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Deco Radio: The Most Beautiful Radios Ever Made
Peter Sheridan
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Description for Deco Radio: The Most Beautiful Radios Ever Made
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 343 color & 37 b/w photos. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 309 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2644.
With 380 brilliant photos and engaging text, this book presents some 300 of the rarest and most beautiful radios ever made for home or workplace. The advent of the small, mantle or tabletop radio in 1930 gave a huge impetus to the spread of radio, not only allowing multiple sets in the home, but changing the listener from the family to the individual. This book highlights a small subset of tube (valve) radios that incorporated new styling, materials, and approaches to consumer marketing in the 1930s and 1940s. Until now they have been underrated by many radio enthusiasts, and largely ... Read more
With 380 brilliant photos and engaging text, this book presents some 300 of the rarest and most beautiful radios ever made for home or workplace. The advent of the small, mantle or tabletop radio in 1930 gave a huge impetus to the spread of radio, not only allowing multiple sets in the home, but changing the listener from the family to the individual. This book highlights a small subset of tube (valve) radios that incorporated new styling, materials, and approaches to consumer marketing in the 1930s and 1940s. Until now they have been underrated by many radio enthusiasts, and largely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764346057
SKU
V9780764346057
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan is a respected historian, lecturer, and author, with a collection of radios considered one of the world's finest. His highly acclaimed book Radio Days--Australian Bakelite Radios (2008) is the standard reference for Australian radio collectors. A member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers, Peter's photos are used by media, museums, and specialist publications.
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