Audio Related Literature

Here is a list of the original literature and reprints that are currently available. Remember, when ordering books in the US, book-rate shipping is included in the price. Add $3 for Priority Mail shipping of 1 piece and $6 for 2 or more pieces.

Last Updated February 16. 2007
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Acrosound Two 4 page brochures plus two 2 page diagrams and parts lsist. 8.5 x 11, ca. 1955. First brochure with specs and suggested circuits for transformer types TO-260, TO-270, TO-280, and TO-290. Second brochure has the same for transformewrs TO-300 and TO-310. The two technical sheets give schematics for building two different Willimamson amplifiers using a TO-290 transformer. A bit yellowede, but decent. $20.00
Allied Radio Allied Knight-kit Stereo Control, model 83 Y 778, assembly manual and instructions, 1958, 8.5 x 11, 24 pages plus fold-out pictorals. Good condition. $15.00
Allied Radio "All About High Fidelity and Stereo", 1965, 90 pages. 5 x 8.5 book edited by the former publisher of Audio magazine. Good condition. $12.00
Altec Lansing "Speakers, Amplifiers, Transformers - Catalog AL101", Late 1940s?, 8 pages. 8.5x11, some foxing at the edges. $15.00
Amperex "Amperex EL84 12 Watt Power Pentode", Copy of 24 page booklet detailing specs, curves, and circuits. $15.00
Audio Engineering Society "Structure and Performance of Magnetic Transducer Heads" 7 pages, 8.5 x 11, 1953. An original 1953 reprint of a paper by Otto Kornei that appeared in the July 1953 (V1, No.3) edition of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. Excellent condition.. $10.00
Brush Magnetic Recording Heads, ca. 1955. 8.5 x 11, 8 pages. Includes specs and curves. Punched for a 3 hole binder. $5.00
Brush Magnetic Recording Heads, ca. 1955. 8.5 x 11, 8 pages. Includes specs and curves plus two additional 1954/55 catalogue sheets.Punched for a 3 hole binder. Excellent condition. $7.50
Burgess Magnetic Recording Tape, ca. 1965, 8.5 x 11, 12 pages. An accumulation of Burgess tape catalogues stapled together with descriptions of the different grades of tapes. Excellent condition. $5.00
Clarion "Clarion Sound Systems", Catalog 150, 1940, 24 pages. Pictures and descriptions of microphones, and amplifier systems. Almost as new. $15.00
Dynaco Stereo 70, "Instructions for Assembly of the Dynakit Stereo 70". 12 page original. Average condition. $18.00
Dynaco Dynakit Preamplifier, "Instructions for Assembly of the Dynakit Preamplifier". 16 page original. This is the preamplifier that is paired with the Mark II amplifier. Average condition. $15.00
GE Engineering Bulletin EI-8, "The 6L6GC as an Audio Power Amplifier", copy of a 5 page engineering bulletin with seven characteristic graphs with multiple plots on each, 1959. $5.00
Grommes "Grommes Custom Music Amplifiers - Catalog 1952", 1952, 4 pages. 8.5x11. Includes models 210PA, 205PA, 200BA, 100BA, 50PG, and LJ "Little Jewel". Light foxing at top and bottom. $15.00
Heathkit Preamplifier Model WA-P2. Original assembly and operating instructions. Average condition. $10.00
Heathkit Audio Amplifier A-9C. Original assembly and operating instructions. Average condition. $10.00
KenRad Engineering Bulletin CEB 36-10, "6L6 Operation Data Showing Effects of Power Supply Regulation", copy of rare seven page bulletin from 1936, 3 pages of experimental curves. $7.50
KenRad Engineering Bulletin CEB 36-5, "The Relation of Modulation Products with Multi-Tone Signal to Harmonic Distorion with Mono-Tone Signal in Audio Amplifier Analysis", 1936, copy of rare 14 page bulletin. $7.50
Knight "KF-65 Hi-Fi FM-AM Tuner Assembly Manual", 28 pages, average condition. $12.00
Lafayette "KT-220 Multiplex Adaptor Assembly Manual", 40 pages, instructions, parts, schematics, average condition. $15.00
Pickering "The Pickering 230H Preamplifier", 2 pages, 8.5 x 11. Advertising brochure with picture, description, and technical specifications.Some edge wear. $5.00
Pickering "Pickering Model 190 Pickup Arm", 2 pages, 8.5 x 11. Advertising brochure with picture, description, and technical specifications.Good condition. I've added one additional page of mid 1950s Pickering cartridge info. $5.00
Radio Shack "Realistic HK-202 Stereo Amplifier Kit Wiring Manual", 8 pages plus fold-out pictoral inserts, instructions, parts, schematics, many pencil marks and some splitting at the seam $12.00
Shure "Shure Microphones and Accessories", Catalog 55, ca. 1946, 4 pages. Great pictures and descriptions of microphones and more. Very clean, but 3 hole punched. $15.00
Shure "Shure Microphones and Acoustic Devices", Catalog 155 1946, 12 pages 8.5 x 11. Great pictures and descriptions of microphones and more. Very clean, but 3 hole punched. $15.00
Thordarson "Serviceman's Guide", Bulletin 342A, 1935, 24 pages. Exceptional circuit design guidance with a tube chart in the back. Slightly dusty, very nice. $20.00
Thordarson "Complete Transformer Catalog 400-A", Fall-Winter 1937, 24 pages. Drawings and specifications of hundreds of transformers. Good clean condition. $15.00
Thordarson "Complete Transformer Catalog 400-C", Fall-Winter 1938-1939, 24 pages. Drawings and specifications of hundreds of transformers. Good condition. Three punch holes a little rough, but otherwise fine. $15.00
Turner "Microphones by Turner, Bulletin 949", 1949, 8.5x11, 8 pages. Pictures of the different models plus a one page inserted price sheet dated September 1950.Excellent condition. $15.00
UTC "Transformers, Reactors, Filters - Catalog 530", 8.5x11, not dated, but appears to be mid 1950s. 24 pages. Gives frequency response curves for audio transformers, and has amplifier schematics. Very clean. $20.00
UTC "Transformers, Reactors, Magamps" 1961-1962 Catalog, 8.5x11, 52 pages. Gives frequency response curves for audio transformers, and has amplifier schematics. Very clean. $25.00
Webcor "Models 1041 and 1042 Custom Stereo-Diskchanger Operating Instructions", 11x17 foldover, some staining on outside. $5.00

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