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Herold, E. W., W. A. Harris and T. J. Henry . A NEW CONVERTER TUBE FOR ALL-WAVE RECEIVERS
1938. Single article on pp. 67-77 in one complete issue of RCA Review. Numerous additional articles as well. Octavo, original wraps. VG. (a83809d)
$29.00 Shore, Henry . PHOTORADIO TRANSMISSION OF PICTURES
1938. Single article on pp. 45-62 in one complete issue of RCA Review. Numerous additional articles as well. Octavo, original wraps. VG. (a83809c)
$29.00 WBAL . SPEAKING OF BALTIMORE VOLUME II
Baltimore 1928 1st WBAL. A tabloid compilation of speeches relative to civic and state interests which have been broadcast over WBAL Baltimore's high power station. Octavo, 47pp., numerous small photo illustrations of Baltimore residents and buildings, wraps. VG. (a82560)
$55.00 WPA . PHILADELPHIA LABOR MARKET STUDIES FOUR STUDIES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME: THE LABOR FORCE OF THE PHILADELPHIA RADIO INDUSTRY IN 1936; TEN YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE OF PHILADELPHIA WEAVERS AND LOOM FIXERS; TEN YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE OF PHILADELPHIA MACHINISTS; REEMPLOYMENT OF PHILADELPHIA HOSIERY WORKER AFTER SHUT-DOWNS IN 1933-34
1938. Works Progress Administration. Radio Industry section by Gladys L. Palmer and Ada M. Stoflet, 102pp.; Weavers and Loom Fixers, also by Palmer, 100pp.; Machinists by Helen Herrmann 132pp.; Hosiery Workers by Palmer and Constance Williams, 100pp. Numerous charts; some photo illustrations. Good, cover faded and mounted title labels on front and spine are chipped and worn. Hardcover. (a82230)
$250.00 Malone, Ted . BETWEEN THE BOOK ENDS (signed)
1934 1st Alden Russell. Press of Lewis Printing, Kansas City. Malone was major radio personality at KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri. Poetry. Copy No. 233. Tall octavo, 96pp., limp hardcover with what appears to be full pebbled leather, tall **Signed by Malone. A couple of news clippings laid in.VG. (a81701)
$37.00 Wheeler, Harold A. . HAZELTINE THE PROFESSOR
Greenlawn 1978 1st Hazeltine Corporation. Hardcover. Octavo, 120p., frontis portrait of Hazeltine, blue cloth. **Presentation copy signed by Wheeler. Fine, no DJ. (a79928)
$45.00 Clemmow, P. C. . RADIO PROPAGATION OVER A FLAT EARTH ACROSS A BOUNDARY SEPARATING TWO DIFFERENT MEDIA
1955. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society of London. 4to., 55pp., original printed wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a77054)
$45.00 (cuba) . FINAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON BROADCASTING TO CUBA
Washington 1982. 4to., 209pp., original printed wraps. Ink number and Depository Library stamp on front. Depository Library stamp on 2 small stamps on title page. VG. (a73949)
$100.00 Cohen, Louis . CIRCUIT TUNING BY WAVE RESONANCE AND APPLICATIONS TO RADIO RECEPTION
NY 1929. Article at pp.1868-1892 in the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Removed from larger binding. Octavo, later wraps. Bell Tel. Co. stamp on front. VG (a70510b)
$35.00 Stewart, Irwin (editor) . RADIO
Philadelphia 1929 1st. Supplement to Vol. CXVII of Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science. Articles by a variety of authors: Whittemore: Development of Radio; Maxim: The Amateur in Radio; Hooper: Naval Radiotelegraph in Peace and War; Tigert: Radio in the American School System; etc. Octavo, 107pp., index, original printed wraps. VG, wraps a bit frayed on edges. (a70342)
$39.00 Kohlhaas, H. T. (editor) . ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION, TECHNICAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION 1946-1954 (30 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME).
