Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag, 1978. Tall octavo, yellow-ochre hardcover, spine printed with black lettering, edge of front cover printed with black plane motif, 238 pp., two additional pages of publisher's advertisements, 16 double-sided black-and-white plates of photographs and paintings, two black-and-white documents included. Spotting on top and fore-edges of text..... More
London: Macdonald, 1963. Large octavo, hardcover, xiv, 162 pp., 12 plates. A fine copy in a near-fine dust-jacket. The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163, is one of the most dramatic chapters of aviation history. The story is told by Mano Ziegler, one of..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1963. Large octavo, xiv, 162 pp., 12 plates. A fine and scarce copy in a lightly creased dust-jacket in the top edges. Dust-jacket is also clipped. The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163, is one of the most dramatic..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1963. Large octavo, hardcover, xiv, 162 pp., 12 plates. Bottom of the rear cover slightly bumped. Otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust-jacket. The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163, is one of the most dramatic chapters of..... More
London: Macdonald, 1963. Large octavo, hardcover, xiv, 162 pp., 12 plates. Slight dee stain to boards, otherwise a good copy. Scarce copy. First UK edition (translated). The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163, is one of the most dramatic chapters of aviation history. The..... More
London: Macdonald, 1963. Large octavo, hardcover, xiv, 162 pp., 12 plates. Front and rear endpapers moderately stained, yet an attractive copy with the dust-jacket. The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163, is one of the most dramatic chapters of aviation history. The story is..... More
London: Macdonald, 1963. Large octavo, hardcover, xiv, 162 pp., 12 plates. Spine and boards a little bit rubbed at extremities, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Review copy. The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163, is one of the most dramatic..... More
London: Macdonald, 1963. Octavo, red hardcover with gilt spine lettering, xiv, 162 pp., 12 double-sided plates. Boards rubbed, mild foxing throughout, old smell, some spotting throughout, otherwise a good copy in worn and torn dust-jacket. First edition. The flight testing of the world's first fully-controllable rocket aircraft, the Me 163..... More
