Phonograph Records And Books Auction - ONLINE ONLY
Lot 2038:
Description
This lot features a curated collection of six vintage reference books and auction/exhibition catalogues focusing on early talking machines, phonographs, and jukeboxes. Included in this collection are 1889-1993 Over 100 Years of American Manufactured Jukeboxes (Volume 1) by Frank W. Adams (AMR Publishing Company, 1992, ISBN 1-56642-000-8); Phonographs & Gramophones: An Edison Centenary Exhibition compiled by Alistair G. Thomson (The Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh, 1977); La Machine Parlante by Paul Charbon (Éditions Jean-Pierre Gyss, 1981, ISBN 2-902912-09-9); Antique Phonograph: Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks by Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul (Schiffer Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-7643-0733-9); Collecting Phonographs and Gramophones by Christopher Proudfoot (Christie’s International Collectors Series / Mayflower Books, 1980); and a limited edition copy of A Collector’s Guide to the Columbia Spring-Wound Cylinder Graphophone 1894-1910 by Howard Hazelcorn (APM Monograph Series No. 2, 1976, hand-numbered 990 of 1000). This specialized library offers an invaluable deep dive into the history, mechanics, and value variations of early mechanical music devices for the discerning collector or historian. The books show light shelf wear, minor corner scuffs, and slight interior page toning consistent with age and reference use, but remain in overall very good, clean, and fully legible condition. H 3.5″, W 12″, D 9″. See photos for condition.
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