Buy this book on-line READ, TOM: : FREEFALLLONDON.LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY,1998. ISBN 0316643033.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,skyscape background with a superimposed glossy,b/w thumbnail transfer of a freefall parachutist to front's lower fore-edge corner,and capitlised,glossy,white-lettered title,a matt blue-lettered strapline above it, and a critic's [Andy McNab] matt white-lettered review below,with the author's capitalised,matt blue-lettered name beneath the transfer figure towards front's lower edge.Spine/backstrip with matt repeated colour+lettered title and author name as the front's,a repeated but matt b/w thumbnail parachutist figured separating the two,and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered initials in a b/w illustrated colophon,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with skyscape background and front's repeated b/w figure towards top,rear corner above 4 critics' white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges with some minimal foxing streaks towards the fore-edge of same,fore-edges without foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,seems unread apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,4- 348pp [paginated] includes Books 1-3 comprising 9, 7 and 7 chapters,an Epilogue,8pp subject's biographical and other contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp188/89; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and individual Books separator pages.
A former member of the British Parachute Regiment,Tom Read was preparing to freefall more than 23 miles in order to become the first person to break the sound barrier unassisted. This autobiography is the story of his descent into madness and his attempts to find his way out again.
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