Language: English
Published by Pioneer Publications, London, UK, 1970
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The magazine has a signature on the front cover and a 1/4" tan spot in the upper right corner. The back cover has one tiny (1/8" tan spot. It is clean with very little wear otherwise. It will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Faith, Hope and Gravity" by Anthony Bird; "Baines 1898" by M.S. Amor; "Over Forty Years of Cars, Part II (conclusion)" by O. Heim; "The H.R.G. in Competition" by Major E.A. Halford (Rtd.); "A Czech Hispano-Suiza" by J.F.J. Kuipers; "Obituaries: John Thornley"; "Obituaries: David Manning"; "The Cadillac versus the Camel" by Maurice D. Hendry; plus "Running Commentary"; "Sixty Years Ago"; "Book Reviews"; "Letters to the Editor"; "Club News" and "Forthcoming Events".
Published by Published by The De Havilland Engine Company Ltd., Stonegrove, Edgware, Middlesex . 1951., 1951
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Utilitarian flexible binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, silver title lettering and small de Havilland silhouette to the front cover, silver title lettering to the spine. 4to 11½'' x 9¼''. The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland. The Goblin was the second British jet engine to fly, after the Power Jets W.1, and the first to pass a type test and receive a type certificate issued for an aircraft propulsion turbine. Contents and monochrome illustrations [some fold-out] and photographs appear at the beginning of each chapter. The last three pages have uneven rippling to the paper, otherwise in Very Good clean condition. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A. AEROPLANES.