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MORAN**, PETER: : A SPECK IN THE SKY

UK.POOLE,DORSET.BLANDFORD PRESS,1987.

ISBN 0713719028.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents generally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn, 9-96pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters,b/w line illustrations by John Batchelor throughout the text and the book,an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a Contents list/table and a dedication.                     'A mile up in the sky there was a tiny speck. The speck was a man . . . . .In the distance,far into the vast expanse of horizon, was a gentle haze,an imperceptible blending of the rim of the earth and the dome of the sky.For the man it was not an aloneness,not a loneliness. . . . . The man was me.'  With these words,Peter Moran begins his remarkable book which is destined to become a classic of the air,to take its place alongside Saint-Exupery and Richard Bach.                  Men who fly without a source of power,under a parachute or in a glider,have not found it easy until now to express the serenity and beauty of what they experience,alone in that vast tranquility of the sky.For the first time, through the gift of Peter Moran's remarkable powers of description,those of us who remain tied to the earth can feel something of the savage joy which comes from being at one with the sky and its moods. Peter Moran learned to parachute in the Territorial Army.He enjoyed a long career as a part-time officer in the Parachute Regiment and he writes of his experiences,both rewarding and hair-raising,as a military-parachutist.Such was his enthusiasm that it was inevitable that he should go on to free-fall parachuting and it was here that he found the deepest satisfaction of all: the exhilarating search for perfection is powerfully described.His parachuting days over, he found consolation in gliding - a new challenge,and one in which he found strong echoes of the emotions he had experienced in free-fall.  'A Speck in the Sky' will be treasured by those with an interest in military and sport parachuting or in gliding,but above all by anyone,earth-bound or air-borne,who seeks to share the fulfilment of mind,senses and spirit that Peter Moran so vividly conveys. Please contact seller,because of the light weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated, 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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