Vintage Radio: A Pictorial History of Wireless and Radio, 1887-1929
by McMahon, Morgan E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0914126024
- ISBN 13
- 9780914126027
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA: Vintage Radio, 1973. A well illustrated guide for collectors and historians; "Harold Greenwood's Historical Album Expanded with More Old Ads, Illustrations and Many Photos of Wireless and Radio Equipment"; mostly pages of identified radios, tubes & gear including headphones & speakers, old ads, brief historical essays. Hardcover, full brown cloth, orange titling & decoration. Book shows some mous nibbling: a tiny bit to the edge of front cover, more out of base of spine, with tail band unravelled, light wear otherwise; jacket lightly rubbed with a bit of spine fade; some edgewear; 3" by half-inch area of damage along top front edge, creased & torn with some losses; a few small holes along front flap crease matching the mouse nibbles. Text clean; 263 pgs; index, many b/w photos, a few figures. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p000542
- Title
- Vintage Radio: A Pictorial History of Wireless and Radio, 1887-1929
- Author
- McMahon, Morgan E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0914126024
- ISBN 13
- 9780914126027
- Publisher
- Vintage Radio
- Place of Publication
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Wireless, Radio Equipment, Tubes, Receivers, Technology, History of Technology, Communications
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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