Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph : Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Illustrated

by Fourteen Wood Engravings by Alfred Vail

$450 · Offered by Kuenzig Books

First edition

Washington, DC : J. & G. S. Gideon 1845. First Edition. 1 title page -24 pages. 8vo. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Lacks the original wrappers. Removed from a bound volume of papers. Disbound lacking the stitching , lightly creased vertically, and with glue/binding remnants at the spine edge. Textblock has marginal paper loss to the base of the spine one inch by 1/8 inch . Paper browned but still supple, with spotting

• Binding: Wrappers

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