176 pp. 14.8x9.2 cm (5¾x3½"), original cloth gilt-lettered and ruled in black; publisher's advertisements printed in red as endpapers. First Edition. An exceedingly rare copy of the first edition of Robert's Rules of Order, the standard of parliamentary procedure for business and civic organizations since it was first published in 1876. Robert was an engineering officer in the U.S. Army; he had been disheartened by the chaos that prevailed at American civic meetings due to different standards of debate from different parts of the country and of the world. Robert's Rules of Order was the antidote to this chaos, still much beloved and in use today. The first edition has a diamond-shaped device under the flourish in the gilt, has no number of copies on the title-page, and preserves the rule on p.19 that "A call for an adjournment, or for the question, by members in their seats, is not a motion..." The initial print run was 4,000 copies, but relatively few survive as it was a handbook that saw much use. Laid in is a 4 pp prospectus for Shattuck's Parliamentary Answers. See Stran Trouts's article "In 1876 you could Buy a Robert's First Edition for 75 Cents" in The National Parliamentarian, 4 Qtr, 1999.
176 pp. 14.8x9.2 cm (5¾x3½"), original cloth gilt-lettered and ruled in black; publisher's advertisements printed in red as endpapers. First Edition. An exceedingly rare copy of the first edition of Robert's Rules of Order, the standard of parliamentary procedure for business and civic organizations since it was first published in 1876. Robert was an engineering officer in the U.S. Army; he had been disheartened by the chaos that prevailed at American civic meetings due to different standards of debate from different parts of the country and of the world. Robert's Rules of Order was the antidote to this chaos, still much beloved and in use today. The first edition has a diamond-shaped device under the flourish in the gilt, has no number of copies on the title-page, and preserves the rule on p.19 that "A call for an adjournment, or for the question, by members in their seats, is not a motion..." The initial print run was 4,000 copies, but relatively few survive as it was a handbook that saw much use. Laid in is a 4 pp prospectus for Shattuck's Parliamentary Answers. See Stran Trouts's article "In 1876 you could Buy a Robert's First Edition for 75 Cents" in The National Parliamentarian, 4 Qtr, 1999.
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
