Great Inventions, 1961, Series 601 (with DJ)

Great Inventions  was first published in 1961 and was only the second title in the long-running Achievements series, 601.  It was illustrated by the brilliant visual-storyteller Robert Ayton and was written by Richard Bowood.  The inventions celebrated in the book are discussed in chronological order, one page per invention, and range from The Telescope, through to Atomic Energy.

This copy

This book  still has its original unclipped DJ in  very good condition but for sun fading to the spine and edges.   The book itself is also in very good condition.