Testing Time Study Man Machine by Babington Smith Constance (6 results)

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xi, 224 pp. Very Good+, with neat former-owner bookplate; in a Very Good+ dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: An authoritative writer on aviation provides in this book an important, carefully documented examination and re-interpretation of the role of British test pilots over the last fifty odd years, and looks forward into the future. Existing books have tended to concentrate on the specialist fliers (And, to their horror, glamorize them) or on the technicalities of their work; Testing Time is a study of the subject as a whole, in longer perspective, tracing the development of test-flying from Dunne's early experiments with a "stable flying machine" to the flight testing of the supersonic Lightning by Roland Beamont -- the sort of pilot who catches the 8.15 to work -- largely by means of devices such as auto-observers which foreshadow the fully automatic testing of the future. Aviation, British History, Aeronautics, Aircraft. bslic.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. In very good plus bright blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are tight, flat and clean, with slight wear to spine ends and corners. Narrow tanned vertical strip on both free end papers; the cut edges are slightly foxed. The text block is illustrated with black and white photos, and in very good condition. The pages are firmly attached and even; foxing from the fore cut edges seeped onto some page edges. No dedications etc. In very good blue paper dust jacket with white, grey and yellow titles. The jacket has foxed marks on front fold, otherwise clean; edges have slight wear. Not price clipped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. SPINE TILTED, DJ PRICE CLIPPED ON BOTH FLAPS, SHELF WEAR AND STAINS ON DJ COVERS, WEAR AND TEARS ON DJ EDGES, CLOTH DISCOLOURED FROM DAMP, CLOTH WEAR AT EXTREMITIES, FOXING ON EPS AND SIDES, SHORT INSCRIPTION TOP OF FFEP, OTHERWISE GOOD. 600 GRAMS. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The pressed boards remain strong and square, with gilt to the spine of the book. The boards have slightly faded marks. The spine is a little discolored. The pages are slightly ?browned? around the block of the book. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 224 pages, illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects: Air pilots -- Great Britain. Test pilots. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 224 pages, illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects: Air pilots -- Great Britain. Test pilots. 1 Kg.…