Lescarboura (Austin C.) Radio for Everybody
£250
…edited by R.L. Smith-Rose
London, Methuen, 1922.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Published at the start of the public broadcasting boom, this popular handbook explains how broadcasting works and what listeners might hear.
In stock
Cloth a little softened at head of spine, otherwise very good; jacket with a few chips, but otherwise very good.
Illustrations.
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