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(telephone direcctory) . SEA CLIFF GLEN HEAD GLENWOOD LANDING BROOKVILLE NEW YORK TELEPHONE BOOK 1947
1947. 8vo., wraps. Good, leaves a browned (not birttle) (a16633)
$125.00 (radio) . THE PROPAGATION OF RADIO WAVES THROUGH THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERE
Washington 1946 Summary Technical Report of the Committee of Propagation NDRC Volume 3. Copy No. 378. Hardcover. 4to., 206pp., index, hardcover. A few institution stamps. Owner signed. Good plus. (a27025)
$35.00Ryan, Daniel J. (editor). PRIVATIZATION AND COMPETITION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Westport 1997 1st Praeger. 8vo., 209pp., printed boards. Fine. (a36464)
$29.00 telephone . MERIDEN TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
1941. Octavo, 102pp. (white pages), 62pp (yellow pages), original wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a3734)
$75.00 Langtry, Bruce (editor) . ALL CONNECTED UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
1998 1st Melbourne University Press. 8vo., 234pp., wraps. Fine. (a42497)
$35.00 Fry, Thornton C. . PLANE WAVES OF LIGHT I, II, III
Bell Telephone Laboratories. Three separate pamphlets: November 1927 reprint B-272, Octavo, 24pp., wraps; February 1928 reprint B-286, Octavo, 25pp., wraps; June 1932 Monograph B-676, Octavo, 32pp., wraps. Owner signatures. VG. Set of three: (a45533)
$45.00 West, W. . ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERING
London 1932 1st Pitnam. The theory of sound and its applications to telephone and architectural engineering and to acoustical measurements and research. 8vo., 338pp., hardcover. VG plus. (a45779)
$65.00 Link, Fred M. . PORTABLE RADIOTELEPHONES
Philadelphia 1968 Chilton. Edited by Leo G. Sands. Interestingly prescient. Small octavo, 158pp., photo illustrations, index, wraps. Date written on front. VG, light wear. (a48269)
$45.00 (telegraphy) . TRANSMISSIONE TELEGRAFICA DELLE FOTOGRAFIE METODI KORN
Rome 1911. Article 16pp., and 5 illustrations in Italian included in Nuova Antologia, Revista di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti. This is part of the entire issue, which has several articles. near Good, spine chipped; a bit brittle and a few pages have small marginal chips (not affecting text.) (a57722c)
$45.00 (telephone directory) . TELEPHONE DIRECTORY 1949 SOERBAJA, JAVA 1949
1949. In Dutch. Sm. 4to., 107pp., original decorated wraps. Hole at top left corner for string. VG. (a58710)
$125.00 (telephone directory) . TELEPHONE DIRECTORY PAPUA NEW GUINEA
1948 (?). In English. Sm. 4to., 22pp., original decorated wraps. Small hole at top left for string. VG. (a58733)
$125.00 (telephone directory) . TASMANIAN TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AUGUST 1949
1949. Sm. 4to., 144pp., original decorated wraps. Good, light wear. (a58734)
$140.00 (telephone directory) . TELEPHONE DIRECTORY WELLINGTON MAY 1946
1946. Sm. 4to., 192pp., original decorated wraps. Good, light wear. (a58735)
$185.00 (telephone directory) . TELEPHONE DIRECTORY CHRISTCHURCH JULY 1945
New Zealand 1945. Sm. 4to., 172pp., original decorated wraps. Small hole at top left for string. VG, light wear. (a58737)
$185.00 (telephone directory) . TELEPHONE DIRECTORY WELLINGTON AND DISTRICT JULY 1950
1950. Sm. 4to., 216pp., original decorated wraps. Small hole at top left for string. Good, light wear and light soiling. (a58739)
$185.00 Backmann, Petr . INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY QUEUING THEORY AND TELEPHONE TRAFFIC
Boulder 1968 1st Golem. 12mo. 144pp., institution buckram with original wraps mounted on covers. Ex-university library. VG. (a64519)
$40.00(telephone society). ANNUAL OF THE TELEPHONE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK , FIFTEENTH YEAR, 1910-1911
NY 1911 first edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth. 12mo. Lists officers and members of this club of telephone enthusiasts who gathered to hear papers about the telephone read and discussed. A complete list of papers read since 1896 is also given. 101pp.. Near Good, inner hinges cracked. (a67008)
$29.00Kohlhaas, H. T. (editor). ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION, TECHNICAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION 1946-1954 (30 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME).
