The Shape of the Aeroplane by Stevens, James Hay - 1953

Hutchinson, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Subtle foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Light creasing and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with minor staining, splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd Hutchinson House, 1953.. First Edition; 8vo; pp. 301; colour frontispiece, 121 b/w illustrations, appendix, index; original navy cloth, dustjacket chipped and worn, price clipped, associated images and news clippings taped in throughout, a good copy.

Htchinson et co, 1953. in8. 1953. Cartonné jaquette. abondante illustrations en noir et blanc + qq planches en couleurs de l'auteur

Hutchinson & Co 1953. Octavo hardcover (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 cost

Hutchinson & Co Ltd 1953. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (Scruffy); 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 cost.

London: Hutchinson, 1953. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 1953, 302pp., col. frontis., diags., appendix, index, Traces the Evolution of the Aeroplane including examples of many obscure & lesser-known Designs. Front hinge repaired with tape o/w VG

London: Hutchinson, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. The Author. Type: Book Binding scuff marked. Internally fine. 1st printing.

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1953. 302 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with color plate of Avro Vulcan Bomber. Further illustrated with 3 more color plates and over 200 line drawings. Pages good condition, clean. Both front and back endpapers worn at spine. Loose sketch at back of book. Previous owner's name top of ffep. Dark blue cloth, silver line drawing on upper cover. Silver drawing and title on spine. Edges and corners show lightly wear. Dark blue dust jacket illustrated on both covers. DJ shows wear with all edges, corners and head/tail of spine worn. Tail of spine and lower corners have tears. GOOD+/GOOD. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Stevens, James Hay.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1953 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to blue cloth hardcover and dust jacket. Owner name on front end paper. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. B/w and some color illustrations. Index. xii, 302 pp..