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I have the book now, and it is indeed a softcover, similar in format to all its predecessors.  Including the covers and the introduction (whose pages are lettered), it totals 244 pages.

 

One weakness of the Ginter books has always been a lack of table of contents or index.  To give some idea of the book's scope, here are the chapters and their start pages:

 

1  -  B-50A  (page 1)

2  -  B-50B, RB-50B, YB-50C, B/RB-54A and XB-55  (page 83)

3  -  B-50D and WB-50D  (page 123)

4  -  KB-50, KB-50J and KB-50K  (page 172)

5  -  Test and Research & Development Aircraft  (page 197)

6  -  TB-50A, TB-50D and TB-50H  (page 205)

 

The inside back cover has reviews of the Academy 1/72 B-50D and RB-50G kits.

 

If you're wondering, coverage of the YB-50C, B-54A and XB-55 amounts to about 4 pages, describing the VDT engine concept and showing artist's conceptions and mockups.  The XB-55 turboprop was really an unrelated aircraft, but the YB-50C mockups were used to test components intended for the XB-55.  No comparisons to comparable Soviet aircraft are included.


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