The Golden Age of Radio. An Illustrated Companion

London England: B. T. Batsford. Very Good/Good. 1985. First Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto 0713442344 Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. The Golden Age of Radio. Small tear to bottom edge of spine of D/J. Message to previous owner to front flap of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. With a Foreword by Richard Murdoch. Over 1600 entries make up this, the first-ever reference guide to the programmes, the entertainers, the dance bands, the comedy characters and the catchphrases that make up the Golden Age of Radio....or, perhaps to the Wireless. here, packed into one alphabetically arranged book, are all the well-remembered shows from Bandwaggon and ITMA to The Goon Show, Hancock's Half Hour and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. At last all those teasinf queries can be answered in a flash: who played Colonel Chinstrap? What was Enoch's catchphrase? When did Take It From Here start? Finish? And just what did Ron say to Eth? This book is entertaining, nostalgic, a vivid portrait of the pioneering days of broadcasting. Illustrated. 319 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .