BBC HANDBOOK 1955.
Foreword by Sir Ian Jacob, Director-General of the BBC. Pp. 224, index; cr. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a few tiny edge bruises to boards; price-clipped dust wrapper,
d\tx0 slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown, earlier owner's inked signature and date (1955) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves faintly foxed; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1955. First edition. *From 1928 until 1952 the BBC produced an annual publication, sometimes called a Handbook but more often a Year Book. . . Its aims are to provide a clear and reliable guide to the workings of the BBC, to survey the year's work in British broadcasting, and to bring together as much information about the BBC as can be assembled within the covers of a small book' [wrapper blurb]. Item #185232
Price: $30.00