The Telephone

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1877. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Brown duodecimo, pocket-book, 128 pages, b&w illustrations, diagrams 15 cm. 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. Hardcover.

History of communications technology. Telephony. Technology, United States, History.