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RANCE, ADRIAN: : Fast Boats AND Flying Boats: A Biography of Hubert Scott-Paine Solent Marine and Aviation Pioneer

UK.SOUTHAMPTON,HANTS.ENSIGN PUBLICATIONS,1989.

ISBN 1854550268.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Neat handwritten owner inked name to top edge of front pastedown but no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front panel of dw/dj with brown+black lettering,rear panel illustrated with b/w+colour montage photographs (2); with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain tan cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - owner name excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6- 192pp [paginated] includes author's acknowledgements,23 chapters+epilogue,profuse contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and book,Endnote References,appendices(4),an index; plus [unpaginated] subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated half-title page,title page,and a contents list/table. See also rja838519 for similar related topic - Mount Batten: The Flying Boats of Plymouth. Hubert Scott-Paine was a remarkable man.At the age of 23 he founded Supermarine Aviation in Southampton in 1914,and made his fortune designing and building flying boats in the First World War.After the war,he pioneered the use of flying boats in civil aviation and established the first international flying boat services. Scott-Paine sold Supermarine Aviation and turned his attention to the pursuit of speed at sea.A sportsman of international repute,he had sponsored the 1922 British win of the Schneider Trophy at his own expense,and pioneered the design of fast motor boats including the world famous 'Miss England I' and 'Miss Britain III', the first single-engined boat to travel at 100mph.In 1927 he founded the British Power Boat Company at Hythe,Southampton,where he developed the most efficient boat building factory in the world,achieving world fame as the designer and builder of revolutionary types of fast boat. Scott-Paine was an innovator and saw the potential for his boats in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.In 1930 he was joined by the legendary T.E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia) who played a key role in persuading the Royal Navy to accept his concept of a fast,light-weight motor torpedo boat. 'Fast Boats and Flying Boats' traces the history of Scott-Paine's endeavours to persuade the reluctant "bowler-hatted brigade" of the Admiralty to accept new types of boats and engines,a battle that laid the foundations for what was to emerge as the Air Sea Rescue Service and the Coastal Forces of World War II.When war broke out again he was sent on a secret mission to secure the production of engines for British boats and to establish the production of the American PT Boat,based on Scott-Paine designs. Using recently discovered documents the book traces the remarkable story of Scott-Paine's Canadian Power Boat Company and the wartime production of Motor Gun Boats and Air Sea Rescue boats by the British Power Boat Company at Hythe. This is the first,major study of this true pioneer and will be required reading for students and enthusiasts of both early flying boats and fast marine craft.It is illustrated with over 80 contemporary b/w photographs,the essence of a unique collection which has taken eight years to compile,many of these are from the Scott-Paine archives. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** ALL buyers 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 item(s) offered P/p included or free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book/item! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

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

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