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[Dr M J Di Girolamo]

Dear Ron and colleagues,

    I agree that Morgan's books are well worth having.

     May I recommend another series of wonderful books?
They are called, "The Boy Mechanic," by Popular Mechanics Press.  These 
were "antiques" back in the 50's when I was a kid.  There are 4 in the 
series.  Two are currently listed on eBay.  Try to find ones with as 
near-perfect covers as you can.  The cloth covers of these large books are 
in rich colors of reddish-orange, green, blue and purple, depending on 
which volume you have.  The are deeply embossed in gold or/or white and, in 
a word, are simply beautiful!  Book 1 was published in 1913 and Book 4 was 
in the early 20's as I recall.

      After searching many years to replace the set from my youth, I 
finally contacted a local rare book dealer who located a pretty fine set 
for me.   I got a bargain at $125 for the set of 4 back in the 80's.   I 
would not sell them for 10 times that amount today, honestly.  Looking 
through them brings history to life.  The lithograph drawings alone are 
worth the look for me :)

      I have no affiliation with the eBay ones that I am referencing 
here.  I would also recommend sources like abebooks or used.addall to find 
these or the Morgan books.
eBay Item #'s =3597379970 & 3597379999

73,

Mike, W4XN
DrD@2020.com
Charlottesville, VA

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At 04:19 PM 04/01/2004, you wrote:
>John Maxwell wrote:
>
>>Nicolas and others,
>>    I have a photocopy of the book, "104 Simple One-Tube Projects" by 
>> Robert Brown, published by Tab Books (date not available - can't 
>> remember). Check your local library - they carried many books like this, 
>> such as "A Boys First [Second, Third, Fourth] book of Radio and 
>> Electronics" by Alfred Morgan. I remember looking through those when I 
>> was a boy. Good material, fond memories!
>>    Take care,
>>        -John   73 de KC2LKE
>
>For anyone desiring to read any of Alfred Morgan's "boy" series on 
>electronics, I DO suggest the library!
>
>His books run from $30 to $175 EACH on one of the major clearing houses of 
>used, out-of-print, rare books.
>
>Good material, indeed!  Just too expensive for me!
>
>73,
>
>Ron - K5MVR


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