NY 1946-1954 ITT. 30 issues of this quarterly journal, September 1946 (Volume 23, No. 3) through December 1954 (Volume 31 No. 4) bound with original covers in one hardcover volume. Sm.4to., photo illustrations of scientists, equipment, brown buckram. Wealth of information on microwaves, telephone systems, vacuum tubes, radar, cathodes, aircraft radio, thermomagnetic generators, aerial navigation equipment, etc. Owner signed on front endpaper. VG plus. (a69816)
$220.00 (telephones) . CATALOGUE OF TELEPHONE APPARATUS AND CABLE - CATALOG NO. 11
1950 Western Electric. Hardcover. 4to., 332pp., photo illustrations, index, printed green boards. Owner signed. Good, some scuffing on fron, title page wrinkled. (a72158)
$180.00 Hanscom, C. D. (comp.) . DATES IN AMERICAN TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY
1961 1st Bell Labs. Hardcover. Octavo, 148pp., blue cloth. Inscribed and signed by Hanscom. VG, no DJ. (a72216)
$45.00 (telephone) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 15 1936 (JANUARY-OCTOBER, COMPLETE YEAR)
New York 1936. 4 issues of this quarterly journal -January through October 1936, bound in one volume. Octavo, 634pp., diagrams and photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom page fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front o/w Near Fine. (a76806)
$75.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 38 1959 (JANUARY - NOVEMBER)
1959. issues for January through November, 1959 bound in one hardcover volume. Includes paper by C. E. Shannon, Probability Error for Optimal Codes in a Gaussian Channel, at pp. 611-656. Octavo, 1630pp., diagrams and photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom page fore-edges, one number stamp on initial text page. No other library marks. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine (a76921)
$200.00 Albert, Arthur Lemuel . ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION
NY 1940 2nd Wiley. 8vo., 534pp., index, hardcover. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a7701)
$24.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME NO. 24 1945
New York 1945 American Telephone and Telegraph. Jan, April and July-Oct issues, complete for year of 1945. Large octavo, 466pp., diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges (no spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket.) Near Fine. (a77269)
$75.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 25 1946
New York 1946 American Telephone and Telegraph. Four issues: January, April, July and October 1946, complete year bound in one volume.. Large octavo, 656pp., diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges (no spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket). Near Fine. (a77276)
$140.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 12 1933
New York 1933 American Telephone and Telegraph. Four issues: January thru October, 1933, the complete year. Large octavo, 539pp., diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges (no spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket). Near Fine. (a77290)
$90.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 50 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1971 (THE PICTUREPHONE SYSTEM)
New York 1971 American Telephone and Telegraph. Two issues, January and February 1971 bound in one volume. The February issue is entirely on the Picturephone System for two way tramsmission of video over telephone lines. Large octavo, 709pp. diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges (no spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket). Near Fine. (a77291)
$300.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 51 - JANUARY TO JUNE 1972
New York 1972 American Telephone and Telegraph. Five issues for 1972 bound in one volume. Includes: R. J. Miner "Effect of Soil Burial Exposure on the Properties of Molded Plastics"; Duttweiler "Waiting Time Jitter"; D. Marcuse "Derivation of Coupled Power Equations:"; R. Pease "Coding of Television Signals"; etc. Large octavo, 1561pp., diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. No spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket. VG plus. (a83886)
$100.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 48 - JANUARY TO JUNE 1969
New York 1969 American Telephone and Telegraph. Five issues for 1969 bound in one volume. Includes: Rice "Distortion in FM Waves", Gopinath "On the Indentification of Linear Time-Invariant Systems"; Goodman "PCM Encoding"; etc. Large octavo, 1561pp., diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. No spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket. VG plus, slight spotting on fore-edges. (a83888)
