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J.M.BRUCE : British Aeroplanes 1914-18

Putnam, London, 1957

First Edition (first printing). 4to. viii, 742pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with 645 black and white photographs, and a few plans. The tip of one corner gently knocked, and the binding slightly shaken. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper but housed in the original stiff card slipcase, which is a little rubbed and worn at the margins. An exhaustive study of British aeroplanes designed and/or used during the Great War. "The aircraft described herein were the weapons which were forged in the heat of the first war in the air. They were more - they and their crews were founders of a tradition which was to survive a later conflict of far greater aerial intensity; and they have a unique place of honour in the nation's history. Inevitably, many of them have come close to becoming legends. They have been badly served by writers who cared more for sensational effect than for historical accuracy, and by those whose belief in everything they see in print is unshakeable. Perhaps this book may help to make amends" - from the author's foreword.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

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