No comments about Smart Networks (IFIP INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING Volume 212) (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing).

No comments about Collector's Guide to Transistor Radios.

No comments about The Radio: An Appreciation (Design Icons).

No comments about The Crystal Set Handbook and Xtal Set Society Newsletter (Crystal Set Handbook & Xtal Set Society Newsletter).

5 comments about Essential Radio Guide.

1. I ordered the new edition when my copy of the 1994 edition started getting worn. What a disappointment! Aside from just not liking the new layout of the book, I was unhappy to find that now only major cities are included, making the new book almost useless to me since most of my travel is out of range of any of them. I hope Mr. Dingle and Peregrine Press take note of our comments and return his guide to its previous useful form. In the meantime, I'm keeping my old copy!



2. Anyone who has ever traveled across state or county lines, needs a copy of Essential Radio. Perfect companion to go along with the road map and flashlight in the glove compartment. I definitely recommend it.



3. While I thought the first (1997) edition of the "Essential Radio Guide" was helpful, the fact that the new edition contains only half as much information as the first is disheartening. Mr. Dingle now uses an external source for his radio station data, and exludes not only the smaller stations, but entire markets as well. While it is not practical to include *every* U.S. radio station, skipping many medium-size markets severly limits this books usefulness. I had hoped to see *more* radio stations added in the new edition, or possibly Canadian radio (Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, etc), instead of drastically fewer. While still useful if you only plan to visit the largest markets in the U.S., for most travel it will leave you hitting your car's scan button,waiting until you hit the next major city. Unfortunately, I find the older edition to be more helpful than the current one.



4. I first learned of this book several years ago in the Boston Globe Magazine. I called the number and talked to the writer himself, Jeff Dingle, who is very accessible and friendly. He promptly sent me an autographed copy, and ever since, he has sent updates in the mail on new editions. If you like to travel across states, whether by car, train, or bus and you want to find suitable music, this book is an absolute MUST! Jeff provides all of the station listings for every town in America, and if you call him, he will provide you with a handy little card with your particular state and all your states cities and their stations. The book is very very detailed. In it you will find the state, stations, call numbers, type of music, map of the state, index, glossary. For you sports fans and talk radio fans, in the back is a listing of all the sports afilliated stations for hockey, baseball, and basketball. Whether it is classical, NPR, rock, rap, salsa you want, you will find it in his book. It is very handy, well organized. So, if you're driving long distance, you can preset your stations for all the cities you will be driving through. That way, you won't be distracted flipping through stations while you're driving. Hasn't Jeff thought of everything? This book is an absolute 10!



5. You want to find stations around the country? Going on a trip across the nation? This is the book! Essential radio is a comprehensive one-of -a kind guide that WILL give you all you need to keep the radio on [instead of the tape or CD]on your trip! I bought it, IT'S GREAT! Get it today

1 comments about Genuine Plastic Radios of the Mid-Century.

1. If you collect mid-century plastic radios you should own this book. Sixty-six manufacturers are represented with 450 color photos, the popular companies, such as Crosley, GE, Motorola, RCA and Zenith each have several models shown.

   Besides a photo of the radio there are plenty of close-ups of tuning knobs, speaker grills, frequency ranges and each maker has a close-up of their logo. Also included are some period ads from the fifties.

   Page 176 shows the front of a Trav-ler 5022 from 1950 and on the facing page is a shot of the back of the set. What a contrast, while the front is the best the marketing/design folk could come up with the back shows a clutter of wires, batteries and evidence of cheap mass production.

   Looking at the design of the various models it becomes clear that as these radios all do the same thing it became important to sell the product on other (non-existant) virtues. The names (Wide-fi, Transitone) reflect high technology, big tuning knobs reflect scientific precision, some makers logos are heraldic reflecting snob values, the plastic cases were in bright eye-catching colors.

   I think it would have helped if the dimensions of the sets had been included and the photography is very bland with the radios set against insipid backgrounds. Radios can look good, have a look at Philip Collins 'Radios:The Golden Age' and 'Radios Redux', dozens of beautiful shots mostly against a black background which make the radios jump out from the page.

   This is a book though that any serious collector and those interested in fifties popoular culture and product design should have.

No comments about The collector's guide to antique radios (Collector's Guide to Antique Radios).

3 comments about Guide to Tarzan Collectibles.

1. I enjoyed it very much reading the sories of Tarzan when I was a boy. The first time I saw a movie on the big screen was Tarzan and the leopard woman. I would like to buy one book I read of Tarzan, where there was a dictionary of the language that he speaks with the apes. If there is anyone who has a book with that language, please contact me by my email address: cersiste@yahoo.com.



2. As a long-time fan and collector of ERB memorabilia, I truly welcomed the book written by Mr. Erardi. I'm pretty sure that it becomes useful source of information to everyone who wants to start his/her own collection. Experienced collectors may feel a little disappointed, but for youngsters this is simply great, and written with an influential passion.



3. It was great to finally see a book written on Tarzan collectibles, but this one falls short. While many fine older collectibles are shown from the collections of Michael Conran and George McWhorter, it would appear that the author had very little in his own collection, and seemed to "pad" the book with pages of common collectibles. There are tons of vintage items that could have been shown that were sacrificied to show multiple pages of new trading cards, new paperbacks & new comic books. Still a nice book for a collection, though.

   Schiffer produced a book on Oz memorabilia a few years ago, which was written by three major Oz collectors. Because the collectors knew their stuff, it turned out to be a fantastic reference book - very hard to top. Schiffer should have followed this same formula and consulted more long-time collectors to write a book on Tarzan collectibles.

No comments about Antique Phonograph: Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gimmicks (Schiffer Book for Collectors).

1 comments about Radios Redux.

1. Like the author's earlier book, "Radios: The Golden Age", this book has large, flawless photos of flawless radios, some are rare, some are just uncommonly beautiful. If you are restoring a radio that's pictured in this book, it's a must have to use as a guide.