Rare First Edition Thomas Edison Signed 1926 Limited Edition “A History of the Motion Picture” by Terry Ramsaye

"I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work."  -Thomas Edison “A History of the Motion Picture”"The first endeavor to set down the whole and true story of the motion picture." This is an incredible, First Edition, two volume set, copy number 124, and Limited Edition of 327 copies, hand signed by “The Father of the Motion Picture” Thomas A. Edison and the author of the book, Terry Ramsaye. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1926, Bound in Half leather and decorated Japanese paper over boards and professionally re-backed, both volumes are extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Volume 1 is signed by Thomas Edison and the author, with portrait of Edison under tissue cover, 400 pages. Volume 2 has an opening portrait of Charlie Chaplin under tissue cover and rests at 467 pages. Some toning around the perimeter of the pages. Overall both books are beautiful and in very good condition. This is the incredible early histor