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Fine- in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 418 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs, with a Foreword by Sir Edward Wilshaw. "This treatise is aimed at recording the history of the cableship and the various companies and governments who have operated these vessels. Submarine cables have been laid in practically every ocean and sea of the world and an attempt is made to trace the history of the individual cableship operators and the cables which they have laid and maintained, the emphasis being on the marine side as distinct from the electircal engineering aspect of the cable characteristics, except where these have influenced the laying of a particular cable." FINE-HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.