Oxfam finds signed Logie Baird book

OXFAM in Morningside is hoping to raise £1000 from the sale of the earliest book on television signed by inventor John Logie Baird.

The book, entitled Television, was donated anonymously to the charity shop and dates back to 1926.

Staff did not realise its significance until one had flicked through it sometime after it was received.

Experts at city auction house Bonhams say it is unclear how the book came to be signed.

However, they said the location of the signature, on the blank half-title, suggests it was his own personal copy.

The non-fiction book gives a brief history of TV up to that date. It ends with a detailed explanation of Baird's work, including an account of the first public demonstration of moving silhouettes he gave at Selfridges in March 1925.

Manager Andy Crosby said: "It was one of those moments where I had to check that my eyes weren't playing tricks."