Retro Radio: Six Decades of Design 1920s-1970s Hardcover – March 28, 2015

Super fast undamaged delivery of a great book of illustrations

very enjoyable. i keep looking at it again and again.

There is a nice assemblage of photos, like a simple photo book. Heads-on shots, no more. But although the book description on amzn mentions materials used and other characteristics. This is JUST photos. NO TEXT WHATSOVER. Not even make/model/material (e.g wood, veneer, plastic, bakelite, catalin), designer when known (eg at least one radio was designed by famed auto designer Raymond Loewy -- you wouldn't know it from this book). No context to anything. An "index" which is nothing more than thumbnail shots, shows year (which can be an approximation). Almost nothing of value to anyone truly interested in deco radio history, what to look for, technology evolution. It is a quick read though. 3 minutes. Maybe. Sad.

A think piece. There are much better books on this topic for less money. Avoid this one.

Nice book for a radio aficionado. Great photography in this book.

This book was indeed brand new, still sealed in it's original wrapping. It was shipped promptly, was well priced and and packaged. I would buy from this seller again.

This is a beautiful book of photographs of vintage radios, many I had never seen before. The book is a clean presentation of how the designs of the radios evolved over the decades. I bought the book to give as a gift and ended up ordering more. If you are looking for an in depth description of each radio other than the date each was released, this book is not for you but the author states in the intro that his goal was to show the progression in design and that's what the book accomplishes.

Basically a photo album with no detailed information about the radio pictured in the main part of the book. If you want to know what year the radio was made you have to look it up in the index, but even that won't tell you the company that made the radio. That info would be helpful since some of the older radios have no nameplate on the front. So if you want details this isn't the book for you.