Archer, History of Radio to 1926. 1938, w/DJ.

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Gleason L. Archer, History of Radio to 1926. 1938, 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.
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Archer c
hronicles the history of radio
through
the pioneer period, fr
om the telegraph, Atlantic cable, telephone, Marconi, DeForest, KDKA, the election of 1924, WEAF (later WNBC), to the beginnings of network broadcasting.
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. 421 pages with photos on 20 pages. Dust jacket is only fair condition, is faded, has some loss, and has some stains and tears at the folds. The book has a neat (but large) inscription and a rubber stamp on the title page. The text is embossed on the cover and spine. Pages and photos appear clean.
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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.
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