[Letter Opener].
by THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, 50 & 11, Old Broad Street, 1887. . Letter opener with printed map on the recto, and an 1887 calendar on the verso.
The Eastern Telegraph Company (ETC), founded in 1872 by John Pender, was born out of the merger of four telegraph companies. The new company would become the largest cable operating company in the world. At its peak it operated 160,000 nautical miles of cables. He became Chairman of the company on its formation and held the position until his death in 1896. The company would eventually become Cable and Wireless.
The map beautifully and succinctly illustrates the companies numeorus telegraph lines, and shows a curious skewed projection in which the northern tip of Australia is shown parallel to Provence!
The Eastern Telegraph Company (ETC), founded in 1872 by John Pender, was born out of the merger of four telegraph companies. The new company would become the largest cable operating company in the world. At its peak it operated 160,000 nautical miles of cables. He became Chairman of the company on its formation and held the position until his death in 1896. The company would eventually become Cable and Wireless.
The map beautifully and succinctly illustrates the companies numeorus telegraph lines, and shows a curious skewed projection in which the northern tip of Australia is shown parallel to Provence!
Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81148
- Title
- [Letter Opener].
- Author
- THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London, 50 & 11, Old Broad Street, 1887.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.