NY 1946-1954 ITT. 30 issues of this quarterly journal, September 1946 (Volume 23, No. 3) through December 1954 (Volume 31 No. 4) bound with original covers in one hardcover volume. Sm.4to., photo illustrations of scientists, equipment, brown buckram. Wealth of information on microwaves, telephone systems, vacuum tubes, radar, cathodes, aircraft radio, thermomagnetic generators, aerial navigation equipment, etc. Owner signed on front endpaper. VG plus. (a69816)
$220.00 Guest, Edgar A. . SELECT POEMS
1931 1st Radio Station WIBO. Poems dedicated to listeners of WIBO radio show called The Hour of Dreams. Hardcover. Octavo, 48pp., cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a68519)
$25.00 Frederick, Howard H. . CUBAN-AMERICAN RADIO WARS IDEOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Jersey 1986 1st Ablex. ISBN 0-89391-264-4. Hardcover. Octavo, 200pp., original illustrated cloth. VG, light wear. (a68263)
$40.00 Nye, Frank W. . HOOP OF HOOPERATINGS THE MAN AND HIS WORK
Norwalk1957 1st. Biography of Claude Ernest Hooper, Harvard MBA and famous radio broadcaster. Hardcover. Octavo, 132pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Bookplate of Elmo Roper. Near Fine, no DJ. (a67506)
$21.00 (radio) . COLLECTION OF 30 ORIGINAL RADIO SCRIPTS FOR HELEN HAYES THEATRE ON WABC 1939 - 1941 (30 VOLUMES)
1939-1941. 30 volumes. 4to., each 30-40 leaves (mimeo or carbon on rectos only), all matching bindings of maroon cloth with gilt lettering on front. Transcripts of the Helen Hayes Lipton Tea Radio Show, each broadcast on Sunday night from 8 - 8:30. Produced by Thomas J. Lipton Inc., and presented and introduced by Helen Hayes. Some show titles: Jane Eyre, Strange Victory, Love Affair, Lady Eve, Tovarich, Prison without Bars. Each VG, light rubbing. 30 volumes. (a66781)
$380.00 O'Brien, Mae . CHILDREN'S REACTIONS TO RADIO ADAPTATIONS OF JUVENILE BOOKS
NY 1950 1st Columbia. Octavo, 146pp., original printed wraps. Good, wraps a bit chipped. (a65884)
$30.00 Payne, George Henry . THE FOURTH ESTATE AND RADIO AND OTHER ADDRESSES
Boston 1936 1st Microphone Press. Foreword by Robert Emmet MacAlarney. Payne was Federal Communications Commissioner. Hardcover. Small octavo, 111pp., red leatherette. VG, no DJ. (a65284)
$29.00 (radio) . RADIO AND TELEVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY NOVEMBER 1941 INCLUDING SUPPLEMENT CORRECTED TO MAY 1, 1942
NY 1942 Columbia Broadcasting System. Annotated entries. Octavo, 89 pp., 23pp. (supplement), wraps with plastic spiral binding. Good plus, light wear. (a64539)
$75.00 Roeh, Itzhak . THE RHETORIC OF NEWS IN THE ISRAEL RADIO SOME IMPLICATIONS OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE FOR NEWSTELLING
Bochum 1982 Brockmeyer. Sm.8vo., 202pp., wraps. Owner signed. VG. (a52079)
$45.00 Csaba, dr. Kilian . A KOMMUNIZMUS ORVENYEBEN A "HIT SZAVA" RADIOPROGRAMM BESZEDEI NEW YORK 1954-1955
NY 1955 1st St. Marks. In Hungarian. 8vo., 253pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a51036)
$45.00 LaPrade, Ernest . BROADCASTING MUSIC
NY 1947 first edition Rinehart. Mostly on radio broadcasting, but some on emerging new field of television. Hardcover. Small octavo, 236pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a50123)
$45.00 (television) . AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS FEBRUARY 1956 THROUGH DECEMBER 1956
NY 1956 Radio Corporation of America. Six bi-monthly issues, February 1956 through December 1956 (Numbers 87-92), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48399)
$130.00 (television) . AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS FEBRUARY 1955 THROUGH DECEMBER 1955
NY 1955 Radio Corporation of America. Five bi-monthly issues, February 1955 ( May 1955 is the second issue) through December 1955 (Numbers 82-86), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48398)
$125.00 (television) . AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS SEPTEMBER 1949 THROUGH OCTOBER 1950
