Telephones: Antique to Modern

This book would make a welcome addition to any library for those who have an interest in telephones and related items. This book contains many photos in color of virtually every telephone produced through the years since the production of the early prototype. Also included is pricing of the many telephones pictured in the book. Kate E. Dooner also has other books on the subject of telephones, which I proudly own.

Kate Dooners book is refreshingly simple but full of good information. Well laid out, there are excellent photographs of telephones. She has categorised them easily so a prior knowledge of telephones is superfluous - hence this book has a lot of appeal to non professionals. The actual size of each portrayed phone is given in inches, the year of manufacture is noted and to round it off, current market value in US$.The quality of the photographs are very good with details easily discernable consequently making it rather easy to identify whether Granny's old phone really is worth dispalying.The only potential drawback is that the book has predominately American manufacturing companies and American phones. A similar book focusing on non US phones would be a wonderful companion and extremely valuable. Can't you imagine the same book with arabic or mandarin writing on the dials? Gilt, colours, different woods.... However in the meantime this book is a pleasure to browse through and for telephone amateurs and professionals well worth purchasing