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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tall quarto hardcover of eleven and a quarter inches of black cloth with embossed titles on the cover and the spine, in a glossy dust jacket, illustrated with a photographic image of Alexander Bell experimenting with the "photophone" laser beam projection. Both are in very good condition. This book was produced and published by Mountain Bell in 1986 to celebrate 75 years of service to the Mountain States. The Corporate history of Mountain Bell, which served the western states from July 20, 1878, when it started with the arrival of Frederick Vaille, and ends at midnight 1983, when the Bell system was dissolved. This book documents the many contributions of Mountain Bell to technology and communications systems, and also portrays the grandeur of the American West. The story is told through records, journals and first-hand accounts, along with almost 200 color and black and white photographs, hand tinted photographs, illustrations and a hologram. 384 pp. History, Telephones, Mountain Bell, Communication, Western States. …