Miracles of Invention and Discovery
Undated but circa 1950. 320pp, with over 200 photographs and specially commissioned drawings, decorative endpapers. In blue cloth covered boards (a little faded on edges, lightly rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends). Gutters around title page strained. In its original dust jacket (lightly chipped on edges with a couple of short tears, spine a little faded). Each of the 29 chapters of this book comprises the complete story of one particular invention or discovery - such as jet-propelled aeroplanes, photo-electric cells, and the wonders of television. 8vo.
