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Radio Broadcasting:

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 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 no. 21. 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 plus, tips of a few pages turned down; light soiling on wrap; light chipping on backstrip. no ownership marks. (a19824)
$150.00 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 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 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)
$20.00Rogers, 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)
$23.00 Ennes, Harld E. . BROADCASTER OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK
NY 1951 Second Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 440pp., illus., index. VG, no DJ. (a37792)
$30.00(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. Rare. (a38023)
$95.00 (broadcasting) . THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED BEHAVIOR IN JAPAN
Tokyo 1987. Studies of Broadcasting 23. 8vo., 153pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a42571)
$35.00 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 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 (radio) . L'INFORMAZIONE RADIOTELEVISIVA IN EUROPA
Roma 1987. Isituto Fernando Santi. In Italian, 8vo., 102pp., wraps. VG. (a45201)
$35.00 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 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 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(television). AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS JANUARY 1953 THROUGH 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)
$165.00(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)
$165.00(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)
$165.00 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 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 (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 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 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)
$29.00 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 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 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 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 (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)
$100.00Clemmow, 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)
$39.00 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 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 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)
$240.00 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 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 (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)
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