[Item #56301] Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of the American Bell Telephone Co. to the Stockholders, Year Ending December 31, 1885. AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of the American Bell Telephone Co. to the Stockholders, Year Ending December 31, 1885

Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1886. First Edition. First printing. Original light blue paper wraps, printed in black; [32]pp. Ex-library, with accessions and withdrawal stamps to front cover. A fresh copy, with small loss to lower corner of front wrapper, minor soiling to wrappers, internally clean: Very Good.

Discusses the early installation of telephone systems in the U.S., with details on company finances. The Americam Bell Telephone Company was formed in 1880 as a merger of the National Bell Telephone Company and the Ameerican Speaking Telephone company; later, it became the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). Scarce, with no copies recorded in OCLC; and only one copy each of the 1882 and 1884 reports.

Price: $250.00

Go Back