Address to the National Association of Elocutionists
Washington DC: The Volta Bureau, 1895. First edition, 8vo, pp. 25, [3]; printed paper self-wrappers including "with the Author's Compliments" printed at the head of title; light soiling to covers. A speech covering errors in elocution, education, and a brief aside on Bell's universal system of visible speech. Alexander Melville Bell, father of the more famous Alexander Graham Bell, was a scientist and inventor in his own right, and is aside from being a prominent teacher of elocution invented the precursor to the international phonetic alphabet, called the Universal System of Visible Speech. A scarce piece of neographic history. One of two variants, the other lacking the compliments of the author and with a tipped in slip reading "compliments of the Volta Bureau." Item #53863
Price: $125.00
