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http://surf.to/comet: Comet books

Following is a list of all de Havilland Comet books which are known to the author of this site. If you have additional information or feel that a book is missing please send an Comments on the books reflect the opinion of the webmaster.

Author	Title	ISBN	Publisher	Information
F G Swanborough	Turbine-Engined Airliners of the World		Aero Publishers Inc. USA Temple Press Books, London 1962 Library of Congress Cat Card No. 63-13242	A quite old but good resource
Stewart Wilson	Viscount Comet & Concorde	1 875671 21 8	Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd.	Excellent book. 196 pages. Published 1996
Helmut Gerresheim	De Havilland Comet	3-613-01539-0	Motorbuch Verlag	An excellent german book 134 pages
Philip Birtles	Classic Civil Aircraft 3: de Havilland Comet	0-7110-1947-9		Published '88 (?), original price £13
Graham Cowell	DH Comet - The world's first jet airliner		Airline Publications and Sales Ltd.	Published '72, reedited Jul'99
Peter Duffey	Comets and Concordes	1-888-962-10-0	Paladwyr Press 1906 Wilson Lane apt 101, McClean, VA 22102-1957, Tel 703 356 8352, Fax 703 356 3937.	The personal experiences of a pilot who flew Comet 1 and 4, also Concorde, in airline service. 250 pages, many photos, 30 US$ A must
Martin Painter	De Havilland Comet	Published in Jan-01		Detailed history of each Comet frame.
Philip Birtles Ron Davies		Published in July-99	Paladwyr Press 1906 Wilson Lane apt 101, McClean, VA 22102-1957, Tel 703 356 8352, Fax 703 356 3937.
Timothy Walker	The first jet airliner: The story of the dH Comet	Published in October-99	Scoval Publishing Ltd. PO Box 36 Ponteland Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE20 9WE	Not recommandable 86000 words, 260 photos, £30.
David Foster	Comet 1 investigations
Chris Ashworth	DE HAVILLAND COMET IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE		Aviation News
Philip J. Birtles	THE DE HAVILLAND COMET SRS 1-4		Profile No 108
Derek Dempster	THE TALE OF THE COMET		David McKay, NY 1958
Derek Harvey	THE COMET (FAMOUS AIRLINERS NO 4)		Cassell, London, 1959
Henry Hensser	COMET HIGHWAY		John Murray, London 1953
RAE	REPORT ON THE COMET INVESTIGATION		HMSO, 1954
W. A. Watterton & Timothy Hewat	THE COMET RIDDLE		Frederick Muller, London, 1955

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