Extremely Rare ARRL Handbook Early Years Collection

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Extremely Rare ARRL Handbook Early Years Collection
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Extremely rare ARRL handbook collection. This took decades to put together. Will not separate. Includes the following early years in an early years collection.

1926 – The very first edition when the ARRL Handbook started. This is the rarest and hardest to collect because only 5,000 original copies were made. Most will have disappeared by now.
1926 (ARRL Reprint) – in excellent As New condition. This allows you to see what the original edition looked like when it was first printed.
1927 – Good condition
1929 – Good condition
1930 (Soft Copy) – A very rare, As New, unused, unread, clean, and flawless copy of the book. I bought this from the ARRL itself many years ago (and have the provenance to prove it). I don’t believe anyone used this before the ARRL finally sold it to me as the first customer. It must have been stashed away in a print shop closet for many decades. Therefore, this is likely one of the best-condition 1930 editions in existence. The book, jacket, and binding are in like new excellent physical condition.
1930 (Hard Copy) – A very rare, Fine, copy of the book. It is very hard to find early hard copies, let alone one in this amazing condition. Therefore, this is likely one of the best-condition 1930 hard-copy editions in existence. The book, jacket, and binding are in like new excellent physical condition. There appears to be no writing in or on the book.
1931 – A very rare, As New, unused, unread, clean, and flawless copy of the book. I also bought this from the ARRL itself many years ago (and have the provenance to prove it). I don’t believe anyone used this before the ARRL finally sold it to me as the first customer. It must have been stashed away in a print shop closet for many decades. Therefore, this is likely one of the best-condition 1931 editions in existence. The book, jacket, and binding are in like new excellent physical condition.
1932 – Good condtion
1934 – A very rare, Fine copy of the book. I also bought this from the ARRL itself many years ago (and have the provenance to prove it). This is likely one of the best-condition 1934 editions in existence. The book, jacket, and binding are in excellent physical condition. There are a couple of slight barely visible wear marks on the edges There appears to be no writing in or on the book.

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