John Logie Baird (16 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Television and Me: The Memoirs of John Logie Baird This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1988 first edition paperback in near fine condition. Scarce. A hint of dust spotting to top page edge. No other marks to book or cover. Clean and bright, tight, even binding. Minimal shelf wear to the card cover. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.…

Condition: Muy Bueno. Sermons, Soap and Television Baird, John Logie es una obra que invita a descubrir la fascinante vida y los logros de John Logie Baird, el pionero escocés de la televisión. A través de sus páginas, el lector se adentra en los avances tecnológicos y las anécdotas personales que rodearon la creación de uno de los inventos más transformadores del siglo XX. Este libro, identificado con el ISBN 9781871527001, resulta especialmente atractivo para aficionados a la historia de la ciencia, la comunicación y la tecnología. Su contenido combina rigor histórico con un enfoque divulgativo, lo que lo hace accesible tanto para estudiantes como para curiosos que deseen comprender el origen de un medio que cambió el mundo. Una lectura enriquecedora que conecta el pasado innovador con nuestro presente audiovisual.…

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Idioma inglés. Ejemplar en muy buen estado. Dimensiones: 23x16 - 148 pp.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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Condition: Near Fine. First edition in publisher's original stapled card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 32 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. A little sun fading down the spine and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. TELEVISION ENGINEERING. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ++" the first demonstration of a television system that could scan and display live moving images with tonal graduation."++ (BAIRD, John Logie.) "Television", 2 articles in Nature, London, Macmillan, 15 January 1927, volume 119 no. 2985, pp 73-75 and a one-paragraph summary of Baird's demonstration of his new device, pg 101 in the "Annual Exhibition of the Physical and Optical Sciences" section. Offered in the full weekly issue of pp 73-108, with the front wrapper. The issue has been removed from a larger bound volume and is complete in itself and relatively intact. Good condition. Provenance: Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, with their small oval stamp on the front wrapper.[++] "Baird gave the first public demonstration of moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in a three-week series of demonstrations beginning on 25 March 1925.On 26 January 1926, Baird gave the first public demonstration of true television images for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times in his laboratory at 22 Frith Street in the Soho district of London. Baird initially used a scan rate of 5 pictures per second, improving this to 12.5 pictures per second c.1927. It was the first demonstration of a television system that could scan and display live moving images with tonal graduation."--very nice article in Wikipedia.…

Demy octavo, pp.xxxii; 208; 24, advertisements. With 70 photographic plates and 56 illustrations. With a new preface to this [fourth] edition, and a foreword by John Logie Baird. Publisher's gilt-titles cloth in striking colour pictorial dust-wrapper. Book is near fine (slightly dusty); jacket a little rubbed with a few minor chips and tears. Rather scarce in the wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. An interesting collection of vintage books on the development of television, the first of which dates to just 1933, the year after the first UK television broadcasts, and only 7 years after the first transmitted moving image was demonstrated. The set comprises: Television for the Amateur Constructor, by H.J. Barton Chapple, foreword by John Logie Baird, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1933 1st edition (scarce);  Book of Practical Television, edited by G.V. Dowling, published by The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, undated, but 1935 1st edition;  The Principles of Television Reception, by A.W. Keen, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1949, 1st edition;  Television To-Day; A Constructive Guide to Its Principles and Practice, by Roy C. Norris, published by Rockcliff, London, 1947 1st edition;  Practical Television Circuits with Additional Chapters on Test Apparatus and Auxiliary Equipment, by F.J. Camm, published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1954 1st edition; and;  The Young Man's Guide to Television, by W.J. Baker, published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960, 1st edition. 6 books in total. A set of cloth bound hardback books in good condition, overall. With various minor faults, including; Chapple volume with cracked front endpapers at inner hinge and worn to webbing on first pastedown, & sunning to front cover. Baker volume with spotting to edge of text block, & price-clipped dustjacket. Norris volume sunned to spine, & soiling to cover. But, overall a very readable slice of television history, including some uncommon volumes. Text in English. Weight approximately 3.14kg (the set - unpacked). Extra postage may be payable for overseas orders. Many more photos available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound About 27cm by 18cm institution stamp, some wear and tear due to the disbinding.