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UK.SHREWSBURY,SHROPSHIRE (SALOP).AIRLIFE PUBLISHING LTD.,1995.

ISBN 1853105880.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with yellow,white and orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Majority of the creasing is to the rear, top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,Qrto HB +dw/dj,1st edn,10-160pp [paginated] includes foreword,acknowledgements,10 sections,48 colour photographic plates of memorial stained glass windows accompanied by text and story,a bibliography and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w photographic frntis to it's recto, b/w photographic detail vignetted title page,a dedication with author's other works list to it's recto,and a contents list/table. Through the touching beauty of stained glass memorial windows in churches, cathedrals and RAF stations throughout Britain from the North of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall,in Wales and Northern Ireland,'Light Perpetual' briefly traces the history of aviation,in whose service so many men and women gave their lives. The narrative begins with the eleventh century monk who made a pair of wings and threw himself off Malmesbury Abbey tower. It continues through the First World War, through the feats of the early pioneers, and into the immense destructive power of aviation in the Second World War. Our deliverance in the Battle of Britain, our peril in the Battle of the Atlantic, the might of the American partnership,the Bomber offensive against Fortress Europe, and throughout the courage of the aircrews is recounted in relation to the windows. Survivors of the RAF,the USAAF,Dominion and Allied Air Forces gave windows in memory of their comrades,families gave them in memory of sons and brothers and villages erected them in memory of friends. The service of all these young men and women is brought to life in what Sir Basil Spence called 'living,breathing windows'. There is no better medium to remember them,their heroic stories crystallised in glass which lets in the light and whose background is the freedom of their element,the sky. The narrative of 'Light Perpetual' ends with the story of Gustav Anton,eighteen-year-old rear gunner of a Heinkel shot down near Southampton,who through the years until the end of his life filled a British church with stained glass in thankfulness and reconciliation. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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