DORNBERGER, MAJOR-GENERAL WALTER; CLEUGH, JAMES [TRANSLATOR]; HALLIDAY, GEOFFREY [TRANSLATOR] — V-2

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1954. First British Edition. Hardcover. [6]-264 pp. First British edition, translated from the 1952 German first edition. Includes index, colour frontispiece, 26 black and white photographs, and map endpapers of Peenemunde and district. "From 1930 to 1945 the author, scientist and soldier, was in charge of research and development of the liquid-propellant rocket in the German Army. Small beginnings led to the vast experimental station at Peenemunde, controlled by the author with the rank of major-general. Here for the first time is the whole story of the V2, written by the only man qualified to tell it. All is of historical importance, for it is not to be denied that the V2 as the forerunner of the space rocket, is a significant invention of our times." - dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Above-average wear to original navy cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine leaning forward. Binding intact. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy of this fascinating history. Enser p.373; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; V-2, rockets, nazi weapons,. Fair in Fair dust jacket .