Old Wires And New Waves. The History Of The Telegraph, Telephone, And Wireless.

ALVIN F. HARLOW

Publication: New York: D Appleton-Century Company, Inc, 1936,

First edition. Thick 8vo. Presentation inscription from the author to Miss May Davenport Seymour, c/o Museum of the City of New York. Also laid-in is a typed letter dated August 31, 1936, on D. Appleton stationery to Miss Seymour advising that an advance copy of this book was underway and if after reading it, they would be pleased to use her comments in their publicity of the book, Brown cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, xiv [2], 548 pp., frontis., foreword, illustrated, plates, portraits, bibliography, index. The story of communication from the first signal drums, smoke columns, and beacon fires of savage tribes to the present-day (1936) miracles of telephone and scrambled radio telephony. A chapter on the telegraph in the Civil War is of special interest. Very good in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, and a tiny chip to bottom edge of rear panel.