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Long Distance Please The Story of the TransCanada Telephone System
by Ogle, E. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002161672
- ISBN 13
- 9780002161671
- Seller
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Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Collins Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002161672 . 300 pp. Photos. Spine bumped. Jacket spine sunned. Jacket has edgewear. Signed by the author. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The story of the 10 Canadian telephone companies that made up the TransCanada Telephone System, at one time responsible for over 90% of the long distance traffic in Canada. Heavy book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Riverwash Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CAN0810
- Title
- Long Distance Please The Story of the TransCanada Telephone System
- Author
- Ogle, E. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002161672
- ISBN 13
- 9780002161671
- Publisher
- Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0002161672, Canada, Telephone, Telecommunications, History, TransCanada Telephone System
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