JONZ BOOKSHELF

These are some of the better books finding their way into Jonz library, with a placed by my favourites.

Note : Some people use the term "Coffee table book" as a derogatory term. Not me! Pictures will be as close as I'll ever get to a lot of the sets that are illustrated :-( !

PUBLICATIONS YOU CAN STILL BUY NEW

CATAGORY	TITLE	AUTHOR/PUBLISHER	OVERVIEW
RADIO	Old Radio Sets	Jonathan Hill Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0219-X	A teeny weeny 32 page book crammed with the history of the development of radio (UK). Costing only 1.5 drinking tokens (£3) its a must-have.
RADIO	Radio! Radio!	Jonathan Hill Sunrise Press ISBN 0-9511448-71	A large 320 page A4 hardback book stuffed to the gills with insteresting stuff. Covers developments in UK radio and T.V. from the first spark up until the late 60's. A chapter covers each decade at the end of which are photo's of sets typical of the time. As much about the history as the radio's themselves.
RADIO	Radio	David Attwood	Coffee table book.
RADIO	Bakelite Radios	Robert Hawes	Coffee table book. Full of colourful pictures of some lovely sets but with very little text. I found this book really useful for generating some raytracing models.
RADIO	Philco Radio 1928-1942	Ron Ramirez and Michael Prosise ISBN 0-88740-547-9	Lots of nice pictures of (American) Philco sets, plus history of the company.
TV	Old Television	Andrew Emmeson Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0367-6	Another teeny weeny 32 page book crammed with the history of the development of television (UK). A companion book to Old Radio Sets and well worth the 1.5 drinking vouchers.
TV	Historic Televisions & Video Recorders	Michael Bennet-Levy ISBN 0-9521057	Another cofee table book with some wonderful pictures, including lots of pre-war sets.
VALVE	The Saga of Marconi Osram Valve	Barry Vise & George Jessop. Published by Vyse Limited.	A history of valve-making with emphasis on wireless valves developed by Marconi-Osram Va;ve..
VALVE	British Radio Valves. The Vintage Years : 1904-1925	Keith R Thrower. Published by Speedwell. ISBN 0 9537166 0 0	Covers various aspects of the history of vintage British valves, including data.
VALVE	History of the British Radio Valve to 1940	Keith R Thrower. published by MMA International Ltd. ISBN 0 9520684 0 0	Less illustrations than the previous book(above) but with more detail about the technical inards and the circuitry used.
RESTORATION	Electronic Classics - Collecting, Restoration and repair	Andrew Emerson Published by Newnes. ISBN 0-7506-3788-9	There isn't a lot of detail on the circuitry side of things. But this book is a goldmine of information on just about every other aspect of restoration. Woodwork and plastic restoration, where and how to find that radio, masses of info on sources of parts .... Written in a style that makes the book difficult to put down once you pick it up.
RESTORATION	Valve Radio & Audio Repair Handbook	Chas E.Miller Published by Newnes. ISBN 0-7506-3955-4	This book "only" covers the repair of circuitry. I say "only", however it goes into great detail on each stage of the circuit, the various different ways the same thing has been achieved, the typical faults to expect, and such like. The perfect companion to "Electronic Classics".
RESTORATION	Vintage Radios - Collecting, servicing, restoring.	Tony Thompson ISBN 0-9538218-0-3	An interesting book that does just what the title says. If there is one quibble then it is the black and white illustrations ; I'm sure the "before" and "after" pictures would be amazing in colour. But that aside, a useful book.
TECHIE	Radio Designer's Handbook (4th Ed.)	F. Langford-Smith	A 1960's book of nearly 1500 pages, strictly for the tech head. This is the numero uno resource for valve circuit design. The word "Radio" in the title may be misleading as a significant percentage is devoted to audio. This has been reprinted I think by Newnes (ISBN 0-7506-3635-1), so is available new (I saw a copy on the RSGB stand at the British Vinatge Communication Fair in April).

PUBLICATIONS WORTH SEARCHING FOR SECOND HAND

CATAGORY	TITLE	AUTHOR/PUBLISHER	OVERVIEW
TV SERVICE	Colour Television Servicing	Hutson	Published in 1971, this book covers the theory of all aspects of colour television in some detail. Definately one for the tech heads.
TV SERVICE	Colour T.V. Servicing Manual	Gordon J.King	Published in 1973, this book covers the servicing of a number of the colour sets from a number of manufacturers, such as the BRC2000/3000 and the Decca "Bradford".
TV SERVICE	Understanding Television	J.R. Davies Data Publications Limited. Second Issue (1970)	With a million and one books around with similar titles, this one stands out from the crowd as getting right into the techincal details.
RADIO & TV SERVICE DATA	Radio and Television Servicing	Various authors, including E.Molloy, W.F.Poole and J.P.Hawker	Starting around 1952, a book of service data became available with a new volume published each year. They contain service information for a lot of that year's television and radios. I don't know whether or when they ceased but I recall seeing one for 1976. As well as service data, there is generally an introduction chapter covering trends in circuitry for that year as well as servicing tips.