Frederick Leland Rhodes (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. 280 pages. Portrait frontis. INSCRIBED "To Dudley Zuver with the best wishes of the Rhodes Family. September, 1934". Fraying to corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Interior otherwise in very good condition. (F5). Inscribed by Author(s).…

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library copy with stamps and stickers. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

xvi, 280 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards. First edition. Cloth a little bumped at extremities; tight and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Tight hardcover in good condition. 8vo. 261pp. Dark blue cloth boards and backstrip with gilt lettering & frames on the front board & gilt lettering & borders on the backstrip. Black & white photographs printed on coated stock and black & white illustrations within text throughout the book. The tops of the pages are dyed tan. Book is clean & tight. Boards have some wear & edgewear with bumped corners. The front board has some spots. The backstrip has some edgewear. The gilt lettering on the front board & backstrip is very bright. The endpapers have some foxing. The Leaves have no markings. Ships within 24 hours. Scanned photos available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. A couple small dark marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. 280 pages. Black and white photograph as frontis. Owner's name written on half title page. Else, near fine. (F5).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, privately printed hardcover, quarter-bound in dark blue cloth with blue boards, is in VERY GOOD condition, having some fading to top front and back covers; some light rubbing/scuffing to surfaces of covers; some normal age-toning to endpapers and pages. Originally published with uncut pages and some pages still uncut by former owner; old bookseller's penciled price at top right corner of first free endpaper. One illustration: a b&w photograph of John J. Carty as frontispiece. Includes two appendices: one a list of Carty's U. S. patents, and the other, a bibliography of his writings. Index. A biography of John J. Carty, an American electrical engineer, and developer of the first transcontinental telephone line. Scarce. Biography. Engineering and science. United States. History. DB.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. xvii, 244pp+ index. Very good hardback in a lightly chipped jacket that is sunned on the spine with a couple of inches of loss at the foot and a closed tear to the front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good copy in blue paper covered boards with cloth spine. Shelf wear, dust staining to top edge of page block.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex-IEE library HB in navy blue cloth binding with gilt title to front and spine. Small, neat prev owner name to inside. Binding a little loose in places. 261pp. incl 54 ills & plates. Minimal lib stamps. **HEAVY - extra shipping costs may be required - ships from UK**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has bumped corners. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket present. The book is in good condition with a solid hardcover binding. The cover shows minor wear typical of its age, but there are no significant marks or damages. The pages are clean and intact, with no inscriptions or library markings. There is no dust jacket present.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Book is bound in blue cloth. Inscription on the front flyleaf. Contains 261 clean pages with a tight binding. Dust jacket has edgewear and chips. Price of $4.00 on the front flap. Send an e-mail for pictures. Photographs (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 280pp Frontis "An appreciation" Wear to backstrip, both hinges repaired.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback in very good condition. Name plate on inside of front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION stated on copyright page, hardcover bound in dark blue cloth with lettering blocked in gilt on front cover and spine, clean and unmarked with only the minimum of overall handling wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Front hinge repaired. Name on front fly leaf. Bottom of spine and bottom corners are bumped. Top of spine is lightly rubbed. Covers are lightly scratched on surfaces. 280 pages with index plus three illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Unmarked copy. Blue boards with black cloth spine, Little edge rubbing to spine ends and corners. One corner worn through. Interior in excellent unmarked condition. No jacket. Book.

Tall 8vo. xvii, 261, [1] pp. Frontisp., photo plates, text illustrations, diagrams. Blue-ribbed cloth, gilt lettering on front cover & spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), still VG copy. First edition, stated, of early biography & history of Alexander Graham Bell, the Bell patents, telephone technology, microphone transmitters, switchboards, telephone cables, long-distance lines, and more.…

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Frontis. xvi + 28o pages, 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards; lightly rubbed at spine ends. New York: Privately Printed, 1932. Internally fine, a very good(+) copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition. (1st edition, I-D) Foreword by General John J. Cady. Large, sturdy, heavy book, quality dark cloth, very bright gilt embossed lettering and fram eon top front, just bright on spine top, 261 heavy lightly browned pages. Nine small glue marks inside back cover, two ink notes on first front end paper presenting Christmas present to ".lovely wife, the modern telephone executive" in 1989. Light surface wear to tips and spine top and bottom edges. Fine. …

Hard Cover. First edition. 261pp. Many photos of early telephones and equipment. Very good. Slight wear to top and bottom of backstrip. (loc 960/1).

FIRST. nFINE. Blue cloth boards. Gold titling. First Edition - colophon on copyright page. Rare high grade copy. Internally tight and in FINE condition. Rare pictures of early phone designs. An important book for the historian of the telephone. [B67].

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 350. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1929 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 350.…

Frontispiece portrait. xvi, 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains a bibliography of his works at the back. Carty was the Chief Engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1907 to 1919, he invented numerous pieces important to telephony and he was one of the major powers behind transcontinental telephony and wireless transmissions. He is also known as the "Father of the Japanese Telephone System." The Japanese Telephone System did not have its first exchange until 1890 and it was set up by Ren Sawai and Dr. S. Oi who were instructed by Carty, therefore the appelation. Original blue cloth-backed boards. Fine in original tattered glassine Frontispiece portrait. xvi, 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains a bibliography of his works at the back. Carty was the Chief Engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1907 to 1919, he invented numerous pieces important to telephony and he was one of the major powers behind transcontinental telephony and wireless transmissions. He is also known as the "Father of the Japanese Telephone System." The Japanese Telephone System did not have its first exchange until 1890 and it was set up by Ren Sawai and Dr. S. Oi who were instructed by Carty, therefore the appelation. Original blue cloth-backed boards. Some tearing along inner hinges, else a very good copy of this important biography of one of the founders and developers of the telephone Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo.…