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Telephone: The First Hundred Years
by Brooks, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060105402
- ISBN 13
- 9780060105402
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harper & Row Publishers, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Only A Hint Of Wear. The Unclipped Jacket Is Mildly Age Toned And Has A Few Tiny Tears.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040481
- Title
- Telephone: The First Hundred Years
- Author
- Brooks, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060105402
- ISBN 13
- 9780060105402
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 369
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Telephone - United States - History; American Telephone And Telegraph Company Media & Communications Industries
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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