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History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph by Prescott, George B. Superintendent of Electric Telegraph Lines - 1866

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History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph

by Prescott, George B. Superintendent of Electric Telegraph Lines

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Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover in original brown cloth. Good. Small octavo (standard size). Some wear to edges and corners of boards, bumping at head and heel and lower corners. Spine slightly faded. A few spot on the boards. Gift inscription in pencil on flyleaf. Hinge a little loose for the first signature. A couple pages are roughy opened at edges, but very minor tears. 509 p. w/ frontis of telegraph machne with tissue guard intact, various b&w illus. throughout text, index. A standard work on the subject for about two decades, still attractive despite use.

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  • Date Published 1866

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Frank Jones, 1972. 4th edition reprint. Hardcover. Good/Missing. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged, reprinted in September 1972. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards and binding are good, with light wear. Page edges are foxed. Pages are clean and unmarked. 508 pages. LO
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by Prescott, George B. (Bartlett) 1830-94

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Boston: Ticknor & Field, 1860. Illustrated by steel engraved plate at introduction and 97 text figures. FIRST (SD) edition. Rebound in-house by Karen Thompson Bullock in acid free J. Hewit hand-dyed sheep, Dodin marbled endpapers, gilt print spine with blindstamped spine and topboard in T&F period (Civil War) style. Foxed plate tissue replaced with acid free tissue. 8vo. pp. xii, [2] blank, [2] plate, 468. Index. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued. Binding fine, internally very good plus with several pages with minor stain and overall toning, speckled edges. Faint stamp on last page below The End: "Manley & Bryant". Important first edition American work on the telegraph..
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