Description
The first edition, first printing of The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg Esenwein, written with Dale Carnagey, later Dale Carnegie.
Octavo, xi, [3], 512pp, [1]. Original gilt-stamped maroon cloth, faded top edge gilt. No statement of edition or later printing on copyright page. The publisher’s advertisement opposite the title page includes a listing for “Art of Public Speaking,” retail price of $1.75. Solid text block, free of marks or notations. Faint dust remnant along top edge of text block, light rubbing along tips of the spine. Lacking the publisher’s scarce dust jacket.
A scarce work.
The Art of Public Speaking was co-authored by J. Berg Esenwein and Dale Carnagey, later Dale Carnegie. The text is a practical manual on voice, confidence, delivery, gesture, persuasion, audience control, and speech construction, combining Esenwein’s editorial and instructional experience with Carnagey’s early teaching of public speaking. Dale Carnegie was born Dale Carnagey in 1888 and used the original spelling of his name for his first publications. By 1922, he had changed the spelling to Carnegie, a clearer and more memorable form that echoed the famous Carnegie name.
