Vintage Radios

Since the 1920s, the radio set has been an important part of most people's lives. In the thirties and forties, the wireless was an important piece of furniture and a potent symbol of status; beautifully made floor-standing and table-top sets in veneered wood and trendy bakelite became the focal points of living rooms up and down the land. After the war, the emphasis began to change towards portability, and the change from valves to transistors in the 1960s changed the radio into a more useful, but far less interesting object. The book tells the collector, and armchair wireless enthusiast, everything he or she needs to know about classic radios from the 1920s to the end of the 1960s. All the important makes amd models are discussed, and the author also covers buying and selling, care and restoration, and many other topics including foreign radios and radio-related ephemera. Illustarted with hundreds of colour photographs, this is the perfect collector's companion to the fascinating topic. AUTHOR: Tont Thompson s a former teacher who has been interested in radios all his life. He collects, repairs and services vintage radio website and is the author of two books on the subject. 450 colour photographs