Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Slight wear. Crisp hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1886 edition, Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company. Quite favorable biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family, published shortly after the death of his successor and son, William Henry Vanderbilt, providing details of the building of the Vanderbilt fortune in shipping and railroads.