Paris: Delaunay, 1831-54. Bourgery, Jean-Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) & Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’homme comprenant la médecine opératoire. Multi-vol. set. 8 vols. (text plus atlas) bound in 14 volumes. Frontispiece (bound in the first text volume) and 726 hand-colored lithographed plates by Jacob; lithographed titles in..... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993. First edition. Mazlish, Bruce (1923-2016). The fourth discontinuity. The co-evolution of humans and machines. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993. x, 272pp. 235 x 150 mm. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket. Annotations in pencil, otherwise Very good+..... More
1866. Pasteur, Louis (1822-95). Autograph draft of a letter to Frédéric Cazalis, editor of Le messager agricole. Bifolium. 3+ pages. Paris, 24 September 1866. 172 x 109 mm. Lightly creased where previously folded, but fine otherwise. Pasteur’s draft letter to Frédéric Cazalis, editor of the agricultural magazine Le messager agricole..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1975, 1976. First edition. xii, 369pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Dustjacket in plastic. (155 x 235 mm). Good++. More
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. Huurdeman, Anton A. The worldwide history of telecommunications. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. xx, 638pp. 253 x 171 mm. Printed boards. Near fine. First Edition. The first written history on the information age, covering every aspect of telecommunications from..... More
London: BBC Publications, 1972. First edition. Pawley, Edward Lewis Ellman. BBC Engineering 1922-1972. London: BBC Publications, 1972. xiv, 569pp. 245 x 175 mm. Blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Dust-jacket. Corners slightly bent. Very good. First Edition. 51115. More
Boulder, Colorado: National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986. Snyder, Wilbert F., Charles L. Bragaw, and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Achievement in radio: seventy years of radio science, technology, standards, and measurement at the National Bureau of Standards. Special Publication 555. Boulder, Colorado: National Bureau of Standards..... More
Bampton, Devon, England: Sunrise Press, 1996. Expanded third edition. 320pp. Author's signature to title page; also, a blindstamp reading "Radio! Radio! / Jonathan Hill" with no. 708 written in blue ink in the center of the blindstamp. (210 x 295 mm). Black cloth with DJ in plastic. A Fine copy..... More
Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 1965. Michaelis, Anthony R., International Telecommunication Union. From semaphore to satellite: Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 1965. 344pp. 275 x 220 mm. Bright orange cloth with 4 satellite and telecommunication motifs blocked in blind to the front, with 3 vertical gilt lines separating the motifs and title..... More
Croton-on-Hudson, New York: Riverwood Publishers and Gerald Stearn, 1977. First edition. 192pp; illust., (230 x 300 mm). DJ covered with plastic. In French and English; A near fine copy. More
Washington DC: Bureau of Ships, Navy Dept. 1944. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ships. Radar system fundamentals, NAVSHIPS 900, 017. Washington DC: Bureau of Ships, Navy Dept., 1944. VI, 394pp. 235 x 150 mm. Library stamp to front wrapper. Confidential classification status. Stamp of the “Inspector of Naval Material”..... More
Washington DC: United States GPO, 1943. United States. War Department Technical Manual. Radar electronic fundamentals (TM 11-466). Restricted classification. Washington DC: United States GPO, 1943. 459pp. 215 x 140 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Ownership signature to top of front wrapper; laid in is a sheet of paper with..... More
London: Capella, 1988. First edition. Wander, Tim. 2MT Writtle. The birth of British broadcasting. London: Capella, 1988. 179pp. 210 x 140 mm. Brown cloth, gilt spine, dust-jacket. Very good. First Edition, Signed by the Author. Below the signature is an inscription written in a different hand, which reads: “I worked..... More
London: George Newnes Limited, 1932. Molloy, Edward and Stranger, Ralph [eds.]. Newnes’ Complete Wireless. 4 vols. London: George Newnes Limited, 1932. Four volumes (complete). 1544pp. 8vo. 225 x 155 mm. Vols. 1, 2 & 4 spines a bit rubbed, faded; heads and feet of spines bent. Light foxing to the..... More
London: Century Publishing, 1985. Wheen, Francis. Television: A history. Editorial consultant: Peter Fiddick. London: Century Publishing, 1985. 252 [4]pp. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. 260 x 190 mm. Dust-jacket. Near fine copy. First Edition. 51083. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Second edition. viii, 247pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. (150 x 225 mm). DJ covered with plastic. A fine copy. More
London: HMSO, 1973. 48pp. Original printed wrappers, some rubbing to the edges and bottom. (235 x 185 mm). Bernard S. Finn was the Curator of the National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution. Finn, Bernard S. (1932-) and the [London] Science Museum. Submarine telegraphy: the grand Victorian technology. London..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1962. Miessner, Benjamin Franklin (1890-1976). On the early history of radio guidance. San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1962. vi, 86pp. 210 x 150 mm. Original blue wrappers. Laid in is a routing slip sent by Elliot Sivowitch (1932-2012) to Fred Durant (1916-2015). Fine. First Edition..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1961. First edition. xiii, 424pp; black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. (130 x 210 mm). Plastic DJ with minimal wear to the edges and spine. Pages clean and bright – a near fine copy. More
London: Television Society, 1954. First edition. [Fleming.] MacGregor-Morris, John Turner (1872-1959). The inventor of the valve. A biography of Sir Ambrose Fleming, ... with a foreword by E. W. Merchant. London: Television Society, 1954. 141pp. 215 x 135 mm. Green cloth; spine faded. Gilt lettering to spine. Pages clean and..... More
London: Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1942. Jenkins, H. G. Fluorescent lighting. Reprint of an address given before the Royal Society of Arts on Wednesday, February 4, 1942. London: Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1942. 21pp. 250 x 155 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. First..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Cyrus Fogg Brackett Lectureship in Applied Engineering and Technology, 1927. First edition. Kinnard, Leonard Hummel (1869-1957). Illustrative material for a paper read by Leonard H. Kinnard on some recent advances in communication engineering: Photographs, charts, & diagrams illustrating the paper read before the Princeton Engineering .... More
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & co., Ltd., [1924]. Risdon, Philip James (1879-). Wireless. Introduction by J. A. Fleming, ..., with many diagrams and illustrations. London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & co., Ltd., [1924]. 384pp., frontispiece. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. 205 x 150 mm. Publisher’s original olive-green cloth covers..... More
[New York?]: Bureau of Publication, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1930. 47pp. (incl. photographs). (140 x 210 mm). Original printed wrappers, a little soiled. Stamp to front wrapper. Very good. More
London: Telegraph Construction & Maintenance co. Ltd., 1950. Lawford, G. L. and L. R. Nicholson [ed.]. The Telcon story: 1850-1950. London: Telegraph Construction & Maintenance co. Ltd., 1950. 176pp. 220 x 130 mm. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Pages crisp and clean. Spine rather faded, corners..... More