Barnes Wallis - A Biography
St Martin's Press
, New York, United States
A thrilling book that is more than a mere biography with 37 excellent photographic illustrations as well, whilst neither ignoring nor overemphasising the brilliant scientific mind and decisions by the subject, the famous Sir Barnes Wallis who was designing advanced aeronautical inventions from before WWI to well after man was walking on the moon. Born September 1887 and died whilst still working in October 1979 age 92. Probably best known for his bouncing bomb work that breached the huge Mohne Dam in WWII, the was knighted in 1968.
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Specifications
| Author | Morpurgo, J.E |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Place Published | New York, United States |
| Size | Royal 8vo - Octavo, 254mm x 165mm |
| Chapters | XVII |
| Pages | 400pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in dark grey cloth boards and gilt title original spine, with scuffing to all edges and a minor water stain to bottom of front board with a red and grey price-clipped dust wrapper with minor chipping to corners and one edge of dust wrapper being discoloured too. minor flecking exists original two edges and the dust wrapper is now protected by clear archival covering. |
| Overall | Internally the book in basically near fine original better. |
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