Archer, Big Business and Radio. 1939, w/DJ.

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Gleason L. Archer, Big Business and Radio. 1939, with/Dust Jacket!
The American Historical Society, Inc. New York
Here is another FIND from one of my over 500 boxes of books, ephemera and just stuff. It took 60+ years to accumulate these treasures, and each week, I retrieve a dozen or so boxes from my storage units and post some selected items on eBay.
SEE DISCOUNT DEAL BELOW.
Archer covers the business side of radio, the hostilities, mediations, negotiations, rivalries,
litigation
, etc. from the 1020s to the days of television.
See photos 3, 4, & 5 (showing the Preface, the Contents and Illustration list) for the coverage of this great book on radio history.
Good condition with dust jacket. 503 pages with photos on 21 pages. Dust jacket has some wear and tears at the folds. The book has a neat with inscription on the front paste down. The text is embossed on the cover and spine. Some damp staining on front and rear paste downs and end pages. Pages and photos appear clean.
See Photos.
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I'll be posting these classic radio history books over the next several days. DISCOUNT
DEAL: Win any two of these = 10% discount. Win any three or more = 20% discount. Shipping combined.
Archer, Gleason L. - History of Radio to 1926 (1938)
Archer, Gleason L. - Big Business and Radio (1939)
Barnouw, Erik - A Tower in Babel, A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933 (1966)
Barnouw, Erik - The Golden Web, A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933 - 1953 (1968)
Barnouw, Erik - The Image Empire, A History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953 (1970)
Harlow, Alvin F. - Old Wires and New Waves (1936)
Banning, William Peck - Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer, The WEAF Experiment, 1922-1926 (WEAF became WNBC in 1946) (1946)
Fagen, M. D. - A History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System, The Early Years (1875-1925) (1975)
Fagen, M. D. - A History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System, National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975) (1978)
These books are a MUST in any radio collector's library!
These books are selected from from my book collection and will be great additions to your collection.
GENERAL COMMENTS: I endeavor to point out the major flaws, but may have missed some. Examine the pictures closely. They are part of the description.
Please do not bid unless you are accepting of the flaws.
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