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The Chord of Steel: Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone
by COSTAIN, THOMAS B
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Doubleday, 1960. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. 16 pages of illustration plates. A detailed and personal account of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone--the idea, the patent process, the tests set up between Brantford and nearby towns in Ontario, and the immediate results of that experiment. Black cloth binding w/bright gilt titles, very clean and unmarked, with slight wear to corners and spine edges. No prev owner marks. Internals very clean, no markings, pages lightly toned. Clean jacket with light edgewear, chip to spine heel. A detailed and personal account of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone--the idea, the patent process, the tests set up between Brantford and nearby towns in Ontario, and the immediate results of that experiment. 238 pages. 1960, Doubleday, USA
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 016952
- Title
- The Chord of Steel: Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone
- Author
- COSTAIN, THOMAS B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- INVENTIONS; INVENTORS; THE WIRELESS; TELEPHONES;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- 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...
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