Castle Ridge Press

Documenting the history of early wireless communications and the nascent radio broadcast era

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      (Brownie Wireless Company Limited)
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Castle Ridge Press specialises in publications concentrating on the early history of radio telegraphy, telephony and broadcasting. Chronicling enterprises active in the first decades of the twentieth century concerned with commercial wireless communications - and those involved in radio development for the home - much of the focus is on the companies' products and the story of the pioneers behind them. On the domestic front, these organisations ranged from large, established firms already active in the electrical engineering field to small-scale "high street" businesses attracted by the huge market opportunities at the dawn of wireless broadcasting. Entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors - the founders of these enterprises, invariably determined, often eccentric and, with a few noteworthy exceptions nearly always egotistical, were a mixed bag.

A Radiophone in Every Home – William Stephenson and the General Radio Company Limited, 1922-1928

Hardcover, 10 x 7 inches, 140 pages
Pricing, each volume :-
US: $28.95, includes postage
UK: £35.00, includes airmail
Europe: €38.50, includes airmail
Rest of the World: $44.50 (US), includes airmail

Cyril Frank Elwell – Pioneer of American and European Wireless Communications,
Talking Pictures and founder of
C.F. Elwell Limited, 1921-1925

Hardcover, 10 x 7 inches, 248 pages
2nd EDITION, REVISED & EXPANDED
Pricing, each volume :-
US: $29.95, includes postage
UK: £39.50, includes airmail
Europe: €43.25, includes airmail
Rest of the World: $49.00 (US), includes airmail

Sidney George Brown, F.R.S. – Engineer, Inventor and founder of S.G. Brown Limited

Hardcover, 10x7 inches, 256 pages
Pricing, each volume :-
US: $29.95, includes postage
UK: £39.50, includes airmail
Europe: €43.25, includes airmail
Rest of the World: $49.00 (US), includes airmail

Wireless Without Worry – James William Barber, C.B.E. and the Brownie Wireless Company of Great Britain Limited

Hardcover, 10 x 7 inches, 114 pages
Pricing, each volume :-
US: $28.95, includes postage
UK: £37.00, includes airmail
Europe: €41.00, includes airmail
Rest of the World: $47.00 (US), includes airmail

Challenging Marconi – The Race to Span the Atlantic by Wireless: Arthur Baxendale and the Universal Radio Syndicate

Challenging Marconi – The Race to Span the Atlantic by Wireless: Arthur Baxendale and the Universal Radio Syndicate

Hardcover, 10 x 7 inches, 134 pages
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“Polar Radio Sets” – Basil Binyon, O.B.E. Marine Communications, Broadcasting and Radio Communication Company Limited

Hardcover, 10 x 7 inches, 250 pages
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To order, please email castleridgepress@gmail.com

For details of Dr. Ian Sanders' definitive, five volume series dedicated to domestic British crystal receivers of the 1920s: https:www.bvws.org.uk/publications/books.php

 

2019 Antique Wireless Association’s Houck Award presented to Ian L. Sanders for “Quality Original Research and Documentation.” 2006 British Vintage Wireless Society’s Duncan Neale Award presented to Ian L. Sanders for contributions to the documentation of early radio history.

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  • Current Titles
    • William Stephenson
      (General Radio
      Company Limited)
    • Cyril Frank Elwell
      (C.F. Elwell Limited)
    • Sidney George Brown
      (S.G. Brown Limited)
    • James William Barber
      (Brownie Wireless Company Limited)
    • Arthur Baxendale (Challenging Marconi: Universal radio Syndicate)
    • Basil Binyon (Radio Communication Company)
  • In Preparation
  • Planned Titles
  • About the Authors
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