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Old 29th Aug 2005, 12:30 pm   #2
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Default Re: Newnes R+TV service manual variations

Actually, its even more complicated than that. A volume was published back in 1952 entitled 'Radio Engineer's Servicing Manual', Newnes of course, by Molloy and Poole. This had just radios, all post war. In subsequent years, sets of the red books began to appear in various forms: 5 vols, 6 vols, 3 vols (including a TV only volume) and individual volumes on a per-yearly basis.

It is therefore difficult to organise the contents because of considerable overlap. There is a tendency for later volumes to include the data from earlier ones but 'truncated'. Not all earlier data is repeated! Some volumes have fold-out data sheets at the back. Some have indexes, others (the sets) perhaps only have one final index. All very confusing. Compilers vary, too: J.P. Hawker, E. Molloy, W.F. Poole and J.A. Reddihough and probably others in the later volumes. Publishers changed, too, but the format tends to stay similar with the red covers and size.
Unless others can help you more, you may have to content yourself with picking up what books you can whenever the opportunity arises, and risk the inevitable overlaps. They do go pretty cheaply on Ebay from time to time.
-Tony
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