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ANTIQUARIAN, RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOKS, AND FINE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ANTIQUES
ANTIQUARIAN, RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOKS, AND FINE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ANTIQUES

Collection of early Vintage 1st edition books on television, from 1933 onwards

LAN9381
Original price £200.00 - Original price £200.00
Original price
£200.00
£200.00 - £200.00
Current price £200.00

An interesting collection of vintage books on the development of television, the first of which dates to just 1933, the year after the first UK television broadcasts, and only 7 years after the first transmitted moving image was demonstrated.

The set comprises:

Television for the Amateur Constructor, by H.J. Barton Chapple, foreword by John Logie Baird, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1933 1st edition (scarce); 

Book of Practical Television, edited by G.V. Dowling, published by The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, undated, but 1935 1st edition; 

The Principles of Television Reception, by A.W. Keen, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1949, 1st edition; 

Television To-Day; A Constructive Guide to Its Principles and Practice, by Roy C. Norris, published by Rockcliff, London, 1947 1st edition; 

Practical Television Circuits with Additional Chapters on Test Apparatus and Auxiliary Equipment, by F.J. Camm, published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1954 1st edition; and; 

The Young Man's Guide to Television, by W.J. Baker, published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960, 1st edition.

6 books in total.

A set of cloth bound hardback books in good condition, overall. With various minor faults, including; Chapple volume with cracked front endpapers at inner hinge and worn to webbing on first pastedown, & sunning to front cover. Baker volume with spotting to edge of text block, & price-clipped dustjacket. Norris volume sunned to spine, & soiling to cover. But, overall a very readable slice of television history, including some uncommon volumes.

Text in English.

Weight approximately 3.14kg (the set - unpacked).