Phonograph Records And Books Auction - ONLINE ONLY
Lot 2066:
Description
A fascinating collection of eight vintage and reference books focusing on the history, technology, and collection of phonographs and gramophones. This specialist lot includes scarce early-to-mid 20th-century technical titles alongside later reference works. Featured highlights include a 1945 copy of Talking Wax or The Story of the Phonograph signed and inscribed by author Leroy Hughbanks, a 1935 edition of The Gramophone Record by H. Courtney Bryson, and Henry Seymour’s technical manual The Reproduction of Sound. The collection also features Charles R. Gibson’s Telephones and Gramophones, a Museo Teatrale alla Scala exhibition catalog, Les Phonographes by Trois Continents, and Christopher Proudfoot’s definitive reference works Collecting Phonographs and Gramophones (1980) and His Master’s Gramophone (2011), co-authored by Brian Oakley. This lot presents a fantastic deep dive into early acoustic recording history for the serious audio historian or collector. Conditions range from fair to very good; expect anticipated age-related shelf wear, edge bumping, toned pages, and minor spine chipping to the older softcovers and cloth boards, though the interiors remain largely clean and legible. Stacked: H 5″, W 12″, D 9″. See photos for condition.
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