From Athena Rare Books ABAA, Fairfield, CT, U.S.A.
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Half title + frontispiece = Portrait of John H. Baird + TP + Dedication page + vii-xx + 1-180 + [181] = advertisement for Television Magazine + [182] = advertisement for Mullard, the Master Valve, Octavo. Second Edition, Inscribed by John H. Baird.INSCRIBED by John H. Baird (the inventor of television) on the front flyleaf: "With my compliments / To G. G. Mulligan / J. H. Baird / 12th April / 1929". Baird has also inscribed the frontispiece portrait "J. H. Baird".The second edition of the first book on television. With 33 plates and many line illustrations.In the "Preface to the Second Edition", the author writes: "In revising the first edition, therefore, I have not only endeavored to include an accurate account of the work which has been done during the past two years; I have also made the entire book somewhat more technical, and enlarged it, with the object of making it useful to the amateur investigator as well as interesting to the average scientifically minded reader." Original publisher blue cloth, lightly sunned on the spine. Title and author embossed black on front cover and spine. First few leaves a bit foxed. A lovely copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 321
Bibliographic Details
Title: Television.
Publisher: Television Press Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1928
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: SECOND EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BAIRD.
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