Lists some 2,500 English-language works related to the history of major telecommunications technologies over the past 175 years. In addition to having sections devoted to the various media of communication (radio, television, the Internet, etc.) the work covers institutional histories, personal biographies, general surveys, and reference works. This is an updated version of the 1972 work Bibliography of the History of Electronics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.