[AMERICAN TELEGRAPHY]. PLUM, William R. The Military Telegraph during the Civil War in the United States? Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1882. 2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved frontispieces, maps, and woodcut illustrations in text. Publisher?s pebbled brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers (spines a little darkened, some staining to covers). Provenance: Carl Kempf (rubber stamps). FIRST EDITION of one of the most informative sources on Civil War telegraphy. ?? [TOGETHER WITH:] REID, James D. The Telegraph in America? New York: Derby Brothers, 1879. 8vo. Additional engraved title, numerous engraved portraits. Original brown cloth gilt, top edge gilt, brown coated endpapers. (light rubbing at ends, front inner hinge partially cracked and tender). FIRST EDITION.