Television (Seeing By Wire or Wireless)

London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1926. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH ON TELEVISION.The FIRST edition of the VERY FIRST book written on television (This publication is considered to be the first English language book in the world written exclusively on the subject of television.) ,published in 1926 as a sixty-two page paperback with card covers. Gives brief history of TV experimentation to that date, and ends with a detailed explanation of the Baird mechanical system. It features TWELVE illustrations from photographic prints and interestingly one of them is " The first photograph ever taken by television in the world's history .This is an untouched print of a photograph of the image which appeared on the screen of the first Televisor." Further details available on request . While there is a very very minor crease to the cover, this is a remarkably bright copy of a VERY,VERY, SCARCE and influential twentieth-century book. YOU MAY FIND A CHEAP COPY....... I DOUBT YOU WILL SEE A BETTER COPY! 62pp .NOT "Signed by the Author"PLEASE NOTE ! THIS IS NOT THE YEAR 2000 REPRODUCTION copy (Limited to just 250 copies), (INCORRECTLY represented by some as the original ! WE WILL INCLUDE a slipcased and dustwrapped reproduction copy in addition to our ORIGINAL ! PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK FOR PHOTOS!. Not Inscribed or Signed.. This is the VERY RARE FIRST EDITION . Card Covers. NEAR FINE (ABOVE AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Twelve Illustrations from Photographic Prints . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Card Cased Paperback.