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Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1877. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gently bumped and rubbed corners, moderate rust soiling and damping to boards and spine, faint soiling and rubbing to edges, small and pressed-in bump to front joint, less than quarter-inch clipping and stamp to front endpaper, light soiling to front pastedown, front free endpaper, and next front endpaper, few light spots to front endpapers, faint coffee stain to rear pastedown and rear free endpaper, very small (less than quarter-inch) soiled mark to 10-12 rear endpapers, faint coffee stain to rear fore-edge and rear pages (approx. page 98-128), clean pages in tight binding, else Good.. Brown duodecimo, pocket-book, 128 pages, b&w illustrations, diagrams 15 cm. History of communications technology. Telephony. Technology, United States, History.

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1877. Hardcover. Very good. First or early edition. 12mo, 6 x 4.3 inches, publisher's brown cloth decorated and lettered in black, very good, light wear, owner's namestamp and date (1893) twice on front endpapers. 128 pp, illustrated.

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1877. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 128 pages; publisher's brown cloth, printed in black, pale yellow end papers. Let us quote the author in the Preface: " As the speaking-telephone, in which magneto-electric currents were utilized for the transmission of speech and other kinds of sounds, was invented by me, I have described at some length my first instrument, and have also given explicit directions for making a speaking-telephone which I know, by trial, to be as efficient as any hitherto made; but nothing in the book is to be taken as a dedication of the invention to the public, as steps have already been taken to secure letters-patent according to the laws of the United States." Light wear at spine ends; neat owner name of C. E. Peck on ffep. Illustrated in black and white. Internally clean and bright.