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ELECTRIC BELLS, INDICATORS, & AERIAL LINES. Translated from the original Italian and Revised by S. R. Bottone
by Zeda, Umberto
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Guilbert Pitman, London, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. 300 g; XVI, 120, [8] pages, the last eight pages being advertisements for the books by the publisher. The book is illustrated with 106 in text figures, and is indexed. The illustrations consist of circuit diagrams, and some are engraved illustrations, related to the setting up of electric bells, both for use in houses, and industry, as a warning/summoning device. "The very low price at which such apparatus can be installed, and the facility with which it can be set up and worked, have rendered the use of such devices so general and so indispensable that we may say that we can hardly dine with comfort if the electric bell and a dining room is not working properly." -- page XIV. The original light Brown Cloth, has handling marks, with son minor flecking, and grubbiness which is mainly restricted to the right-hand edge of the front board. Ownership inscription at the top of the front end page which shows offset tanning. Offset tanning and traces of foxing to the rear end pages.. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Inventory No: 0221435. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0221435
- Title
- ELECTRIC BELLS, INDICATORS, & AERIAL LINES. Translated from the original Italian and Revised by S. R. Bottone
- Author
- Zeda, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Guilbert Pitman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- BZDB2 bells, electricity, Telephony Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Unbranded Zeda, Umberto ELECTRIC BELLS, INDICATORS, & AERIAL LINES. Translated from the original Italian and Revised by S. R. Bottone.
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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