Book Review - Electronic classics.

Electronic Classics:
Collecting, Restoration & Repair
by Andrew Emmerson

Published by Newnes at £19.99. ISBN 0-7506-3788-9, paperback, 413 pages, illustrated. Available through any good bookshop.

Another entertaining and instructional volume from Andrew Emmerson, the man who brought you the Sound & Vision Year Book, Old Telephones and a recently published novelty item, Old Television.

Electronic Classics is the fulfilment of the above books, written as always, in  Andrew's accessible and faintly ironic style. The book is presented in easily digestible chunks and covers a great deal of essential ground. Whole sections - illustrated with photographs, line drawings and period advertisements - are devoted to the restoration of television sets, radios, telephones, boatanchors, (you name it), with tips and advice gleaned from experts.

Other sections deal with Dealers (and their secrets!), Fakes (and how to spot them), Buying and Selling plus an exhaustive (and exhausting) chapter on how to package an electronic treasure for safe postal delivery (and everything you ever wanted to know about bubble wrap!). Included also in the book are lists of Fairs, Markets, Auctions, Clubs, Museums, Magazines plus much else of particular interest to the aspiring or established collector.

Electronic Classics is a comprehensive and essential addition to the book collection of the discerning enthusiast.

Reviewed by Dicky Howett

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