NY 1949-1950 Radio Corporation of America. Six bi-monthly issues, September 1949 through October 1950 (Numbers 56-61), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48388)
$125.00 (television) . AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS JANUARY 1953 THOUGH OCTOBER 1953
NY 1953 Radio Corporation of America. Five bi-monthly issues, January-February 1953 through September-October 1953 (Numbers 72-76), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48385)
$125.00 (television) . AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS JANUARY 1952 THOUGH OCTOBER 1952
NY 1952 Radio Corporation of America. Five bi-monthly issues, January-February 1952 through September-October 1952 (Numbers 67-71), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48384)
$125.00 Morell, Peter . POISONS, POTIONS, AND PROFITS THE ANTIDOTE TO RADIO ADVERTISING
NY 1937 1st. Based on material from Consumer's Union's files. Octavo, 292pp., index, cloth. Good, rear pastedown and rear blank stained, in Fair DJ, chipped and torn. (a48061)
$22.00 Chappell, Matthew N. and C.E. Hooper . RADIO AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT
NY 1944. 8vo., 246pp., hardcover. Signed by Chappell and Hooper on the front free blank. VG, no DJ,. (a47665)
$45.00 Powell, Jon T. and Wally Gair (editors) . PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE BUSINESS OF BROADCASTING THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY LOOKS AT ITSELF
NY 1988 Quorum Books. 8vo., 193pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a46308)
$60.00 (radio) . L'INFORMAZIONE RADIOTELEVISIVA IN EUROPA
Roma 1987. Isituto Fernando Santi. In Italian, 8vo., 102pp., wraps. VG. (a45201)
$35.00 Taylor, Henry J. . A SERIES OF TALKS BY HENRY J. TAYLOR NOTED ECONOMIST, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST OVER THE MUTUAL NETWORK TWICE WEEKLEY
NY 1946. Monday and Fridays 10:00 to 10:15 EST and selected local stations. Lg.8vo., talks No.14 thru 62-63 (about 200pp.), bound in metal 3 ring hardcover binder. Plus talks No. 73-74 and 75-76 in separate envelopes at the rear. VG, cover lightly worn. (a44687)
$100.00 Shirer, William L. . AMERICA'S RADIO TRAITORS
NY 1943. Essay in Harpers Magazine, October 1943, Number 1121 at pp.397-404. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., pp.450-560., illus., ads, wraps. Good, wraps a bit soiled and worn, spine worn, chipped in middle and at ends. (a43578a)
$35.00 (broadcasting) . THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED BEHAVIOR IN JAPAN
Tokyo 1987. Studies of Broadcasting 23. 8vo., 153pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a42571)
$35.00 Sternberg, Beno and Evelyne Sullerot . ASPECTS SOCIAUX DE LA RADIO ET DE LA TELEVISION REVUE DES RESCHERCHES SIGNIFICATIVES 1950-1964
NY 1966 Humanities. In French. Volume IV in Confluences Etats Des Recherches en Science Sociales. In French. 8vo., 138pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a38853)
$35.00 (radio) . A SURVEY OF RADIO IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS
Ottawa 1956. A Report of the Radio Research Project of the Canadian Teachers' Federation. Research Study Number One. 4to., 179 leaves mimeo on rectos only, plus appendices, stringbound wraps, VG. Scarce. (a38023)
$125.00 Ennes, Harld E. . BROADCASTER OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK
NY 1951 Second Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 440pp., illus., index. VG, no DJ. (a37792)
$30.00 Chester, Giraud and Garnet R. Garrison . RADIO AND TELEVISION AN INTRODUCTION
NY 1950 1st Appleton Century. Hardcover. Octavo, 550pp., index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a32949)
$24.00 Andress, J. Mace and Julia E. Dickson . RADIO BOUND FOR BANANA LAND
Boston 1937 United Fruit Company. Educational story for children. 8vo., 42pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, some light wear, soiling. (a31043)
