Telegraph and Travel: A Narrative of the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communications between England and India . with Incidental Notices of the Countries Traversed by the Lines
Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1874
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.Thorn Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since September 7, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 1,437.50
Quantity: 1 available
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8vo. xiv,(2),673pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the upper board; black coated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with a steel engraving and wood engravings. Three maps, two of which are folding. Inner hinges and spine tips neatly repaired, cloth with some wear, else this is a very good copy. An account of the work on the telegraph lines from British India to Turkish Arabia ultimately reaching London via Munich, Vienna, Constantinople, and Baghdad. .
Seller Inventory # 22357
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Telegraph and Travel: A Narrative of the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communications between England and India . with Incidental Notices of the Countries Traversed by the Lines
- Author
- Goldsmid, Colonel Sir Frederic John
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co, London
- Publication year
- 1874
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First edition.
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- Rare Books
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