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Vickers: A History

Author(s):

Scott, J D

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Publication Year:

1962

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

043116

Catalogue(s):

£28.70

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First edition, first impression. 416pp, with several sections of monochrome plate illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 8vo. Cloth quite heavily rubbed at the ends of a sunned spine, unevenly faded, a little rubbed and rounded on corners. Some toning to text block edges. Internally generally neat, clean and bright but the occasional spot or mark and a few signs of handling.

A substantial history of the engineering firm Vickers, founded in Sheffield by Edward Vickers in the early 1820s – and in its early days associated with casting church bells – which grew to become a defence contractor and aircraft and railway manufacturer, with an interest in Supermarine (the aeronautical company which manufactured the Spitfire). Part of the company were nationalised in the 1960s.

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