Early Phonographs Collector Reference w Adv Postcards Specs Catalogs & More

Description

Collector Bookstore
724 Delaware Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
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Phonographica: The Early History of Recorded Sound Observed
ISBN:
076431985X
Book Title:
Phonographica: The Early History of Recorded Sound Observed
Author:
T. Fabrizio & G. Paul
Binding:
Hard Cover
Copyright:
2004
Pages:
224
Size:
8.5 x 11 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
OUR NOTES:
This fascinating book deals primarily with accessories items related to the field of antique phonographs. Some of the items included are:
Pamphlets
Stock Certificates (Phonograph companies)
Broadside Handbills
Cigar Boxes
Puzzles
Sheet Music featuring early phonographs
Brochures, Catalogs
Views of catalog reprints
Unusual record labels
Posters
Dealer Labels of individual phonograph retailers
Print ad copies
Coin Op Talking Machines related
Company literature reprints
Thermometers
Dealer Price Tags
Advertising Pins
Letter Openers
Advertising Toys
Banners
Oil Tins (for oiling the mechanism)
Cigarette Dispensers (advertising)
Playing Cards
Trolley Cards
Celluloid Recordings
Stereo Views
Many excellent examples of old, turn of the century photos which incorporate phonographs in their everyday settings within homes of the period.
MUCH MORE!!
This reference is certain to become a valuable library asset to phonograph aficionados.
---- copyright 2004, Collector Bookstore
PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
The early history of recorded sound, Mr. Edison's most marvelous achievement, brimmed with graphic imagery - elegant, dazzling and delightful!
Follow these award-winning authors on a bewitching tour of visual artifacts from the phonograph's first fifty years. There are colorful advertising placards, charming publicity posters, clever promotional giveaways, stunning catalog covers, and an astounding selection of gorgeous, hand-painted signs from rare coin-operated record machines. 500 full color illustrations and insightful captions will keep you turning the pages.
An entire chapter is devoted to "real life" images of ordinary people interacting with the new technology - the amazing talking machine. Whether your interest is antique collecting, history, advertising, photography or social science, you will treasure this book.
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