THE TELEPHONE AND ITS SEVERAL INVENTORS. by Coe, Lewis - 1995

McFarland & Co.:, 1995. 230 pages, including 11 Apendices. "The reader might ask"what is the purpose of another book about the telephone?" It is true that there are dozens of books giving every phase of the telephone story. Unfortunately, almost all of them have been written with information supplied by the Bell Telephone Company. It is almost certain that any person seeking information about the telephone will end up reading the Bell version of history. This book will be seen by some as an attack on the Bell System. It will be critical of the Bell methods and self-serving attitude, yet the contributions of Bell himself and the company that bears his name will be freely acknowledged. The main purpose of this volume will be to give due credit to the, for the most part, unknown inventors who contributed, each in his own way, to the modern telecommunication system." FINE HARDCOVER,. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.