first editions. Wheeler Gift entry numbers given in square brackets.

Briggs, Charles; and Maverick, Augustus. The Story of the Telegraph; and a History of the Great Atlantic Cable. Frontispiece portrait of Cyrus Field; text illustrations; folding map (separated at fold). 255, [9] pages, including publisher's catalogue at end. 12mo, original cloth, spine faded, ends chipped. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1858 [1412].

Mullaly, John. The Laying of the Cable; or, The Ocean Telegraph. Text illustrations; double-page map. 329, [3] pages, including final ad leaf. 8vo, modern 1/4 morocco; opening leaves chipped in blank outer corners, title heavily soiled. New York: D. Appleton, 1858 [1425].

Prescott, George B. History, Theory and Practice of the Electric Telegraph. Frontispiece and text illustrations. xii, 468 pages. 8vo, original cloth, spine ends chipped, shelf label remnants on spine. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860 [1497].

The North Atlantic Telegraph . . . Preliminary Reports of the Surveying Expeditions of 1860. Folding map. 57, [3] pages. London: Edward Stanford, 1861 [4693]. bound with: The North Atlantic Telegraph . . . Reports of the Surveying Expeditions. Folding map. Pages 1-94 (of 107). London: Edward Stanford, 1861 [4693a]. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 leather; foxing on title in first work and map in second.

Field, Henry M. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph. 14 plates. ix, [3], 415 pages. 8vo, original cloth, spine ends chipped, front hinge cracked. Calling card of Cyrus Field laid in. New York: Charles Scribner, 1892. Not in Wheeler Gift.