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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)
$35.00 (electricity) . CONGRES INTERNATIONAL D'ELECRICITE PARIS 18-14 AOUT 1900
Paris 1901. Rapports et Proces-Verbaux. In French. Many articles on various aspects of electricity: lighting, telegraphs, motors, tranformers etc. In French. Large octavo, 526pp., wraps. Largely uncut. Good, wraps a bit worn and chipped. (a29035)
$85.00 (radio) . SCOVILL VS. POST RADIO EXHIBITS VOLUME II
1910 United States District Court Eastern Disttrict of Penn. Exhibits for plaintiffs and defendents. Involves patent claims, high frequency currents, wireless telegraphy. All original documents or copies thereof. Numerous technical articles, diagrams, etc. Bound in hardcover -legal style. Large octavo, index. Good plus. Volume II. (a29675)
$220.00Ryan, 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 Van der Pol, Balth. and H. Bremmer . THE DIFFRACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES FROM AN ELECTRICAL POINT SOURCE...
1937. Offprint from Philosophical Magazine 24, July 1937. 8vo., pp.141-176, wraps. VG. (a45523)
$55.00 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 Horsford, Prof E. N. . ADDRESS AT THE MORSE MEMORIAL MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL, APRIL 16, 1872
Boston 1872 Rockwell & Churchill. Thorough study of Morse's invention of telegraph including precedents, competition, registration of the ideas, details of development, etc.8vo., 95pp., original string binding rebound in later wraps. Good. Scarce. (a58292)
$150.00 (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 Copp, Joseph A. . THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: AS ILLUSTRATING THE PROVIDENCE AND BENEVOLENT DESIGNS OF GOD A DISCOURSE PREACHED IN THE BROADWAY CHURCH, CHELSEA, AUGUST 8, 1858
Boston 1858 T. R. Marvin. 8vo., 16pp., original stringbound printed wraps. Presented to the Editors of the Salem Register With Respects of Ira (?) Cheeve, handwritten in ink on top margin of front. Good, some light soiling and light wear. (a59267)
$150.00 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 Gannett, Ezra . THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: A DISCOURSE IN THE FIRST CHURCH, AUGUST 8, 1858
Boston 1858 Crosby. Octavo, 19pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a73277)
$49.00 Preece, William Henry . ON THE MAINTENANCE AND DURABILITY OF SUBMARINE CABLES IN SHALLOW WATERS
London 1860 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.25-106, one large foldout plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a73859)
$95.00Longridge, James Atkinson and Charles Henry Brooks . ON SUBMERGING TELEGRAPHIC CABLES; ELECTRICAL QUALIFICATIONS OF SUBMARINE CABLES
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.221-384, one large engraved foldout plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73872)
$95.00 Window, Frederick Richard . ON SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS
London 1857 Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Article and discussion. Octavo, pp.188-225, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73879)
$45.00(coast survey). REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1876
Washington 1879 GPO. 44th Congress, 2nd session. Ex. Doc. No. 37. 4to., 418pp., 37 plates and maps and diagrams, tan cloth. Plates and maps include: Stations and Connections of Electric Telegraph Between 1846 and 1877, Chesapeake Bay, Noarth Carolina Coast, Maryland and Georgia Baselines, Coast of Texas, Coast of California, Coast of Alabama Mississippi and Lousiana and much more. Includes "A New System of Binary Arithmetic " by Benjamin Peirce (p. 81-82). Collated complete. Library buckram with library name and reference number printed on spine.l. No pocket, no bookplate. No stamps on plates. One chart has one taped foldline, rest of maps are VG. VG plus. (a75361)
$350.00 (coast survey) . REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1862
Washington 1864 GPO. 37th Congress, 3rd session. Ex. Doc. No. 22. 4to., 434pp., 49 plates and maps and diagrams, tan buckram cloth. Plates and maps include: Portland Harbor, Maine; Potomac River; Oregon Inlet; Atlantic Coast from Nantucket to Cape Hatteras and much more. Collated complete. Institution name stamps and bookplate on end papers-no other markings. No spine numbers or pocket. No stamps on plates. VG. (a75362)
$600.00 (coast survey) . REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1859
Washington 1860 Ford. 36th Congress, 1st session. Ex. Doc. No. 41. 4to., 370pp., 40 plates and maps and diagrams, tan buckram cloth. Plates and maps include: Seacoast of Maine, Chesapeke Bay, St Mary's River Maryland, Florida Reefs and Keys, Coast of Texas, Cresent City Harbor, California, and much more. Collated complete. Institution name stamps and bookplate on end papers-no other markings. No spine numbers or pocket. No stamps on plates. VG. (a75363)
$600.00 (coast survey) . REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1863
Washington 1864 GPO. 38th Congress, 1st session. Ex. Doc. No. 11. 4to., 218pp., 30 plates and maps and diagrams, tan buckram cloth. Plates and maps include: Boston Harbor, Casco Bay, Hudson, Atlantic Coast, Nantucket Shoals , Gulf Coast,Tomales Bay California and much more. Collated complete. Institution name stamps and bookplate on end papers. No spine numbers, no pocket. No marks on plates. VG plus, light cover wear and soiling. Nice condition. (a75365)
$400.00 (coast survey) . REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1877
Washington 1880 GPO. 45th Congress, 2d session. Ex. Doc. No. 12. 4to., 912pp., 25 plates and maps and diagrams, tan buckram cloth. Collated complete. Plates and maps include: Hudson and Saint Croix Rivers, Chesapeake Bay, Coast of Florida, Coast of California, Reconnaissance Triangulation in Kentucky and Indiana and much more. Collated complete. Institution name stamps and bookplate on end papers. No spine numbers, no pocket. No marks on plates. VG, light cover wear. (a75366)
$350.00 (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