Frick, the only son of Henry Clay Frick…..”Frances Frick” gave birth to a son and named him Henry Clay Frick II………History of Industrialist, Art Patron, and Philanthropist……..Henry Clay Frick became the largest producer of coke from coal. Mr. Frick was a millionaire by the age of 30. This caught the eye of Andrew Carnegie, since coke is a key ingredient in the production of steel. Mr. Carnegie brought Mr. Frick into the Carnegie Brothers and Company, to assure his steel mills a constant supply of coke. As Chairman, Frick reorganized the rapidly growing industrial concern into the world's largest coke and steel company. The enterprise became known as the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited….SEE MY PICTURES…..THANK YOU FOR LOOKING….PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER ITEMS ON EBAY AND PLEASE VISIT MY “E WINSTON’S ECLECTIC SALES” STORE ON EBAY FOR GREAT ITEMS AND BARGAINS.