The Story of Gliding by Anne Welch - 1965

London: John Murray, 1965. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very good. 546 8vo. Co-author Lorne Welch. Both authors were well-known glider pilots. This is a history of gliding concentrating on the main stepping stones in the development of soaring flight. Pictorial dust jacket, orange-brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles to spine, gilt motif to front board, 211 pages, illustrated from photographs and with diagrams etc. Condition notes: A little wear to the edges of the jacket, and along the fold of the front flap, creasing to the rear flap. Book bright, clean and sound.