These Were the Nerves: The Story of The Electric Cable and Wire Industry of Great Britain during the years of War
by Reekie, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Electric Cable and Wire Industry of Great Britain, no date). 4to; original blue cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover; endpaper maps; pp. 128; photographs. Cover a bit worn and rubbed, with paint spot to spine; some foxing to endpapers, a little spotting elsewhere. Good. "Not an aeroplane could fly, not a tank could move, not a ship could sail, not an army could operate, the war could not have been fought - without electric cables and wires.
Mechanised warfare demands a nerve system, a bloodstream as vital and instantaneous in its responses as the nerves and the circulation of the human body. Electric cables are this bloodstream, those nerves." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 196
- Title
- These Were the Nerves: The Story of The Electric Cable and Wire Industry of Great Britain during the years of War
- Author
- Reekie, Douglas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Electric Cable and Wire Industry of Great Britain, no date)
- Keywords
- World War Two. Electric cable. Communications. Civilians in wartime. Arms manufacturing Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Britain;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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