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
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Tales of the "Nineties". A Memorable Collection of Stories of the Telephone's Early Days Written by an Independent Whose Keen Memory and Agile Pen Made This Booklet Possible
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
Telephone: The First Hundred Years
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Illustrated. 369 pages. 8vo., brown cloth boards, missing wrapper. First edition. New York: Harper & Row, (1976). A very good copy. More
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude
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
The Collected Papers of George Ashley Campbell: Research Engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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
Wireless Telephony and Broadcasting.
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
Genius at Work; Images of Alexander Graham Bell.
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
Estatutos y Reglamento de la Sociedad de Telegrafistas Morse.
33 pages. Slim 12mo, original printed wrappers. Tegucigalpa, 1921. The charter of the association of telegraph and telephone workers in the Honduran capital. More
The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony.
London: Longmans, 1916. Illustrated, some folding. 911 pages, small stamp on fly-leaf, very thick 8vo, original green cloth. London: Longmans, 1916. Third Edition, Revised. One folding plate torn, else a very good(+) copy. Fleming was a British electrical engineer and pioneering researcher in radio transmission and technology. He patented the first thermionic valve (diode) in 1902. This was the first electron tube and basis for modern telecommunications. More
Signed Vintage Photograph
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
Legislacion General Reglamentario del Cuerpo de Comunicaciones de la Isla de Cuba; Aprobado por Real Orden de 8 de Octubre de 1890.
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
Old Wires and New Waves: The History of the Telegraph, Telephone, and Wireless
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
Telephone Troubles and How to Find Them. A complete Handbook for Telephone Inspectors.
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
Telephonic Transmission: Theoretical and Applied
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
Oliver Heaviside, and the Mathematical Theory of Electrical Communications
London: Longmans, 1947. Frontis, illustrated. 32 pages, thin 8vo, printed wrappers. London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1947). Some very light foxing, else near fine. A very good(+) copy. Presentation copy signed by the author. More
Alexander Graham Bell: The Man who Contracted Space
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
The Story of Independent Telephony
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
Telephony: A Comprehensive and Detailed Exposition of the Theory and Practice of the Telephone Art.
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1922. Illustrated. 8vo, 925 pages + 18 page index, flexible black pebbled leather. Chicago: American Technical Society, (1922). Very good(+). More
Signed Photograph
1962. Original 8 x 10-inch 1962 publicity still from the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play "Sweet Bird Of Youth," taken from a scene depicting both stars with a telephone. Page's signature is vintage while Newman signed at a later date. Very good(+) condition with excellent contrast. More
The Practical Telephone Handbook, and Guide to the Telephone Exchange
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
Telecommunication Pioneers
Long Island City: REL, 1963. Illustrated. xv + 61 pages, thin 8vo, green leatherette; ownership signature front free endpaper. Long Island City: Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc, 1963. A fine copy. More
Beginnings of Telephony.
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
John J. Carty: An Appreciation
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
Automatic Telephony. A Comprehensive Treatise on Automatic and Semi-Automatic Systems.
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
The Rise and Extension of Submarine Telegraphy
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