THE DUMPY POCKET BOOK OF AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT. Edited by Henry Sampson.

1960 1st edition. Landscape 16mo (127 x 103mm). Pp189. B/w line drawings throughout. End-paper illustrations of aircraft engines. Blue boards, spine titled in silver gilt.

A fascinating, well-illustrated pocket reference book, crammed with facts. Chapters include: Airlines and their fleets; Development of the airliner; Airliners; Bombers; Fighters; Naval aircraft (carrier based); Over-water aircraft (land based); Trainers; Transports; Flying boats and amphibians; Helicopters; VTOL and STOL; Experimental VTOL aircraft; Research aircraft; Famous flights.