Slide Rule the Autobiography Of an Engineer

London: Heinemann, 1954 Heinemann 1954 (first impression and printing) VG red cloth hardback with minor rubbing to edges and slight spotting to spine, fep has owners inscription covered over with white correction fluid ( twink, tippex) and booksellers stamp. The dust jacket is from a SECOND IMPRESSION issue, and has been trimmed slightly to top edge so is a… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Heinemann, 1954 Heinemann 1954 (first impression and printing) VG red cloth hardback, owner's name and address in ink to front and rear paste downs, booksellers stamp to bottom corner of fep with some ink offset to unclipped dust jacket flap, with some minor sunning or browning, Shute writes of his involvement in the airship R100 among other things, closed… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Pan Books 1968. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.222; [2], advertisements. With four black and white photographic plates. Lightly handled; a crisp, fine copy.

London: Heinemann, 1954. First edition. Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing at head of spine panel, light toning, one closed tear at foot of front panel). First edition. Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Heinemann, 1955. First edition, fourth impression. Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Near fine in very good fourth impression dust jacket, back panel stamped Overseas Edition Not for Canada (back panel toned, some light rubbing). First edition, fourth impression. Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: William Morrow, 1954. First American edition. With 4 leaves of plates from photographs. [x], 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dark grey cloth. Fine in very good dust jacket (small chips to head of spine panel). First American edition. With 4 leaves of plates from photographs. [x], 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The engaging memoir of aviation… Saber más sobre este artículo

Morrow, New York NY,, 1954. 8vo., First US Edition, with plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.

Heinemann. London. 1954. First edition.. pp. (vi), 249, (i). Portrait frontispiece, 12 illustrations on 8 plates. Dust wrapper a bit faded with a few small edge nicks, the cloth orange with black lettering, a lot of foxing at the beginning and with marginal scattering thereafter.

London: Heinemann, 1964. reprint. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 249pp., frontis., b/w pls., Autobiography of a Great British Engineer, including his account of the Construction of the R100 & R101

London: Heinemann, 1972 Reprint of 1968 uniform edition. HB. Blue cloth, silver title on maroon panel to spine, no dustjacket. 249pp. With 13 b&w photos in plates, including photo of the author as frontispiece. The novelist's involvement with aircraft, especially his life as an aircraft engineer working for Airspeed in Britain in the 1930s. A Good+ copy, clean and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Heinemann, 1954 Heinemann 1954 reprint (third printing) hardback in good dust jacket with complete split down the joint between the rear panel and the spine and a split along bottom half of the front joint. minor chipping at the head and tail as well, inside the fep has owners name and booksellers stamp. Shute writes of his involvement in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Heinemann, London., 1954. First edition. First issue red cloth with gilt titles. Octavo. pp [vi], 249. Illustrated with photographs. Before becoming a novelist Shute had a career as an aeronautical engineer.Near fine in very good dustwrapper faded at the spine, slightly rubbed and nicked at the edges and with a short closed tear at the tail of the spine.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, William Heinemann, reprinted 1955.. [6]+249pp. 8vo. Original cloth in lightly chipped dustwrapper,. B&w plates, bookshop sticker on front pastedown, otherwise a very good copy.

Melbourne, Heinemann 1954.. [6]+249pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, backstrip faded, some offsetting on lower panel. Frontispiece, monochrome illustrations. Owner's name pencilled on ffe. A very good copy.. First edition.