Television for All: A Simple Explanation of Television for the General Public; Television Explained: Aerial Technique: Circuits Analyzed: Receiver Operation

Vanishingly scarce first editions of two fascinating twentieth century guides to the use of the home television, illustrated throughout. Very scarce first editions of two works on a similar theme, with both instructing the reader on the use of the television, and explaining in simple terms how they work.The first is the 1930 first edition of Charles G. Philp's vanishingly scarce 'Television for All: A Simple Explanation of Television for the General Public'.Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and a small number of vignette technical illustrations. With chapters discussing television in colour, stereoscopic television, noctovision, synchronism, and the overview 'how television is accomplished'.The second work is the very scarce 1947 first edition of W. E. Miller's 'Television Explained: Aerial Technique: Circuits Analyzed: Receiver Operation'.Illustrated throughout, and with detailed technical discussion of aerials, signals, the working of the receiver, the cathode-ray tube, scanning units, detection amplifiers, and power supplies.With advertisements to the rear of each work. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Light rubbing and small losses of paper to back strips. Significant handling marks to wraps, with diagonal fold to front wrap of Miller volume. Small ink mark to front wrap head of Philp volume. Internally, Philp volume firmly bound, and Miller volume lightly strained throughout. Significant edgewear and wrinkling to final ten pages of Miller. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Good. …