Telegraph and Travel: A Narrative of the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communications between England and India ... with Incidental Notices of the Countries Traversed by the Lines
- Hardcover
- London: Macmillan and Co, 1874
London: Macmillan and Co, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xiv,(2),673pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the upper board; black coated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with a steel engraving and wood engravings. Three maps, two of which are folding. Inner hinges and spine tips neatly repaired, cloth with some wear, else this is a very good copy.
An account of the work on the telegraph lines from British India to Turkish Arabia ultimately reaching London via Munich, Vienna, Constantinople, and Baghdad.
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Title
Telegraph and Travel: A Narrative of the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communications between England and India ... with Incidental Notices of the Countries Traversed by the Lines
Author
Goldsmid, Colonel Sir Frederic John
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Macmillan and Co: London
Date
1874
Edition
First edition