OLD RADIO AND TV PUBLICATIONS AND EPHEMERA

Old copies of Radio Times, TV Times etc.

• KELLY BOOKS, 6 Redlands, Tiverton, EX16 6BU (01884-256170, fax 11884-251063). Email len@kellybooks.co.uk   Books and magazines on broadcasting, catalogues issues. Web site: www.kellybooks.co.uk
• KEN'S (Joyce and Ken Graham). 29 High Street, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Bucks., MK16 8AR (01908-610003 evenings). Ephemera specialist, with piles of TV/film magazines and books. Closed all day Thursdays.
• TV GUIDE SPECIALISTS, Box 20, Macomb, IL 61455, USA (00 1 309-833 1809). Dealing in the American TV Guide and newspaper television magazines.
• VINTAGE MAGAZINE COMPANY, 39/43 Brewer Street, London, W1R 3FD (020-7439 8525, fax 020-7439 8527). Some radio and TV weekly magazines and ephemera.
  
  Copies of the Radio Times are available for inspection in the central reference (not lending) libraries of Westminster, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool (Picton Library) and some other large cities. Some of these libraries also have the TV Times; the newspaper library (outpost of the British Library) in Colindale, north London has all regions’ TV Times (ever) in its archive and available to view.

Old books about broadcasting

• ANTIQUE ELECTRONIC SUPPLY (for details see Electrical and Electronic Components section). New collectors' guides on radio and TV. Their mail order service is first-class and they have a beautiful free colour catalogue (or is it color catalog?).
• ARC, Box 2, Carlisle, MA 01741, USA (00 1 508-371 0512, fax 00 1 508-371 7129). Large stock of vintage radio books from around the world. Mail order, credit cards.
• CHEVET BOOKS, 157 Dickson Road, Blackpool, FY1 2EU (01253-751858). Books, valves, some receivers.
• Terence KAY, 52 Neeld Crescent, London, NW4 3RR (tel/fax 020-8202 8188). Books on all the performing arts by mail order plus stand at film fairs.
• Len KELLY BOOKS, 6 Redlands, Blundell’s Road, Tiverton, EX16 6BU (01884-256170, fax 01884-242550). Books on broadcasting, catalogues issued.
• KEN'S (Joyce and Ken Graham). 29 High Street, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Bucks., MK16 8AR (01908-610003 evenings). Ephemera specialist, with piles of TV/film magazines and books. Closed Thursdays.
• LAKE ELECTRONICS, 7 Middleton Close, Nuthall, Nottingham, NG16 1BX (0115-938 2509). Vintage radio textbooks and data books. Visitors by appointment only please.
• L-W BOOK SALES, Box 69, Gas City, IN 46933, USA (00 1 800-777 6450). Colour picture books/price guides of old TV and radio sets for collectors - wooden, catalin, etc. Informative and good value for money.
• NEW WIRELESS PIONEERS. James and Felicia Kreuzer. Box 398, Elma, New York, NY 14059, USA (00 1 716-681 3186, fax 00 1 716-681 4540). Rare books on early radio. Catalogues issued. Email: wireless@pce.net
• M.A. STROH (bookseller), Riverside House, Leaside Road, London E5 9LU, England. Phone/fax 0208 806 3690. mobile: 0797 4413039.
  Email: patent@stroh.demon.co.uk
  Web sites: www.abebooks.com/home/TANVIS
  www.webspawner.com/users/Buttonbook
  Original patent documents on all manner of scientific subjects.

Other radio and tv tie-ins

• A&R BOOKSEARCH, High Close, Winnick Cross, Lanreath, Looe, Cornwall, PL13 2PF (01503-220246, 01503-220965). Huge 160-page catalogue of books including radio and TV programmes and nostalgia.
• DALKEITH AUCTIONS, Box 4, Bournemouth, BH1 1YL (01202-292905). Specialising in Stamps and Postal History, Picture Postcards, Cigarette and Phone Cards, Cameras and Photography items, Coins and Banknotes, Military, Naval and Aviation items, Pop, Stage and Screen memorabilia, Autographs, Things to do with Sport and Transport, Old Toys, Ephemera, Documents and Prints, Books, and the weirdest kind of Collector's Items.
• METRO GOLDEN MEMORIES. 5425 W. Addison, Chicago, IL 60641, USA (00 1 312 736 4133). Shop devoted to old films, radio and TV shows, tapes, books, photos and so on. Mail order.
• SOUNDS ORIGINAL, 266 Northfield Avenue, Ealing, London, W5 (020-8840 5621). Opposite Northfields underground station. Selection of theme tune records, old annuals.

Reliable episode guides and archive listings of British TV Drama, Entertainment and Children's Programmes

Kaleidoscope produces a series of very detailed books, which are thicker than the average telephone directory! For further information send SAE to Kaleidoscope Publishing, 47 Ashton Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol, BS3 2EQ (0117-983 0934) or e-mail: richarddown@cableinet.co.uk

A catalogue of pre-war programmes has been compiled by the late Denis Gifford and was due for publication by Flicks Books at the end of 1998 (text reportedly completed but publication delayed).