Emile Berliner: Maker of the Microphone

signed first edition

1926 · Indianapolis

by Wile, Frederic William; [Emile Berliner]
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1926. First edition. First edition. Signed by the subject, Emile Berliner, and inscribed to book collector and U.S. Air Force member Aage B. Nilsen, dated February 2, 1928 with a few postage stamps and ink stamps adhered underneath by Nilsen, as was his habit. [xxii], 353 pp. Bound in publisher's ribbed navy cloth lettered in gilt. A Fine copy with bright gilt, lacking dust jacket. A biography of the German-American inventor best-known for his gramophone record, noteworthy for being flat like vinyl records, as well as his innovations in recording technology. (Inventory #: 140945847)
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