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BAIRD (JOHN LOGIE)
Eight letters signed, the first autograph, the remainder typed and signed, to Mr Ainsworth, A. Buckley and Captain J.W. Armstrong-Inglet (of the Yorkshire Television Association), Sydenham and Victoria Street, London, 1935-1944

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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BAIRD (JOHN LOGIE)

Eight letters signed, the first autograph, the remainder typed and signed, to Mr Ainsworth, A. Buckley and Captain J.W. Armstrong-Inglet (of the Yorkshire Television Association), agreeing to serve as hon. vice-president, inviting them to demonstrations, etc. ("...I am giving a demonstration of Colour Television on Friday 20th December [1940] at 3 o'clock. I have included a brief description and hope that you will be able to come, or to send one of your assistants. I have had various letters from Sydney Moseley who seems to be making progress in New York..."); with two letters by J.J. Denton of the Television Society, the Baird letters 8 pages, minor dust-staining, file-holes, etc., 4to and 8vo, Sydenham and Victoria Street, London, 1935-1944

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