First Edition published by Michael Joseph: London, 1959. Pictorial jacket over dark blue cloth, silver lettering on the spine and decorated with embossed illustration of a plane on front cover. Contains 2 plates on 1 as frontispiece and and 24 plates on 16 pages. 144 pages.

The story of the most important RAF fighter in the early days of World War II and the Battle of Britain.

Condition: Some foxing to page ends. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends, Dust jacket has some tearing to top corners, bottom of spine and the back top edge. Previous owner inscription on the first flyleaf. Some discolouration to front and back flyleaf, pages are in good readable condition with strong binding.