Rocket

Sir Philip Joubert De La Ferte (1887-1965)

Philosophical Library, Inc., New York

1957

FIRST EDITION, hardcover with jacket, rust colored cloth boards with black decoration on front and black lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket, dimensions 8 1/2" X 5 3/4", 190 pages. Book features numerous historical black and white photographs. Book includes a table of contents, list of illustrations, appendices, and an index.

"The contents of this book fall into two categories. The first part is historical and sets out to trace the development of rockets and rocket propulsion to the point where the threat to Britain's security from Hitler's V1 and V2 weapons was brought to nothing by the counter-measures of the Allies . . . The second part of the book is written in an attempt to analyze the effects, political and military, that long-range rockets carrying atomic or nuclear warheads can have on the policies of those nations that can produce and use them."

Air Chief Marshall Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté KCB, CMG, DSO was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s and the Second World War. (wikipedia)

CONDITION: Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Jacket is not price clipped and shows $6.00 original price. Jacket shows some moderate edge wear. A fascinating collectible book.

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