First edition, first printing. In black cloth boards with silver decorations and titles. 74pp. Richly illustrated in black and white. Landscape 8vo. Internally some pages are very mildly warped, else neat, clean and tight. In its original, illustrated dust jacket (slightly soiled, bumped on edges). Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of adhesives or tape.
An account of the rigid airship's failures with full-page & other archive photographic illustrations and accompanying commentary, with map of wreck sites, visual glossary of technical terms, and airship plans on endpapers.
Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British author whose works include cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels, including the series featuring the unnamed Harry Palmer. We have many books by and about Len Deighton in stock, including early, limited and first editions. Please inquire for discounts on multiple titles.