$95.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 55 - JANUARY TO JUNE 1976
New York 1976 American Telephone and Telegraph. Five issues for 1976 bound in one volume. Includes: T. C. Spang "Loss Noise Echo Study"; J. N. Denenberg "Spectral Moment Estimators"; Haugk and Walsh System Overview"; etc. Large octavo, 690pp. diagrams, errata, bright green buckram. Owner name in gilt on front board (Rea). Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. No spine numbers, no bookplate, no pocket. Near Fine. (a83889)
$95.00Kennelly, A. E.. ELECTRICAL VIBRATION INSTRUMENTS AN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS ON THE BEHAVIOR AND TESTS OF TELEPHONE RECEIVERS, OSCILLOGRAPHS AND VIBRATION GALVANOMETERS
New York 1923 first edition Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 450p., cloth. Near VG light cover soiling, light cover wear, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a84625)
$65.00 Hartford Connecticut Telephone Directory . THE GREATER HARTFORD DIRECTORY 1934
Hartfordt 1934 Price & Lee. Includes Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, Wetherfield, Windsor, Bloomfield, Newington, Farmington Boro, Glastonbury. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 1230p., illustrations, advertisements, orange boards with black picture of store fronts and lettering on front. Good, boards somewhat worn, a bit shaken but binding is secure and hinges are not broken in or out. Scarce. (a85162)
$170.00 Johnson, A G and L I Shaw . SOME CERAMIC MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENTS OF THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY
Article on pp. 255-279 in single complete issue of The Bell System Technical Journal for April, 1939. first edition. Original light blue printed wraps. VG, light wear. no ownership marks. (a89581)
$29.00 Green, E I . TELEPHONE
Article on pp. 289-338 in single complete issue of Bell System Technical Journal, March 1958. includes bw photo illustrations of early telephones and transmission equipment. Article originally appeared in 1957 Encyclopedia Britannica and tells the history of the invention and development of the telephone. Faint owner name stamp on cover. Many other articles in issue as well. VG (a90972)
$27.00 Wilson, William and Lloyd Espenschied . RADIO TELEPHONE SERVICE TO SHIPS AT SEA
July 1930. volume IX, no. 3. First edition. Bell System Technical Journal. Wilson article on pp. 407-428 in single complete issue of The Bell System Technical Journal. Numerous photo illustrations. original printed bluegreen wraps. octavo. Complete issue paginated pp. 407-602. Many other interesting articles. VG no ownership marks. (a90990)
$35.00 Green, E I (ed) . THE L3 COAXIAL SYSTEM
Single complete issue of The Bell System Technical Journal , volume XXXII number 4. July 1953 . Original blue printed wraps. octavo. First edition. Complete issue on this topic. Paginated 779-1018. Diagrams and photo illustrations. VG plus, light cover fading, text fine and clean; no ownership marks. (a91075)
$29.00 Heising, R A . RADIO EXTENSION LINKS TO THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Article on pp. 611-646 in single complete issue of The Bell System Technical Journal , volume XIX number 4. October 1940 . Original blue printed wraps. octavo. First edition. Other articles in issue as well. Good, cover a bit worn and lightly soiled. Text Vg clean. no ownership marks. (a91076)
$35.00Pack, R F ; W H Harrison, A E Silver, H L Wills, etc. SYMPOSIUM ON COORDINATION OF POWER AND TELEPHONE PLANT - Special Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal, April 1931
New York 1931 first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Original printed green wraps. large octavo. Symposium on pp. 155-264 with additional articles in the issue on other topics. Foldout map of radio telephone circuits in the world. Good, cover rubbed and somewhat worn. Binding secure and text clean . no ownership marks. (a91849)
$35.00Clarke, A B and H S Osborne; F F Shipley. AUTOMATIC SWITCHING FOR NATIONWIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE; AUTOMATIC TOLL SWITCHING SYSTEMS (2 articles contained in one complete issue of The Bell System Technical Journal, September 1952)
