‎Transatlantic Communications. [11 papers, see below]. - [FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST SUBMARINE TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE SYSTEM, TAT-1]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1957. 8vo. Volume 36, 1957 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". In the original printed blue wrappers. Sunning to spine, and very minor spotting to wrappers. Internally near mint. 348 pp.‎

‎First edition of the first technical description of the TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system. The 2,240-mile cable was laid by the cableship Monarch and ran from Gallanach Bay, near Oban in Argyll, to Clarenville, Canada.""The papers that follow describe the design, manufacture and installation of the first transatlantic telephone cable system with all its component parts, including the connection microwave radio-relay system in Nova Scotia."" (From the introduction to the present volume).""Years of development led up to 1956 when the first transatlantic telephone cable system started carrying calls"" this is an interesting story in itself. Two coaxial cables about 20 miles apart carried 36 two-way circuits. Nearly 50 sophisticated repeaters were spaced from 10 to 40 miles along the way. Each vacuum tube repeater contained 5,000 parts and cost almost $100,000."" (Petruzzellis, Thomas. Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius, 2008, p. 4). The electronic repeaters, the devices that held together the many separate cables, were designed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. In terms of reliable operation, the most critical component of the system was the repeater. These devices, spaced at intervals of 37.5 nautical miles along the cable, compensated for loss. The repeaters were of a unique flexible design, which allowed them to be handled in the same manner as cable.TAT-1 carried the Moscow-Washington hotline between the American and Soviet heads of state.Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:1. Kelly, Dr. Mervin J." Radley, Sir Gordon. Transatlantic Communications - An Historical Resume. Pp. 1-5.2. Mottram, E.T. Halsey, R.J. Emling, J.W. Griffith, R.G. Transatlantic Telephone Cable System - Planning and Over-All Performance. Pp. 7-27.3. Lewis, H.A. Tucker, R.S. Lovell, G.H. Fraser, J. M. System Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 29-68.4. Gleichmann, T.F. Lince, A.H. Wooley, M.C. Braga, F.J. Repeater Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 69-101. 5. Lamb, H.A. Heffner, W.W. Repeater Production for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 103-138. 6. Meszaros, G.W. Spencer, H.H. Power Feed Equipment for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 139-162.7. McNally, J.O. Metson, G.H. Veazie, E.A. Holmes, M.F. Electron Tubes for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 163-188.8. Lebert, A.W. Fischer, H.B. Biskeborn, M.C. Cable Design and Manufacture for the Transatlantic Submarine Cable System. Pp. 189-216.9. Halsey, R.J. Bampton, J.F. System Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 217-244.10. Brockbank, R.A. Walker, D.C. Welsby, V.G. Repeater Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 245-276.11. Thomas, J.F.P. Kelly, R. Power-Feed System for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 277-292.12. Jack, J.S. Leech, Capt. W.H. Lewis, H.A. Route Selection and Cable Laying for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 293-326.‎

‎Transatlantic Communications. TAT-1. - [FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST SUBMARINE TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE SYSTEM, TAT-1]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1957. 8vo. Original full green cloth, bound with the original blue wrappers. Volume 36, 1957 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. [Entire issue:] 20, 1513 pp.‎

‎First edition of the first technical description of the TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system. The 2,240-mile cable was laid by the cableship Monarch and ran from Gallanach Bay, near Oban in Argyll, to Clarenville, Canada. The initial capacity was 36 calls at a time at a price per call of $12 for the first three minutes. Since trans-Atlantic service opened in 1927, calls had traveled across the ocean via radio waves. But cables provide much higher signal quality, avoid atmospheric interference and offer greater capacity and security.""The papers that follow describe the design, manufacture and installation of the first transatlantic telephone cable system with all its component parts, including the connection microwave radio-relay system in Nova Scotia."" (From the introduction to the present papers).""Years of development led up to 1956 when the first transatlantic telephone cable system started carrying calls"" this is an interesting story in itself. Two coaxial cables about 20 miles apart carried 36 two-way circuits. Nearly 50 sophisticated repeaters were spaced from 10 to 40 miles along the way. Each vacuum tube repeater contained 5,000 parts and cost almost $100,000."" (Petruzzellis, Thomas. Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius, 2008, p. 4). The electronic repeaters, the devices that held together the many separate cables, were designed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. In terms of reliable operation, the most critical component of the system was the repeater. These devices, spaced at intervals of 37.5 nautical miles along the cable, compensated for loss. The repeaters were of a unique flexible design, which allowed them to be handled in the same manner as cable.TAT-1 carried the Moscow-Washington hotline between the American and Soviet heads of state.Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:1. Kelly, Dr. Mervin J." Radley, Sir Gordon. Transatlantic Communications - An Historical Resume. Pp. 1-5.2. Mottram, E.T. Halsey, R.J. Emling, J.W. Griffith, R.G. Transatlantic Telephone Cable System - Planning and Over-All Performance. Pp. 7-27.3. Lewis, H.A. Tucker, R.S. Lovell, G.H. Fraser, J. M. System Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 29-68.4. Gleichmann, T.F. Lince, A.H. Wooley, M.C. Braga, F.J. Repeater Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 69-101. 5. Lamb, H.A. Heffner, W.W. Repeater Production for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 103-138. 6. Meszaros, G.W. Spencer, H.H. Power Feed Equipment for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 139-162.7. McNally, J.O. Metson, G.H. Veazie, E.A. Holmes, M.F. Electron Tubes for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 163-188.8. Lebert, A.W. Fischer, H.B. Biskeborn, M.C. Cable Design and Manufacture for the Transatlantic Submarine Cable System. Pp. 189-216.9. Halsey, R.J. Bampton, J.F. System Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 217-244.10. Brockbank, R.A. Walker, D.C. Welsby, V.G. Repeater Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 245-276.11. Thomas, J.F.P. Kelly, R. Power-Feed System for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 277-292.12. Jack, J.S. Leech, Capt. W.H. Lewis, H.A. Route Selection and Cable Laying for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 293-326.And many other.‎

