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Transport & motoring
Wings Over Brooklands
Howard Johnson
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- Author
- Howard Johnson
- Publisher
- Whittet Books
- Year
- 1981
- Edition
- First edition · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 0905483200
About this copy
This is the first edition of Howard Johnson's history of Brooklands as the birthplace of British aviation, featuring a foreword by Sir Thomas Sopwith, CBE, FRAeS. The copyright page states 'First published 1981' with no later printing or reprint notices, consistent with a first printing. Hardback in publisher's blue cloth-style boards with orange lettering, housed in the original illustrated dust jacket depicting a Tiger Moth racing an Alfa Romeo along the Brooklands railway straight.
Condition
- Book
- Very Good – boards and text block appear sound and clean in the photographed pages, with no interior damage noted.
- Dust jacket
- Very Good – colours remain bright, with light edge wear to the corners, a small crease to the front panel, and minor rubbing at the spine ends.
This is a pre-owned book, and minor age-related wear may be present beyond what is specifically mentioned. All readily visible defects have been described to the best of my ability. Please see photos, which form part of the description.
Collector's notes
- Foreword by Sir Thomas Sopwith, a key figure in early British aviation
- Whittet Books, Weybridge, Surrey, 1981
- First edition, first printing, per the stated publishing history
- Author Howard Johnson was a Daily Mirror journalist for 35 years before turning to historical writing
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
