JONES,TREVOR:: WALKING ON AIR:The inspirational story of a true British hero.[Author SIGNED+dedicated copy.]

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JONES,TREVOR: : WALKING ON AIR:The inspirational story of a true British hero.[Author SIGNED+dedicated copy.]

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1997.

ISBN 0434002798.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn.FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's dedication+signature: 'To Bill Aldermeys (last letters undeciphered - ?) Best Wishes Trevor Jones',to title-page,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject portrait,colour photographic dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a tiny,tiny closed tear/nick to dw/dj's rear,top edge - no other nicks or tears present.Both head+foot minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges minimally aged/tanned - as usual/normal,contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.Rear bd has a centrally placed bump/dent to it's edge,and another small dent a little higher up on the bd.8vo HB+dw/dj, 1-312pp [paginated] includes prologue,21 chapters, epilogue,charity info+cartoon to last page.Plus,[unpaginated] half-title page,SIGNED+ dedicated title-page,dedication and acknowledgements. Head Boy at Gordonstoun,an usher at Prince Andrew's wedding and a pilot in the Royal Navy.He also was involved in the air-sea rescue of Richard Branson and Per Linstrand after their Virgin Challenger balloon ditched during a record attempt. Then,tragically,at the age of 26, he broke his neck when skiing for the Navy in competition and he had to come to terms with never walking again.He spent eight years in a fierce legal battle with the Ministry of Defence and eventually won a ground-breaking one-million-pound compensation award.He now scuba-dives,drives,sails,skis and even flies a microlight plane alone. This is the author's first book.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.

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