xv, 248, [4] pages; illustrations; ads in the back; turquoise cloth binding with gilt lettering. Walter P. Phillips was born in Grafton, Mass in 1846 and was a telegraph operator who invented the Phillips Code. Later he was the head of the United Press. The most famous remnant of the Phillips Code is terms POTUS/SCOTUS. Very good clean copy.

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Title

Sketches Old and New. Supplemented By an Address Entitled "From Franklin to Edison" A Catalogue, Etc., Etc.

Publisher

J.H. Bunnell & Company, New York, New York

Publication Date

1897

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Collectible-Very Good

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Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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