Autograph Quotation Signed, November 23, 1856, tipped-in to Thomas F. Madigan's Word Shadows of the Great Lure of Autograph Collecting

New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1930., 1930. First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt and cream, light blue endpapers. Dust jacket (unclipped; few small chips; short tears). Very good. 300 pages. Number 90 of 150 numbered copies of the "autograph edition". The Autograph Quotation Signed reads: "The understandings of men do not want sharpening so much as enlarging". Tipped in, is signed and notarized letter of authentication signed by Madigan, dated April 10, 1930.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory #: (truncated) 303553)