‎Transcaucasica II‎

‎Venezia, 1980 135pp., 24cm., softcover, in the series "Quaderni del seminario di iranistica, uralo-altaistica e caucasologia dell'Universita degli studi di Venezia" volume 7, [Contains 9 articles on Armenian subjects (of which 7 in Italian and 2 in English)], X114396‎

‎Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales‎

‎Union Square (1/2016)‎

‎LIVRE A L’ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9781435161368‎

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‎Turkish Carpets from the 13th - 18th centuries‎

‎Istanbul, Ahmet Ertug 1996 xliv + 236pp. with 164 full-colour plates, 38cm., publisher's hardcover in grey cloth with gilt lettering, in publisher's slipcase, text in English, publication on the occasion of the exhibition in Istanbul (Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, 26 september - 12 november 1996), very good condition, weight: 3.6kg., S97046‎

‎Ulenspiegel, revista bimestral organo de la Associacion belgo-ibero-americana, Volume I (1934) ; no.1 (1 enero 1934) & no.2 (marzo 1934)‎

‎Antwerpen [Amberes], La Chapelle de Bourgogne 1934 Complete collection of 2 large fascicules (1934 complete, all ever published), together 816pp., with some illustrations, 24cm., bound in 2 uniform cart. bindings, periodical dealing with the cultural relations between Belgium and the Ibero-american world, with articles in various languages (Spanish, French, Dutch), good condition, rare, B95809‎

‎Un santo laico dell'età postgregoriana. Allucio da Pescia (1070 c.a. - 1134). Religione e società nei territori di Lucca e della Valdinievole‎

‎Roma, Jouvence 1991 391pp. with some facsimiles + 22 bl/w illustrations out of text, 23cm., editor's softcover, text in Italian, in the series "Pubblicazioni del dipartimento di medievistica dell'Universita di Pisa" volume 2, good condition, H93345‎

‎Unsere liebe Frau. Eine Ausstellung im Krönungssaal des Rathauses zu Aachen (7.Juni-14.September 1958)‎

‎s.l., s.d. [+/- 1958] 155pp. + frontispice + ills. (of which some in colour), 25cm., illustrated softcover, 2 stamps, G, R73292‎

‎Uns ist in alten Mären Das Nibelungenlied und seine Welt‎

‎Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2003 240pp.with ills. in colour, 28cm., exhibition catalogue (Badisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Karlsruhe, 13-12-2003 - 14-03-2004), cart.cover, dustwrapper, VG, T72473‎

‎Ursulinen in Köln (1639-1989). Festschrift zum 350jährigen Bestehen der Ursulinenschule Köln‎

‎Köln, Ursulinenschule 1989 302pp.with ills., 25cm., illustrated cart.cover, stamp, VG, R73604‎

‎Veit Stoss in Nürnberg. Werke des Meisters und seiner Schule in Nürnberg und Umgebung‎

‎München, Deutscher Kunstverlag 1983 366pp. with 203 illustrations, softcover, 27cm., very good, S84609‎

‎Vestnik drevnej istorii, 1 (119). Journal of ancient history, 1 (119), 1972‎

‎Moskva, Izd-vo Nauka 1972 280pp.with ills. + some plates out-of-text, original softcover, 26cm., text in Russian in Cyrillic script, edition of only 3680 copies, X77712‎

‎Vesuviana, an international journal of archaeological and historical studies on Pompeii and Herculaneum. Volume 1 (2009)‎

‎Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra 2009 182pp. with bl/w illustrations, 25cm., softcover in stiff paper, dustwrapper (few stains), interior and text in fine condition, G94440‎

‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.37 (1987) [complete volume]‎

‎Leiden, Brill 1987 xii + 536pp., 24cm., cloth, few stamps, VG, R68471‎

‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.39 (1989) [complete volume]‎

‎Leiden, Brill 1989 x + 536pp., 24cm., cloth, few stamps, VG, R68473‎

‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.40 (1990) [complete volume]‎

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‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.45 (1995) [complete volume]‎

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‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.46 (1996) [complete volume]‎

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‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.16 (1966) [complete volume]‎

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‎Vetus Testamentum. A quarterly published by the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Vol.19 (1969) [complete volume]‎

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