$20.00 Crews, Albert . HANDBOOK FOR RADIO WRITING
Chicago n.d. (1943). Pre-publication experimental copy prepared by Crews for students in the writing course of the Summer Radio Institute for 1943. This is Crews' own copy, heavily marked up and annotated by him in the first 35pp., with fewer markups in the later pages. Crews was the Chairman, Department of Radio at the School of Speech. He also was affiliated with Northwestern University and the National Broadcasting Corporation. 8vo., 214pp., wraps. VG, some soiling. (a23923)
$45.00 Pitts, Michael R. . RADIO SOUNDTRACKS: A REFERENCE GUIDE
1986 2nd Scarecrow. 337pp. Fine. (a23582)
$30.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . RECENT PROGRESS IN THE TRANSMISSION OF PICTURES BY RADIO
NY 1924. Article in Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Number Seventeen, at pp. 81-85, photos. Jenkins hailed as the Father of Television. He caused a sensation when in 1923 he transmitted a photographic image of President Harding over a distance of 135 miles. This image is reproduced in this article. Included in complete issue. Octavo, 196pp., ads, wraps. Very early television experiments. VG, some minor soiling, wear. (a19856)
$175.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . RADIO MOVIES
Meeting of May 18, 19, 20, 21, 1925. Schenectady, New York. In one complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, at pp. 7-12. Jenkins hailed as the Father of Television. Early proposal for television system called Radio Movies. Whole issue includes other articles on topics such as the use of light and the use of color in movies. 8vo., wraps. Good spine ends chipped, some soiling on front wrap, (a19824)
$190.00 Delong, Thomas . THE MIGHTY MUSIC BOX
NY 1980 Hastings. 335pp., photos, index. "The Golden Age of Musical Radio." Fine in Good DJ. (a19019)
$25.00 Kinscella, Hazel . MUSIC ON THE AIR
NY 1934 1st Viking. Book of essays written by author and many others to help educate listeners of classical music played on the radio. 8vo., 438pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, spine very faded, no DJ. (a11997)
$40.00 della Malva, Joseph . SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTARIES
Minneapolis 1960 first edition. Foreword by Bill Stewart, President and General Manager of Radio Station WPBC. Octavo, 86pp., wraps. **Laid in: 2 page autograph letter signed by della Mava about places refusing to sell his book due to Catholic pressure against it. Author broadcasted radio shows on Loyalty Oaths, Church-State Relations, American-Soviet Relations, Overpopulation etc. Good, front wrap had been folded in half. (a10964)
$49.00 Duerr, Edwin . RADIO AND TELEVISION ACTING CRITICISM, THEORY AND PRACTICE
NY 1950 Rinehart. 4to., 417p. index, hardcover. A few pen/pencil lines in text. Good, no DJ. (a9950)
$22.00 Rogers, Will . WIT AND PHILOSOPHY FROM THE RADIO TALKS OF AMERICA'S HUMORIST WILL ROGERS
1930 Squibb. 12 Radio Talks delivered by Will Rogers during the spring of 1930 through the courtesy of E.R.Squibb and Sons. 8vo., 46pp.., wraps. Good, wraps worn and stained. (a3339)
$20.00 (radio). . FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONS RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING STANDARD BROADCAST STATIONS.
Subject of hearing on June 6, 1938 (These Rules and Regulations not yet effective. ) Large octavo, 38 leaves (mimeo), wraps. VG. (mu472)
$50.00 Lauria, Lew . LET THE CHIPS FALL (signed)
NY 1946 1st Radco. Novel about the radio industry. Sm.8vo., 239pp., hardcover. **Signed by Lauria with presentation paragraph-long inscription. Good, light spine end fraying, corners worn, spine lettering faded, no DJ. (mu276)
$35.00 (medicine) . THE DOCTORS TALK IT OVER
NY n.d. (c. 1945) Lederle Laboratories. A series of Radio Programs Broadcast to the Medical Profession October 6, 1944 to March 30, 1945. 8vo., 214pp., wraps. Good, wraps worn. (a487)
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