BBC Year Book 1931 -

B.B.C., 1931. Hard covers. Good/No Jacket. Spine reflexed at tip. Owner's inscription. 464 pp.

Savoy Hill, London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1931 The programme year covered by this book is from November 1, 1929 to October 31, 1930.
The number of licences in force on September 30th, 1930 was 3,195,553 representing about 12,000,000 listeners, or roughly every second home in the country.
464pp illustrated in black and white with advertising throughout.

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1931. . First and only edition; 8vo (190 x 130 mm); numerous illustrations, advertisements; publisher's orange cloth,a little worn and rubbed at extremities, original dust-jacket with design by Dora Batty to upper panel, advertisement to upper flap and Moorfield's Eye Hospital donation form to rear inside flap, shot closed tear to upper flap fold, rubbed and dust-soiled, small stain to top edge of upper panel; 463.[1] pp. The third of the famous BBC Handbooks, published annually from 1928 until 1987, chronicling the exciting development of radio & television broadcasting in Britain since its heyday and serving as a guide & record to the British Broadcasting Corporation's technological progression and the broadcasted programmes themselves. This is first edition to be referred to as 'Year Book', the previous two were 'Handbook'.Dora Batty (1891-1966) was one of the most prolific female artists commissioned by the Underground and London Transport to… Read More

London: The British Broadcasting Corporation 1931. 8vo.Illustrated. 464 pp. Orange hardcover with black lettering to spine and front cover, in an illustrate dustjacket. Illustrated in b/w. Wonderful jacket illustration by D. M. Batty, very much of the period. A couple of small tears and a small piece missing from the rear panel . Very Good. Hardcover. 1931.