[Arran]

Does this have a crescent shaped or half moon dial? I have a cabinet for an Airline tombstone of about the same vintage. 1933 is pretty late production for a set employing a pair of #45s for power output tubes, most had switched to using a single ended #47 by then, others used 2A3s, 2A5s, or like Philco had started switching over to the 6.3 volt tubes. I guess since it was a department store private label radio they decided to use up a stock of older type tubes to keep the costs down, the 56s and 58s were fairly current and were very much an improvement over the earlier 2.5 volt tubes that are normally paired up with 45s.
You are right about Stein's pre war console book, his other books aren't much better for anything other then pictures. The books are full of stupid mistakes like tubes counts, model year, and the number of bands a set had. Many of the errors could have easily been avoided simply by flipping through the Riders (or RCC manuals with the Canadian made sets). The comment about Philco radios being of poor quality smacks of sheer ignorance, but then again he wasn't a collector or historian he was an antique dealer.
Regards
Arran