Phonograph Records And Books Auction - ONLINE ONLY
Lot 2046:
Description
An exceptional collection of six early 20th-century softcover technical manuals and historical treatises detailing the mechanics, construction, and cultural history of the phonograph and gramophone. This specialist lot includes highly desirable early references such as Gramophone Adjustments & Repairs by Percival Marshall & Co. (London), W.S. Rogers’ The Gramophone Handbook (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London), and Gramophones and Phonographs: Their Construction, Management and Repair (Cassell/Work Handbooks), alongside three notable French publications including Eugène H. Weiss’s Phonographes et Musique Mécanique (Librairie Hachette) and works by Horace Hurm and A. Cœuroy & G. Clarence. This assembly provides an invaluable look into the golden age of acoustic engineering, showcasing vintage period cover art, publishing houses from London and Paris, and fascinating local advertising graphics on the reverse. The books are in stable condition with expected edge wear, minor corner creasing, light spine chafing, and age-toning consistent with softcover manuals of this era. Each book measures approximately H 7.25″, W 4.75″, D 0.25″. Please see photos for condition. From the Allen Koenigsberg collection.
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