ABC of the telephone : a practical and useful treatise for students and workers in telephony, giving a review of the development of the industry to the present date, and full descriptions of numerous valuable inventions and appliances ..

New York: T. Audel & co, 1901. First edition. Homans, James Edward (1865-1949). ABC of the telephone: a practical and useful treatise for students and workers in telephony, giving a review of the development of the industry to the present date, and full descriptions of numerous valuable inventions and appliances ... New York: T. Audel & Co., 1901. xvi, 335pp. including frontispiece portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. 190 x 125 mm. Black cloth, gilt lettering to the front and to the spine. Very good.

First Edition. Signature to front free end paper of "A. W. Hopkins" dated 10-24-1901.
"As is indicated by the title, this book is an elementary and general treatise. It deals with the telephone industry and the leading features of its development to the present time, in such a fashion and in such language as to enable the student and the non-professional reader to derive an intelligent idea of broad facts and general principles" (p. vii).
OCLC cites only one other copy. 51041.