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Old Radio Sets
Series: Shire Library
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Explores the development of the radio from the late Victorian era until the late 1960s, including various photographs.
The radio has been a common device for home entertainment for over 75 years, and many rare and unusual styles are illustrated in this book.
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The radio has been part of home entertainment for over 75 years, and generations of listeners have enjoyed their favourite music or programmes, or sat enthralled as a historic event unfolded through the radio's loudspeakers.
Old Radio Sets explores the development of the radio from the late Victorian era until the late 1960s, including photographs of rare and unusual styles. A surprising number of early radios have survived to this day, some of which were made before broadcasting was introduced in the early 1920s, and the author discusses these old sets as well as the different and improving models over the years.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780747806974
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 July 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Illustration: 3 b/w; 123 col
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 3.0mm
Width: 149.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 136g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Jonathan Hill is a freelance writer and photographer who has been interested in the history of radio since his art school days in the early 1970s. He was a founder member of the British Vintage Wireless Society, which was established in 1976 to encourage the preservation of early radio equipment and the study of broadcasting history. He has written several books on the subject and in 1992 established the National Vintage Communications Fair, now held twice a year at the NEC in Birmingham.
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