Phonograph Records And Books Auction - ONLINE ONLY
Lot 2063:
Description
A remarkable, curation-worthy collection of literature celebrating the genesis of recorded sound, featuring seminal histories, discographies, and rare limited-edition publications spanning French, Italian, English, and Canadian perspectives. The lot includes the highly sought-after, authoritative volume From Tin Foil to Stereo (Oliver Read & Walter L. Welch, 1977 2nd printing); a rare, numbered copy of Horace Hurm’s La Passionnante Histoire du Phonographe (1943, Les Publications Techniques, Paris), marked as part of a limited 55-copy printing on vellum; the beautifully illustrated Italian survey Stereostory: Un secolo di riproduzione sonora (1984); an inscribed, hand-signed presentation copy of John Paul Kurdyla Jr.’s When Music Was Magic (1987); and the exhaustive Canadian resource Roll Back the Years: History of Canadian Recorded Sound by Edward B. Moogk (Information Canada, 1975). Each piece offers a distinct cultural and technical lens into the evolution of gramophones and early phonographs. Overall, the collection is in good, vintage condition showing typical age-appropriate shelf wear, minor corner scuffing, edge foxing, and spine toning to the paper covers, though the internal pages remain clean and securely bound. H 5″, W 11.5″, D 9″. See photos for condition.
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