Cone of Silence by David Beaty - 1959

Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. First Published. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. 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.

Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. First Edition. 288 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild water stain to rear hinge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy foxing. Moderate water staining to panels. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 288 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.

London: Pan Books, 1967. slight wear cover edges, slight stain to top of page edges, otherwise book clean and tight.. 3rd Printing. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Pan Books 1960. paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Secker & Warburg, 1959. /Dust Jacket Included. 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 288pp, pages browning, edges foxed, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper browning, edges scuffed, price-clipped .

Published by Pan Books Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Very clean interior.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1959 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (slight faded to headcap, small mark to fore-edge, else clan & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges rubbed); pp. 288. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A first edition copy of David Beaty's commercial aviation novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Cone of Silence' is a suspenseful commercial aviation novel by David Beaty. The main protagonist, flight captain George Gort, must grapple with a inquiry that has been raised against him due to a crashed airline flight. Gort is given a second chance, but doubts about his abilities remain. David Beaty (1919-1999) was a British writer, pilot, and psychologist. He was a pioneer in the field of human factors, which he argued played a vital role in crashes caused by pilot error. Beaty wrote novels at the end of his commercial flying career until his death. Collated, complete.   In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. No noticeable faults. Dust wrapper is a bit edge… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. Octavo, original blue cloth, 288 pp. Some foxing, dust jacket worn and torn; a very good copy. First edition. David Beaty propels his readers into an inquiry of a British jet airliner crash. The private enterprise airline is convinced that Captain George Gort is at fault.