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Here is a list of the original literature and reprints that are currently available. Remember, when ordering books in the US, book-rate shipping is included in the price. Add $3 for Priority Mail shipping of 1 piece and $6 for 2 or more pieces.
| Author |
Description |
Price |
| Acrosound |
Two 4 page brochures plus two 2 page diagrams and parts list. 8.5 x 11, ca. 1955. First brochure with specs and suggested circuits for transformer types TO-260, TO-270, TO-280, and TO-290. Second brochure has the same for transformers TO-300 and TO-310. The two technical sheets give schematics for building two different Williamson amplifiers using a TO-290 transformer. A bit yellowed, but decent. |
$20.00 |
| Allied Radio |
Allied Knight-kit Stereo Control, model 83 Y 778, assembly manual and instructions, 1958, 8.5 x 11, 24 pages plus fold-out pictorals. Good condition. |
$15.00 |
| Allied Radio |
"All About High Fidelity and Stereo", 1965, 90 pages. 5 x 8.5 book edited by the former publisher of Audio magazine. Good condition. |
$12.00 |
| Altec Lansing |
"Speakers, Amplifiers, Transformers - Catalog AL101", Late 1940s?, 8 pages. 8.5x11, some foxing at the edges. |
$15.00 |
| Amperex |
"Amperex EL84 12 Watt Power Pentode", Copy of 24 page booklet detailing specs, curves, and circuits. |
$15.00 |
| Audio Magazine | November 1962 issue. Above-average with all inserts | $10.00 |
| Audio Engineering Society |
"Structure and Performance of Magnetic Transducer Heads" 7 pages, 8.5 x 11, 1953. An original 1953 reprint of a paper by Otto Kornei that appeared in the July 1953 (V1, No.3) edition of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. Excellent condition. |
$10.00 |
| Bogen | "Bogen Sound Systems - Catalog No. 205", ca. 1964, 8.5 x 11, 12 pages, pictorial catalog with detailed descriptions. Good condition. | $7.50 |
| Brush |
Magnetic Recording Heads, ca. 1955. 8.5 x 11. Includes specs and curves. Punched for a 3 hole binder. |
$5.00 |
| Brush |
Magnetic Recording Heads, ca. 1955. 8.5 x 11, 8 pages. Includes specs and curves plus two additional 1954/55 catalogue sheets.Punched for a 3 hole binder. Excellent condition. |
$7.50 |
| Burgess |
Magnetic Recording Tape, ca. 1965, 8.5 x 11, 12 pages. An accumulation of Burgess tape catalogues stapled together with descriptions of the different grades of tapes. Excellent condition. |
$5.00 |
| Clarion |
"Clarion Sound Systems", Catalog 150, 1940, 24 pages. Pictures and descriptions of microphones, and amplifier systems. Almost as new. |
$15.00 |
| Dynaco |
Dynakit Preamplifier, "Instructions for Assembly of the Dynakit Preamplifier". 16 page original. This is the preamplifier that is paired with the Mark II amplifier. Average condition. |
$15.00 |
| GE |
Engineering Bulletin EI-8, "The 6L6GC as an Audio Power Amplifier", copy of a 5 page engineering bulletin with seven characteristic graphs with multiple plots on each, 1959. |
$5.00 |
| Grommes |
"Grommes Custom Music Amplifiers - Catalog 1952", 1952, 4 pages. 8.5x11. Includes models 210PA, 205PA, 200BA, 100BA, 50PG, and LJ "Little Jewel". Light foxing at top and bottom. |
$15.00 |
| Heathkit |
Preamplifier Model WA-P2. Original assembly and operating instructions. Average condition. |
$10.00 |
| KenRad |
Engineering Bulletin CEB 36-10, "6L6 Operation Data Showing Effects of Power Supply Regulation", copy of rare seven page bulletin from 1936, 3 pages of experimental curves. |
$7.50 |
| KenRad |
Engineering Bulletin CEB 36-5, "The Relation of Modulation Products with Multi-Tone Signal to Harmonic Distorion with Mono-Tone Signal in Audio Amplifier Analysis", 1936, copy of rare 14 page bulletin. |
$7.50 |
| Kenwood | "KW-60 Deluxe AM-FM Multiplex Receiver Instructions", 10 pages, including fold-out schematic, average condition, some staining on cover | $15.00 |
| Knight |
"KF-65 Hi-Fi FM-AM Tuner Assembly Manual", 28 pages, average condition. |
$12.00 |
| Pickering |
"Pickering Model 190 Pickup Arm", 2 pages, 8.5 x 11. Advertising brochure with picture, description, and technical specifications.Good condition. I've added one additional page of mid 1950s Pickering cartridge info. |
$5.00 |
| Radio Craft | "Amplifier Builders Guide", 64 pages, 1947, 8 articles on audio theory plus 6 articles giving practical audio amp designs. Solid above average condition. | $16.00 |
| Radio Shack |
"Realistic HK-202 Stereo Amplifier Kit Wiring Manual", 8 pages plus fold-out pictoral inserts, instructions, parts, schematics, many pencil marks and some splitting at the seam |
$12.00 |
| RCA | "RCA High-Fidelity Amplifier Circuits", 28 pages, 8.5 x 11. Has data and circuits for types 5879, 6973, 7025, 7027A, and 7199. Decent original condition.
| $20.00 |
| Shure |
"Shure Microphones and Accessories", Catalog 35, ca. 1946, 4 pages. Great pictures and descriptions of microphones and more. Very clean, but 3 hole punched. |
$15.00 |
| Shure |
"Shure Microphones and Acoustic Devices", Catalog 155 1946, 12 pages 8.5 x 11. Great pictures and descriptions of microphones and more. Very clean, but 3 hole punched. |
$15.00 |
| Thordarson |
"Serviceman's Guide", Bulletin 342A, 1935, 24 pages. Exceptional circuit design guidance with a tube chart in the back. Slightly dusty, very nice. |
$20.00 |
| Thordarson | "Sound Amplifier
Guide", Bulletin 346-B, 1937, 32 pages, 8.5 x 11. WOW! Circuits, theory, over 10 complete amplifier designs! Small hole on front cover does not effect content. Otherwise excellent!
| $25.00 |
| Thordarson |
"Complete Transformer Catalog 400-A", Fall-Winter 1937, 24 pages. Drawings and specifications of hundreds of transformers. Good clean condition. |
$15.00 |
| Thordarson |
"Complete Transformer Catalog 400-C", Fall-Winter 1938-1939, 24 pages. Drawings and specifications of hundreds of transformers. Good condition. Three punch holes a little rough, but otherwise fine. |
$15.00 |
| Turner |
"Microphones by Turner, Bulletin 949", 1949, 8.5x11, 8 pages. Pictures of the different models plus a one page inserted price sheet dated September 1950.Excellent condition. |
$15.00 |
| UTC |
"Transformers, Reactors, Filters - Catalog 530", 8.5x11, not dated, but appears to be mid 1950s. 24 pages. Gives frequency response curves for audio transformers, and has amplifier schematics. Very clean. |
$20.00 |
| Webcor |
"Models 1041 and 1042 Custom Stereo-Diskchanger Operating Instructions", 11x17 foldover, some staining on outside. |
$5.00 | |
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