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LUDOVICI,L. J: : THE CHALLENGING SKY: The Life of SIR ALLIOTT VERDON-ROE

LONDON.HERBERT JENKINS,1956.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.B/w photographic illustrated upper wrap with publisher advert to rear wrap.Top edge lightly creased with 4 small closed tears and some light chipping and miniscule loss elsewhere to same edge and upper corner;bottom edges also lightly creased with some small nicks+closed tears but with less loss than top edge - bottom corner also has slight loss.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip minimally chipped/rubbed with reciprocal creases.Top edge slightly aged as usual/normal but unfoxed;fore-edge less aged and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine with no foxing/spotting and no dog-ear reading creases to pages or corners. Unblemished,plain blue cloth bds with publisher's blind-stamped colophon to rear bd and bright,risp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps with no off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps - a sound,and exceptionally clean,crisp copy.(Described hard but fairly,dw/dj exhibits the only faults!!!) UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-158pp includes half-title+title pages,preface by Rt. Hon. Lord Sempill,contents+illustrations lists, author's note,prologue,9 chapters,an epilogue, appendices (A-D),16pp contemporary b/w photographs comprising 31 photographs,and an index. If he had done nothing else A.V.Roe would have been assured of a place in history as the first man in Britain to fly in a heavier-than-air machine.That was in 1908.In the years that followed his work and achievements in the field of aeronautics were such as to establish his name securely in the fore-front of the great pioneers of aviation.Two symbols,widely separated in years,yet each a miracle of its time,to-day bear witness to his genius.The first is the flying machine in which he first flew (exhibited in the Science Museum,London), and the second is to be seen in the elegant,up-to-the-minute,jet-powered Princess flying boats designed and built by the firm which bears his name.Between these two landmarks is a record of enterprise,imagination and adventure.Roe's path was never easy.For much of the time he was a lone man,battling against prejudice and official discouragement,and constantly embarrassed during his early experimental years by lack of funds to carry on.Only his unshakable belief in himself and the rightness of what he was doing kept him going in the face of such difficulties.This book,written with the co-operation of Sir Alliot Verdon-Roe himself, is the life story of one of the world's outstanding men.It tells of his formative years at home and abroad,of his early experiments and hazards with home-made machines,of air-races in which a share of the prize-money was essential to his personal solvency,of further experiments and persistent endeavour and,later,of the decisive impact his genius made on air history in two world wars.It is a remarkable picture that emerges;the story of a long,active and eventful life unsurpassed in courage and achievement by any of the great names of aviation. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight /value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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

LUDOVICI, L. J : The Challenging Sky. The Life of Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe

Herbert Jenkins, 1956

A near fine copy (bookplate foot dedication leaf) in a vg+ edgeworn lightly chipped d.w.

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