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SHARP, C. MARTIN: : D.H. AN OUTLINE OF DE HAVILLAND HISTORY

LONDON.FABER AND FABER LTD.,1960.

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UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,matt,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with front+spine horizontally dissected into 2 portions,the smaller top portion of a pale sky blue background with capitalised,black lettered title+author's name to the front with similarly coloured+lettered spine,with the addition of capitalised,black-lettered publisher's name to same, the slightly larger bottom portion illustrated with b/w photograph of an Olympic Airline aeroplane,dw/dj rear panel with pale sky blue background with a white-bordered,b/w contemporary portrait photograph of Geoffrey de Havilland and Frank Hearlewith their second successful aeroplane,in September,1910.Usual shelf-wear to edges and corners includes chipping to head of spine and along approx. 2" of rear top edge from the gutter fold/crease, but strengthened,repair with clear sellotape internally and externally too,all corner tips rubbed/chipped with miniscule loss, rear lower edge from corner tip inwards towards foot of spine with a minimal amount of torn loss.Described hard but fairly and honestly.Top+ fore-edges generally bright and clean without ageing/ toning; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip,and immaculate b/w illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5-419pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,Appendices list/table to reverse of last page of Contents,a Foreword by Air Commodore Sir Edward H. Fielden K.C.V.O., C,B., D.F.C., A.F.C. Captain of the Queen's Flight,author's PrefaceBooks 1-3 comprising 20, 12 and 13 chapters respectively,171 contemporary b/w illustrations from photographs,18 b/w diagrams interspersed throughout the the text and the book,Appendices (11),Notes on the illustrations and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w photographic frntis repeated from dw/dj rear photograph,title page,and individual Books' separator pages.                          Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable  and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 60+ year-old age. It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading for the dw/dj.Despite those described,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of any  major detracting faults.                                This full story of de Havilland marks the fiftieth anniversary of Sir Geoffrey's first succesful flight.It is probably the most complete history so far written of any organization in the aircraft industry.The author insists that he has recorded only the bare facts.The facts about de Havilland are rich and poignant.In not seeking to embellish them,but setting out to give them fully and objectively, he has produced a book of absorbing interest.    The reader will form his opinion of the men, their products,their industry,from what they actually did and said,and not from ideas that an author mightadvance.He will sense the spirit, emanating from de Havilland and the team around him,which has pervaded the whole world-wide organization.The student will find a narrative well indexed and supported by appendices of data on aircraft and engine types,lists of notable flights and records.             The story of the first jet airliner,with the technical outcome of the Comet inquiry,is authentically told for the first time.            Every phase of the saga of half a century is here described,from the spring day in 1908 when de Havilland journeyed to Oxford and gently won his grandfather's financial help to build a flying machine.'In that moment the de Havilland Enterprise was born.'Now (then 1960) it is building a missile capable of launching a satellite into orbit around the Earth.            Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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