Address Delivered at the Memorial Service Held in Honor of Andrew Carnegie Tuesday, November 25 1919.

SCHWAB, Charles M.

$1,250.00

Item Number: 117152

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Music Hall, 1919.

First edition of Charles M. Schwab’s Address at the Memorial Service of his mentor Andrew Carnegie. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Charles M. Schwab on the front free endpaper, “To my friend George Steelman, with sincere regards, C. M. Schwab.” In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

American steel magnate Charles Michael Schwab began his career in the steel industry as an engineer in Andrew Carnegie's steelworks, where he rose through the ranks and, at the age of 35, he became president of the Carnegie Steel Company. After negotiating the secret sale of Carnegie Steel to a group of New York–based financiers led by J. P. Morgan, Schwab left to run the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Steel Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which under his leadership, became the second-largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world.