DESCRIPTION OF THE AMERICAN ELECTRO MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH: NOW IN OPERATION BETWEEN THE CITIES OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
Washington: J. & G. S. Gidson, 1845. First Edition. Octavo, 24 pages; VG; in publisher's paper printed wraps; mild wear and rubbing, small fold to lower fore corner; small stain through imprint on front cover, speckled staining to covers; mild foxing and toning; four pieces of ephemera within, being a trimmed add for the full volume, a trimmed sheet of Morse's Telegraphic Alphabet, a small sheet dated 1917 with a handwritten description of the history and provenance, and the previous owners name in Morse Code; AL consignment; shelved case 0.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $1,250
NOTES
Vail published two accounts of the telegraph: a 24-page pamphlet with only 14 illustrations, and a 208-page book with 81 illustrations. Both contain early printings of the 1844 revision of the American Morse Code. Priority is uncertain.
Sabin: 98292