Obsession: A Life in Wireless by Gerald (Gerry) Wells Presentation copy inscribed, dated & signed by the author to the top left hand side of the front free end paper (& very slightly staining the inside of the front cover); 2002 1st ed published by the author, 196pp., text in acceptable condition with very small creases to the top & bottom corners of many of the pages, staining to the page extremities at the very top & side - much less so to those at the very bottom, some edge wear to covers/corners/top & bottom of spine with slight browning to the front & spine, bumping & rubbing to the top & bottom of the spine, slight creasing to front corners, front is marked & scratched, rear has creasing to the very top & slight creasing to the corners, elsewhere is marked & stained. An acceptable+ copy. Gerald 'Gerry' Lloyd Wells (18 September 1929—22 December 2014) was a British radio enthusiast and collector. He turned his childhood home in West Dulwich, South London, into the British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum to host his collection of over 1,300 vintage radio and television sets. Wells' collection covers radios from 1890 onwards. At school, Wells faced bullying and eventually became a truant, spending his time scavenging for electrical supplies and stealing radios. He was sent at 15 to an approved school in Lancashire; after he put his electrical skills to productive ends, he was judged to no longer likely to misbehave and was released. After World War II, he started a radio and television repair business and also designed and built a number of his own televisions. His business did not last and closed in 1974. Following this, he decided to turn his house into a museum, and set up a registered charity. In 2010, Wells and his radio collection was the subject of a BBC World Service radio documentary entitled 'The Wireless World of Gerry Wells'. Wells has published an autobiography Obsession: A Life in Wireless and is the subject of a biographical DVD Valveman - The story of one man's lifetime of obsession. Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged. (£5.39/neben/awdry)