Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1963.  Hard cover, 280 pages including Index.  Former school library book with associated treatments.  Red boards with a bit of edge wear, hinges sprung resulting in a wave to text block; school stamp on upper and lower page block; binding sound. Very good price-clipped dust jacket in clear plastic protector.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanning pages; black & white illustrations; pocket on rear paste down.  ‘Text, diagrams and drawings are skillfully designed to give the young reader a fundamental understanding of electricity and its uses.  Topics discussed include the nature of electricity, batteries, magnetism, the telephone, the telegraph, electric lights and bells, the electrical system of an automobile, radio, radar and television.  The new material presents such recent developments as the transistor, automatic switchboards, and Telstar I and II.’ (from front & rear flaps)