Who Invented the Telephone?
London: Blackie and Son, 1939. x + 196 pages, 12mo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. London: Blackie and Son Limited, (1939). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
London: Blackie and Son, 1939. x + 196 pages, 12mo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. London: Blackie and Son Limited, (1939). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Stromberg-Carlson, 1948. Foreword by Lloyd l. Spencer. Illustrated. 76pp., thin 8vo, red cloth; spine rubbed, corners mildly bumped, lower foredge stained. N.P.: Stromberg-Carlson, (1948). A very good copy. Presentation copy signed by the author A "Key to Characters" is taped to the inside front cover. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Illustrated with some b/w photos. 369 pages. 8vo, brown cloth (covers a bit bowed). New York: Harper & Row, (1976). First edition. A very good copy, lacking dust wrapper. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1973. Illustrated. xi + 564 pages, thick 8vo, red cloth; ownership signature front free endpaper, spine faded, covers lightly rubbed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1973). First edition. A very good copy. More
New York: American Telephone and Telegraph, 1937. Frontis., filled with graphs, diagrams, equations, and table, many folding. xii + 548 pages, tall, thick 8vo, red cloth. New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1937. A very good(+) copy. More
London: Gresham Publishing Co., 1923. 2 volumes. Frontispiece portrait of James Clerk Maxwell, 13 plates and many illustrations with black and white photographs and diagrams. 4to, brown cloth, quite rubbed. London: The Gresham Publishing Co, 1923. First Edition. Overall a poor copy but interior pages clean. More
New York: Viking, 1982. Many photo illustrations. Short square 4to, red boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1982). Large ex-library stamps, else very good. More
33 pages. Slim 12mo, original printed wrappers. Tegucigalpa, 1921. The charter of the association of telegraph and telephone workers in the Honduran capital. More
1930. Gorgeous vintage 10 x 8-inch black-and-white photograph signed "Walter S. Gifford, January, 1930." No place. Boldly signed with exceptional contrast. Small crease and chip on the upper left corner; otherwise very good condition. American diplomat and President of the AT&T Corporation from 1925 - 1948. More
Havana: Castro, Fernandez, 1895. Folding table. 414pp. 1/2 modern lavender buckram, marbled boards, original wrappers bound in. Habana: Castro, Fernandez, 1895. First Edition. Near Fine. Laws regulating the telephone and telegraph industries. More
New York: Appleton-Century, 1936. Illustrated. xiv + 548 pages, thick 8vo, brown cloth; cloth rubbed, lightly worn and spotterd with discolored stain on rear cover. New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1936. Internally clean and bright, overall a very good copy. More
Milwakee: Parker & Hyde, 1891. 40 pages. Slim 16mo pamphlet in original tan printed wrappers with angled corners and triangular notch at fore-edge. Milwakee: Parker & Hyde, 1891. Fifth edition, first published the previous year. The first 2 pages are torn and now strengthened with archival film, otherwise a very good solid copy of this scarce early technical. More
London: Longmans, 1920. Illustrated with 196 diagrams. 398 pages, 8vo, navy blue cloth (spine ends lightly rubbed). A very good copy. Previous owner's signature on title page. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Illustrated in black and white. 382 pages, very thick 8vo, blue cloth (some tiny spots on spine). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. A very good(+) copy. Previous owner's Ex Libris plate on front attached endpaper. More
Independent Pioneer Telephone Association, 1934. 289 pages, 8vo, navy blue cloth, (spine text darkened almost to illegibility, covers a little cocked). Independent Pioneer Telephone Association, 1934. A very good(-) copy. More
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1922. Illustrated. 8vo, 925 pages + 18 page index, flexible black pebbled leather. Chicago: American Technical Society, (1922). Very good(+). More
London: Pitman, 1927. 687 illustrations. xxv + 870 pages, thick 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering; bookplate inside front cover, ownership signature front free endpaper, covers lightly rubbed. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1927. A very good copy. More
New York: Harper, 1929. Frontispiece, and illustrated with black & white photographs and diagrams. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Harpers & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First Edition. Very good. Authoritative and readable history of the great legal controversies that raged about the invention of the telephone. Fine bibliography of source material. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1932. Frontis. xvi + 28o pages, 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards; lightly rubbed at spine ends. New York: Privately Printed, 1932. Internally fine, a very good(+) copy. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1921. Illustrated. 430 pages, 8vo, black cloth. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1921. Second Edition. Very good. Previous owner's name on fly-leaf. More
London: Virtue, 1891. Some illustrations. 392 pages, untrimmed, including the 55 page appendix and a folding plate. Short 4to, original full green cloth with a beautiful gilt decorated pictorial cover, beveled edges (slight foxing on the edges). London: J. S. Virtue. 1891. A fine copy. Scarce. More
New York: Van Nostrand, 1912. 273 black & white illustrations. 418 pages + 12 page list of publisher's books on electricity. Tall 8vo, dark green cloth, lightly worn at tips. New York: Van Nostrand, 1912. First Edition. Scarce. Near Fine. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. Illustrated. 554 pages, 8vo, gilt-lettered blind-stamped blue cloth; neat ownership signature front free endpaper, minor bumping and wear at corners and spine ends. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. A very good(+) copy. More
Springfield: Privately Printed, 1958. Illus. 430pp. 8vo, red cloth. Springfield: Privately Printed, 1958. Very good. More
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