164: REID, JAMES D. 'THE TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA' 1870

Full title 'The Telegraph in America, its Founders, Promoters and Noted Men,' 1879, Derby Brothers, NY., James D. Reid, [v]-xiii, 846 pp, illustrated title page with 'The telegraph in America and Morse memorial, & in memoriam William Orton,' Albany, N.Y. Printed for the author by Weed, Parsons and Company, illustrated. Brown cloth boards with black and gold printed decorations and title, gold printed spine, impressed decoration on the back board.
Measures 10 x 7 x 2.25 inches.
Frontispiece missing rice paper divider, binding in good condition, pages with normal age toning, some bumping and rubbing.
$20 - $200