The Biggest Aspidistra in the World: A Personal Celebration of 50 Years of the BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. introduction by author, references, sources and index. Light green coloured endpapers. Green coloured textured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the backstrip and to the top book corners. A few foxing marks to the top textblock edge and browning to the others and to the internal text. Gift inscription to the top right-hand corner of the free front endpapers. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Creasing to the backstrip edges and a little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. Rubbing and some marking to the dustwrapper panels. Staining and running to the verso of the dustwrapper. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. "In November 1972 the BBC celebrates its fiftieth birthday. This book is a contribution to the event by a man who has been around slightly longer than the BBC and follow its achievements as a youthful and then adult listener and as a professional critic ." – from the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 7-243, (1) pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Communications & Media; Britain/UK; History. ISBN: 0563121548. ISBN/EAN: 9780563121541. Inventory No: 0111989. . 9780563121541