borst john (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very good.

Zustand: Very good.

Booklet. Zustand: Very Good+. Notch in upper corner of title page. ; The author describes his discovery of the windjammers ("so named by the steam boat captains as a derogatory description of their sail-powered competitors") along the Maine coast, and then describes various ports and the vessels that operated from them. He provides many details about the history of the trade and his own personal experiences aboard them. Scarce work. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 25 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 257 - 352. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. Features: World's Highest Frequency Oscillator Tube; Remote Control in Custom-Built Radio; Fingerprinting 'Noise'; Audio System Design Charts; A Set Tester Deluxe; What Goes On in Your Vacuum Tubes; Radio News Prize 'Ham' Transmitter; Our Future Broadcast Fare; Explorers of the Ether; The Latest All-Wave Receiver Design; Mathematics in Radio; Plug-In Coils Banned; Tuning in Television Programs; S.W. Reception with Broadcast Superhets; A Universal Receiver; Ten Meters for Ten Dollars; Selenium Awakes!; A "Rolls-Royce of Converters; The Crystal Detector Again; An All-Purpose Oscillator. Heavy external wear. Bit of writing atop front cover which is loose but present. A rough copy but worth preserving due to its wonderful vintage content.