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The Telephone and Telephone Exchanges Their Invention and Development
by Kingsbury, J. E., M.I.E.E
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- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Topsfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras: Longmans, Green & Co, 1915. Cloth. Good. [2], x, 558 pages. Green cloth. A well worn exlibrary copy, with blue/green taped spine and portions of original spine laid down. Hinges loosening. Title page with perforated institutional label; label and remnants of labels on endpapers. Otherwise generally clean internally. A good working copy of a scarce title. Many illustrations throughout. Cloth. Sterling/Shiers gives this work three stars (especially important or useful), noting it as "An important and detailed technical history, with emphasis on British and European developments. Photos, diagrams, tables, references, appendices, index"
Origins of Cyberspace #170.; Sterling/Shiers (History of Telecommunications Technology, An Annotated Bibliography: Scarecrow Press, 2000) #7-053.
Origins of Cyberspace #170.; Sterling/Shiers (History of Telecommunications Technology, An Annotated Bibliography: Scarecrow Press, 2000) #7-053.
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- Seller
- Kuenzig Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20965
- Title
- The Telephone and Telephone Exchanges Their Invention and Development
- Author
- Kingsbury, J. E., M.I.E.E
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras
- Date Published
- 1915
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About the Seller
Kuenzig Books
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Topsfield, Massachusetts
About Kuenzig Books
Kuenzig Books specializes in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). We handle ephemera and artifacts including early computer material, the history of communications, and other innovations that have affected the way we live and work. We also deal in scientific instruments (didactic and professional), a broad range of documentary photography and ephemera, and other eclectic material as luck and interest provides.
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