Jet age TOY CRYSTAL RADIOS book - Rocket Space Retro mid-century vintage antique

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Jet age TOY CRYSTAL RADIOS book - Rocket Space Retro mid-century vintage antique:
$26.00

In the mid-twentieth century, styling, technology, futurism, and space travel all came together in what consumer product? Cars, of course. But cars had nothing on the little crystal radios of the time. And a kid could own one for $1.99!Toy Crystal Radios Volume Onecelebrates these great toys in over 100 full color photos showing more than 70 vintage crystal radios! See rockets, pocket models, little table models, and many kinds novelty radios. Lots of colorful boxes, original ads, and vintage illustrations, too. And lots of information including model numbers, dates, and sizes. This is the original volume one edition (revised and updated 2012). It is completely different from Volume Two. The sample pages you see in this listing are just a small example of what\'s inside this book. You\'ll see several great Philmore radios, the Spencer Pocket Radio, the Pee Wee and Ti-Nee, fabulous early Tiny Tones, and the unbelievable Disasteradio. You\'ll see radios from the prolific Hearever and toy-maker Remco and from Japanese radio-maker Miniman. Plus intriguing National, Queen, Lloyd\'s, and Aurora Model radios. And then there are the space satellites, the Yogi Bear radio, breadboards, jet planes, pens, pencils, and watch radios! And you\'ll see the Revell Radaradio, the crazy Radio Hut, and much more! This book is lots of fun for those interested in 20th Century design, and for collectors of crystal sets, vintage toys, space age toys, and tube and transistor radios. This is not a mass-market book. It is a small specialty book put together by the author to share with other collectors. It is a remarkable piece of work--so packed with great pictures and info and yet just 5.5 x 8.5 inches in size. Of the thousands of collectors worldwide who have purchased this author\'s unique books, most consider them collectibles in their own right. See more of this author\'s books and learn about the collections behind them at www.ericwrobbel.com