Rocket by Joubert de la Ferté, Philip - 1957

Hutchinson, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. First Edition. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Philosophical Library. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1957.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 190, [2] pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Index. DJ has wear, soiling, chips and tear. Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté, KCB, CMG, DSO (21 May 1887 - 21 January 1965) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s and the World War II. At the start of the Second World War, Joubert de la Ferté was Air Officer Commanding Air Forces in India. On his return to Britain he occupied a number of senior staff appointments and returned to his former post as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command. It was there that he pioneered several innovations. These included Planned Flying and Maintenance and the introduction of a torpedo version of the Beaufighter. In February 1943 he became an Inspector-General of the RAF. On 23 November 1943, Joubert de la Ferté was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff (Information and Civil Affairs) at the South East Asia… Read More

New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. good, fair. 190, illus., appendices, index, DJ soiled and worn along edges: small tears.