Twiss Peter (18 results)

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: like_new.

Condition: New. pp. 256.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light spotting on inside covers and end pages, inner pages clean. Revised and expanded edition. Navy.

Paperback. Condition: As New. LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears.

Condition: fine. fine Trade Author's signature on 3rd page Grub Street 2000 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Soft Card Cover. Condition: Fine. Expanded and Updated Edition. 216 pages. 400g. Pictorial card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This new edition includes war memoir and new photographs.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good +. 8"x7" bonded paper sheet w/small photo SIGNED and inscribed by Pete Twiss, famed British test pilot and Royal Navy pilot who was the first man to fly at a speed greater than 1,000 MPH. sheet has one fold.

Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. Softcover in glossy pictorial wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp, clean, and unread. Replete with technical data. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. 4to. 176 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. As depicted - ex officers mess RAF Farnborough. Losses and repaired tears to DJ and slight markings to cloth cover but still a G and first edition example.

Condition: Very Good.

Original-kartoniert. Condition: Sehr gut. gr8 Original-kartoniert en 191 pp.

(11022) Paperback. 216 pages. B.w. photographs. Fine in a fine papercover. No reading creases to spine. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread. Recounts his hitherto unpublished war experiences, based on his log book, and reproduces word for word his struggle to break the thousand miles per hour barrier.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 2005 Expanded And Updated Edition. NrF. 2005 expanded and updated edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PETER TWISS, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To ---- -------/Peter Twiss'. 216pp. Illustrated with photographs. This new edition includes Twiss' war memoir and new photographs. Peter Twiss (1921-2011) was a World War Two RAF fighter pilot and Fairey Aviation test pilot. During the Second World War he flew Fairey Fulmars with 807 Squadron and was awarded the Distinguised Service Cross in 1942. In 1946 Twiss joined Fairey Aviation as a test pilot. In 1956 he gained the World Air Speed Record in the Fairey Delta 2 flying at a speed of 1132 mph. With Appendixes and Index. A near fine copy of a SCARCE 2005 expanded and updated edition SIGNED BY PETER TWISS. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed By Twiss.…

Inscribed 'Best wishes David' on title page by Peter Twiss with card from him loosely enclosed. Near VG. Light foxing to page edges; otherwise internally VG. Binding tight. Slight colour loss to black cloth at edge of rear board. Dust jacket not price-clipped; faded on spine with faint stain lower down; looks like a library class mark once written on lower spine; some edge wear and slight bubbling to lamination. Used - Good. SIGNED copy Good hardback in good dust jacket Used - Good. SIGNED copy Good hardback in good dust jacket.…