NY 1952. first edition. In The Bell System Technical Journal, Volume XXXI, Number 5 September 1952 at pp. 823-831 and 860-882. Other articles in same issue on other topics. VG plus. No owner marks. (a91860)
$49.00 Hahnemann, W und H. Hecht . ZUR THEORIE DES TELEPHONS (in one complete issue of Physikalische Zeitschrift, no 16, August 1922)
Leipzig 1922 first edition. Hirzel. Original sm4to printed tan wraps. issue paginated pp. vi, 313-336. Hahnemann and Hecht article on pp. 322-335. VG light toning of cover, no ownership marks. (a91870)
$75.00 . DESIGN OF RELAYS - SPECIAL ISSUE OF BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL , JANUARY 1954
new York. 1954 first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. One complete issue of Bell System Technical Journal for January 1954 dedicated to Relay systems. Vol XXXIII no 1. Original printed blue octavo wraps. 275p. VG light company name stamp on front cover, no other ownership marks. Articles on Magnetic Design of Relays, Relay Measuring Equipment, Operate Time of Relays; Economics of Telephone Relay Applications, etc. (a91944)
$49.00Hoyt, Ray S. PROBABILITY THEORY AND TELEPHONE TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING - In one issue of Bell System Technical Journal, January 1933
New York 1933 first edition. ATT. Blue octavo wraps. Hoyt article on pp. 35-75. Good, light cover wear; no ownership marks. (a92769)
$39.00Wente, E C and A L Thuras. MOVING COIL TELEPHONE RECEIVERS AND MICROPHONES - in Bell System Technical Journal , October 1931
NY 1931 first edition. October issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Wente article pp. 565-576. VG, no wear, no ownership marks. (a92779a)
$29.00Gillett, G D. SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN COMMON FREQUENCY BROADCASTING - in Bell System Technical Journal , October 1931
NY 1931 first edition. October issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Gillett article pp. 577-600 with 8 photo illus of early broadcasting equipment: speakers, oscillator amplifiers, receivers. VG , no ownership marks. (a92779b)
$29.00Snow, W B. AUDIBLE FREQUENCY RANGES OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND NOISE - in Bell System Technical Journal , October 1931
NY 1931 first edition. October issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Snow article pp. 616-27. VG no ownership marks. (a92779c)
$35.00 Wilkinson, Roger I . THE RELIABILITY OF HOLDING TIME MEASUREMENTS - in Bell System Technical Journal , October 1941
NY 1941 first edition. October issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Wilkinson article pp. 365-404. VG plus, no wear, no ownership marks. (a92781a)
$29.00 Dodge, H F and H G Romig . SINGLE SAMPLING AND DOUBLE SAMPLING INSPECTION TABLES - in Bell System Technical Journal , JANUARY 1941
NY 1941 first edition. January issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Dodge article pp. 1-61. VG , no ownership marks. (a92782a)
$39.00 Blount, H and J E Wiltrakis . DESIGN AND OPERATION OF NEW COPPER WIRE DRAWING PLANT -in Bell System Technical Journal , JANUARY 1941
NY 1941 first edition. January issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Copper Wire article pp. 95-124 with 28 figures and photo illustrations. VG , no ownership marks. (a92782b)
$39.00 Flethcer, Harvey . SOME PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPEECH AND MUSIC - in Bell System Technical Journal , jULY 1931
NY 1931 first edition. July issue of Bell System Technical Journal. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Fletcher article pp. 349-373. Other articles in issue as well. VG plus, no wear, no ownership marks. (a92849)
$35.00 Gherardi, Bancroft and F B Jewett . TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES - in one issue of Bell System Technical Journal, January 1930
New York. 1930 first edition. ATT. Bell System Technical Journal for January 1930. Original green printed octavo wraps. Gherardi article on pp. 1-100 with 71 charts, graphs, maps and photo illustrations. Other articles in issue as well. VG. no ownership marks. (a92882)
$45.00Waetzmann, Erich. METHODE ZUR OBJECKTIVEN PRUFUNG DER GUTE DER SPRACHUEBERTRAGUNG IN DER TELEPHONIE - Article in one issue of PHYSIKALISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT NO. 12, 15 Juni 1914
Leipzig 1914 first edition. Hirzel. sm4to. original printed wraps. Waetzmann article on pp. 638-641 with illustrations of sound waves . Good plus, slight chipping on backstrip. (a94587)
$35.00