The Thin Red Lines

Standard Art Book Co., London, circa 1946, Very Good Hardcover / Good Dustjacket, 183 pages, 5.75" x 8.5", 27 photographs. The history of those who maintained the life-lines of British and Allied Communications during the World War Two.

Standard Art Book Co. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Spine, binding and cover all fine; gilt title on spine, contents very clean and no inscription. Dustcover has wear on top edge of spine, somewhat tanned on spine but is not clipped, and is overall, very good.

Standard Art Book Co. Ltd. Hardback. Good. Undated (presumed first) edition hardback, c.1946, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards rubbed to edges and spine faded. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends, maps to endpapers but text and… Read more about this item

Standard Art Book n.d., 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 183 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with… Read more about this item

Standard Art Book Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 183 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with… Read more about this item

Lon.: Standard. nice copy; the history of the 10,000 people who maintained the life-lines of British and Allied Communications during the war . Near Fine. Hardcover. First.

Handling wear to the cover, bumping to the corners and spine, fading to the spine and the edges of the backboard and a few stains to the boards. The pages are lightly tanned, but remain clean and free from markings or inscriptions.

London: Standard Art Book, c.1946. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 183pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., The Cable & Wireless ÒTelcomÓ in WWII. Small repair o/w VG. V. scarce

standard art book co. octavo hardcover in dustwrapper; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Starndard Art Book Co. Ltd. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit edgeworn and torn.Some foxing.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London, Standard Art Book Co. n.d.. 184pp. 8vo. Original cloth in worn dustwrapper, with some insect damage and marking. Colour frontispiece. black adn white plates. Illustrated endpapers. Some pale foxing to edges and preliminary blanks. A very good copy. . First edition. A history of the work of the men and women who maintained the life-lines of British and… Read more about this item

Standard Art Book Co, London c 1946. 22.0 x 15.0cms, 184pp, b/w illusts, very good- hardback & dustwrapper This book documents the cable and wireless circuits that constituted the British Empire's network of 355,000 miles, which supported its defences in World War II.