160 pages, illustrated with black and white plates, third impression. The jacket is rubbed along the edge with loss to the head and tail as well as the outer edges; the half title page and the last page are discoulred along the inner edge. Internally the book is clean, unmarked and solid. "..the full story of the Comet, the world's first jet airliner, from its first brave hopes and promise to its tragic crashes in which British aviation hopes crashed, too." (front flap)