Telephony a Detailed Exposition of the Telephone System of the British Post Office Volume I Manual Switching Systems and Line Plant
by Herbert, T.E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1946. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. 1212pp. 1946 reprint of the second edition. 8vo. sized. A very good, clean, tight hardback copy bound in black cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptions. Numerous line drawings illustrate the text and a fold-out diagram. The boards a little marked. A possible lightish ink small mark to the leading fore-edge. The boards a little marked. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240242
- Title
- Telephony a Detailed Exposition of the Telephone System of the British Post Office Volume I Manual Switching Systems and Line Plant
- Author
- Herbert, T.E
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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