A TOWER IN BABEL: A History of Broadcasting in the United States.
Volume I - to 1933. Pp. [vi]+344, 16 plates, a couple of text illustrations (one full page), appendices, bibliography, index; small med. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in silver, the spine lightly faded and slightly bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with tape repair on both sides at foot of backstrip, the back panel slightly browned, backstrip lightly faded and with thin strips torn from head & foot, flaps slightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Oxford University Press, New York, 1966. First edition. *'The story of how radio and television became an integral part of American life - of how a toy became an industry and a force in politics, business, education, religion, and international affairs'. Item #180692
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