De Forest Lee (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good condition. good condition,fast ship.

Condition: Acceptable. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Acceptable reading copy with obvious signs of use, wear, and/or cosmetic issues. Item is complete and remains readable despite notable condition issues.

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dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The top spine end of the book cover has some chipping, especially to the joints. There is a tiny tear to the bottom front spine joint. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. "Ralph 124C 41 +, by Hugo Gernsback, is an early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in Modern Electrics magazine, which Gernsback edited, beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. While it pioneered many ideas found in later science fiction, it has been critically panned for its "inept writing." The title contains a gramogram, meaning "One to foresee for one another." In the introduction to the first volume of Science-Fiction Plus, dated March 1953, Gernsback called for patent reform to give science fiction authors the right to create patents for ideas without having patent models because many of their ideas predated the technical progress needed to develop specifications for their ideas. The introduction referenced the numerous prescient technologies described throughout Ralph 124C 41+." (from Wikipedia).…

500 pages plus covers. Paperback: H 23.75cm x L 16.5cm. Covers with some light soiling and foxing; chipping at spine ends with some tearing at heel. Slight toning and some scattered light foxing to interior pages. Binding is firm. Features articles by Lee DeForest, Charles F. Kettering, Karl Compton, Eddie Rickenbacker, et al.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second printing, November 1950 stated. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; small soil spot to few pages with minor hole to one page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($2.50) has mild chipping and paper loss to mostly spine ends with 1/2" x 1/2" paper loss to bottom spine and heavy fading to spine. Very good color to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New - unread copy. Octavo; xvi, 463 pages. Includes bibliographies and Index.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. M131910. Aguilar Editor, México - 355pp Con ilustraciones. P. B122786.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Vii, 307 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Wear, Small Losses At Corners, 2 3/4" X 1 1//2" Deep V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel. Interesting Commentaries, Revealing About What Prominent Americans Thought Civilization Was (In 1930). However, The Beard Studies Omit Any Response From Any In The Great Masses Of The World Who Do Not Invent Or Manufacture, Nor Own Or Manage, The Technological Enterprises Which Are The Essence Of Technological Development, Which Is The Primary Concern Of These Respondents; Nor Has Any Study In The Succeeding 90 Years Attempted To Explore The Meaning Of Culture So Except In The Most Superficially Journalistic And Condescending Manner. But What Could Go Wrong? Aren't The Elites, After All, Elite? It Isn't Like Unprincipled Demagogues, Secure With All The Advantages Of Modern Technology, Would Incite Violence Amongst The Vast Majority, With Relatively Ever-Declining Options Ever-Declining Self-Esteem And Relatively Ever-Declining Standards Of Living. Why Bother Talking To Them To See Anything More Than Whether They Agree Or Not? And Who Will Ever Want To Read Ordinary People's Opinions When The Questions They're Asked Are Always Stupidly Closed-Ended And Never Followed Up By Why Etc.. Headpieces And Jacket By E. E. Thurston (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - . In good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Autobiography. Covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, minor scuffs, spine faded. Flay signed by the author on the first endpaper in fountain pen, interior clean and tight, pages toned. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [Interesting provenance, previously owned by longtime Senior Staff Engineer for CBS Television, Sabert Howell.] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Edge wear. Front gutter weakened. Contemporary signature of Howell on verso. 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing, Blue Cloth. Personally Inscribed " To ----------, Fine Son Of A Gifted Father Whose Brilliant Work On One Of My Problems Promises An Early Solution. With All Best Wishes For A Successful Life. Sincerely / Lee De Forest / First Edition". A Very Bright, Attractive Example, Dj With No Rubbing To Front Panel, Slight Rubbing Along Edges, And Slight Dampstaning Along Lower Two Inches Of Spine. Photographs (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mosty clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover, along with a thin line of darkening / toning to the edges. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is some light generalized toning, especially to the page edges. The endpapers have a small patch of noticeable toning to the top edges (both front and rear). The dust jacket is generally clean , but has spots of rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners, and there are spots of foxing to the spine and to the rear cover (especially the top rear panel). "Gernsback provided a forum for the modern genre of science fiction in 1926 by founding the first magazine dedicated to it, Amazing Stories. The inaugural April issue comprised a one-page editorial and reissues of six stories, three less than ten years old and three by Poe, Verne, and Wells. He said he became interested in the concept after reading a translation of the work of Percival Lowell as a child. His idea of a perfect science fiction story was "75 percent literature interwoven with 25 percent science". As an editor, he valued the goal of scientific accuracy in science fiction stories: "Not only did Gernsback establish a panel of expertsall reputable professionals from universities, museums, and institutesto pass judgment on the accuracy of the science; he also encouraged his writers to elaborate on the scientific details they employed in their stories, comment on the impossibilities in each other's stories, and even offered his readers prize money for identifying scientific errors." (from Wikipedia).…

Cl.w.dj. 1st Edition. Uncommon book on the television industry & the future of the medium by the playwright of Inherit The Wind. Very minute dj. wear. Vg+/vg. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. KANOLT, C.W. "Gravitation and relativity", in Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1920, volume 190, pp 211-242. Also bound with Lee De FOREST, "The Audion its Application and some Recent applications", pp 1-38. Both offered in the full volume of 922pp. Cloth. Ex-library, with call number label ghosts on spine bottom. Short 1/4-inch tear to spine top; perforated library stamp on title page. VG copy but for these faults. …

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1922 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 40 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket has white age spots on front cover, bookplate stamp inside front cover flap, 502 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. Second Edition. Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback (Second Edition) Uncommon Book A firm square copy with very minor wear to the cloth. A few very faint spots of toning to endpapers. Pencil underlining of prophetic technological descriptions throughout. A bright pictorial jacket with moderate rubbing to edges. Faint spotting to rear flap edges. Original $2.50 price intact on flap. Clear protective cover. An uncommon book. Second printing, November 1950, stated. (First book edition - very rare - published by The Stratford Company, 1925). Forewords by Fletcher Pratt and Lee de Forest. Fletcher Pratt(Foreword) Lee de Forest(Foreword) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Orignal cloth, faded (from time not from wear). In incredibly rare dust jacket, unclipped but with wear to extremities. We have seldom seen this book and never in a dust jacket. De Forest had almost 300 patents and this book on television is a visionary look into what has become the world's medium for news and entertainment. An important historical document, rare with dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Original DJ with blue background present, missing the bottom half of the spine, but all the rest secured in mylar sleeve. Title page dated 1942. Copyright page also 1942. 361 pages. Ownership name N.A. Hoke written in pencil on the front endpaper, dated 1942 and with Los Angeles address. From the collection of Christopher Sterling, a professor, writer, and collector; he wrote extensively on communications; we are excited to have several shelves of scarce books from his collection listed beside this one. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right).…

Condition: Very Good. SIGNED! Chicago: Wilcox & Follett 1950. 1st. Hardcover 8vo 502 pgs. B/w plates. Signed by de Forest on front endpaper. Very good in a good dust jacket. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Small light brown stain to fore edge of last few pgs. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is edgeworn, chipped and torn. [radio, music, talkies, biography, autobiography] Inquire if you need further information. …