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Transistor Radios: 1954-1968 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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Mere mention of a radio in this book improves its selling price, and a big color photo--well, phew! Pretty much the pricing Bible, (along with Bunis books) Beautiful photos, a minimum of text, lots of radios. This would be the perfect collector's guide--the one you would want if stranded on an island, except for two things. First, there is no (bleeping) index. I made my own. And, second, since people really swear by this book, they sometimes get stubborn when buying or selling radios if the set's price does not meet, or exceeds the book value. This is not the fault of the author, so don't take it out on him. Times change. eBay is having its way with prices. Roll with it.

This book is chock full of very very good color pictures of many many transistor radios from the past that many will recall and remember, and some may still have these radios laying around and using them.A pleasing site for the eyes with some general information about these radios accompanying the pictures.

I purchased this book to use as a reference. It is nicely printed and has wonderful glossy photos of transistor radios but it lacks a detailed index which would list radio maker with model number. If I want to find a particular radio I need to page through the entire book! I've thought of building an index myself using Microsoft Excel to relate manufacturer to Model number to page number in the book. Why couldn't the author Norman Smith have done this in the first place?