Landing of the French Atlantic Cable at Duxbury, Mass., July 1869

by Transatlantic Cable

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First Edition. With 6 original mounted photographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Very good small nick and loss to upper spine . Item #316802 Celebration of the arrival of first transatlantic telegraphic cable on American shores, with speeches of the dignitaries of Duxbury and Boston, and a patriotic summary of the history of telegraphy; n appendix gives material on the cable fleet and press

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